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[Dorothy]

Hi, I used to be on the combined pill and like you, found I had symptoms even with it and the bleeds were difficult.  My GP advised me to take it back-to-back but I found that after a while, I got the 'starting a period' feeling and then ongoing bleeding.  So we then tried 3 packs in a row, followed by a 3 day break - this gave me some symptoms/bleeding, but not too bad.  And by adjusting the break time a bit (just before the end of the 3rd pack/partway into the 4th) I could fix the 'bad' days at a time that worked for me, e.g. a weekend when I wasn't working.  It also made me less anxious because I was in control of when the bad patch happened, rather than wondering when it was going to strike!  And the reduced stress probably made things easier too!