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I don't think there is any harm in not having your period but its obviously something that you need to get straightened out. How long have you been on the thyroid meds now?

With two 90+ day periods myself in the last 9 months, I understand your frustration. Personally, I did not induce and just waited it out, and ended up detecting O at like day 92. But this time around, I'm willing to wait 50 days max before I decide to give up, induce and start Clomid. If the medication is not really going to kick in for a few months, I'd probably just wait. I always prefer the natural way if I can.

My dr induces by then. I've heard natural progesterone has less side effects, but my dr always gives provera. It makes me psycho, but it works. If you're ready to move on from this cycle, I say go for it or if you wanna give your body more time to do it in its own, I don't think it'll do any real harm.

@pui: It really won't put your body out of whack more than it already is. You could ask your doctor's advice, but I feel like it would be easier to kick off the follicular phase if you induce. If you do ovulation tests, you can get confirmation that you ovulated, and therefore know the synthroid is working.

BTW, I literally saw my own body do this a couple times. I was being monitored by an RE, and when medications/doses didn't work to make me ovulate, I induced a period. And then could see with the ultrasounds and blood work that my body was kicked back to the follicular phase.

It's definitely frustrating. My concern with inducing it now is that you don't/won't know if the Synthroid is working. Since, presumably, the Synthroid is suppose to regulate your thyroid and make it come naturally. Maybe it's worth waiting until you go back to get your dosage check?

@pui: That sounds really frustrating :(. But you won't get AF until you start Oing.

the hypothyroidism adds another layer of complexity, but i agree with @MrsCB that inducing is likely the best option for you right now. I have had a long history of not getting my period, and i know that the one time i induced, i was amazingly regular after that. it really did kickstart my system. I know the effectiveness is really dependent on other factors for you, but it may take the stress off to at least get a fresh cycle going and see how your body reacts (and there's really not much downside to inducing). And btw this is coming from someone who is very anti-meds of all kinds and hating taking the bcp!

@pui: I've had an u/s. Everything looks normal there too. Everything I've been told says that cycles are supposed to return to the way they were before HBC. You haven't found that to be true either?