Provera but no period

[RockyVT08]

I was put on Provera 10mg for 7 days to make me have a period since I was about 2 months late (again). I have taken this amount many times before and usually started bleeding about 2 days after taking the last pill. I am now 7 days past my last pill and I have still not started. I read it could take 14 days, but that has never been the case for me before. I had a possible chemical pregnancy that ended Sept 4th, then I brown spotted for half a day on Oct. 6th (all hpt negative after that) and I started taking the Provera on Nov. 6th when they diagnosed me with PCOS. What could cause the provera not to work? It has before and I can't imagine that I actually could've O'ed for me to get pregnant, they told me I would need medications for that because I have no periods at all without medical help. I have my first RE appt Friday so I will bring it up, but I am very confused. I have sore boobies, which I never have with my periods. I only had that once during my chemical pregnancy. I also havent had many cramps, which are usually very bad for me. Just general discomfort down there, plus being ridiculously tired and having dizzy spells. What is going on???

[lenora78]

hi im new just wondering i have pcos and havent had a cycle in about a year. took provera 10 days 10mlg and its been 9 days no cycle. took one hpt it was invalid the next hpt the next day only cost dollar and was negative. i have taken provera several times over the yrs and always started. is it possible to be pregnant, or could there be another reason forno period. plzz help thx  

[Karen616]

wait the other 7 days, it will go by SOOOO slow. :( and then call the doctor. I do think its wierd that you havent started though. My appt is in the morning and I've been waiting for that for 2 weeks and it has gone by so slow. I had a miscarriage in 2005 at 7 weeks, and Im just dying to know how far along I am and to see if there is a heart beat. Keep me posted on what happens, if you get AF or what the doctor tells you.

[RockyVT08]

My last HPT was Oct 26th and it was negative. I dont know if Oct 6th was an AF or not, I assumed since all HPT were negative. It was like you said. I had about half a day of only light brown spots that I only noticed when I wiped.

[Karen616]

well after I called the nurse on Nov 3rd to check in, I started spotting that afternoon and it was light light brown, only there when I wiped, it was never enough to get on my panties. I thought I was starting my period and felt so relieved that I didnt have to worry about it anymore. Then like 3 hours later, it looked like it was tapering off instead of getting heavier like AF. Then I took the HPT before bed and it came out positive. Have you taken a HPT since Oct 6th? Or are you sure that Oct 6th was AF?

[RockyVT08]

They did a blood test about 3 weeks before the Provera, but I havent had a recent one. IF the brown spotting on Oct 6 was AF then I SHOULD have O'ed around the 25th or so, but I wasnt testing because I didnt think it was possible. My gyno just told me that my bloodwork showed certain stuff, he thinks it is PCOS, and then he gave me like 6 months worth of Provera so I will have periods. I scheduled a RE appointment because my gyno is obsessed with me waiting another 6 months for fertility meds. I haven't tested for pregnancy or ovulation in forever so I have no idea where I could be in a cycle right now

[Karen616]

I know, I was the same way. I tried for a year and then when he finally gave me the provera, I was going to start on fertility meds too, I was supposed to call them as soon as I started my period. By the time I never started, I was just so fed up with it all that I didnt even think there was a remote chance I was pregnant. AND when I called to check in with the nurse, and she told me to take that HPT before I went in there, I actually told her...I cant have kids! Im not pregnant! lol. (I guess that was the hormones already talking!) Do it the way I did it. Wait until the med says you should have a period, what is it...2 weeks? And then call and let them know you still havent started. Maybe then instead of telling you to HPT they will send you for a blood test and that will be way more accurate. Did they give you a blood test before they put you on the Provera?

[RockyVT08]

I am sooooooo afraid to take a HPT though! After all the negatives I've dealt with I almost never want to see a hpt ever again. I was trying to have a period so that I could start fertility meds. I couldnt get pregnant when I was charting and trying, it is so hard for me to grasp the idea I could get pregnant when trying to do the opposite. I'm afraid to test.

[Karen616]

Oh wow! I was in the same exact situation. Get this, my last period was Aug 20th. I went to the gyno on Oct 10th. They did a blood test for pregnancy and it was negative. They also did a sonogram and diagnosed me with PCOS. They started me on Provera 20 mg for 5 days. I never started. I called 2 weeks later to check in and let them know that I was still waiting and the nurse scheduled me an appt for the next day and told me to take a hpt before going to the appt. I took it and it was postive! I got pregnant while on the Provera and thats why I never started. Im like 6 weeks along they think, I have my second sono tomorrow bc the first one was 2 weeks ago and it was too early to see anything. My boobs have been sooo sore, and they never are with my period. I definately get the dizzy spells. They arent so bad the past few days, but before that it was every time I moved my head, or even shifted my wieght in the chair at work. Maybe your pg! It sounds identical to what happened with me.