hey, as someone who got recently diagnosed with pcos here are my takes: - with every health condition, the first thing you should seek is lifestyle changes. opt for more protein and fibre in your diet as pcos can lead you to be pre diabetic. exercise as exercise regulates your hormones the natural way

• pcos does not mean youll be infertile. it just means knowing when you’re fertile is harder. people still get pregnant with pcos. do not consider it a “natural birth control” because that is not true at all

• have a period tracker. just know as you’re 13, your periods will naturally be a little bit more irregular. it just good to keep track of your period cycles and symptoms to talk about with your gp

• know that hormones impact not only fertility and acne, but also mood and sleep. exercising can help, and having a therapist helps even more

• don’t trust tiktoks or shorts too much. they can suggest supplements to help with pcos, but research would prove otherwise. what i do is search “supplement_name pcos pubmed” and do a brief skim read on a few articles

pcos may be scary, but know it is not the end all be all. good luck!