Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 13 Location: Louisville, KY
Off Pill After 10 Years Posted: 09-11-05 09:52am
I am 28 years old and I have stopped
taking my birth control pill after ten
years. My last period was aug 10th and I
did not start a new pack after that. I
started taking my pill when I was 17 due
to my period kind of being somewhat all
over the place- I got it every month just
never at the right time- I have never
taken a break from my pill and have been
consistant with it for ten years.
I got married two months ago and I have
two beautiful step sons and I never wanted
children of my own. My husband had a
vasectomy last year and was tested in jan.
To check for his sterile status- which
was negative. I stayed on my pill up
until my wedding/honeymoon was over to
avoid any messy accidents on my occasions
(that happened to me all of the time when
I was a teenager) :?
Anyway, I was supposed to get my period
this week and since i've been off my pill,
i've had crazy signs that it was coming
but nothing! Last weekend I ate like a
truckdriver and my face and shoulders have
broken out a lot this past week. I also
had some bloating episodes from time to
time these last two weeks. I know that I
have not actually ovulated for ten years
due to being on the pill and I realize
that I have not had a real period for that
long either. I'm just frustrated because
I want my body to be normal and I don't
want to have to take the pill again. I
know that i'm not pg becasue my husband is
sterile. I've been taking vitex - an herb
to straighten our my hormones for the past
week and i've been doing a lot of research
on how to get my real cycle back on track
again! Has anybody else gone thru this??
I just can't stand having these crazy pms
signs and no period!!! Any advice would
greatly be apprecited!!!
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Assena
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Posts: 328 Location: Georgia
Posted: 09-11-05 10:07am
I went thru the same thing I was on the bc
pill for 8 years. My dr told me it can
take 6 months to a year for a woman to
regulate after biwng on bc. Longer if you
were on the shot....
If you don't have a cycle for more than 8
weeks you need to call your Dr. It is not
healthy to keep your "lining" in there for
that long. Also they can do some tests to
rule out some other problem... Like
pcos.
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