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[skyblueandblack.livejournal.com]

Well, since I'm on OTC and very busy lately and mainly don't want to have to deal with needing a toilet every three or four hours and also don't want to be troubled with buying pads again, I decided to skip. So instead of my placebo pills, I started my new pack. And today was the day I would normally have gotten my period.

Let me tell you, there was a civil war raging here. My body kept saying that I'm supposed to bleed now, but my hormones kept telling my body no, definitely not. So I ended up spending half the day nauseous and cramping. It didn't help that I was at a friend's house since yesterday and they're remodeling the bathroom, so even after they did finally install the toilet around three this afternoon, there's still no doors. And I was just feeling too poorly to get up and come home to my secluded toilet room. >_<

Anyone else tried skipping on OTC and had similar issues? I'm figuring that it's related to the fact that OTC has a different level for each week. I'm assuming it's easier to skip when one's on, say Mircette or Aleese?

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[mybrokennight.livejournal.com]

I did that, though I wasn't on OTC at the time. But it was just as you described. I felt like crap. Way worse than I normally would be.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_last_serenade_/]

i tried to skip in HS (5 years ago) when i was on OTC...to no avail...i bled anyway.

this last month, i switched from OTC to OTC-lo...decided to try skipping again, as i was on vacation. worked like a charm. minimal cramping, no bleeding, etc.

but...(yeah, there's a but...lol) 2 days ago (about 2 weeks after when the skipped period would have been) i started bleeding HUGE clots and having massive cramps, so needless to say, i don't think i'm gonna try and skip again anytime soon. although it would seem the more often you skip, the more accustomed your body would become to not having a period. i know there are some ladies in here who skipped on OTC several times and had no problems.

anyway, if you want to make skipping a regular event, you might want to call your gyno and ask them about constant level BC...they should fill you in as to your options. best of luck to you! hope you start feeling better! *hugs*

[skyblueandblack.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my next gyno visit is to be coming up in... hm... two months, I think. So I'll definitely make a note to ask about that. Course, I'm thinking that with the way my moods have been swinging lately, I'll probably be switching anyway.

Thanks! ^^

[flrtygrl99.livejournal.com]

I'm on OTC-lo and I skipped last month. It worked like a charm, no bleeding, no cramps, although I rarely got cramps before the pill anyways. I was expecting break through bleeding or spotting, but luckily, nothing! I'm going to push my luck and try for a second month, I don't really think it's going to work, but I'm going on a beach vacation and if at all possible, I want to fully enjoy myself!

[skyblueandblack.livejournal.com]

Note to self: OTC-lo.

Good luck, and have fun at the beach!!

[puttysan.livejournal.com]

I skipped my periods for two years straight on OTC, only stopping for financial reasons. I had no cramps, no spotting, no nausea, no problems at all.

that isn't a period :)

[venus-ennui.livejournal.com]

When you are on oral contraceptives (hell nuva ring and the patch as well) and you have a 'period' you aren't really having a period. What you are having is a 'withdrawal bleed' that was factored into the plan by the well meaning folks who first developed the pill. Those lovely people thought it would be too traumatic for us weak simple females *cough* to just not bleed, so they gave us this faux menses. my gyn and I have decided my menstrual problems are an unnecessary evil, so starting tonight I am on the nuva ring full time. no more pads, no more cramps praise the heavens :)
I hope those of you who choose to stop having 'periods' are successful. (hope I am too)
savonna

Re: that isn't a period :)

[skyblueandblack.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I read, so I figured skipping would be no problem.

*coffcoff* Owie...

I still attribute it to the different hormone levels for each week on my OTC. I intend to switch, but need to talk it over with my gyno to decide which one. Those different hormone levels are hell on my moods, too. I think I PMS less when I'm left to my own devices. >_< Then again, my cramps kill me when I'm left to my own, so... *shrug*

Want to skip successfully. But I'll wait til I have a different prescription. O_o*

[obfuscate.livejournal.com]

When I was on OTC, I skipped with no problems, but I could only skip one. If I tried to skip more I'd get constant spotting.