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Re: To Natalie! Questions about taking birth control continuously-and some of my own symptoms!
From: Kasia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Dec 22 14:26:25 2001
Try it...and if it doens't work then tell your obgyn. I'm young just
like you-I'm only 20...I think dr's want to try therapy with the least
side affects first.
At Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Natalie wrote:
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>Hi Kasia! This is part of what makes me so scared to try it. I keep
>reading experiences from women taking the continuous pills who bleed
>anyway for long periods of time while taking the pills. And I am
>wondering why that wouldn't aggrivate endo? Because taking the pills
>regularly you bleed for approx 5 days, with the pills nonstop I've read
>of women bleeding lightly up to a month or longer! How can that not make
>the endo even worse? It also makes me worry about how healthy it is to
>take continuous pills. It feels scary to me to try to alter my periods,
>it is very unnatural to me. I just took my last pill before the green
>pills yesterday and I feel so nervous about starting this continuous
>pill method today. It has to be hormonaly aggrivated because why have I
>read that for many women endo symptoms often subside in their 30s and
>40s? I guess I will go ahead with it even though I am scared! Yikes, I
>can't imagine pumping pills until I decide to have kids like my doc
>suggested! I'm only 21!
>
>>At Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Kasia wrote:
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>>You are asking the same questions I have after taking the pill
>>continuously for just over 2 months!!!! I still got my normal period
>>after taking the pill continuously after 6 weeks! The pain that came
>>with it was just as bad as before...that period lasted normal 6-7 days
>>and then I had a week break followed by about 10 days of very slight
>>bleeding and a continuous dull pain, especially in the lower back.
>>Bleeding is still going on...
>>
>>Taking the bcp continuously is supposed to stop the pain and maybe slow
>>the growth of endo...but I don't think it's working for me. There's no
>>harm trying though...for some people it really does work!
>>
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