My understanding is that in a normal cycle, FSH tells the ovaries (?) to make estrogen, which leads to ovulation, which leads to production of progesterone by the follicle, the egg?, which leads to a period. So what causes a period when you don't ovulate?
I'm told that I had likely been having anovulatory cycles for some time, with the occasional ovulation thrown in. If my FSH is very high, am I producing loads of estrogen and there aren't any eggs responding? And it's taking 4-5 months to build up enough estrogen to cause breakthrough bleeding? What about very short two-week anovulatory cycles?
Suppression of ovulation to help with hormonal fluctuations has been mentioned a few times, but I know I'm not ovulating often, if at all.