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[eliz.livejournal.com]

ARGH

Way back when I first started taking the pill, I took ortho tri-cyclen... didn't have any problems for a while except for the initial weight gain (and gained a lot then). Later on I switched to a lower dose pill because my now-ex and I had thought that some other issues that were going on could be attributed to the pill. I switched and was relatively happy with the results but my now-ex and I ended up divorcing and that coincided with my rx running out so I decided to take a break from the pill since BC was not a real issue at that point. Amazingly enough- my favorite benefit of the pill (basically reducing my cramps to nothing compared to the hell it was prior) maintained even though I went off.

Okay-- fast forward about 3 years later. I'm in a serious but not serious (it's a long story, but basically it is serious) relationship with someone I care about deeply. I hate using condoms long-term, irritation, making sure to have them, worried about them slipping or breaking or a hundred other things (by all means USE THEM- this isn't a rant against them) but I wanted to go back on the pill because 1. was thinking of it anyway because the cramping had begun to get worse again and 2. we're both safe and clean so we're more concerned about preventing pregnancy than any STD's. and 3. we both prefer not using condoms. So-- I'm at the doc's for other stuff and mention that I want to go back on the pill. He asks what I used before and since for some reason I'd been having a lot of breakouts- I mentioned that I'd taken Ortho tri-cyclen the most and would like to go with that again. He wrote me a script for two months, so I could come back for the exam (that's an entirely different rant on its own) for more refills. This was over Christmas so I was too busy to go and had planned this month, actually this week since I had a week and a half so I thought before tent time.

Last month I had a lot of spotting (which I never had before) and attributed it to just getting used to the pill again. Then it took forever for it to start-- in the past starting on Wednesday of the green pills and being done by Sunday- this time not really getting started til Thursday evening and going on til the following Wednesday (never went that long and prior to going on the pill again, the cramps had gone back to hellish but was down to three days which was really nice, once in a while four). I'm still thinking-- all right, its just getting used to this...

Bullshit. This is pack two-- and while I've not had the spotting this month, today is pill three of the darkest blue and I'm cramping and spotting like I'm trying to start. WTF is up with this??? I'm still taking my pills but this is ridiculous. I've not missed any, but I've taken two late this month...

Argh. I'm going to hope for the best today, if I don't start I'll go on over to the docs this evening (can do walkin's) and see if I can get this done and get the refill because its the end of the pack too. However-- got a question for you all--

Has this ever happened to anyone else before?
Does this sound like I need to switch to a stronger (which I really don't want to do, I've really noticed a bad difference in my moods and gained weight again on this stuff) or switch to a lighter dosage pill?

I don't want to do depo shots for a number of reasons, nor is going with an IUD or Norplant a choice for various reasons. I just want to be able to be with the man I love, share our expression of how we care about each other without a bunch of worry and a bunch of PITA stuff and not freak out that I could be pregnant. This would be the WORST conceivable time to even take chances on something like that happening. Plus-- the cramps are hell again and I don't want to end up accidentally od'ing on OTC pain relief (which I did by accident once) and don't want to have to rely on prescription strength pain relief.

ARGH! I hate being a freaking girl some days!!! Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks for reading this whole message and not bitching that I should've used the cut tag because I don't know it and don't have time to try and find it. Geek I am, HTML coder I'm not. Sorry.

Comments

[the-marionette.livejournal.com]

The pill can take months to settle into your body. I blew up like a balloon and had spotting when I first started my Triphasil.

[missjessyjessy.livejournal.com]

I had been off it for a year, and just started back up about 3 weeks ago. So abnormal bleeding and spotting is normal, at least from my experience.

What's really strange is that my period actually came on time this time with the pill. Last month I hadn't even started the pill and I skipped a period. I didn't menstruate therefore I didn't ovulate. So bascially I'm saying being on the pill for only 3 weeks and then some has done wonders for regulating my cycle.
(sorry I went off on the tangent...heh)

-Jessy

[kanga2roos.livejournal.com]

I didn't menstruate therefore I didn't ovulate.

Actually, you have it backwards. If you don't ovulate, you don't menstruate.

-kanga

[missjessyjessy.livejournal.com]

oops.....gah all this period talk i'm mixing up things. THANKS! :O)

[isolt.livejournal.com]

the lj cut tag looks like this:

lj-cut text="put text in here if you want the link to say something other than the default"

enclose this between < >

that's all there is to it, although I didn't think your post was excessive. but you seemed curious ^_^