diagnostic delays in pcos are common. my two-year gap from “something’s off” to actual diagnosis wasn’t unusual. what surprised me is how little it mattered in terms of the hormones themselves. the endo said my panel at year two would’ve looked the same at diagnosis.
but it mattered in every other way. two years not knowing what to track for. 24 cycles of guessing whether my bleeding was irregular or just normal-weird. two years assuming it was stress or calories or me not trying hard enough.
by the time i got answers, i wasn’t just sick of irregular cycles. i was sick of not being believed. did the gap between symptoms and diagnosis change how you approached treatment? did you learn something during the wait?