breakthrough bleeding

im a pro at breakthrough bleeding. has happened almost every month like clockwork a week after i stop my period. lasts for about 2 days, then stops.

i dont know if you remember my old posts about PCOS and my ovarian cysts and how I had a polyp inside my uterine wall that ruptured.... but I had breakthrough bleeding again. My doctor put me on this high estrogen pill called nortrel to stop my cysts. I expected the breakthrough bleeding but now its been 6 days! and last night it was the amount of being on my period. and then I talked to one of my aunts who had breast cancer and she said hers was directly caused by estrogen pills for birth control. so now im scared. I don't want to call my doctor because its my first month on these so maybe its just from switching pills but I have lost enough blood to make it be like Im on my period. and then im going to start again in a week. so 2 periods in 2 weeks.

I havent had any of the rupturing pains either. So I have no idea why Im bleeding. I want to stop birth control all together but then Im terrified of getting pregnant from using condoms. I have been on it for almost 5 years so I don't know why it would effect me this way. shouldnt it be fine after that long?

I have also had a horrible time trying to lose weight and I always gain it back even when I work out regularly and diet. Its like birth control is having nasty side effects on me out of nowhere. i dont know if im looking for advice or more just to vent. so any thoughts are welcome.

My first suggestion is to contact your doctor even though you say you do not want to. Blood loss is not a good thing for your body, and depending on how much you lose it may need to be replaced. If you're feeling exhausted it may be affecting your iron count too.

Birth control pills are not the only option to prevent pregnancy. If you prefer something hormonal there are options like Depo-Provera and Mirena. However there is the potential for side effects with every medication like this. A different type may just suit you better.

If you do not want to have children in the future and you are certain about this, Essure offers a hormone free permanent option of birth control.

my cousin got pregnant on depo-provera and im not insured for mirena. i already asked my insurance company because online, it says im covered for it. so i tried to order it, then they turned around and said "we never insure IUDs."

right now i dont want children, but im not certain of that enough to make it permanent.

i have been feeling very tired and unable to get up in the morning even when i get 8 hours of sleep. i have 3 months worth of it and this is the first month. if its not gone by the 3rd then im going to stop. this is just so annoying. just for one month i want to not worry about this kind of thing.

im going on the 10th day of bleeding and im supposed to "start" this friday. 4 of these days have been normal flow of a regular period, 2 of them have been heavier than that and the rest were pretty light.

Im having cramps like crazy that even woke my up this morning at 1 a.m. because it hurt so bad. I can't lay certain ways and can't apply hardly any pressure at all to my lower abdomen. I hate going to the doctor because they treat it like Im making this stuff up. Even though they have found a polyp in my uterine wall and several oavrian cysts in both of my ovaries. But it's like they don't care that Im in pain and bleeding every single month.

Im seriously thinking of just stopping birth control all together. This is friggen rediculous. Its supposed to take care of acne, which it hasnt. Its supposed to get rid of my cysts and polyps, which apparently it hasnt done that either. Im so irritated. This has been going on for a 2.5 years now. I just want a damn solution.

I would definitely see your dr about this. It sounds like the birth control has few benefits to you right now. Being in that much pain with so much bleeding is not good. I hope that your dr can find a better solution for you...
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it sounds like the mirina would benifit you a lot
i have had the mirina in for a while and due to have it changed this summer

it sucks your insurance doesnt cover it its got to be cheaper than the pill you only have one and get checked every year

plus my obgyn said that since ive never had a kid, there is a higher chance of my uterus expelling it overnight while im sleeping or something.

im just kind of scared that, if this is my body while on birth control, what the hell will happen when im off?! will my acne get even worse? will i be even pissier? will i have even more cramps? because supposedly, this is helping me?

i called my doctor and left a voicemail at the nurses station and no one ever called me back. im supposed to start a new pack on friday and i don't think i will. then if next month my body goes nuts ill go back on it. this is seriously rediculous!

thanks for everyone's concern.

my obgyn called me back today and told me not to start my new pack.

im officially on day 11 of bleeding and over half of those have been either normal period heavy or even heavier than that. i have been sleeping like crazy because im so worn out. i have an appt in 2 weeks to see my doctor. well see if i feel better off the pill.