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[morning-stand.livejournal.com]

Would changing birth control medications cause your period to change colors? Usually my period is a normal red color but it's literally like, black, and it has been the past two days since it started.

Or are there any other reasons for this? I guess my eating patterns have changed within the last month as well so maybe that is it.

If it helps, the new pill I'm on is Lybrel and it is taken 365 days a year with no placebo or interval periods. Apparently it's supposed to make your period stop? from what I'm reading on the website... http://www.lybrel.com/safety/spotting/ that's interesting. I should talk to my doctor about that. Maybe that's why it changed color?

Comments

[saerlaith.livejournal.com]

I know that, depending on which b/c I'm on, mine changes colors. Black isn't unusual.
You might wanna get it checked out by your doc though...just in case.

[dindin.livejournal.com]

Black, brown, red, purple - it's all normal. Lybrel will eventually cause you to have no periods. I'm surprised your doctor didn't mention that when s/he prescribed it!

[morning-stand.livejournal.com]

Well I didn't get it from my gyno, I got it from my regular doctor. I had assumed he would give me the one that I normally get because he knows i was taking it, so I just called in and asked if he could write me a prescription and i picked it up, and that's what it was. But I've been taking it for a month and i just found out yesterday by reading the website that it would cause me to eventually have no periods. Which is good and bad, I guess.

[dindin.livejournal.com]

Um, wow. That's kind of frightening, actually. I'm glad you thought to check out the website. I think we have a couple of members on it over at birthcontrol. You can check out our tagged entries on Lybrel (http://community.livejournal.com/birthcontrol/tag/lybrel) if you're interested.

[morning-stand.livejournal.com]

Okay, thanks.

It's not a huge deal, I generally trust my doctor but I'll see if I like this one or not, I might end up switching back to the other one if I don't.

[morning-stand.livejournal.com]

Well, I had asked him to give me a prescription for a birth control, which is what it is.. I just didn't know that it would do that. I should talk to him about that :/

With regards to the black...

[friggandodin.livejournal.com]

This is clotting...
probably due to your periods becoming suppressed.

Without disrespect to your doctor, it is not good that they changed the birth control type without your consent, as you were not aware of the changes that could happen, also- as is happening now, you are likely to be alarmed by the changes.

it's quite a big deal with regards to your hormones too- and while you can always change back if you decide, the thing about hormones is that they fuction best to your advantage when maintained in balance and regular rhythm, and too much messing with this can cause problems at a later stage- especially with regards to fertility.

Wishing you well,

X Blessings

Re: With regards to the black...

[mslaynie.livejournal.com]

There's nothing in hormonal birth control that causes infertility, and switching pills won't cause it either. I think you're being overly alarmist, and might frighten the OP with no real reason.