Naturally confused!!!

CarolynSG · 05-31-2006, 03:05 PM

I am so sorry to start a new thread, but it is really confusing when you are new to the whole alternative remedies thing, and every person is talking about a different herb or pill that they are taking. I do not have AF on my own, at all, so obviously i dont O on my own either. I need help, to find a herbal / alternative approach. I need help with NPC, Soy, Vitex - when to take, how much, for how long...
Please can someone help me?

Carrie76 · 05-31-2006, 08:22 PM

Hi Carolyn, I am not an expert but from what I understand if you do not have periods you can start to take NPC right away. Rub 1/4 of a teaspoon on in the morning and again in the evening. Do this for 14 days and then stop, you should have a period, if you dont you just start again for the 14 days on and 14 days off to try and get your body into a cycle, if you do start to cycle then make sure you take the NPC from CD 14-28. Soy I think is supposed to act like clomid and is taken from CD5-9 or CD4-7 I don't know the amount to take though. Vitex is a herb you can just start to take at anytime. It can take a while to get into your system I think most people take a 400mg tablet twice a day. It can be taken everyday of the month.

hope this helps

Carrie

ashlea · 05-31-2006, 10:12 PM

Hi Carolyn, I feel the same way. I don't have AF on my own either, I always have to be on bcp's. I am interested in the alternative, natural therapies too but I really have no idea where to start, it seems like there is so much out there. Sometimes I'm scared to start taking anything or using anything because I am afraid it will interact with something else that I am taking and my symptoms will get worse. I did get pregnant 8 years ago and had a son, at the time I was not on any medications for pcos and did not have AF. but thank God I somehow got pregnant after years of trying. Good luck to you