I’ve been logging everything since April - cycle day, flow, energy crashes, when I take spiro, lab values. My gyn said my cycles would regulate “naturally” on spironolactone, so I started tracking to see the actual timeline instead of just guessing or hoping. Three months in, the pattern’s clear: not random, stuck in a 38-45 day range. Progress from the old 21-60 chaos, but not there yet.
Testosterone dropped to 47 (was 103), LH is moving in the right direction, but ovulation still inconsistent. Appointments catch one day. Logging shows the rhythm. What surprised me: tracking also exposed when my fatigue actually peaks.
Not the luteal phase like research says it should. It’s three days after my highest spiro dose. That’s a dosing problem, not PCOS, and now my endocrinologist is actually listening instead of defaulting to “get more sleep.” The data is doing what my body couldn’t - making the case for itself. Has anyone else found that tracking revealed something your doctor was actually missing?