asking here before I see my doc...

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Registered: 12-15-2006
asking here before I see my doc...
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Sat, 03-24-2007 - 8:04pm

So, waaaaaaaaay back in the fall, I had a 42 day period, I thought I was dying, but I was on the road for business so I went to walk in clinic after walk in clinic... FINALLY I got home and my doc. said "no big deal lets get you on some birth control meds and that will fix what can only be a hormone imbalance because you are 23"

Great, I have been taking them for a few months now, but my periods are SO annoying to deal with... they start about 3 days after I stop taking the active pills and are SO incredibly heavy and for the first time in 10 years I have cramps with them... I thought birth control was supposed to improve your period experience... sure my periods are shorter (I used to have a 9 day before the meds... but it was a easy to manage and go about my life during my 9 day period)

Is this common to have your period worsen with Birth control??

thanks for the input!

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Registered: 01-26-2005
Sat, 03-24-2007 - 9:44pm
everyone's different but whenever I was on the pill (as opposed to when I didn't take the pill) my periods were much easier to deal with....lasted 7 days and all but they were alot easier to deal with than when I wasn't on the pill...still had some cramping but managable with ibuprofen/tylenol....good luck....
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Sun, 03-25-2007 - 9:08am

Hi oodlesofquestions, welcome!


      Jill