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bleeding while taking prometrium
Ok, I'm a 19 year old woman who has been diaganosed with PCOS by my gynecologist. What I need to know about is a few things actually. He prescribed me with Prometrium 200mgs, once a day at bedtime. Ok, so I took the pills, twelve days...on the second day I began to bleed...It just seemed to come and come...and lasted for about five days. I did not ovulate during this time. Ever since I was finished with it, I have had the cramps, only worse than it's supposed to be, and it's a constant pain, I called the office, and they told me that I did not have a period, that the meds didn't work this round... they said that those five days were "spotting". Ok, so yesterday, they started me on Prometrium again, only this time its 400mgs a day at bedtime...the cramps that got worse after the first time are at a stead 7 on pain wise on a scale of 1-10. I took Midol, thinking it would be safe for it, but it is just hurting at the same amount of pain. I'm not allergic to the meds, it's just painful. I've been doing a lot of research about the PCOS and about Prometrium, and things for me don't look too positive. I'm seriously thinking about a hystorectomy, but I'm worried, and Im scared, I don't know what to do, and I've looked up everything, or at least what seems to be everything about PCOS, because now all I'm getting is repeated info that I've already found...What am I supposed to do...I want kids someday, but the meds aren't working, and I'm in pain. Anyone else have this kind of problem? oh, and I'm supposedly pre diabetic because I'm obese...I never used to be, I stoped having periods two years ago, and I used to weigh 160, but now I weigh somewhere around 260. That's one hundred pounds that I gained outta no where, and I've done all sorts of things to loose it...and my gynecologist says that I got PCOS because of my own problem of gaining the weight...I'm just so hurt and confused...I used to have really bad depression spells, and I'm a major depression person, just not diagnosed, and I'm so sad that I don't even know what to do, I've tried to loose the weight....but I can't, I've tried almost everything, my fasting blood sugar was like 200, but diabetes, type two runs in the family anyway, but still...How can I loose weight if I cant loose it? I eat healty, I exercise a lot, but I still weigh 260. What can I do???
Thank you for your comments. I've been thinking about going somewhere else, but I live in a small area and there's only one gyn here. I don't have means to go anywhere else, so I'm pretty much stuck with him. I will ask him about it again though, and see what he says this time. Thanks again ladies.
I agree with llenda try to definitely get a second opinion. It would be sad for you to put yourself through the procedure and heartache and then find out that something could have been done.
Hey worried, I do not have PCOS but when I was like 18 or 19 (40 now) I had really bad cysts. I looked like I was 5 months preggo and it was hurting so bad that I couldn't walk. I was also bleeding. I was so young I kept just hoping it would go away. Eventually I had to go to the doc and the first thing he told me was that I needed to have a hysterectomy. I went to another doc and he did an ultrasound and gave me some kind of pills that ended up dissolving the cysts. I think you should at least go to one or two more docs and see what they say. Don't panic and do something you will regret later. Good luck.
I've been trying to concieve since I got married, and it was for my periods to come. However, I've had PCOS for a long time, I've just been diagnosed with it though two months ago. He skipped the birth control because he wanted to try Prometrium instead...my docs set in his ways...so he upped the dose when it didn't work the first time. He told me that if it doesn't work this round, since my PCOS is so bad, he said that I may have to have surgery...so if it doesn't work, I'll have to get a hysterectomy to keep from getting cancer since cancer is extremely common in my family.
I have PCOS as well. Did the doctor prescribe the prometrium to bring on your period since you weren't getting them? Are you currently trying to conceive? Have you asked you doctor about just regular birth control pills. Don't let PCOS overcome you girl. It is an obstacle in the road but don't do anything drastic like have a hysterectomy.
sorry to bother you all, I'll just go somewhere else for my questions....no one seems to be able to answer my ?s, or they may not want to. I've made my decision now...instead of worry about it, I'm just going to have the ovaries and the uterus taken out. No more questions, no more problems, no more worries except what the PCOS has already caused. Sorry to have burdened you all.
No one has had this problem? The severe pain and extremely heavy bleeding that is not considered a period? :( Does anyone have any answers?
wow, the bleeped me....lets try this maxkarebear at yahoo . com and karensacheezit at hotmail.com...that should be better....
some things I'd prefer to talk about in private, so if you have any info...please IM me on yahoo at ***@****, or IM me on MSN at ***@**** getting a response is putting me on the edge you see, I'm very worried about my health, especially since PCOS is such a serious disease....
the first round was at the end of october, early november...I didn't make that clear...
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