I am a Clomid vet (7 cycles). I HIGHLY recommend taking it at night, it made all the difference for me. When I took it during the morning I got hot flashes, severe mood swings, headaches etc. But taking it at night significantly reduced my side effects.

If you are taking it because you are annovulatory then yes, I would recommend using OPKs OR having your Dr do a progesterone test on CD23 which will show if you Oed or not.

Good luck!

I agree, clomid is much better when taken at night. I take it along with Tylenol PM, and sleep through most of the side effects. I would use OPK (ovulation prediction kits) starting on day 11, to see when you ovulate..

The worst side effect I have noticed (2 rounds so far) is constipation and heart burn...

Other then that...piece of cake...Praying all goes well for you.

If I remember correctly I took it at night (well, dinner time). I think I was higher than 50 mg. But, the one thing I will never forget was the hot flashes! I was ripping my clotehs off, turning the AC to blow right on me and all I felt was HOT!!! And it was not even summer. I thought, is this what I have to look forward to during menapaus????
But, that was just me :-)
I was not moody that I can remember. Not to me at least.

I used the home ovulation staring day 12 of my cycle to watch for a LH surge (it was day 15 for me). Then I went in that day and the next for day for IUI

Good Luck!

My side effects are cramping, breast tenderness and irritability, what fun. I have taken Clomid 5 times-once on 50 mg and did not ovulate, once on 100 mg and did ovulate and three times on 150 mg where only two times worked. . .Clomid is often the first step to try when you're not ovulating, less expensive and less invasive than other treatments, but there is no guarantee that it will work.

I too took it at night and had hot flashes, breast tenderness, moodiness and insomnia. (great huh?) The only thing to watch for that was upsetting to me more than the side effects was when AF was about to arrive, I really thought I was pg because my breasts were really sore and I just didn't feel right. Turns out if was b/c of the Clomid, not being pg. Oh well...good luck!

I am on my fourth and final round of Clomid. I take mine in the morning on Days 2-6 (my normal cycle is short - 23 days, and I typically have my LH surge on Day 10, which is why they start me on Day 2 instead of the normal Day 3.). During the first cycle, a couple of times I got a little nauseous, but I haven't experienced that since. I do tend to sweat at night when taking it.

Are you having IUI (intra-uterine insemination)? I don't need to use the ovulation predictor kits because I go in on day 10 for monitoring of my follicles and bloodwork, which has shown that I'm ready to ovulate and then they do IUI. (The first part of my cycle works like clockwork - it's the second half that is problematic)

My Dr will only go through four cycles of Clomid - he says if it's going to work, it usually works within the first 3-4 months. I understand that taking it for more than 6 months is abnormal.

Thanks for all the advice! It is so overwhelming starting everything.
Thanks again!

The first round for me was a lot harder then my second. Both were 100mg. My first one I felt like I bled more on it. I took mine at night and I didnt have less side effects. I was nauseous, extremely tired (both times), moody as hell, hot flashes, headaches and then I got a bad cyst within a cyst.

My second time I had only one headache, some spotting and I was tired. But I also was fighting a virus so some of that could have been from that.

I would do ovulation tests starting about 3 or 4 days after you finish them since you don't know when it will happen. I would write down any symptoms to refer back to if you need to do this again and mark on the calendar or somewhere when you started and so on...Good luck!!

I had the worst cramps (the first round) and used the heating pad on my back and that helped too.