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Dorothy

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Re: My Pill Diary.
« Reply #240 on: October 09, 2015, 04:40:21 PM »

Thanks for the good wishes - not heard yet.

GRL, hope your hormones are still behaving themselves.  Avoiding a break has worked for me so far - will see how long this lasts!  Best night's sleep I've had in months last night.
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GypsyRoseLee

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Re: My Pill Diary.
« Reply #241 on: October 09, 2015, 05:06:57 PM »

Keeping fingers crossed for you Dorothy.

I'm wondering if by running more than 2 packs together you get a problematic build up of hormones? Especially progesterone?

When I went from pack 1 onto pack 2 I didn't seem to have much or a problem. Just a mood dip for a couple of days followed by a bit of a withdrawal type bleed, then was fine again for over 2 weeks. But moving straight from pack 2 to pack 3 seems to possibly have been too much for me? Halfway through pack 3 things turned really miserable again for me when a withdrawal bleed came out of nowhere.
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Briony

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Re: My Pill Diary.
« Reply #242 on: October 10, 2015, 09:51:13 PM »

The weird thing with me is that once again, I've had no withdrawl bleed, despite the two blank days, yet now mid pack, I am having what appears to be more than spotting. Qlaira is known for causing spotting as its so low dose, so I am not worried, but I'd love to know the logic behind it.
If you think about it, most doctors won't prescribe continuous hrt if you still have periods as it causes odd bleeding.

In a way, Qlaira is basically continuous hrt with six non continuous (progesterone free) days (four of which still have estrogen). It therefore makes sense that end of pack dips are less likely, but irregular bleeding is more likely ? Ditto if you take a conventional pill without any break at all, perhaps?
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