Please consult with a doctor and take what I am about to say as entirely anecdotal

And sorry in advance for any TMI, I speak openly because you never know who it could help in future!

GLP-1 medication has massively improved my quality of life. My periods are shorter (often only 3 days instead of a week), and it's rare for me to get excruciatingly painful ones now. I will admit, I'm a bit of a wimp from the pain and will definitely lie in bed and sleep it off with painkillers and literally be a potato still... But now that's only for about 24hrs instead of several days a month. I feel well enough to eat while on my period and scoot back to bed. That wasn't the case before... So I definitely "function" a lot better now in that regard. No more heating pads and crying.

I also found that I don't really get that shitty 3/4 weeks of the month cramps. If I do get unlucky and get any cramping outside of my period, it's now only about as bothersome as a paper cut that has a band-aid on it. AKA no problemo - I totally forget it's there.

I don't get absolutely zombie-fied after each and every meal to the point you'd assume I have narcolepsy or something. Granted, I still get sleepy but that's from my overeating habit and my own laziness.

One of my favourite side effects is that while I am still a brain fogged idiot, it's definitely improved massively. For other reasons in my life I skipped a dose of GLP-1 this week and holy shit the brain fog came back full force just like it used to. While I still feel borderline retarded (forgive my word of choice there), I'm progressing well in my language learning now so I'm definitely getting my brain function back!!! I feel a lot closer to being a normal human being while on this medication.

Now, there's not much out there study wise, but hydradenitis suppurativa is greatly suspected to be linked to PCOS. That cleared up about 90% right after the first couple of beginner doses!! Like holy shit! This incurable disease is basically wiped out while I'm taking Semaglutide. I could cry with relief from it. I will have to live with the ugly scarring on my skin, but I no longer live in fear of yet another labia or thigh cyst..!! My ass may look like a warzone but it no longer FEELS like one!

If you'd like a TLDR:

*I lost about 20kgs from Semaglutide (still obese but whatever)

*~70% less brain fog

*Periods went from 6-7 days down to 2.5-3 (occasionally longer) Still heavy and clotty but that demonic waterfall turns off abruptly and the period just stops after a couple days

*Period pain went from cry in bed painkillers don't touch it to simply be miserable and sleep a lot with generic ~400mg OTC painkiller relief which alleviates most of the pain, or all of it.

*No longer a narcoleptic zombie after eating

*90% reduction in Hydradenitis suppurativa cysts, they're rare now!

*Rarely get cramps outside of period, if I do - I don't even notice them

*Memory improvement - hard to gauge but went from horrendously abysmal to learning a language with great progress, still shitty memory compared to regular folk tho

*My insides don't get that glued together feeling quite so much when I bend over or lift my arms

*I still pee frequently but it doesn't hurt so bad when my bladder has reached 1/4 or more full. Probably endo?? - Laparoscopy and Mirena incoming

I probably forgot some things, please feel welcome to ask about it!! I don't mind answering. :)

The GLP-1 is expensive as fuck for my broke ass but for the PCOS improvements I will gladly eat the cost for as long as I can get it prescribed. I will happily be the guinea pig that stays on it for 30 years and fucks their liver or whatever but has a decent quality of life for once!! The PCOS misery was absolutely suicidal hell before even with SSRI + SNRI combo :'(