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Personally I have a couple predictable signs that it's close to that time.. My cheeks get all puffy and I look like a damn chipmunk.. So I gain lots of water retention and if I don't actually go through with my peroid I will keep that water retention.. Plus it doesn't really affect the whole hormoes thing unfortunalty.. but thats just my personal body...
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many people/docs believe that if you don't have at least a couple per year that it can be bad for your health. The idea being that if you don't allow your system to flush itself out you'll end up building up things in your system that shouldn't be there. I don't know if there is any truth to that.
No, that's right up there with "you have to have colonics to flush out your colon" as medical misinformation. Remember that if you're on the pill/patch/implant/ring, you are not having a period! The endometrial lining does not build up. When you stop the hormones, you have withdrawal bleeding but not a real period. If you're on continuous use of hormonal birth control, then the build-up is even less - there's literally nothing to flush!
You can read more at The Well-Timed Period or No Period. Of course, everyone is different, but no one should be afraid to use menstrual suppression if they want to.
--AC, period-free for 3 months now 
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From what my OBGYN told me, the symptoms you're talking about are due to changing levels of hormones. Are you on a triphasic pill where the hormone level changes each week? When taking the pill constantly (like I do), you take a monophasic pill, so the hormone dosage never changes, and therefore, you don't get those symptoms! I admit, it took trying a few different pills before finding one that worked for me (and that didn't make my skin break out), but it's been worth it. Having very small, very rare episodes of "spotting" is way better than having a period every month!
Lisa, IBS-C (period-free for over a year!)
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Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)
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I'm on the pill continuously and I'm getting bad acne from it. My doctor suggested I switch to another pill but I'm not sure which. Which did you find helpful with your skin? I've been on about 4 pills in the past and they were all great for my skin (except the one I'm on now) but I'm not sure which to try again, and which are monophasic.
Any help/advice would be great.
Thanks,
Kat
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Kat,
Before I started all this, I used ortho-tricyclen, which was wonderful for my skin. But as its name suggests, it's a triphasic pill. The one I'm on now that seems to be great for my skin is Necon (a monophasic, which is generic for Modicon). (However, I also attribute my clear skin to my vegetarian diet and Arbonne skin supplements). But regardless of those two additional things, this pill definitely helps keep my skin as clear as the ortho-tricyclen did.
Good luck!
Lisa, IBS-C
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Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)
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You can tell they're monophasic if the pills are all the same color (other than the placebos). If each week is a different color, then the pill is most likely triphasic.
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Thanks! -nt
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I've had this happen, too, and it takes some trial and error to find the one that works best with your body. In my experience, the monophasic low dose pills work best for me. I am on Lutera (it's a generic pill)and haven't had any breakout problems.
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Re: Thanks! -nt
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Yeah, I'm switching back to either Minestrin or Marvelon (both Canadian brands) which are both low-dose monophasic pills. I don't think I had any problem with my skin while taking those so hopefully it'll help.
Thanks for the info
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I agree; the lowest hormone dose you can stand will probably be best for your skin. And I found that I can't tolerate much (if any) testosterone in my pills.
Good luck!
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Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)
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