Provera for PCOS??

Question

I was diagnosed with PCOS this summer, had a follow up appt today. Doctor wants me on Provera to regulate periods, saying that eventually it could help me to ovulate and have a regular period. However, Provera only causes a withdrawal bleed and does absolutely nothing balance hormones or help ovulation.

I'm so frustrated right now because the only other solution he gave me was clomid. My husband and I are ttc, but I don't want to jump straight to fertility meds. I feel like I'm only being offered band aid solutions.

I'm looking into natural supplements (used vitex in the past and it helped, but isn't working for me currently), and have been trying to lose weight (down 10lbs so far). But I still don't know if I should bother with the Provera. Has anyone had real success with ovulation and regulating cycles with Provera? What should I do?

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I also was prescribed to provera for 10 days to induce AF. This was a total night mare. AF came on the 9th day of taking the meds, it was the worst period/cramps I had in my life. I would stick to natural supplements. I take prenatal vitamins twice a day and workout 3-4 days a week, losing weight helped AF to come on regular. I've lost 15lbs and my shortest cycle now is 39 days! Before it was like a 90 day cycle. Baby dust to all, God luck, keep us posted!

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I have PCOS and I did t want to be on birth control anymore. 
So my doctor put me on Metformin. 500ml. 
I've been having regular periods and along with excercise and healthy eating, I got pregnant for the first time. All natural. I sadly had a miscarriage but I know what to do now. Good luck and go with your gut on how you feel.

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I was on provera and it helped me out. I had two cysts rupture and I ovulated last month for the first time in who knows how long. I think everyone reacts differently though and he should be willing to work with you if you're not comfortable with a treatment path.

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Having a regular withdrawal bleed does help thin the uterine lining and can help future implantation.

Taking provera for a few months also helps give your body a break and may establish a pattern (which your body may or may not pick up on).

It won't balance your hormones in and of itself, but it does give you a "cycle day 1" which we all work off of.

If you can, see a reproductive endocrinologist. They're the experts.

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No one has confirmed whether or not Provera helps with ovulation, my doctor told me that it does help some women so they suggest that you have protected sex until you know. Also, letrozole is more effective and safer for women with PCOS than chlomid

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But it brings my cycles when I take it

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My doctor prescribed me clomid too. Losing weight or doing natural pills and stuff could work, but is not guaranteed. My doctor said ideally it would be great for me to lose 10,20,30 plus pounds but he understands that with PCOS, it is harder. The main goal is to get me to ovulate because I don't on my own. I've been on metformin a year and that only worked a few times, but with PCOS, I never know when I will get a period, and my doctor said it isn't guaranteed that losing 10 or 20 lbs will work  I guess that could be a case by case thing. Clomid has worked for me to help me ovulate. And for TTC, I'm too impatient to wait for a period to come naturally and to hope that I'll ovulate, because high chances are I won't, so I was totally fine the provera/clomid combo. It took almost a year after getting off the pill to be diagnosed, so now I'm trying to be proactive (lose weight, eat healthy,exercise,etc), but also taking the help of the medications prescribed from the doctors and although I haven't gotten pregnant yet (ovulated 1st round 5-9, not on 2nd 3-7 and now doing 5-9 again) it just makes me feel more optimistic that there are options to help.

Provera for PCOS??

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