I took prometrium for 7 days, last week. Sunday was the last night I took it. Prometrium is just another form of progesterone, to balance hormones and bring on a period. Everyone was on tip toes around me but I actually found I wasn't too cranky on the prometrium, and Scott agrees :) The week I took it seemed to be fine but now that i've stopped it, I feel terrible. I've had horrible stomach pains / nausea all week, I assumed it was because the drugs is suppose to bring on a period and usually before a period I get cramps. Well it's been a couple days and no period yet and the stomach ache hasn't subsided. Ab pain and cramps are side effects of the drug so I guess I'll keep on dealing with it and hopefully a period starts soon.
I'm also going to blame the meds for my lack of sleep and tiredness all week. It couldn't have been the fact I was up friday and saturday until like 2am and got my body off my normal sleep pattern. Scott graduated college last friday so we had a party afterwards at our house. I'm so proud of you honey! Then Saturday was St. Patty's day so we had a party at my cousins house with a bunch of my family. It was a very long weekend and long week but its finally friday so I think I'm going to spend the upcoming weekend in my pj's in bed.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Change in the game plans
I've been on metformin for 3 months and no periods, no changes. I called my OBGYN and she said that was normal on metformin and just continue to take the metformin. I didn't like that idea, she had told me previously how bad it was not to have a cycle and how much damage it can do to your body. So I decided it was time for a second opinon.
I went to a new OBGYN specializing in infertility issues on friday. I gave him my history and my current situation and medications list. He agreed it wasn't normal to miss periods for several months and we needed to induce one. I've been on progesterone before and I really don't care for it, it makes me rather cranky. But it's necessary to have a period so here we go again.
The new doctor suggested I take progestrone to get a cycle going again, start on some prental vitamins and after a month or two of this, we will start clomid and that should really help.
He suggested I continue metformin, hopefully it helps lose weight. I've lost about 10 lbs in the last 3 months, it's not much but it's a start right?
I really don't care for taking pills or medications, allergy medications and aleve is about all I'll take. But PCOS and all these issues have made me take more, and if that's what has to be done to have a baby i'll do it. I've been reasearching every medication I'm on and I feel they are safe. I'm currently taking 8 pills a day, 8! Ridiculous. But 3 metformin, 2 allergy meds, 2 prenatal and 1 progesterone, making me feel like a drug addict!
I went to a new OBGYN specializing in infertility issues on friday. I gave him my history and my current situation and medications list. He agreed it wasn't normal to miss periods for several months and we needed to induce one. I've been on progesterone before and I really don't care for it, it makes me rather cranky. But it's necessary to have a period so here we go again.
The new doctor suggested I take progestrone to get a cycle going again, start on some prental vitamins and after a month or two of this, we will start clomid and that should really help.
He suggested I continue metformin, hopefully it helps lose weight. I've lost about 10 lbs in the last 3 months, it's not much but it's a start right?
I really don't care for taking pills or medications, allergy medications and aleve is about all I'll take. But PCOS and all these issues have made me take more, and if that's what has to be done to have a baby i'll do it. I've been reasearching every medication I'm on and I feel they are safe. I'm currently taking 8 pills a day, 8! Ridiculous. But 3 metformin, 2 allergy meds, 2 prenatal and 1 progesterone, making me feel like a drug addict!
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