stopping bcp question

jennlin

am i the only one that had *no* issues? i was on bcp for about 6 years (with 2 6 month-ish breaks).. i always had irregular periods when i wasn't on bcp...so when i stopped taking it, it wasn't unusual that my first cycle took 40-ish days, that's "normal" for me. but i never had anything else that you girls have mentioned...moody/bloated/weird body anomalies.

just wondering if i'm the only one that didn't have any issues......

picksthemusic

I was on BCP in my late teens and early 20's due to irregular cycles (though I found out later in life that my cycles were off because my mom stressed me out LOL), and when I got off them, I was fine. Though, I wasn't super into paying too much attention to my body anyway (the lady stuff, that is), but there's nothing too weird that I remember from coming off BCP.

Though I do know that I'll never go on BCP again, TYVM. It's FAM all the way for me.  

karebear219

I was on it for ten years and had absolutely no issues. It actually made my periods just a lot easier.

MiniSteph

When I was on bcp I had no problems. Helped regulate my cycle and got rid of my painful cramps. 

Depo on the other hand I will never take again.  

dreamwinds

I just went off BCP in August of last year. I went on BCP sometime in January of 2001.

Before I went on BCP, I had incredibly heavy, slightly irregularly regular cycles in that it could be anywhere from 28 days to 34 and AF was in town for about 10-12 days heavily. I had my period since I was 10.

Post-BCP, I have pretty stable 26 day cycles, with AF in town for 5 days, no super heavy days. (On BCP regulated 28 day cycles with AF in town for 5 days.)

So for me, that's kind of an anomaly that I hope doesn't go back to 'normal'.

mgoss228

I took a break from bcp during most of 2010, and my periods were in almost perfect 28 day cycles for that whole year, and no change in heaviness, cramps, or attitude/behavior.  I was on bcp for 6 years before that. 

I'm back on bcp and the only real difference I can tell is that my acne was a little bit worse when I was off of bcp.

therickson

Birth control is not my friend but I need it for my endo. The IUD I have now gives me the least amount of problems I have had so far. I am not really regular though still and it is annoying since I have bad it a year.

jennuinne

I had short, regular periods on bcp, but lots of other side-effects (weight gain, NO libido, more regular migraines, etc.)  I don't remember having any issues when I went off it except to be glad I was off it and realize all the things it had been doing to me.

KST_

I always had bad PMS which was 75% of the reason I ever went on it in the first place. Bad, as in 2-3 weeks of mood changes and 1-2 weeks of back pain, bad acne, insane temper. BCP made all that SO much more doable but it made me gain a lot of weight. I went off it originally because I wasn't sexually active and couldn't afford it, and then everything came back with a VENGEANCE. Since then though, it's tapered to being nowhere what it was during my early20s.

BrandyL10

I stopped the depo in Oct after starting it Aug of 07. So far, not feeling anything. Feel normal, then again, my period hasn't started back up yet. Which, I certainly don't mind except for the fact that we're gonna want to make behbehs soon.

soralette

I had no problems quitting HBC (I was on the ring), other than it taking a while for my AM temps to settle down into their current/"real" norm -- I even had an obvious temp shift my first cycle off HBC.

HBC itself ... well, the issues I have with it vary depending on method. The ring wasn't bad except for completely killing my sex drive, e.g.!

CDMay2006

Nothing negative came with stopping BCP/ring for me.  Side effects while *on* hormonal BC are another story...

sarack

i was on bc in pill form or depo form for almost 10 years. when i got off, i had no issues. i'm back on but i'm about to be off again! hopefully i'll have no issues!