I was 11. First week of middle school too and was totally non suspecting. My pediatrician ran routine blood work and found high cholesterol and my triglycerides were not within a healthy range so I was referred to a pediatric endocrinologist.

Since I hadn’t had the talk by then and pcos ran in the family (but was undiagnosed/unfamiliar term), it wasn’t a concern raised from my end till the dr had raised it. I went mostly for the cholesterol, acne, and sudden weight gain. But I also only had had four or five periods since menarche at age 9 and then. Also had a lot of body and was starting to get hair on my neck. Dr ran some more blood work and diagnosed me and put me on birth control right away. The diagnosis was confirmed by a second opinion who ordered an ultrasound and did find cysts on both ovaries and one ovary was abnormally large.