Provera and Severe Mental Health Side Effects

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I(22) am currently going through A LOT in my personal life. My father passed away after 2 months of fighting in the ICU, my long term boyfriend moved halfway across the country and broke up with me suddenly while I was prioritizing my dads health, you get the gist. I’ve been “on my period” since the end of August so I thought for the first month it was from the amount of stress I’ve been under. I’ve been trying to find out what is causing this now because it’s gotten very painful and I thought it could be a cyst. I was given Provera, I was nervous because I never have great experiences taking hormonal medication but I didn’t think a 10 day cycle would be this bad. I feel like I’m losing it and I don’t know if I am because I’m just traumatized or if the Provera is contributing to how bad I’m doing mentally right now. I want to stop taking it now to potentially avoid having a full psychotic break if I can help it. My bleeding has worsened since starting it and the pain feels the same as it did before I started. I just want to know if anyone has experienced this kind of mental decline while on Provera and how long it’ll likely be until I feel as normal as I can again and if the excessive bleeding is normal before it actually does what I’m taking it for and stopping the bleeding. Thanks!

Posted Dec 1, 2025, 4:10 AM UTC

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