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Kasja
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Kasja asked in Pregnancy & ParentingPregnancy · 1 decade ago

Should I just stop taking Clomid?

If you check any of my previous questions you"ll see that I have struggled a whole bunch with female issues; no periods, no ovulation, unable to conceive ect. I was diagnosed with pcos when i was 19 because of having high estrogen and testosterone although i show no reals signs of the disorder aside from what i meantioned above. I'm not the least bit overweight, no facial/body hair, nothing.

A doc different from the one who diagnosed me, prescribed me Metformin 1500mg for a month to see if it brought on my period and when it didnt he prescribed me Clomid 50mg in mixture with metformin and i actually had a period. My 1st, 2nd and 4th cycle of clomid i had a period like clock work, every 33 days. The 3rd round my cycle was 38 days. Because I hadn't conceived my doc upped my dosage of clomid to 100mg on 5th cycle and I completely missed that month. As of right now I still have not had a period, its been 3 months however a week ago i started having brown discharge that has turned reddish. How could I not have my period? The dosage was upped and even on 50mg i had a period every month. I even continued taking the metformin and that hasnt helped. What should i do? Should I take the last round i have of clomid to see if there is any success or just forget about it?

I don't know if this helps any but I have been pregnant before in the past but suffered miscarriages, I was pretty young though and I haven't been able to get pregnant for nearly 5 years since.

Any stories similiar to mine, I would love to hear. I would love to hear all stories in fact.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I was in a similar situation, though there were some differences...

    When I was a very young teenager, my husband and I got married, and became pregnant very soon afterward. We were devastated by a 19 week miscarriage. I started taking the Depo shot as my normal birth control method, deciding that it was a little soon to have children. I stayed on the shot for over 4 years, and for all 4 of those years my monthly cycle was gone. My doctor wasn't concerned, so I wasn't concerned.

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    After a time my husband and I decided that it would be good to start trying for kids. We had been married for almost 5 years, and the time just seemed right. After a year of being off the Depo shot and still having the absence of a period however, I knew something was very wrong...

    My doctor diagnosed me with a similar problem, accept my estrogen was almost non-existent, and my testosterone was through the roof. I had no symptoms of it (accept for perhaps being a little bit more man-like than my usual self). My doc was shocked that I hadn't had any physical problems with the way my numbers were.

    Anyway, the treatment was estrogen of one kind or another. However, I was not allowed to even try it. My medical history (seizures), and my family history (ALL kinds of 'female' cancers) put me at to high of a risk for any kind of therapy. My doctor just kinda gave up, informing me that I would hit menopause by 30 or so, and that my chances of having children without the use of a surrogate were 0.

    Needless to say my husband and I were crushed. We had always wanted children, and after the loss of our first, the hope for more was dead. Then it happened, I gave up.

    2007, Almost 6 years after my husband and I got married, over a year sense we had to give up our dreams of children...

    I was sitting on my couch at 2 am, unable to seep I was reading a good book.

    I felt a little 'Thump' in my stomach. I blew it off as gas... figuring that that was the reason I had been having problems sleeping...

    Then a much harder...'Thump THUMP'

    .... O.o ...That was NOT Gas

    I remember the first thought that sprung into my mind was "Oh my GOD! I have Worms!"

    So like a crazy woman I start freaking out. I run into the bedroom and jump on my husband and shook him as hard as I could.

    He looked up at me with a very bleary expression as I yelled "Honey I have WORMS!"

    "Huh?" He gave me a glassy eyed, totally uncomprehending look. He didn't get it...

    "Honey something just moved around inside me! I have worms! Parasites!"

    Blinking owlishly he finally seemed to be coming awake. "What are you talking about?"

    "A thump in my guts, and it wasn't gas! What do I do?!"

    Finally he seemed to understand what I was getting at... Confused looks passed over his face and finally he said "Could you be pregnant?"

    "Are you hysterical?" I said completely hysterically "I cant be pregnant!"

    I thought I was right, I was sure. After all I hadn't had a period in half a decade. The doctors had given up, we had given up.

    Well when it was all said and done, 3 days later I was staring into a very fuzzy screen looking at the most beautiful sight ever. A miracle in black and white, swimming in a dream world that I would have never thought existed. He was already over 26 weeks along his journey and I hadn't even known he was there. It was only 11 weeks till I would be holding my son.

    I had no idea for so long, but when you have to let a dream die, you don't rely want to think about it again if you don't have to. I hadn't had a period in years and years, so 'missing one' didn't rely raise an alarm. I had no symptoms either. No sickness, weight gain (and I am a tiny girl not to have shown at all), no moodiness (though perhaps my husband would disagree), and nothing else at all that would tip me or anyone else off.

    Needless to say my doctor was floored when I waled in with a positive pregnancy test in hand. Soon after the miracle was complete when my blood work came back after I gave birth to my son Henry. I was fixed. The doctors explained it as a kind-of biological reset button. Ive had my cycles every month sense, accept for the last 7 months, =) our little girl is due in 2 more months.

    So don't give up, I know now that I shouldn't have. Only a miracle saved me. You should never be willing to give up the fight, no matter how much time has passed, anything is always possible.

    Good luck hun, I hope you keep on trying and fighting, I'm sure there is a medicine that can help, no matter how many you have to go thought to find the one that works for you, don't give up!

  • 1 decade ago

    My answer to your question and if I was you would be a no and I can relate to you somewhat. I had no periods for 9 months then was diagnosed with PCOS then I started getting random irregular periods and never had a confirmed ovulation yet and I have had 3 cycles of Clomid and now half way through my 4th cycle. Like you my PCOS seems to more or less hormonal rather that the physical signs. My first 2 cycles of 50mg of Clomid seemed to be good looked like i had follicles yet when I had my blood tests done to try and confirm ovulation its all came back as potential ovulation and never confirmed but they have basically said its no good!! Sucks right! On my 3rd cycle I had a cyst therefore it was abandoned!! On my 4th cycle currently and I went for a scan the other day there and no follicles yet and they are gonna try and scan me again later this week. Yeah I have to admit I have been down since but there is so much more they can try for us. Just keep trying everything that they can offer you and before you take your last round of Clomid I would speak to our doctor before making that decision yourself. I am hoping if this round of Clomid is no good then I can have my dosage upped by still hoping as they don't seem keen. Good luck hun.

    Source(s): TTC#1 for 20 months Clomid cycle 4 with PCOS
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    This is my 1st month of clomid to. I started my clomid on the 17th and my period stoped on the 19th And I take my clomid cycle days 3-7 So I had a short period to and like u I wasent sure of what to do so I called the dr and he said that it doesn't matter just finish th clomid ur periods are messed up because we are messing with ur hormones...

  • 5 years ago

    There are numerous people who would laugh at the possibility of changing their destinies. This is because it thinks that no one gets more that exactly what is written in his fate.

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