Provera for irregular absent cycles

[Rosieroo17]

Hi there

I just finished a 3 month round of provera for absent cycles. I have pcos It didn't bring on my periods. However I have suffered bad Insomnia since. I have always slept well.

Could it be the provera? It been two weeks since I stopped

[shaws Administrator]

Re PCOS?

I don't have a link but this is from one of our Advisers (deceased. He only prescribed NDT or T3 for patients):-

Multiple Ovarian Cysts as

a Major Symptom of Hypothyroidism

The case I describe below is of importance to women with polycystic ovaries. If

they have evidence, such as a high TSH, that conventional clinicians accept as evidence of hypothyroidism, they may fair well. But the TSH is not a valid gauge of a woman's tissue thyroid status. Because of this, she may fair best by adopting self-directed care. At any rate, for women with ovarian cysts, this case is one of extreme importance.

In 2008, doctors at the gynecology department in Gunma, Japan reported the case

of a 21-year-old women with primary hypothyroidism. Her doctor referred her to the

gynecology department because she had abdominal pain and her abdomen was distended up to the level of her navel.

At the gynecology clinic she underwent an abdominal ultrasound and CT scan. These

imaging procedures showed multiple cysts on both her right and her left ovary.

The woman's cholesterol level and liver function were increased. She also had a

high level of the muscle enzyme (creatine phosphokinase) that's often high in hypothyroidism.

Blood testing also showed that the woman had primary hypothyroidism from autoimmune thyroiditis.

It is noteworthy that the young woman's ovarian cysts completely disappeared soon

after she began thyroid hormone therapy. Other researchers have reported girls with

primary hypothyroidism whose main health problems were ovarian cysts or precocious puberty. But this appears to be the first case in which a young adult female had ovarian cysts that resulted from autoimmune-induced hypothyroidism.

The researchers cautioned clinicians: "To avoid inadvertent surgery to remove an

ovarian tumor, it is essential that a patient with multiple ovarian cysts and hypothyroidism be properly managed, as the simple replacement of a thyroid hormone could resolve the ovarian cysts."[1]

Reference:

1. Kubota, K., Itho, M., Kishi, H., et al.: Primary hypothyroidism presenting as

multiple ovarian cysts in an adult woman: a case report. Gynecol. Endocrinol.,

24(10):586-589, 2008.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Get your vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 tested

Low vitamin D and low B vitamins are linked to insomnia

drgominak.com/sleep/vitamin...

As you presumably have Graves' disease have you tried strictly gluten free diet

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chriskresser.com/the-gluten...

scdlifestyle.com/2014/08/th...

PCOS is linked to Hashimoto's. Have you had TPO and TG antibodies tested

It is possible to have Hashimoto's as well as Graves