montana_in_la

I've been thinking that, if met doesn't help me get my period back by the time I go for my annual check up (in May), that I'll look into starting BCPs again.

I didn't want to go on BCPs earlier because I'd had bad luck with the ones I tried (nordette, I think lo-ovral as well). Basically I would have regular cycles and then the period would disappear.

Now I'm wondering if it was the formulation of the pill, and not all bcps would be like that for me.

So I guess I have a couple questions:
1) Do you think something like Yasmin would work for me? (The two PCOS books I have point to a hazy "possibly")

2) Since I'm not having periods on my own, how do I start them up properly? When I started bcps before the pharmacist just said to start taking them. But sometimes I hear (on here) that women take a different drug to get their periods started. . . . ?

For all of the "we need more information" folks, I'm 24, weigh around 144 (in the afternoon, with gym clothes), I'm 5'7", 30" waist. I'm not IR, did acupuncture for 5 months before I couldn't afford it and I felt the clinic wasn't receptive to that. I felt the acupuncture was working. Haven't had a period since I stopped on Halloween. I started met in late November, first 500mgs and now 1000mgs. My acne (which cleared up with acupuncture), has stayed clear and is still improving.

I know that met is kind of tricky with "will it work or not", but I read in "Infertility Cure" to try any new therapy for at least 100 days to see if there's a result. I guess I'm just being impatient and concerned. I'm afraid of not getting a period, but I'm also afraid that if I go on BCPs I might make things worse for me later on when I want to have kids.

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doobiedoo777

hi. i just wanted to give you a little bit of what i have experienced on birth control. i am newly diagnosed with pcos and before a few months ago i hadn't had my period for a little more than a year. before that my periods would often be months apart and never sure when i would get it. i had tried yasmin and had some really bad side effects, affecting my heart and emotions, so i stopped taking them after about three weeks. about two months ago i started on Yaz which is a lower dose of hormones than yasmin and i have been really happy with them. i got my first period two weeks into taking them and it lasted about two weeks. (probably because i hadn't had one in so long.) i started taking the second pack and had another period about two weeks later which lasted about a week. the pills are designed so you get a period in the last four days that you take a placebo pill but because my body was so out of wack it takes awhile to get back into the swing of things. i have just started my third month of this birth control and really i am very happy with the way they are working. i have not experienced any side effects other than a little breast tenderness but i am very relieved and happy that i have had my period. my mood is normal whereas before the pill my hormones were so unbalanced that i experienced a lot of moodiness and depression. in the first month and a half i gained a little bit of weight but have returned to normal in this month. i am very happy with this pill.
as for something that induces a period there was a pill called provera that my doctor wanted to prescribe that is supposed to really work. you might want to look into that as well.
i also, before this, had tried some herbal supplements that sort of worked but may work for you if you don't want to take bc. red clover which is used in this pill called promesil helped a little, but i never got my period. it is a menopause pill that helps to regulate hormones. one of my really good friends said that she took just the red clover and after a few months was regular again.
i hope you figure out what works for you, i know that its frustrating....

csmurph1747

My personal experience... I was DX w/ PCOS about a month ago... I had not had AF for about 2 years or so ... my ob/gyn put me on prometruim (progesterone hormone) which i had to take for almost 2 weeks which caused me to start my period (boy did i bleed!!!) and once i started my period i started my BCP pack.... I think she did it like this because it is kinda like starting fresh w/no issues as far as the AF issues go... it makes sense because you usually start a new pack of BCP when you get AF or around that time .... I have never been on BCP before and by Dr. put me on Yaz as well... I just started taking it 3 days ago so I have no clue how quickly it will regulate. Hope some of this rambling helps