If you've been living with PCOS, you already know the drill. Irregular cycles. Fatigue that hits before lunch. Mood dips that arrive uninvited. A body that sometimes feels like it's operating on a completely different agenda to you.

There's a question that lands in our inbox more than almost any other. It usually arrives late at night, typed by someone who's just been diagnosed, or who's been managing symptoms for years and is starting to wonder if this is just… forever.