Periods Suck!!

[RLC12345678]

Originally Posted by Ponyup

Can I ask what kind of pills you take? My doctor said I would be fine to skipping a week & it really screwed me up. I take Ortho tri-cyclin. I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not because each week is a different level of hormone.

I take Orto TriCyclen, too, but the Generic. I think when I skipped a week I was taking the name brand, though. I can't remember. I dunno. Maybe different people respond differently to these types of things. Which week did you skip? Was it the green pills that you skipped and just started on a new pack instead of taking the green pills?

[Janet]

Originally Posted by Pink Cupcakes

Oh my God don't get me started on the period issue. I will never shut up. I probably have the worst case of so called "cramps" out of anyone I know of or have ever even heard of. Although for me, I don't even call them cramps, mine is more like LABOR PAINS. You guys my periods are AWFUL. I cry 24/7 and no I am not exaggerating. If I start my period in the middle of the night, it will wake me up in a solid dead sleep, no joke. I can feel my periods coming almost 2 weeks before they actually start. I cannot even wear Tampons anymore because they are too painful. I cannot move or get out of bed. I use a heating pad set on high 24/7 when I'm on my period and drink I don't know HOW many glasses of hot hot hot Peppermint Tea. I take Advil every 4 hours until I am at my max dose for the day and then I lay there in agony. And yeah I know Advil is hard on the stomach but thats the only thing that will even half way help. I take baths so hot that I can barely even sit down in the water and my skin turns bright red. If I start in the middle of the night - 2, 3, 4, 5 in the morning, whenever it is, I will have to get out of bed half asleep, "pre-heat" my damn heating pad- set on high, make boiling hot Peppermint Tea, run boiling hot bath water, lay in there for the longest time (while drinking the tea) until the water gets cold, then get out and use a heating pad set on high. I then rub this Menthol crap on my stomach called Menastil that smells like Peppermint that is supposed to ease the pain. I also have to put one of those Thermal Heat Strip things onto the front of my panties so that it will hopefully touch my stomach. My God it sounds like I am going into battle My husband doesn't even ask what I'm doing anymore he is so used to it. He will wake up and ask if I'm ok and if I need anything. He knows exactly what I'm doing. But absolutely no one actually understands what I go through It is so painful I just dread when my period comes. It's scary. I think this is why I can't get pregnant (although the lack of a sex life could also be a contributor lol). I seriously - seriously need to go to the doc and have them check me for Endometriosis. I'm 99% sure that I have it, I just don't know if I wanna find out Birth control pills did help but I refuse to take those for the rest of my life just to stop the freaking pain. I shouldn't have to do that. Plus I would like to have a baby one of these days, and I certainly can't do that when I on BC! Not to mention I have PMS like nobody's business. GEEZ. I wonder why I don't know. I am just miserable.

I had endometriosis too really bad. Had to have a laporoscopy twice to have it lasered off. You do know endometriosis can cause infertility? If you are wanting kids you'd better get it checked out immediately. We could not have children, that is why we have an adopted son. Don't wait on this...I did and it was too late.

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

I think I am going to start taking my birth control pills for several months straight, skipping the "period week" of pills, and just have my period every other month. Does anyone else do this?

I tried this... and got REALLY screwed up. I was on Ortho-Cyclen (the generic), then my doc gave me a year's worth of that Seasonal stuff for free. I gave it a full year and had spotting every day from about the second month to the end of the whole year. The hormones in there aren't all that different from what I was on before, so it shouldn't have messed me up that bad, but it did. It took another three months or so after going off of it to get back on track.

After that I went on Ortho-Tri Cyclen Lo. My OB/GYN gets tons of free samples and since my mom works at the hospital and he knows her, he hooks me up! No more $10 monthly co-pay for pills! I've had no problems with this stuff...

I don't even care when I get my period. Like I said, it's really not a big deal for me. I'm not going to bother trying to change things again if it's going to mess me up like the last time!

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

I take Orto TriCyclen, too, but the Generic. I think when I skipped a week I was taking the name brand, though. I can't remember. I dunno. Maybe different people respond differently to these types of things. Which week did you skip? Was it the green pills that you skipped and just started on a new pack instead of taking the green pills?

I'm on the generic too & skipped the period week (the placebos) it was bad. And then I had added stress because I was afraid I'd get pregnant.

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by KellyV

I tried this... and got REALLY screwed up. I was on Ortho-Cyclen (the generic), then my doc gave me a year's worth of that Seasonal stuff for free. I gave it a full year and had spotting every day from about the second month to the end of the whole year. The hormones in there aren't all that different from what I was on before, so it shouldn't have messed me up that bad, but it did. It took another three months or so after going off of it to get back on track.

After that I went on Ortho-Tri Cyclen Lo. My OB/GYN gets tons of free samples and since my mom works at the hospital and he knows her, he hooks me up! No more $10 monthly co-pay for pills! I've had no problems with this stuff...

I don't even care when I get my period. Like I said, it's really not a big deal for me. I'm not going to bother trying to change things again if it's going to mess me up like the last time!

Good to know about the seasonal maybe it's not the thing for me. I was just considering it because I get migranes sometimes during my periods.

[Necee419]

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

I take Orto TriCyclen, too, but the Generic. I think when I skipped a week I was taking the name brand, though. I can't remember. I dunno. Maybe different people respond differently to these types of things. Which week did you skip? Was it the green pills that you skipped and just started on a new pack instead of taking the green pills?

Back when I was on the pill I was on Ortho TriCyclen and I tried the skipping of the last week of pills to skip my period week all together. As a few of you all of mentioned, I got totally screwed up and was spotting and cramping for a few days before I was able to stabilize myself. Maybe it works differently on different people but it was a disaster for me.

