What to track with PCOS (and how to show it to your doctor)
Periods, symptoms, your plan and how you feel. What is worth tracking with PCOS or PCOD, what is not, and how to turn it into a one-page summary for your doctor.
A tracker is only useful if it helps you and your doctor make better decisions. Tracking everything is tiring, and most women stop after a week. Here is what is worth tracking with PCOS, and what you can skip.
Worth tracking
1. Your periods
The start date of each period, and roughly how long it lasted. Over a few months this shows your doctor whether your cycle is becoming more regular, which is one of the clearest signs a plan is working.
2. Whether you followed the plan
This is the part most trackers miss. Did you take your tablet? Did you walk? Did you have the breakfast from your diet chart? Your doctor cannot judge whether a plan works if they do not know whether it was followed. A simple tick each day is enough.
3. A few symptoms that matter to you
Pick two or three: acne, hair fall, cravings, bloating, tiredness, mood. Note them once a day or a few times a week. You are looking for a trend over months, not a perfect daily record.
4. How you feel
Energy and mood count. PCOS is linked with anxiety and low mood, and feeling better is a real result even before your weight or periods change.
5. Weight and waist, only if your doctor asked
Once a week or once a month is plenty. Daily weighing goes up and down with water and can be discouraging. Waist size often shows progress when the scale does not.
Usually not worth tracking
- Every calorie. Most women burn out quickly. Following the meals in your plan is enough for most people.
- Many supplements you were not prescribed. If it is not in your plan, ask before adding it.
- Daily weight. See above.
How long before you see a change?
Be patient with yourself. Changes in periods, skin and hair usually take around three to six months of steady effort. Energy and mood can improve sooner.
Turning your tracking into a doctor summary
Before your next visit, put together one page:
- Your period dates for the last three months
- How many days you followed each part of the plan (for example, "tablet 26 of 30 days, walks 18 of 30 days")
- The two or three symptoms you tracked, and whether they are better, the same or worse
- Anything new or worrying, and any questions
Morevie builds this summary for you from your daily ticks, periods and symptoms, and you can share it with your doctor from your phone.
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Talk to your doctor
This article is general information, not medical advice. Your body and your history are your own. Talk to your gynaecologist or doctor before you change a medicine, a diet or how you exercise.
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