provera

givememybabyalready · 11-04-2008, 10:41 PM

Hello all

I have been on provera for 2 months now to induce my period and the side effects are a little weird. Aside from the expected cramps, bloating, etc., i get a pain in my sternum that isn't really painful, but more like extremely uncomfortable. I can't sleep while on it, then when i come off of it, i sleep all day and when i try to get up i feel drunk and i have no other choice but to flop back onto the bed. and i just feel generally horrible everyday. Has anyone else had these side effects?

Also, my dr. isn't the most informative person. He doesn't answer my questions directly so i'm wondering...since i have cystic ovaries, is the provera inducing the period so that after a few cycles the cysts will dissipate? and will i have to be on provera forever or will my cycles ever regulate and come on their own?

my husband is military and has been in korea since january 08. he came home on leave in august and that's when we went to the specialist. so for now i'm just on the provera until he gets back in january 09 for good and then the dr. says he will start the ovulation induction. should be fun

khailey · 11-05-2008, 12:18 AM

this is SO weird - i had a couple of days with pain in my sternum that I just couldn't explain to anyone!! it was at the end of my Provera cycle. I also just feel tired, emotional and *yuck* when I'm on it. I have had to take it to induce my period every month since being off of birth control (since June). I used to only have a regular cycle if I stayed on birth control.

givememybabyalready · 11-05-2008, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by khailey

this is SO weird - i had a couple of days with pain in my sternum that I just couldn't explain to anyone!! it was at the end of my Provera cycle. I also just feel tired, emotional and *yuck* when I'm on it. I have had to take it to induce my period every month since being off of birth control (since June). I used to only have a regular cycle if I stayed on birth control.

yea i told my husband my sternum hurt, and he didn't believe me. sort of like why would your sternum hurt? provera just puts you out of commission for awhile. im a bit concerned.

my period has just been irregular since i was 16 and when i turned 18, it had pretty much completely stopped and it would MAYBE come once a year.