Okay, first things first, here is my general disclaimer: This information is not to be interpreted as expert advice. I am only speaking from my personal knowledge and experience. As always, please speak to your physician and pharmacist about your medical questions and concerns. Second, credit for the inspiration of this posting goes to mrsowens1216 from YouTube. For anyone wanting to find someone relatable out there on your TTC journey, MrsO is a super sweet gal who I found one night and am following on her TTC journey. I am going to embed her first vlog at the bottom of this posting if you are interested in meeting someone else on this journey.
My articles on TTC and Clomid always are continuously searched and read, so I know there are a lot of you out there looking for information on Clomid. Some of you are not yet to the stage where you need Clomid, but maybe are starting to research it as your first option. I have taken a couple pictures for you who are wondering what it is going to look like, and how big it is. I always have a problem with large pills, but fortunately my tablet is nice and smaller sized. I take the generic, clomiphene citrate, manufactured by Par Pharmaceuticals. MrsO described it well when she said it reminded her of taking an uncoated asprin. In the picture above you can see its size along with my prenatal vitamin and vitamin D tablet.
Your first month will probably begin with a 50 mg dose. This dosage raised my progesterone from almost non-existant to 4. The next month my doctor increased my dosage to 100 mg and that did the trick for getting my progesterone levels up to +30. Now I am on my third month and she stuck with the same dosage. Most pharmacies only keep the 50 mg tablet in stock, so if your dosage is increase you take more than one pill to add up to your dosage. The cost for my 10 tablets (100mg every day for 5 days) was $17.97 through my husband’s insurance.
My perscription’s insert lists Clomid’s major side effects as stomach upset, bloating, abdominal/pelvic fullness, hot flashes, breast tenderness, headache and dizziness. Personally for me the worst side effect is the breast tenderness! Way bad! Second would be hot flashes. I thought I was coming down with the flu the first time I experienced a hot flash. I would go from sweating hot to freezing cold a couple minutes later. This is an unusual side effect for me since I am ALWAYS cold. And then I would have to say I get extremely moody on Clomid. One blogger said that Clomid’s real name should be CloMood and I couldn’t agree more. It turned me into an angry PMS monster and then a teary, blubbering mess on cycle day 1. But I can handle the side effects for up to six treatments if it leads to a baby. A last note, my side effects were much more noticeable on the 100 mg dose versus the 50 mg dose.
I have to close this post (I’m totally procrastinating doing my homework, but I can’t put it off any longer). If you have taken Clomid or are currently on Clomid please share your side-effect experience to other readers and the dosage that you were on. Thanks to all my readers! Don’t forget to subscribe or add me to your blogroll.
Such a sweetheart, MrsOwens1216
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