Hi.

I'm trying to reach out to any ladies who are in my same boat. I struggle to develop some sort of a cycle. I haven't had a natural period in years (I wanna say 2007?? was my last af), and provera doesn't give me a normal period. I just spot abnormally for weeks. I definitely do not ovulate, but I have plenty of healthy eggs in there.

Just wondering if anyone has found a magic potion that could help me. I'm so frustrated lately. I know the first response from Docs is to lose weight, but there's so many out there who are overweight and have normal cycles and several babies.

Apologies for the rant. I'm just seriously exhausted from the metformin ick and still not getting anywhere. Thanks ladies.

Sorry I do have cycles but I wanted to sympathise and say how awful for you to not have regular cycles!
I see you have weightloss in your signature so you are trying to do something about it - good for you!
I have got to say that I've been on here for ages and I have read about women who are overweight who fall pregnant after losing some of it. So stick with - you never know!

I very rarely see AF myself. I will get one that lasts a month or two and then see nothing for months. My doctors have told me to lose weight as well, but I already know that will not do any good. I have been like this since I first started my cycle at 12. During high school I had AF during school 2 times which was kind of nice. I was well within my healthy weight back then. The only thing that has given me regular cycles are BCP, but I hate taking them. Luckily for me the last 2 times I had AF it only lasted 2 weeks, but one was in July and one was in January. I am trying Vitex right now as I have read that it is supposed to work to regulate my hormones and in turn my cycles. I have been on it just over a month but have yet to see AF, it can take several months to get in your system and start to really work though.

Thanks Tansy. They say at least 10% weight loss should be enough to kick cycles into gear, but even when I do that it doesn't help. I'm miserable.

Yeah, I was the same. High school I was pretty regular. In college, when I lost tons of weight, my cycles pretty much stopped. If anyone has a messed up body, its me. It gets really old. I feel like I've tortured myself my whole life just to jump start them, but nothing really helps long enough to get me pregnant. Its such a short lived solution each time. I feel like such a weirdo. I hope I'm not the only one out there.

Can you afford to try acupuncture?

I've been going to acupuncture since June of last year. Luckily my insurance covers 24 sessions a year. I love it! It helps me with everything else, but it hasn't done much for my cycles. Like now I get the emotional sides of cycles. I PMS severely with the cramps, moodiness, and bloat, but I never really get anything else. Its definitely more than what I was getting a year ago, but I'm not getting any younger.

Have your doctors run any tests to see why you are like this? I know you said you were on metformin and they had tried provera to jump start AF but it didn't work. Have they tested you for anything?

hi turbo, meeeeee as you know I never get af or ovulate on my own or with fertility drugs blahhh ! (well twice in 19months, once with clomid, once with tamoxifen and then never again!) provera isnt always reliable either, it has not worked more than it has. I know how you feel, hope your ok xx

ps is the met not helping? I have been begging my fs for it but he said no! No idea whats next. x

Yeah. I've been to an RE for a year now. The next step is clearly clomid, but they are trying to get my af going. I don't build a lining at all and she said that its probably due to low/imbalanced estrogen and since clomid thins your lining, its not really a choice for me at the moment. The metformin is to try and level me out, but for the most part, all of my hormones appear within normal levels. I know for sure I have high LH tho bcz I almost always get a dark line on my opks. I also have pcos, which is clearly a factor, but even pcos gals get at least a few periods a year. I get nothing. =( Oh, and my thyroid was really low for a while there, but we got that fixed in September. Idk, I have issues for real, but I see a lot of women w these same issues and they still get af and ovulate. Everyone is different I know, but it still frustrates me.
Lily my lovvveee! I didn't even know you didn't get af. I'm sorry my sweets, I just thought you weren't ovulating. So we are the same. I'm scared even clomid won't work. I've only been on Metformin for a month and I haven't seen anything yet. Other girls have been getting AF like right away. Maybe I'm not responding bcz I'm not really insulin resistant? They did the fasting blood sugar and my levels are fine. You should try another doctor and have them prescribe it. Beanhunter was successful with it. Lots of girls are.

yeah unfortunately we are in the same situation,sucks doesnt it? yeah dont get af because of not ovulating. Dont quote me on this but I read somewhere on here that the met can take on average up to 3 months to see results, That was my gp and my fs who both said no, they just dont use it here, they say there isnt enough evidence to support it but I just want to try it ya know? I hope clomid works for you if thats what they are trying with you, they dubbed me a " clomid failure " and looks like tamoxifen has failed too so I am waiting for injectables but waiting list is massive, they said I can expect to get called Dec 2012 / Jan 2013 so nothing until then NHS is RUBBISH!!!!!!

I know exactly how you are feeling so if you ever need to talk, I'm always here x