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Re: Irregular periods
From: Cassie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Aug 2002 21:05:41 -0500 (CDT)
Should I just stop taking these pills then? I started taking them to
avoid having irregular periods. Bleeding every day is just as bad.
At Sat, 31 Aug 2002, ams wrote:
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>It usually takes about three months to get used to a pill, so
>unfortunately you usually just have to wait it out with the irregular
>periods and irregular bleeding til you get used to the hormones. At the
>end of the three months, then if it is still irregular, then they might
>want to change the pill.
>
>At Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Cassie wrote:
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>>I am 30 years old and generally healthy. My periods have been irregular
>>for about a year and a half. I skip periods and then have heavy ones
>>the next month. I am not sexually active. I have had sonagrams and
>>been examined by the doctor. Nothing abnormal was found. I was put on
>>Aygestin for 3 months and my periods came normally. A couple of months
>>later, they became irregular again. I didn't do anything for a while,
>>but two weeks ago, I mentioned it to the doctor. She suggested that I
>>go on birth control to regulate my periods. I had started some light
>>bleeding the day before and thought it was my period since it had been
>>about four weeks since my last one. She told me to start the pill
>>(Alesse) that day. It will be 2 weeks on Tuesday and I am still having
>>light bleeding with occasional small clots. Should I be worried? Should
>>I contact the doctor?
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