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What the evidence actually says
Plain answers to the things you were going to search for anyway. Every medical statement follows the 2023 International Evidence-Based Guideline for PCOS, including where it concludes the evidence is too thin to promise anything. No doses, no treatment claims, and nothing here is a diagnosis.
How to track a cycle that doesn't behave
7 minMost period apps average 34, 61 and 39 into "about 45 days" — and lose the most interesting thing in your record. Here is how to keep it instead.
SupplementsInositol for PCOS: what the 2023 guideline actually concluded
7 minInositol is the most recommended supplement in PCOS forums and among the least endorsed in the guideline. Here is what the evidence review concluded.
MetabolicInsulin resistance in PCOS, without the jargon
9 minWhat insulin resistance means in practice, why it is screened for whatever your weight, and which tests are really measuring it. No diet plan, for a reason.
CareWhy "just lose weight" is not a care plan
9 minThe most common thing said in a PCOS appointment, and the least actionable. What the 2023 guideline says about weight — including the part nobody quotes.
SymptomsHirsutism, acne and hair loss: the androgen symptoms
10 minThe three symptoms people search at 2am and rarely raise in an appointment. What each is, why they count as evidence, and why the timescales run in months.
SleepPCOS and sleep: the symptom that gets attributed to everything else
8 minFatigue in PCOS gets put down to the condition in general. The guideline asks a narrower question, involving a screening step most people are never offered.
BloodsAMH, testosterone, HbA1c: reading your own PCOS blood tests
12 minWhat each test on a PCOS blood panel measures, why three of them are there to rule something else out, and why one number rarely means what a search result says.
MedicationMetformin, spironolactone, the pill: what each one is for
10 minThree commonly prescribed things in PCOS, what problem each is aimed at, and why they are not alternatives to one another. No doses, no recommendations.
TrackingTen PCOS symptoms worth logging for three months
8 minNot a checklist to fill in daily. Ten things that change what an appointment can do, and the one rule for logging that keeps a record honest.
DiagnosisThe Rotterdam criteria, in plain words
9 minPCOS is diagnosed on two findings out of three. What each one means, what changed in 2023, and why two people with the diagnosis can look nothing alike.
The recordWhat a year of logging actually looks like
9 minNot a testimonial. What twelve months of entries turns into, what the report can say, and the four things a record still cannot tell you.
AppointmentsWhat to bring to a PCOS appointment
8 minTen minutes with a doctor goes badly when the answer to every question is "I think so, sometimes". Here is what to have written down before you go.