Started having horrible periods... Would the pill help?!


Question: Started having horrible periods... Would the pill help?
For starters, my period is hardly ever regular. I've had it since I was 11 and I am now 21. It has never settled into a routine properly... however the last 4 months I have had regular periods but they are extremely painful, make me want to throw up and pass out. I have had to take time off from work because of it.

I have heard that the pill could help? I have an appointment with the Doctor but what are the chances of him giving me the pill?

Answers:

The pill will most definitely help. There are other negative things about the pill though that your doctor won't be enthused about telling you and probably just won't mention. Those influxes of hormones are NOT good for your body. Many women experience weight gain, irritability, and headaches. I have tried multiple pills and experienced all of those side effects. I didn't notice them at first... but after a couple months I had gained weight, noticed how depressed and anxious I was, and how often I had been getting headaches. Then I started reading about how exactly the pill effects the body and why it causes these symptoms... I was shocked to find out how bad it really is for you. It's worth it to prevent pregnancy in my opinion, if that's the option your most comfortable with. I personally threw away my pills immediately after I had already tried five different kinds and they were still causing me issues, and after I read the horrors of what that stuff does to your body. It's very unnatural... and the birth control pill is a rather new thing so it's not like women like me are just being paranoid... it's very reasonable to question the safety of it. Yes honey it will help your periods... but I would rather live through a few days of hell every month then deal with rather serious health conditions later on, on top of bad side effects like weight gain... yuck. There was a time in my life when I was about 19 or 20 where I had horrrrrrrible periods for about 6 months. It was just a phase. No idea why, but it came and went and now they are fine.

Also, the pill would be a temporary solution to a potential bigger problem. If your periods are so irregular and heavy and this keeps happening... you have a bigger issues on your hands for sure. It is not normal for your body to behave that way and before you let your doctor shoo you out of his office with a quick fix you need to be concerned about why your body is doing what it's doing.



Pills are not the best answer, because they are not a regular or natural function. The best thing the relieve period cramps is to stay warm, not just during the period but also before. Being cold makes the blood clump and it makes it painful. Eat calcium chews because you loose a lot of blood. Also eat less sweets and DON'T SMOKE.



pills will deff. help i was put on birth control i don't have any more cramps or mood changes pills always help you keep track i love them but he deff. will give you something for it



Yes it will help huni

an why wouldnt he give you the pill your 21 he cant say no its your body =)



No, the pill wouldn't really help and a good doctor would give the pill as it's your choice, however they should discuss with you the issues and encourage you to deal with the underlying problem.

The symptoms you describe are not normal - irregular cycles are fairly common particularly given your age - but pain, particularly to the degree you're describing here is not normal. Most menstrual problems like irregularity and cramps can be treated by natural methods or medications, certainly methods far less extreme than the pill, but you're problem may be something more serious. You need to go to your doctor and ask not for the pill but for tests to find out what is causing this pain and irregularity and seek treatment from there - the pill will suppress your cycle, it won't cure the underlying problem, thus it may continue to cause problems and it may return.

The pill works by suppressing your cycles - the bleeding you get once a month is not menstruation but withdrawal bleeding caused by the drop in synthetic hormones when you take your placebo pills - thus it does not regulate your periods at all, this is myth. In suppressing your periods it may help with the pain but it depends totally on what is causing the pain - and again, treatment is better than covering-up the problem and hoping for the best.

Consider too that the pill has a major effect on your whole body, you may find it helps with menstrual problems but by suppressing your cycles you're missing out on the positives of your menstrual cycle, you limit your ability to care for sexual health, and you risk various side-effects - actually it's a pretty extreme means of dealing with menstrual problems as a first choice, at least look into getting tests and treatment if you need it and trying less extreme ways of helping your problems.

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