?side Effect of Stopping the Pill Posted: 01-10-07 09:58am
I am a 23 year old woman who had been
taking the pill (mercilon) for 5 years.
I decided to stop taking it at the end of
my last packet and had a light bleed
lasting approx 5 days. I have now not
had another period since which has been
almost 2 months. I had intercourse the
day before last bleed and not since. I
have also become very bloated, weight
gain, indigestion and nausea. Are these
just normal side effects or has anyone got
any ideas??
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Crazyness24
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Posted: 01-10-07 11:38am
Your body has to adjust to not taking the
pill anymore. If you took it for five
years, your body is very used to it. It's
normal for your body to be wacky for a few
weeks maybe even months. If you are
really concerned ask your gyno, I do
however, believe it's normal.
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cln1812
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Posted: 01-10-07 16:19pm
Side effects from stopping the pill can
last awhile. In some cases, it can take
a year or more before your body gets back
to normal. I stopped the pill in june
after being on it for 7 years, and I can
tell you, my periods still are not normal.
I am ovulating and they are regular
every 26-28 days but extremely light flow,
nothing like I was pre-pill. But if
you're not even having a period, you are
probably not ovulating. But first, take
a pregnancy test just to be sure (though
i'm pretty certain you're probably not).
The pill depletes your body of a lot of
essential vitamins and minerals. You
should try to take some supplements to
help such as a b vitamin complex, calcium
& magnesium, copper, zinc, and omega 3
and omega 6 fatty acids. You might also
try a supplement called vitex (chaste tree
berry). Some women who don't ovulate
have tried it and had success. It works
best over several months.
I too have noticed nausea and still have
it, 7 months off the pill. I notice it
is worse in my pre-ovulatory phase, from
the day my period starts until the day I
ovulate (really bad when I ovulate).
I've lost about 7 lb. But the pill gave
me horrid water retention and bloating.
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teresar143
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Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2 Location: massachusetts
Posted: 06-30-07 17:39pm
cln1812
wrote:
Side effects from stopping
the pill can last awhile. In some cases,
it can take a year or more before your
body gets back to normal. I stopped the
pill in june after being on it for 7
years, and I can tell you, my periods
still are not normal. I am ovulating and
they are regular every 26-28 days but
extremely light flow, nothing like I was
pre-pill. But if you're not even having
a period, you are probably not ovulating.
But first, take a pregnancy test just to
be sure (though i'm pretty certain you're
probably not).
The pill depletes your body of a lot of
essential vitamins and minerals. You
should try to take some supplements to
help such as a b vitamin complex, calcium
& magnesium, copper, zinc, and omega 3
and omega 6 fatty acids. You might also
try a supplement called vitex (chaste tree
berry). Some women who don't ovulate
have tried it and had success. It works
best over several months.
I too have noticed nausea and still have
it, 7 months off the pill. I notice it
is worse in my pre-ovulatory phase, from
the day my period starts until the day I
ovulate (really bad when I ovulate).
I've lost about 7 lb. But the pill gave
me horrid water retention and
bloating.
* hi im teresa 21 years old. i stoped
brithcontrol after being on it for 2 years
i stoped my last pill may 16 got my
period the 18th then that following sunday
the 20th i tried to start on yaz.. the yaz
made me feel realyl weird so i stopped it
after about 4 days on may 26th i started a
withdraw bleed for about 7 days... wich
bring me to june2nd .. i had sex four days
after that with a condom .. i still havent
had a period since ..took a preg test came
up negative.. will my period come agian..
and maybe should have lsitened to my
mother and have neevr taken it in the
first place.. help..
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Tylanas
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Posted: 06-30-07 17:54pm
First, how can the pill deplete your body
of vitamins and minerals? I'd want to see
sources on that since it doesn't make any
sense to me.
Secondly, yaz and other pills affect every
woman differently, so teresa, there was a
good chance you may have been just fine on
it, as many other women are just fine.
it's too bad you weren't, but yaz isn't
one of the pills that has a lot of
complaints about it.
