Age of first period: 14Age of diagnosis: 40“I was 15 and I bled for like a month. Instead of having the seven days on and 23 days off type of thing, I was the opposite. I usually only had like seven days off, so they gave me some sort of hormone to regulate it, and it did. And then I just had terrible periods for my whole life. My cycle was mostly like 10 days, heavy, really crampy, huge clots, that type of period, you know.”Melissa struggled with terrible periods her entire life. She always carried a little extra weight and noticed hair on her face, but wasn’t diagnosed until she took her daughter to the dermatologist for cystic acne. The doctor noticed their similar physical symptoms, and told them she suspected PMOS, suggesting they go to an endocrinologist to confirm. Both Melissa and her daughter were diagnosed with PMOS in the following months. Since then, she’s lost over 30 pounds through a mix of lifestyle factors and medication: first, metformin, and now a microdose of a GLP-1.
