It shouldn't take a month unless you're using it for pregnancy prevention. IIRC, since it's replacing/boosting hormones daily and they change on a daily basis, you should start noticing mood changes fairly soon if that's why you're taking it.
I know when I was a pre-teen, there were a few types that they took me off after only 3 weeks, but I don't remember why. (My gyno would, but I haven't been to see her in like 7 years, because that's how long i've been off the pill, though it seems like much longer. And since I'm not sexually active and was younger than 25, it didn't seem to be a priority to get an annual PAP. Well, then it did but I didn't have insurance, so.)
I take birth control both for the non-pregnancy bit and for the hormone adjustment due to fibroids. They were causing me serious pain for the week leading up to my period every month. It took me about two months for it to really help, but I do recall feeling a little better that first month. I'm on Necon 1/35 though, which is one that is the same amount of hormone every day for 21 days and then the week off. Ortho-tricyclene is a different amount each week, isn't it?
Okay, yeah, I know 3 days is too short, but it's frustrating :P And I figure there should be some improvement during the first month, since it resets after 4 weeks anyway.
Ortho is variable, yeah. I think when I make the appt with the gyno, I'm going to ask to go on something that I can take back to back, like I did as a teenager, provided that I can deal with the hormones.
I don't know all of your medical history and so maybe you've already looked at this and it wasn't an option, but I am super super fucking happy with my Mirena (IUD)--just enough hormones, haven't had a real period in over a year (I get the occasional day of mild cramps/spotting but it's usually 1 day every other month), and I'm much more emotionally stable than I ever was on the pill or patch.
Yeah, and IUD is something I might look into when I go see my gyno - it wasn't around or prescribed for teenagers or something my first go-round?
TBH and I mean 100% perfectly honest except this will surprise no one, I just want to have a hysterectomy. Everyone tells me that it will suck because I won't have any female hormones at all, but depending on what that means, I might be okay with an early (fake/forced) menopause. So I'm kind of hoping that whatever else happens, I can just have my uterus and one or both ovaries removed outright. Or at least the uterus
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Honestly, I hated tampons (I used a diva cup, which while it might still be an issue for you w/ scar tissue, was much less painful/awful/uncomfortable for me) but I've never felt the IUD except when I went poking around for it. The only part that hangs out into your vagina is the strings (think very thin fishing wire sort of string) and those just barely go past the cervix and they soften/curl around it after a few months anyways.
It does hurt going in (and I assume coming out as well) but I was fine by the time I got to the car after my appointment. The first two weeks were mildly crampy and bloody, but after that it was smooth sailing.
If your doc won't let you have a hysterectomy, see if they'll go for the IUD. I didn't get any resistance from mine regarding the whole "but what if you want babies" nonsense (and she told me that if I changed my mind, it's so easy to take out that I can do it whenever) but depending on how up to date your doctor is on things, you might get resistance.
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Either way, hope you're feeling better.
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I know when I was a pre-teen, there were a few types that they took me off after only 3 weeks, but I don't remember why. (My gyno would, but I haven't been to see her in like 7 years, because that's how long i've been off the pill, though it seems like much longer. And since I'm not sexually active and was younger than 25, it didn't seem to be a priority to get an annual PAP. Well, then it did but I didn't have insurance, so.)
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I hope it works soon for you, though. :)
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Ortho is variable, yeah. I think when I make the appt with the gyno, I'm going to ask to go on something that I can take back to back, like I did as a teenager, provided that I can deal with the hormones.
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TBH and I mean 100% perfectly honest except this will surprise no one, I just want to have a hysterectomy. Everyone tells me that it will suck because I won't have any female hormones at all, but depending on what that means, I might be okay with an early (fake/forced) menopause. So I'm kind of hoping that whatever else happens, I can just have my uterus and one or both ovaries removed outright. Or at least the uterus ( ... )
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It does hurt going in (and I assume coming out as well) but I was fine by the time I got to the car after my appointment. The first two weeks were mildly crampy and bloody, but after that it was smooth sailing.
If your doc won't let you have a hysterectomy, see if they'll go for the IUD. I didn't get any resistance from mine regarding the whole "but what if you want babies" nonsense (and she told me that if I changed my mind, it's so easy to take out that I can do it whenever) but depending on how up to date your doctor is on things, you might get resistance.
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