[RLC12345678]

Well, I talked to my hubby last night who is a doctor and he said that the skipping your period thing works for SOME types of birth control pills, but not others. He said that it DOES NOT work for Ortho TriCylen because it is "tri-phasic." He said that skipping the "period week" of pills only works for birth control pills that are "mono-phasic." From what I gathered, that means that it only works for birth control pills that have the same levels of hormones of each pill every single day of the month. Apparently, it does not work for birth control pills that have different levels of hormones for each week of the month, like Ortho TriCyclen. Sorry to get everyone confused!

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

Well, I talked to my hubby last night who is a doctor and he said that the skipping your period thing works for SOME types of birth control pills, but not others. He said that it DOES NOT work for Ortho TriCylen because it is "tri-phasic." He said that skipping the "period week" of pills only works for birth control pills that are "mono-phasic." From what I gathered, that means that it only works for birth control pills that have the same levels of hormones of each pill every single day of the month. Apparently, it does not work for birth control pills that have different levels of hormones for each week of the month, like Ortho TriCyclen. Sorry to get everyone confused!

That's good to know. You think my doctor would of told me that when I asked him if it would be okay if I did this.

[Amber_lv]

Ok girls you can skip your period taking birth control all you do is instead of taking the placebo pills(the reminder pills) You just start a new pack of pills and it can take a couple months to end your period there are a lot of pills on the market that will do this ortho tricycling lo will not i have been on that for 6 years now and i love it but after my second baby everything got screwed up so my doctor switched my pills to something stronger to help with my periods. Second you do not have to take the placebo pills they are nothing but sugar pills to help remind you to start your next pack they have no hormone and you can't get pregnant from not taking them i have never in the 6 yrs i have been on birth control ever taken them but not taking them will not stop your period you have to start a new pack to do that.

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

Well, I talked to my hubby last night who is a doctor and he said that the skipping your period thing works for SOME types of birth control pills, but not others. He said that it DOES NOT work for Ortho TriCylen because it is "tri-phasic." He said that skipping the "period week" of pills only works for birth control pills that are "mono-phasic." From what I gathered, that means that it only works for birth control pills that have the same levels of hormones of each pill every single day of the month. Apparently, it does not work for birth control pills that have different levels of hormones for each week of the month, like Ortho TriCyclen. Sorry to get everyone confused!

What does your hubby say about seasonal?

[RLC12345678]

Originally Posted by Ponyup

What does your hubby say about seasonal?

He recommends it. He wants me to get on it because my period last for 7 days and it is REALLY inconvenient. But I don't want to switch brands because I have had too many friends get pregnant when they switched brands. It takes about 2 months for it to reach full effectiveness after you switch. Maybe one of these days I'll switch.

[Amber_lv]

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

He recommends it. He wants me to get on it because my period last for 7 days and it is REALLY inconvenient. But I don't want to switch brands because I have had too many friends get pregnant when they switched brands. It takes about 2 months for it to reach full effectiveness after you switch. Maybe one of these days I'll switch.

If you start taking the pills the day you start you period you are fully protcted and if you start the sunday after you start your period you have to wait 7 days to be protected. It's all the same hormones just different brands of pills it shouldn't matter if you switch you just have to follow the directions about it use protection for 7 days and you will be fine

[RLC12345678]

Originally Posted by Amber_lv

If you start taking the pills the day you start you period you are fully protcted and if you start the sunday after you start your period you have to wait 7 days to be protected. It's all the same hormones just different brands of pills it shouldn't matter if you switch you just have to follow the directions about it use protection for 7 days and you will be fine

No I promise. It is NOT effective right when you start taking it. Trust me. And they are not all the same hormones. They are all different levels of hormones and some have just progestrin and some have estrogen and progestrin. You have to wait a full month (at least) to be fully protected. It's just like when you start taking birth control pills for the first time after never have taken them. There is that waiting period for the pills to be 99% effective.

[Amber_lv]

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

No I promise. It is NOT effective right when you start taking it. Trust me. And they are not all the same hormones. They are all different levels of hormones and some have just progestrin and some have estrogen and progestrin. You have to wait a full month (at least) to be fully protected. It's just like when you start taking birth control pills for the first time after never have taken them. There is that waiting period for the pills to be 99% effective.

I don't want to argue but if you read the directions it tells you right on the same day starter you are protected sunday starter use protection for 7 days you can ask you gyno it's true and i'm sorry yes there are different types of pills some are tri fasic and some with different hormones what i ment to say was get one simmilar to what you are on and it will be the same hormones but as far as the protection i to thought it took a month to kick in but really it doesn't just read your insert and also i have talked with my gyno many times to make sure and i have never had a problem even after i had my baby and restarted my pills i was fine. If you don't take them at a regular time and don't take them everyday then you have a bigger risk of getting pregnant.

[RLC12345678]

Originally Posted by Amber_lv

I don't want to argue but if you read the directions it tells you right on the same day starter you are protected sunday starter use protection for 7 days you can ask you gyno it's true and i'm sorry yes there are different types of pills some are tri fasic and some with different hormones what i ment to say was get one simmilar to what you are on and it will be the same hormones but as far as the protection i to thought it took a month to kick in but really it doesn't just read your insert and also i have talked with my gyno many times to make sure and i have never had a problem even after i had my baby and restarted my pills i was fine. If you don't take them at a regular time and don't take them everyday then you have a bigger risk of getting pregnant.

Well, I've just had too many friends get pregnant from switching brands. And their doctors told them when they switched brands that they had a risk of getting pregnant, and they did get pregnant. And my hubby told me that he doesn't want to risk me getting pregnant right now just to switch brands of birth control pills. Obviously there is at least SOME risk of getting pregnant if you switch.