Vitex and Cinnamon

[ceb1980]

Hi, I'm new to this forum and newly diagnosed with PCOS.Here's a little background. I'm 29 years old am 5'2 and weigh between 125-130. I was on the pill for almost 13 years and have been off for a year. I had normal periods for 7 months and then starting in January they were 40 days apart and very light with bad cramps. I was given an ultrasound and told that I had one ruptured cyst, I started charting my waking temp and had a normal cycle (ovulated, 31 day cycle) was given a second ultrasound in beginning of May and was told I have PCOS. My waking temps last month showed no ovulation. Anyways my doctor told me to come back in a few months, and we'll see if I have a normal cycle again. My testosterone level is at 98. Which is very high. I have decided to start taking Vitex(chasteberry) and cinnamon. Does anyone know how much I should be taking? and are they safe to take together? Thanks for taking the time to read my post.

[duckysleepover]

I have taken Vitex and Cinn together. They are quite safe to take together. According to the Natural Health Solutions for PCOS, they recommend you take " 60 drops of vitex tincture (standardized to contain 0.6% agusides) or 175 mg (or more) of standardized vitex extract.

With me personally, I took what the bottle recommending. From being an Assist Manager to an vitamin store, I know that not there isn't really a correct dose for everyone. Each bottle (depending on where you get it from) will carry a different form of the suppliment. So, you will have to read each bottle to know for sure what you should be taking. This goes the same for cinnamon.
Good Luck. Let me know how you make out with both of these supplements. In my personal opinion. They both are very good for PCOS.

[ceb1980]

Thanks for the response Nina. So since that last post I've been taking vitex for about 3 wks. and cinnamon for 1 week. My last period was on April 23 and I started spotting on May 29th. The spotting continued for almost 2 weeks and I started bleeding on June 10th (pretty heavy) So that would be a 50 day cycle, is this normal? are the supplements going to help shorten the cycles?