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Once you come off a birth control pill that you have been taking for sometime, and left in between, then hat first you have withdrawal bleeding. This is often followed by irregular periods for 2-3 months during which your body settles down to a cycle without the effect of the hormones of the pill.
If the cycle does not settle within 2-3 months then other causes of irregular menses such as high cholesterol, anemia, hormonal imbalance, highly stressful life, chain smoking, and dramatic changes in life style (stopping pill can be one such change too), polycystic disease of the ovary or PCOS and fibroid uterus have to be ruled out.
Please consult your doctor or gynecologist and get yourself examined as a confirmed diagnosis cannot be given on net. Hope this helps. Take care!
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