Skipping your period is ordinarily done only with monophasic pills, so I don't think you can do it with trinessa. If you were to do it, you just skip your week of inactive pills and start immediately on your next pack of active pills. Usually, you do this for 12 weeks and then take your week of placebos, and that's when you get your period. I don't know if it just won't work with triphasic pills, or if it can actually cause harm. Does anyone else know?

I am on tricycline and my doctor told me to do just that.
Take my pills but don't take the placebo fills.....Just take another pack right away. I am going on a trip south and don't want my period during that.
I really wanted to do it another way and that was take about 2 3/4 weeks of the pills and stop them all earlier and hope my period comes.
I asked this question on the board awhile ago but nobody could tell me if they tried this methiod and if it worked or not.

My boyfriend has been working out west for months and he's coming home aruond christmas, lucky me that's my time of the month. But my pharmacist told me if you just continue into a new pack and not take the placebos you won't have your period. Remember ladies, the birth control pill stops ovulation, therefore the placebos are just sugar pills.
The birth control pill was originally made to never have a period, but women wanted to have their period so they knew they were or were not pregnant. The placebos are only there if you want to have your period. All they are, are sugar pills to keep you in habit of taking them. He said this method was not dangeous, but after 3 months you should take the placebos again.

Agreed this is the best way to do it, but I really want my period, just a little earlier than I probably would on these pills....So I thought I would stop them a few days sooner.
Does anyone know how quickly after your last pill you typically get your period, is it like 7 days later or what?
It's been many many years since I have been on the pill so I forget all this. I am only on the pill this month to hopefully get my period earlier before my trip south.

So even on trinessa this will work?

I skipped the placebo pills and did not get my period during the time I was hoping not to. However, about a week later, while I was on a new pack, my period came and has not ended yet! I have been on tri-nessa for several years, they are my favorite type of birth control. However, I will never attempt this again. I have had cramps and a consistent period for 2 weeks, thus I would not recommend this! My doctor had mentioned to me before that there are only certain types of birth control pills that you can skip the placebo and not expect a period. I knew that ortho-tri cyclen was not one of them however, I took my chances. Hope this helps!

Technically this is reccomended only for monophasic pills, because very few women will be able to skip on triphasic regimins.