Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Ontario, Canada
Concerns About Bc Posted: 08-28-04 22:57pm
Hi... I have been thinking of beguinning
taking birth control... However, I am
currently regular and I am scared that if
I begin taking birth control this while
make me irregular when if I decide to stop
taking it... Could this happen??
----> just curious... Thx for
reading...
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Cassy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 103
Posted: 08-28-04 23:45pm
It is a concern. Being on bc pills can
make you irregular period wise simply
because of the wrong mix of hormones.
Hopefully, with some trial and error,
though, you'll get extremely regular on
them. However, yeah, when you get off
them you could be irregular. It usually
only lasts a few months till your body
balances out again but there are a few
people who just never seem to get back on
track. Though i'm sure that's not to
common. Normally, a doctor says you'll go
back to whatever you were like before the
pills. But there's always a chance you
may not. That's actually why i'm terrifed
of giving up on the pill.
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 08-29-04 01:00am
As long as you get on a pill that reacts
well with your body then you shouldn't get
irregular.
And yes, when you go off of the pill you
will most likely be irregular for a couple
of months. I never had regular period
anyway, but when I went off of the pill it
was really messed up. After a year of
that I went back on the pill. I don't
know what I am going to do when I hit my
thirties and my doc tries to take me off
of the pill!
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PattyV
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1103 Location: Chicago area
Posted: 08-29-04 12:36pm
I was on the pill for many years.After I
turned forty,the docs became worried
because I developed severe mensrual
migraines and worried I would have a
stroke.I was taken off the pill in late
april and my body is still trying to work
things out.I get my period every 2-3 weeks
and it is worse that I remember.I know I
need to be pateint,but I can't wait for
menopause!I miss my pills!!!!I don't have
any advice,just wanted to vent!Patty
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 08-29-04 14:40pm
Yeah, I am not looking forward to that at
all. I have been on the pill for about
nine years maybe ten and I don't want to
go off of it. But when I hit late 30's
or early/late 40's, I know that docs try
to get their patients off of the pill.
Blah!
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pinky82
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Canada
Posted: 08-31-04 19:52pm
Is it guaranteed to give you irregular
periods after you get off bc? I know that
if you don't finish a cycle and just quit,
you can be irregular, but what if you take
them to the end of each pack, would that
help? I dont want to have irregular
periods from now on!! What the hell?? I
had no clue about this when I was
researching...
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 09-02-04 02:33am
It isn't a guarantee, no. Nothing is.
But, when your body gets used to something
(anything, not just meds or b/c pills) and
that something is taken away there are
most likely going to be side effects.
Some people are fine after about a month
of being off of it, some take a year or
more and some just never have a regular
period. It just depends on your body,
age, health and if you had regular periods
to being with or not.
