Got My Period A Week Early On Birth Control

Got my period a week early on birth control

I got my period a week early on birth control, do I continue to use the pack as it is or skip the rest of the blue?! I'm confused ## Hello, Kimmy! How are you? You should just continue that pack, as normal. Irregularity can be a normal side effect of taking hormonal contraceptives, as listed by the FDA. You may also experience nausea, headache, dizziness, irritability and PMS-like symptoms. Is there anything else I can help with?

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Angelique newby

Hi. I started Angelique 2 weeks ago. My last period was in Nov 2012. At the moment I am getting terrible headaches, Anxiousness, Heart Palpitations and like period pains by my ovaries. Is this normal? Kind regards Dawn ## Hi Dawn, I've heard that it can take up to three months to really know how if the birth control you are taking is doing its job and working with your body, but everyone is different of course and sometimes you can tell early on. I had a similar experience with birth control, I was on Seasonique and it was working great, then the insurance company decided that they didn't want to cover brand names so I got switched to a generic; without notice. I experienced all the same issues as well as horrible acne within a short period of time. I didn't realize what was...

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White pills or blue? Sprintec

Ok I just recently got on birth control about 4 days ago and I just thought about something. Before I took birth control my period always lasted around 3-4 days. Now that I'm on the pill, there are 7 white pills for your period.... arent the white pills just to keep you on track? like they dont protect you at all right? so do I have to take the white pills all 7 days...like if I end my period early, do I have to keep taking the white pills? Like if I start taking the white pills on sunday, get my period that day, and then it ends...say...thursday, do i just take the white pills still for the rest of that week or do I start taking the next blue pills? ## I am not very familiar with Sprintec, but I have been on Beyaz for years now which is a 24/4 birth control pill (24 active pills ...

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