Cae: Bloodwork is your best bet....labs like male hormones (and hormones that convert easily to male hormones like DHEA'S), fasting insulin etc can call all show abnormalities and be red flags.
For me, I was normal to slightly impaired with my fasting glucose and was borederline during my pregnancies. But thankfully I had a Dr who knew the symproms of PCOS/insulin resistance and gave me a trial of metformin because I had every physical symptom (periods of hypoglycemia, irregular periods, waist weight gain, severe carb cravings, skin tags, low HDL cholesterol, high LDL, family history of diabetes and heart disease, dark skin on the neck and underarms).
Tommie:
"My husband and I started Atkins about 3 weeks ago and he is losing fast and I am going very slow."
Keep in mind that men lose a lot faster than women do. Metabolically your husband's body isn't fighting PCOS and men tend to lose faster anyway because of their higher muscle content. Don't compare your losses with your husband's. I know it's hard, but stay focused on your own accomplishments and don't compare, because it will just frustrate you. It's an unfortunate reality than men lose weight a lot easier than we do..if we didn't love them so much we'd hate their guts.
I can say that I do prefer the IR way of eating to Atkins, simply because it is difficult to get all the nutrients, anti-oxidents etc that you need for health on the induction level of Atkins. I always felt like I was starving at 30g carb daily. I love IR because it's not as restrictive, no food is off-limits and even now at my goal weight I am still using the concept of linking and balancing food with protein.
All the best!