Changing the dose of vitex screwed up my cycle....

ginettelg · 02-16-2009, 09:46 PM

So ladies. I'm sure most of you have seen my posts about how vitex works and it's been wonderful for me. Well, my bottle of vitex says to take 1 pill 3 times a day for 3 months, then start taking 1 pill per day. Well, I didn't want to just start taking 1 pill, so I decided on 2 pills per day and see how that went. Well, it went horrible. The day I was supposed to get AF, it was mia. I got bloated and boobs got sore and I swore I was pregnant. I took a test and got a bfn. That was a week ago.

This was upsetting because I was having normal 28 day cycles when I was taking the 3 pills per day. So I decided to go back to my dose of 3 pills a day. Since I've been doing that, it seems to be working better. I feel like I will get AF soon.

So it's weird that the vitex was working until I lowered the dose like the bottle instructed to. I guess it all depends on how severe our problem really is. Anyways, I will be sticking to 3 pills per day.

BABY DREAMS · 02-17-2009, 07:30 PM

Oh no! maybe that is only meant for women with no PCOS. Hope you see af again. I have been on the same does as you for the past 4 weeks. I will keep in mind when my 3rd month is up not to change my dose thanx!

Kimmybear · 02-18-2009, 02:53 PM

I hope AF returns for you soon. Anyone know how long you can take vitex safely for and how long of a break you are supposed to allow?

herbsgirl · 02-18-2009, 04:05 PM

I read you can take it up to 18 months continously. But there have been studies that it is safe even at 9 years of use. So it is very safe for long term use. There was one woman on a review I read about vitex that had taken it 15 years.