PCOS Compass

A free, judgment-free AI guide helping women understand PCOS symptoms, lab results, and lifestyle — built by someone who healed herself through consistency.

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  1. What Inspired Me

I have PCOS. At my worst, I would go 2 to 3 months without a period — one of the most severe presentations of the condition. I felt exhausted, defeated, and completely alone. The brain fog, the weight gain, the anxiety — it wasn't just physical. I genuinely believed I would never get better.

In April 2024, I decided to fight for my health no matter what. I started going to the gym every day, even if just for 30 minutes. I cut out junk food and sugar. One year later, I lost 16 kg — going from 70 kg to 54 kg. My periods, which used to disappear for months, now come every 45 days. My mental health improved dramatically too. I'm not fully cured — but I am proof that consistency changes everything.

I built PCOS Compass because I wish something like this had existed when I was at my lowest. Not a doctor's appointment I couldn't afford — just something that could explain what was happening in my body and tell me what I could actually do.

  1. How I Built It
  • Designed and built a fully client-side HTML/CSS/JS web app — no backend, no database
  • Used Claude (Anthropic AI) as the core development tool for code generation, medical content research, UX design, and symptom scoring logic
  • Built an 8-question symptom checker with a weighted scoring algorithm that outputs Low / Moderate / High PCOS likelihood with personalized next steps
  • Created an Info Hub with 6 evidence-based sections and a Myth Buster with the most harmful PCOS misconceptions debunked
  1. Challenges I Faced
  • Designing a symptom scoring system that feels personal without being misleading or alarmist
  • Writing medical content that is accurate but also warm, human, and empowering — not clinical and cold
  • Making sure every screen has clear disclaimers so no one mistakes it for a diagnostic tool
  • Building something fully functional with zero cost and zero barriers to access
  1. What I Learned
  • How deeply PCOS affects mental health — and how little that is talked about
  • That the biggest barrier for most women isn't treatment, it's understanding what is happening to their body
  • That lived experience makes you build differently — with more empathy, more urgency, and more care

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