[bettie32]

Hi Bettie,

About your PCOS friends - are they overweight ? (PCOS girl tend to be overweight - I read 95%)
I am myself quite slim - you can google 'lean PCOS' to have more info.

It think it is possible - I don't have cysts and my periods are regular, however I used to have cysts on the ovaries and was 'let go' after the doc said it was common although painful. A few years later, I had a scan and they were gone. But I still have PCOS.

Regarding your dominance, it can be a 'relative dominance' i.e. low oestrogen with even lower progesterone, but you can also have normal oestrogen with lower progesterone. It all depends and I think you should get tested to be absolutely sure - All the girls here will tell you how important this is. 

My mother had PCOS so I know where I got it from: Please see the link below about hormone profile and fat distribution along with a quote from it:
https://www.metaboliceffect.com/emale-effect-hormones-determine-female-fat-patterns/

'Women usually have smaller waists and more fat storage on the hips, thighs, and breasts. Estrogen and progesterone have much to do with this. Estrogen is largely responsible for greater fat storage around the hips and thighs while both estrogen and progesterone impact larger breasts'

I can only speak for myself but I think that SEA magnesium is good to take in any case since it helps you sleep and lower the stress hormone cortisol 

Have a read through this, but if you have PCOS, the odds are, you are oestro dominant and should aim to increase progesterone - which magnesium will help with (since it decrease cortisol avoiding the progesterone 'steal' from cortisol). But make sure you test and make your decision !

Hope this helps

Thank you Neverloosehope, for the informative link too.

A couple of my friends who have PCOS are actually almost skinny. The others are pretty average, I'd say. I'm also average. I do have a a bit of a belly and my thighs aren't pencil thin, but I'm not curvy. I'm more of a "rectangle".

That's interesting. So it's like I thought, cysts can "recede" but you can still have PCOS. 

I haven't tested in quite a while but every time I used to, my testosterone was higher than normal. Many years ago, the pill (Yaz) was prescribed to me and I remember my hormone levels balanced out. I stopped taking it though; I want to avoid taking hormones. This is why I find your method very interesting. 

I'm more than certain that my testosterone is still on the high side. This is why I'm drinking spearmint tea. I think magnesium could only do good though so will look into it.  Thank you again!

Hi Solome! Very true, there's so much to learn....