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Re: mircette...what's wrong with me??
From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:48:36 -0500 (CDT)
It usually take about 3 cycles of pill to get regulated, but with
continued heavy bleeding, you should see GYN
At Thu, 20 Jul 2000, laurie wrote:
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>Okay, I am 19, and about 10 months ago I started having very heavy
>periods. The cramps got worse, and blood clots got worse. I also began
>having severe pains in my abdominal area, so bad that i would fall to
>the floor or couldn't get out of bed. The pain was overwhelming, and i
>went to a nurses station on my college's campus, where they told me that
>I most likely was having a miscarriage. I had taken three preg tests,
>and two came out negative. I never ended up pregnant. I got to my
>worst when i had my period for three and a half weeks straight. I went
>to my regular doc, not a gyno, and he put me on Mircette. It stopped my
>period within a week, but after I completed my first pack, I never
>started my period. I had had some light spotting within the first
>month, but nothing serious. I started my second pack, and two and a
>half weeks into it, I started my period. I have now been on my period
>for a full week, and every day it get's heavier and heavier. I only
>have a few more days left of this pack, and then I will be taking the
>nonactives. I was wondering if you have any advice or knowledge of this
>pill or my problems. my doctor hasn't spoken to me directly, but his
>nurses told me that i needed to continue taking the pill for another
>month. should i get a second opinion, and what do you suggest i do?
>
>--
>thanks, laurie
>
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