Struggling With PCOS Symptoms? Demi Schweers Just Launched Something That Will Help

Attention on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has increased significantly in recent years, with diagnoses on the rise, yet there remains a lack of treatment options to manage symptoms. September is PCOS Awareness Month, and according to the Cleveland Clinic, the condition affects one in 10 women of reproductive age. Unfortunately, it’s even more prevalent in the Black community, and symptoms can be more severe.

PCOS is a hormonal condition that can cause a variety of symptoms, including irregular periods, unexplained weight gain, infertility, excess facial or body hair, hormonal acne, dark velvety patches of skin, and ovarian cysts. Women with it often have elevated levels of male hormones and insulin resistance.

Some women experience an array of these symptoms while others have none at all. As a result, Demi Schweers, social media influencer, mom of two, and co-founder of Iris Nutrition. Schweers openly shared her journey battling multiple sclerosis and infertility to her online community, documenting the highs, the lows, everything. After 14 months of trying to conceive, having a miscarriage, and a bad experience with an OBGYN, she decided to switch fertility clinics. It was at that follow-up appointment that she learned she had PCOS.

“They asked for all the testing and blood work I had done previously. When I sent that to them, they said, ‘Well, what are you doing to manage your PCOS?’ I was in total shock. I had no idea,” she says.

Her previous doctors never relayed the information to her, nor did they tell her that the PCOS could be contributing to her infertility. Determined to get her symptoms in check, Schweers started taking inositol, a supplement shown to improve insulin resistance and enhance egg quality, and a series of Allison Escovedo Owen, a family friend reached out. Owen, who also has PCOS, saw Schweers’ content and thought not much had changed sincer her own diagnosis 10 years earlier. The two bonded and decided something needed to change.

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