Irregular cycles

[Cnerwin]

I wasn't really sure where to post this so feel free to move it if necessary. I've always had very regular 26 to 28 day cycles, even though it took me over a year to get pregnant with my first child. Within the last 6 months I've had a cycle over 50 days, spotting throughout my cycles and now cycles Every two weeks. The short cycles have started after starting metformin due to a high insulin test (19 while sort of fasting). The only other change has been cytomel, a thyroid medicine that I doubt has changed my cycle, in December. My endo has diagnosed as PCOS without too much hormone testing, but I am just not sure how PCOS would come on this quickly even though I did have a slight increase in weight, only about 10 lb and have since lost that, does anyone have experience with PCOS to tell me if that is possibly what's causing this or if I should be pushing to look at something else or going deeper? Or if someone has an idea on a good vitamin that could help please let me know. I'm scheduled to see a reproductive endocrinologist within the next few weeks, but I had actually planned to cancel that and keep trying naturally for longer. With the irregular cycles now I'm not so sure. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

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[Parying4agirl]

Not sure about the short cycles but after my 3rd boy my cycles went all funny, started getting longer and even missing some months
Went drs who said I had low vit D and took meds for 3 months, thankfully sorted it out.

[Cnerwin]

Thanks for responding parying4agirl! That's funny, I did have low D during that long cycle, severely low, and have been taking it just a few weeks. I hope maybe that's most of it!

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[Parying4agirl]

Yes mines was very bad, had a crazy high dose for a week then a bit lower for the remaining months. Hope your cycles get sorted 👍🏼
I had major side effects to the vit d capsules so they gave tablets.

[atomic sagebrush]

What kind of diet are you eating?

Gaining weight can cause PCO to flare up, even as little as 5-10 lb fluctuations can make your cycle get longer but cycles every 2 weeks is NOT NORMAL and you need to get back in to the docs to see what is going on. That's not ok and needs to be fully investigated. In fact I'd even try to get in sooner rather than later to rule out a fibroid.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks for responding parying4agirl! That's funny, I did have low D during that long cycle, severely low, and have been taking it just a few weeks. I hope maybe that's most of it!

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Something is up with the short cycles. That MUST BE checked out. Please don't decide "well this is prob. low Vit D or PCOS" because while rare, that could be something of concern and more commonly, could be impacting your ability to get and stay pregnant. Keep your appointment and maybe even try to get sooner.

[Cnerwin]

My appt is next Thursday with the Repro. Endo but I may just call my regular gyn and let her know about the new short ones. Thank you atomic!!

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[Cnerwin]

UPDATE: Thought I would update in case anyone ever went through the same issues. Saw the reproductive Endo today (who was amazing) and after an ultrasound, it looks like I do not have PCOS!
My one follicle measured small for my cycle and my lining was thinner than optimum. She believes there are some other messed up hormones and is checking my prolactin, progesterone, and FSH next week on cycle day 21.
If those come back as expected, I'll start Femara then progesterone to combat the delayed o and short LP.

My biggest takeaway from this is to keep pushing your care. If I hadn't pushed to see an RE now, I would have been labeled as PCOS, kept on metformin another 4 months and then MAYBE checked again. No one had even checked my hormone levels. Don't accept a PCOS diagnosis without more proof than insulin resistance. They often go hand in hand but not always.

Anyway, hopefully we will get a baby next cycle! Baby dust to everyone and thanks to atomic for all of this
Also -yay! Femara sways PINK

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[atomic sagebrush]

thank you for updating!

YES I see this time and again, docs/naturopaths tossing out the PCO diagnosis without doing any real testing, and then people who actually have the opposite problem (too LOW hormone levels) are given medications and take supplements that are appropriate for PCOSers (since they have high hormone levels) but are a disaster for those with already low levels.

Good luck and pink dust headed your way!