So I decided last Christmas that I would stop taking the pill. I was planning on staying on it until this summer which would give me a year for my body to get back to normal before ttc summer of 2010 hopefully. But when it was time to renew my prescription, I just figured that I would save the money and January was my first official month with no pill. I am very interested in hearing what other people's experiences were like going off the pill because so far I am not really loving life so much.
I had been on ortho tri cyclen since college, before that everything was totally regular with my periods & my skin was great. I went on it strictly for birth control reasons. I thought it was going to be smooth sailing when the end of January rolled around and my period came right on time. The February came and no period...kind of strange to me. I was pretty convinced I was pregnant for a while but a test was negative and I finally got my period in the middle of March. That would have been fine except this time it brought horrible cramps which had me up at night and sleeping with a heating pad on my tummy. That wasn't the worst of it either, now my skin is freaking out big time. Concealer is my new best friend these days! I have more pimples than I ever had when I was a teenager and now my skin is extremely oily. I am hoping I can get that under control with some stronger face wash and zit cream, but i'm trying all kinds of makeup in the mean time to try and cover everything up. I'm not sure but I also think I am gaining weight too.
I guess it could be worse. I have read that some people experience the following effects of going off the pill: hair falling out, periods lasting over a week and mood swings. On the up side, I have read that your sex drive increases. Still waiting for that to happen!
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hahaha I hated being on the pill. It made me feel all crazy in the head. I went back to normal as soon as I went off and never had problems with wreight gain or anything like that. I think my skin did act up and I started getting bad cramps-but I had that before I went on the pill. After having Elzia my periods got better. My cure for what ails you is to get pregnant. Your skin will glow and you won't even have to worry about your period! :0
I loves me the pill. I went off for 10 years (ttc but never happened) and just went back on again a few months ago. Yeah! Happy me!
I've been on it since college and the only things that changed for me when going on the pill were less bloating/cramping (which was one of my primary reasons for going on it) and getting my period on the exact day every month. It still lasts about the same amount of days - that never changed. I don't have any experiences with going off the pill, but I hope it will be easy since not much changed when I went on the pill!
I hate going off the pill. It really messed with my skin and schedule. At one point I even ended up with a chemically induced pregnancy before Stella. Still not really sure what that is. Hopefully if my insurance and dr.'s office haven't screwed up yet again I'll be going on Mirena this week. Hopefully if we TTC in a few years again there won't be as many side affevts (or is it effects I can never keep them stright) as going of the pill.
I started taking birth control when I was 22, for consistency reasons. My period was never on time, and I worry that whenever I go off it, I will not get a period for an extended period. It's interesting how it effects everyone differently.
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