Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Music City USA
Skipping One Period -- Starting Today! Help?! Posted: 12-18-05 16:53pm
Am about to skip the inert week of pills
of ortho tri-cyclen lo and start the new
pack so I won't be on my period for
christmas. I know this is done fairly
often, but am looking for reassurance
before swallowing that first pill! Help
please?!
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munky23
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 130
Posted: 12-18-05 17:02pm
Why would you do that?
It doesn't sound healthy at all.
I don't really know the consequences or
anything.
But I wouldn't reccommend messing with
your body like that.
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Beep
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Music City USA
Posted: 12-18-05 17:08pm
munky23
wrote:
why would you do that?
It doesn't sound healthy at all.
I don't really know the consequences or
anything.
But I wouldn't reccommend messing with
your body like
that.
before I get any more of these -- I am
nearly 44 years old, and have skipped
inert pills before. Before my wedding,
for instance. It's not recommended
often, but every now and again is not
harmful for most women.
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munky23
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 130
Posted: 12-18-05 18:41pm
If you've done it before and see nothing
wrong with it once and a while whats the
point in posting?
Looks like your going to do it anyways.
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Beep
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Music City USA
Posted: 12-18-05 19:14pm
munky23
wrote:
if you've done it before and
see nothing wrong with it once and a while
whats the point in posting?
Looks like your going to do it
anyways.
are you still in high school? Your
english teacher would have a fit if he or
she saw your posts!
Btw -- the "point" is that, while I have
skipped inert pills before, it was when I
was married at the age of 23, which was
many, many moons ago. Things have changed
since then, more is known, and ortho
tri-cyclen lo is a very new product. If
anyone has direct knowledge that will
actually help me, I want to know about it.
That is the "point in posting." whether
or not it looks like i'm going to do it
"anyways" is quite irrelevant.
P.S. If a moderator is reading: how do
I get this silly thing to stop reversing
my capitalization?! Thanks!!
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munky23
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 130
Posted: 12-19-05 12:24pm
I'm not trying to be rude. Sorry if I am
coming accross that way.
I would highly reccommend talking to your
doctor about new birth control if you need
more information than a bunch of random
people on the internet.
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Beep
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Music City USA
Posted: 12-19-05 14:52pm
munky23
wrote:
i'm not trying to be rude.
Sorry if I am coming accross that way.
I would highly reccommend talking to your
doctor about new birth control if you need
more information than a bunch of random
people on the
internet.
you did come across as being rude and as
smarting off. I'm not stupid, and I know
that talking to my doctor would have been
the best idea -- obviously -- but it was
sunday and I needed to start my new pack
yesterday. My doctor does not work on
sundays, and it was not an emergency, so I
asked on a health forum -- where a lot of
medical personnel often frequent. It
made sense then, it makes sense now. I
don't react well to being treated like an
fool, which is why I replied as I did.
You are obviously extremely young, and
definitely not a medical professional, and
your remarks came across as rude as
condescending.
I needed an informed reply yesterday, and
would have felt better if I had received
one, but I didn't. I have pmdd and heavy
periods and did not want to have to deal
with that during this very busy holiday
season. I did go ahead and skip the
inert pills, since I received no informed
reply. No harm done, but I would have
felt better if I had heard from someone
knowledgeable. Your replies were not
knowledgeable, came across as though you
assumed I had no brain in my head (i have
a master's degree in psychology and an iq
of 158, so it rubbed me the wrong way),
and were extremely superfluous.
It's over, it's done, and there is no need
to continue this. You might want to
consider that people you run across on
this board are likely to be older and more
educated than you are -- and perhaps even
ask? -- before you type a reply that
assumes that the poster is ignorant and
uneducated.
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tasha82
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 112
Posted: 12-20-05 01:50am
Sorry this is too late because I didn't
see your post until now and you've already
taken the pill. I just wanted to let you
know it's not generally recommended to
skip periods with triphasic pills. I
don't think it will do any harm--it just
might mess up your cycle a little bit.
If you're taking monophasic pills, you can
safely skip your period for three months
in a row.
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