Hi, I'm Schae/18. I started Ortho-Tri
Cylen Lo back in February due to irregular
periods. I never missed any pills until
April 29th&30th due to a school trip
but I took the required double dosage. Due
to that I had abnormal bleeding in May
that only gave me a 2 day period. In June,
my period was 4 days late(due June 3rd)
but didn't come until June 7th and ended
June 8th, again only 2 days. I decided
instead of restarting my pack on June
10th, I'd just give the pills a break. I
went to my actual doctor(not gyno) on June
27th and had urine and blood pregnancy
tests and an ultrasound. The tests were
negative but found I had Trichomonas-a
sexually transmitted infection that goes
away with 4 pills in a week, a bladder
infection, and the ultrasound showed a had
a Functional Ovarian Cyst. I took the STI
medication and for a week took the bladder
infection antibotics. On July 1st I
restarted birth control when my period was
due. I still haven't gotten my period but
last Saturday I started discharging a
brownish/whitish color up until yesterday.
I thought it stopped but right around 9pm,
I spotted red which I thought was my
period. About 3hrs later, it was nothing
but the small brownish discharge again.
--Whats going on?? When I first started my
birth control, I had breakthrough bleeding
when my period actually started for 3wks,
nothing like this.--
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Georgia59
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Posted: 07-20-07 09:51am
There are lots of things at play here.
First of all, starting and stopping any
birth control can cause spotting and weird
bleeding.
Second, some types of b/c just make your
period really light or go away all
together. There is nothing wrong with
this.
Third, these other conditions you have
(the cyst and sti) may have effects as
well. I'm not sure.
When you are starting to have weird
spotting and stuff, in general you should
just keep taking your pill and stick it
out. Giving your body a rest from the pill
won't make you more regular, it will mess
you up more. You might have to deal with
the weird bleeding for a couple months
from when you restart, even if that never
happened the first time you started. When
you're on any antibiotics, make sure you
use a back up method for a while because
they make the pill less effective.
