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Suzbub 
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 Posted: 26 November 2008 at 12:37pm |
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I have been on for about 3 weeks... might give it a bit longer but I don't know how long I can last being this tired :(
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brixey
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Posted: 26 November 2008 at 12:47pm |
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Is Vitex available over the counter or do you need to get it from your GP?
If its OTC at the pharmacy what brands do people think are best?
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Suzbub
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Posted: 26 November 2008 at 12:49pm |
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I found it in the shop Health 2000??
I think that is the name :)
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Posted: 26 November 2008 at 2:30pm |
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I got mine from hardys i think..... the brand is natures way.
I only took for a month and found it had the opposite recation in that i felt really energised, happy and also my skin started to clear up. I did come off it tho cos i had a really long cycle on it but that might have been not from Vitex at all.
Am trying again this month, hoping it might kick start AF for me and will take and hope it shortens my cycles!
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rachelsea
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Posted: 26 November 2008 at 3:13pm |
My only side effect from Vitex was random cramping, don't think I was any more tired than usual. I got pregnant the second cycle taking it 
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Suzbub
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Posted: 26 November 2008 at 3:23pm |
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I tried to post this before... so if the other post that disappears suddenly re-appears I am sorry...
I haven't had a cycle yet as I am comming/have come of the injection... you don't think that being on Vitex will be a problem?? No one has told me much about it, just that it helps AF to come so I thought it might help it come even though sometimes on the injection it can take ages (even years) to come back...
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Posted: 26 November 2008 at 3:50pm |
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I wouldnt think it would be a problem, it says on websites that it is good after the pill or injection to kick start ovulation. The injection takes different times to wear off for everyone - for me it took 4 months and even then i wasnt really getting periods, just one day of bleeding quite regulary and then i got pregnant. (i did M/C though, can't say if it was to do with depo tho)
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Posted: 26 November 2008 at 4:16pm |
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*lurker in*
If you are going to take vitex, please seek advice from a naturopath or similar person first - since it is good for regulating cycles but everyone is different, and you may have a different dose / timing to the next lady - if you get what I mean?
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Posted: 26 November 2008 at 6:30pm |
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I agree with pearls see a naturopath as there may be other herbs that are needed too. Plus they look a the whole picture the whole you.
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rachelsea
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Posted: 26 November 2008 at 10:01pm |
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true, i got mine from a naturopath who said that it would be good for me (I'd had a period lasting three weeks, which finally finished the day I started the Vitex). I didn't just randomly buy it without asking someone...
Edited to change "stopped vitex" to "started vitex" hehe
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Suzbub
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Posted: 27 November 2008 at 7:45am |
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I think there are conclusions being jumped too...
I didn't just go out and buy it, when I discussed with my doctor not having my next injection she told me to go on folic acid and I asked about the pains and problems I get from periods (reason for injection in the first place) and we discussed different options, this was one of them. Although she said it wouldn't hurt, she didn't really go into what it did in detail.
I thought being a forum I could get advice and help, not this...
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Posted: 27 November 2008 at 8:02am |
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Suzbub - I think it is advice. Sometimes what works well for one person doesn't work for another, and we usually go off the posts that people write, so maybe conclusions are jumped to at times, but it's well meaning advice from the info we have...
This is a great site though.
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Posted: 27 November 2008 at 8:14am |
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Yeah I know it is advice, I guess I am just feeling 'precious' at the moment.
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Posted: 27 November 2008 at 10:43pm |
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I agree with Kate. Oh Baby is a community for everyone and any advice we give is usually from personal experience or from experience from others we have learnt about (not usually professional advice unless we work in that field).
If you need more medical advice or guidence on any topic or concern your Dr is always the best person to speak to.
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 4:07pm |
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Hello ladies. I am taking Vitex at the moment, CD8.
I remember reading something saying you shodl stop taking it after ovulation?
Can anyone enlighten me?
Thanks!
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 4:18pm |
Hi Elleroo, I can't speak from a professional point of view, but I have read that you should stop taking Vitex after ovulation. In saying that, I didn't know that when I was taking it so I *did* take it after ovulation, and until I got my BFP (10dpo) and now I'm 31 weeks pregnant (not 3 weeks like my ticker looks like it's saying!) and my baby seems to be fine 
That probably doesn't enlighten you much at all haha, just wanted to say that it's not the end of the world if you do take it after ovulation (but don't quote me on that!)
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 4:20pm |
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Oh Rach that's really awesome. :)
Thanks for that!
I only just discovered this thread with all the vitex success stories, so am now quite excited to be taking it! lol.
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 6:08pm |
I took it during my last cycle.
Most vitamins/herbal companies have a trained naturopath that can be contacted either by email or phone. I used Good Health's Femzone and contacted them via email first [erica.m@goodhealth.co.nz]. She recommended I take it for 3 months and not actively try for that time. Then come off it and actively try. We kinda didn't listen to that part 
But I believe the Vitex and Preseed we used that cycle was what we needed to concieve.
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Posted: 06 March 2009 at 9:34am |
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sooooooooooooooooo has anyone had any exciting news since starting vitex??
I started taking it a month ago, i had 2 weeks on the 1000mg/day tablet, and then thought i would speed things up by changing to the tincture.
The first day on the tincture i had bleeding, and it has been going for 2 weeks now. The first 13 days was dark tarry looking stuff, and i finally had bright red for the last 2 days.
I'm booked in to see a naturopath tomorrow, but she told me on the phone last week to keep taking the vitex until i see her. I'll let you know how i get on!!!
i'm taking a huge shopping bag full of all of the vitamins i have tried in the last 2 months, so she can tell me which, if any i should be taking, haha.
Currently i'm taking 2ml vitex, 800mg folic acid, milk thistle 3 x day, and 1 giant B6 tablet every morning.
The milk thistle detox's your liver and should get rid ofthe artificial hormones from the depo injection theoretically.
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Posted: 06 March 2009 at 5:28pm |
I wonder if the vitex is clearing out your old blood? That's what the dark stuff is usually and sounds promising if you've now got red blood. Let us know how you go with the naturopath
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Vitex and preseed worked for me!
