So a couple months ago I started a new birth control--Seasonique (well, the generic version). It had promises of getting my periods under control. Supposed to just have 4 a year. I like that idea. Having endometriosis and PCOS, I want as few periods as possible.
Month one went great. My period ended the day after taking the first pill. Which was nice because I was only on day 3 when I started the new birth control. Oh it was nice to have those terrible cramps and back aches go away (ok still had back pain, but it lessened).
Then came month 2. Still went great. In fact, it made me paranoid. I had to take 3 pregnancy tests. I'm used to having a period every 2 weeks. So when it didn't show up I was scared. Wasn't sure if it was a sign the birth control was working properly or if I some how ended up pregnant. After those tests I was relieved to see it was just the birth control doing it's job.
And then comes month 3. I'm hating it. Day one of the 3rd month I start my period. And man it hit me hard. Come on flood gates! I figure maybe it's just break through bleeding. But nope it's not. It's full fledged. Yesterday was the start of week 3 of my period. I'll be honest, I did have a 4 day break in there. But still, it's just not fair! I'm not supposed to have a period for another 2 weeks from now.
The pain is worse then I remember having it. Maybe mother nature is making up for the lost month. Who knows. But today I had to cave and take the stashed Percocet. I try so hard to stay away from that stuff. It helps to take the edge off the pain, but never gets rid of the pain completely. If I'm taking Percocet, then you know things are bad.
Speaking of pain....
My on going sinus infection is kicking my ass. It's always there, never leaves. I've taken antibiotics for it before, but it either didn't clear it up or it just came right back. I can deal with the stuffiness, the headache and all the other cold like stuff. But what I can't handle is the tooth and jaw pain that comes with it. And oddly enough the only thing that HELPS with that pain is some sort of over the counter sinus or cold medicine. I've been given morphine for it before and it didn't help. But give me some OTC severe cold meds and it takes the edge off. Makes no sense to me.
Ok wow. It has taken me over an hour to write this. That's bad haha. Just got too distracted. Kids running around. Had to get them tucked in, read stories, get clothes set out blah blah blah. Then season my pot of ham & beans. Blah blah blah again. I'm going to just end this post. Nothing fun anyway, just rambling about being in pain. I'll post something else later. Thinking it'll probably just be me rambling, something I need to do, get out of my system.
Toodles for now! (too much Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!)
Signed,
Super Mom
You should ask your doctor about a birth control that you take every single day. I take norethindrone (15 mg/day) and the only time I stop is if I get a period like bleeding THROUGH the meds.. which hasn't happened yet. I get spotting and such but have only had a few periods in the last 2 years (I stopped taking it after surgery a few times and such). It is WONDERFUL. My doctor wouldn't normally give it to patients but with the PCOS and my terrible, crazy periods.. she suggested it.
ReplyDeleteI do take Seasonique everyday. When I get down to the week I'm supposed to have my period there's still pills to take that have some small amount of the hormones in it. I haven't even reached the week yet.
ReplyDeleteI've taken norethindrone once. Was a couple years ago and I was taking it with Depo Lupron. I plan to give my GYNO a call in a few days to set up an appointment to discuss what we can do about this.
Thanks for the suggestion.