Ive been bleeding for a week now. At
first it was kind of light with a lot of
brown and was on and off at times. Now
for the last two days it has gotten
heavier (dark red) and it looks as if I
have my period, but I dont. Im not due
till next wednesday and I dont have any
cramping or bloating. Im on ortho tri
cyclen lo and I have spoken to my gyno
this week and she said its just
breakthrough bleeding (she also thinks
maybe the paxil is somewhat interffering
with my estrogen, but shes not sure) she
also took a urine and culture test and
they came back neg. So I dont have an
infection. She is switching my pills to
ortho tri cyclen. She said I could skip
the placebo's and just start taking those,
but im not going too because I dont want
to mess up my body even more. My breast
are swollen and my lower back is killing
me (like they do the week before my
period), but my breasts dont hurt
(normally hurt a to some extent) and
aren't as swollen, but drs. Have told me
paxil reduces pms symptoms, so im guessing
thats causing that. I have been more
tired this week, which is natural when
pmsing but I also think its from bleeding
for a week straight (period only last 3
maybe 4 days).
Does this kind of breakthrough bleeding
sound normal?
I had an abdominal and pelvic ct scan done
yesterday, so im guessing if anything is
wrong it will show up.
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starshyne530
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Posted: 12-10-04 16:23pm
Seriously, you need to calm down... If
your doctor didn't freak out about it then
you're fine. Probably a combination of
all the other meds you're on and the low
dosages of hormones in the ortho-lo are
causing the bleeding.. I know when my
friend started using ortho-lo she bled
straight through her first pack, one
period to the other.... It happens, it's
normal, so don't worry so much. Worrying
a lot about these things is only going to
make it last longer and seem worse than it
is.
You should add come chill pills into your
daily pill routine
p.S. You should also just follow your
doctor's advice in going right into the
new pack of pills... Doctor's generally
know what they're talking about... They
did go to schools for these kinds of
things
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