But my question I guess is more what do I do that I have already tried the provera and then done the metformin, I have been on metformin 1000 mg a day for the past 36 days and still haven't ovulated or had a period, so do I need to talk to my doctor about starting something different??
Ovulation/Fertility
September 15, 2007
I am 21 and my husband and I have been trying for about a year to have another baby. I don't have regular period and started going to a new doctor. After my apt., she put me on provera and after taking it for 10 days I had a period, then I started metformim to cause me to ovulate, well that didn't work. She now wants me to go back onto provera but I don't understand why because then my next step would to go back to the metformim, but it didn't work. I still haven't had period since going off the provera the first time. What would my next step be or are there any other options?
Thank you very much I am concerned b/c in high school I had hypoglemia and I don't want to have to stress so much about a special diet, if these pills aren't going to help would be the next step or pill to start... also I forgot to mention earlier that the metformin is also starting to make me sick...??
I have been on the metformin for going on 2 months and it started doing this at the beginning but seems to be getting worse instead of better...it wasn't as bad when I was only take 500 mg for the first week but since then I have been taking 1000 mg a day should I drop it back down to 500 mg b/c she said I could do this if the side affects got to bad...?
Not a bad idea to make sure PCOS is the culprit here, and if so... you will probably be on Clomid to help you ovulate while on Metformin. It's not uncommon that when metformin is increased from one pill to the eventual 3 pills a day, that you start having greater side-effects. Talk to your doc, try to be on 1500mg/day to get the maximal effect. Now that you're off the Avandia, check to see if the dose you're on for a few days continues to provoke side effects. Good luck, and keep us posted...
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Hi Christina,
It makes me wonder since metformin and/or Avadia are only given to PCOS patients when trying to conceive, and not to any other particular infertility patient. Elevated levels of testosterone are not necessarily noticed, and don't always give increased hair growth, especially in certain ethnicities. Most people who do ultrasounds, unfortunately also don't report "PCOS looking ovaries" and simply state normal. Given this info, talking to your doctor would make the most sense to discuss the use of these medications on you and/or your diagnosis.
It makes me wonder since metformin and/or Avadia are only given to PCOS patients when trying to conceive, and not to any other particular infertility patient. Elevated levels of testosterone are not necessarily noticed, and don't always give increased hair growth, especially in certain ethnicities. Most people who do ultrasounds, unfortunately also don't report "PCOS looking ovaries" and simply state normal. Given this info, talking to your doctor would make the most sense to discuss the use of these medications on you and/or your diagnosis.
September 15, 2007
Sounds like you have PCOS and a combination of Clomid and Metformin may help you after you finish the Provera. Talk to your doctor about this to help you ovulate, and you can research more on this topic on this site to learn pregnancy rates, etc. If this combination doesn't help, then you may need injectable gonadotropins given by an RE to help you start a family