PCOS Messages for March, 2002: Re: Provera at 10mgs.

Re: Provera at 10mgs.

From: Dusty (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 05:41:46 -0600 (CST)

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Hello....

Last summer I started taking 10 mg of Provera, the first 10 days of the month. Then, about 3-4 days later, I would have a period. This was done not because I wasn't having periods at all, but because my periods were extremely irregular (anywhere from 20 to 40 days), and because when I had a period it was so heavy as to be a bit scary. (Sometimes I would saturate a pad completely in an hour's time, and do this all day.) Since taking the Provera, my periods have been very regular, and the flow has been much less--although sometimes the period can last for 7 days.

Just a couple of months ago, I had a period that was about 2 weeks earlier than it should have been. I phoned the doctor and he didnt' seem concerned, since this was a one-time occurrence. It did happen shortly after I had been hospitalized briefly for some problems with my heart meds. Then, the next month, I had a normal period again.

About 15 years ago, I went through a spell where I flowed continuously for 6 months without stopping, then went into a spell where I didn't have a period for 6 months. My endo at that time put me on the Provera, again 10 days out of the month but I don't remember the dosage, and that caused me to have periods. After a couple of years, I started having periods spontaneously and so stopped taking the Provera. Now, many years later, I am taking it again after being told I have this syndrome.

-- Dusty

At Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Lauree wrote: > >Hello, Read your post about being put on provera and having it >stop your cycles all together. First it is not healthy for us >to not have a cycle. You need to have a cycle atleast every >other month if can be helped. (IT cleans out the build-up in >your body during the breakdown of the lining). I was on Provera >for a long time (over a year) then suddenly my cycles started >getting heavier. I was on 10mg 5 days out of the month at that >time and would get AF 3 days after the last pill. Then when AF >decided to come and stick around for 3 weeks of heavy miserable >bleeding I then was put on 10mg for 10 days to stop it. If you >have not had a cycle i would recommend talking to your doctor and >asking him if you should take only the 5 doses to restart your >cycle and see what happens. IT should restart you and hopefully >only last the normal amount of days. 5-7 > > Going for so long without a cycle and then getting one can >either make you have a mild to very heavy flow the first time. >It is usually after a couple cycles of very heavy flow that it will >mellow itself out and become normal after not having one. > > I was told that, with a very heavy flow that it is considered a >double ovulation which occassionally we women do experience. > > Good luck > Lauree

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