Skip Placebo Pills In Order to Skip Period? Posted: 02-28-06 18:53pm
I am going to hawaii in a couple weeks.
I just realized that I couldn't have more
perfect timing (yeah right!) as my period
is on track to show up perfectly for the
time I am there. I really don't want to
be plagued by the monthly visitor while I
am on vacation as it makes me miserable
(cramps, bloating, irritablility, etc.) I
was wondering if I could skip my placebo
pills and just start a new pack. Has
anyone ever done this? Did any period
symptoms show up? Is it dangerous or
unhealthy in any way? Thank you!
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littlemisstery
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Re: Skip Placebo Pills In Order to Skip Period? Posted: 03-01-06 00:50am
scrdat20
wrote:
i am going to hawaii in a
couple weeks. I just realized that I
couldn't have more perfect timing (yeah
right!) as my period is on track to show
up perfectly for the time I am there. I
really don't want to be plagued by the
monthly visitor while I am on vacation as
it makes me miserable (cramps, bloating,
irritablility, etc.) I was wondering if I
could skip my placebo pills and just start
a new pack. Has anyone ever done this?
Did any period symptoms show up? Is
it dangerous or unhealthy in any way?
Thank you!
it's not recommended (just because your
uterus needs to shed each month) but every
time I did it my period never even seemed
to want to occur. It shouldn't hurt you
if you only do it once, but doing it
numerous times can reeeeally mess up your
cycle because it doesn't know when to
start or stop.
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Melissa_20
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Posted: 03-01-06 13:24pm
You can do it as long as yoyu don't do it
every month.Like the person above me
said,it can really mess up you cycle.Just
for this occasion I would do it
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rabiddustbunnie
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Posted: 03-01-06 13:44pm
You can only skip your period if you're
taking a monophasic pill. If you're
unsure as to whether or not yours is
monophasic, you can tell by the color of
your active pills. Active monophasic
pills are all the same color and contain
the same amount of hormones in each pill,
triphasic pills are a different color each
week and each week's pills contain a
different level of hormones. :)
however, even then you still run the risk
of your period getting messed up
especially if you don't take your pill at
the exact same time every day... You
might successfully skip your period (you
may still experience pms though) or you
might delay the onset of it by a week.
Sometimes it's worked for me and sometimes
it hasn't.
Nicole
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Lisser
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Posted: 03-01-06 13:55pm
Hmmm,thats interesting
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Carifairy
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Posted: 03-01-06 14:36pm
Yes triphasic pills have so many different
hormone levels that it can cause pretty
heavy breakthourgh bleeding in women who
try and skip their periods. Seasonale is
monophasic obviously...
The very first month that you try and skip
your period you may still have some light
bleeding, it does take a few months of
skipping for your bosy to adjust.
A period on the pill is not a real period,
it is simply a withdrawal bleed. It is
safe to skip periods while on the pill,
and in fact the very first pills did not
have a period week. To try and make the
pill seem more natural they added a period
week, but it is just a withdrawal bleed
caused by no more hormones.
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rabiddustbunnie
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Posted: 03-01-06 14:45pm
carifairy
wrote:
yes triphasic pills have so
many different hormone levels that it can
cause pretty heavy breakthourgh bleeding
in women who try and skip their periods.
Seasonale is monophasic obviously...
The very first month that you try and skip
your period you may still have some light
bleeding, it does take a few months of
skipping for your bosy to adjust.
A period on the pill is not a real period,
it is simply a withdrawal bleed. It is
safe to skip periods while on the pill,
and in fact the very first pills did not
have a period week. To try and make the
pill seem more natural they added a period
week, but it is just a withdrawal bleed
caused by no more
hormones.
glad you posted cari! Maybe the reason
i'm not always successful with skipping my
period is because I haven't done it
several months in a row. It's always been
a once in a while thing for me - like
usually while i'm out of town, on
vacation, etc.
Nicole
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xX_Summer_Xx
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Posted: 03-03-06 14:14pm
Your not suppose to skip your period in
the first place,but its even worss to do
it constantly.You could really mess
yourself up.
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scrdat20
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Thank You Posted: 03-03-06 14:21pm
Thank you, ladies for your replies. I
certainly don't want to do it every month,
but I think I will give it a try this one
time. I just wanted to make sure that it
wasn't unhealthy to not let all of that
stuff out when it is supposed to come out.
:) thanks again!!
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Roxann449
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Posted: 05-27-06 14:07pm
If you are taking a monophasic pill, it is
perfectly okay to take the active pills
straight for up to 3 months at a time.
This is exactly what seasonale is. They
took a normal monophasic pill and said
that taking it for 84 days was okay, and
named it seasonale. As long as your pill
is monophasic, it is exactly the same
thing.
Doctors wouldn't proscribe this, if it was
unhealthy or unsafe. If you are on the
pill, you do not have a true period each
month- therefor skipping the placebo week
will not hurt you at all. Its not like
there is blood backing up into your body,
and it is not hurting you.
It is suggested that one should not do
this until they talk to a doctor or
clinician.
But if you plan on doing this, make sure
you are not taking a triphasic pill. It
does not work the same way.
Roxann
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Carifairy
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Posted: 05-27-06 17:58pm
Skipping periods on a pill is not big
deal. The pill stops ovulation and stops
the uterine lining from biulding up
completely. The period on a pill is just
withdrawal bleed.
They are coming out with a new pill that
you take and only get a period 1 time a
year!!!
It is safe so far, and doctors who are
women have been doing it for years and
years. One doc I go to has skipped her
period for 10 years, because she gets bad
cramps.
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kissofangel20
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Posted: 05-28-06 09:05am
Well my doctor flipped out when I told her
I hadn't had a period on a little over a
year...I have pcos. She started me on
pills right then and there to make me have
one and said that women should have a
least 4 periods a year to cut way down on
chances of cancer and other probs.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 05-28-06 12:29pm
That is different!!!
You were not on pills!!
When you are on birth control pills
your uterine lining does not build up like
women who cycles are natural!
So not having a period when you are not on
birth control pills is a bad sign yes.
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Nikkkki
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Posted: 06-09-06 01:10am
Talk to your doctor. With questions like
these you don't need to be asking people
on a forum. While we have person
experience I think the majority of us
didn't go to medical school.
If you're concerned call your doctor, the
person who did go to medical school.
I suggest you follow the instructions on
the medication (as in don't skip your
period).
If you really don't want to have any more
periods then get on the depo shot.
You'll stop having period in about 3
months.
I don't mean to be harsh, but it's
imperative that you keep up a good working
relationship with your doctor and that you
ask your doctor these kinds of important
questions. The forum is for general
advice, but everything should be backed up
by your doctor, especially when dealing
with medications like birth control and
anything prescription. :)
