Arcanegirl
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Just read this on a PCOS forum that someone else said....
"These are my thoughts on them. It depends on the person and the hormone profile. In the medical profession, there are 2 distinct categories/causes of PCOS. Those with insulin resistance and those with high levels of leutenising hormone (LH - high for many reasons, but features in thinner women). OPK test for a huge surge of LH which occurs immediatly before (and triggers) ovulation. Presumably if you had really high LH levels with PCOS, you would test + on an OPK even if you werent ovulating. "
Also mentioned on the forum is how PCOS sufferers try to ovulate a few times in one cycle so an OPK would pick up the rise in LH but then you dont actually ovulate.
"These are my thoughts on them. It depends on the person and the hormone profile. In the medical profession, there are 2 distinct categories/causes of PCOS. Those with insulin resistance and those with high levels of leutenising hormone (LH - high for many reasons, but features in thinner women). OPK test for a huge surge of LH which occurs immediatly before (and triggers) ovulation. Presumably if you had really high LH levels with PCOS, you would test + on an OPK even if you werent ovulating. "
Also mentioned on the forum is how PCOS sufferers try to ovulate a few times in one cycle so an OPK would pick up the rise in LH but then you dont actually ovulate.