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Jun 2010
11:32am, 22 Jun 2010
3,572 posts
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Gymfreak
so i'm just randomly bleeding?
I preferred the no periods thing lol......
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Jun 2010
12:06pm, 22 Jun 2010
11,484 posts
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Velociraptor
Yup.
I stopped Cerazette because of random bleeding, which started after over a year of just occasional little tiny bleeds (which were also random, but that was OK). Had the occasional tiny little bleeds persisted, I'd probably still be taking it now even though I don't need contraception.
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Jun 2010
12:09pm, 22 Jun 2010
5,567 posts
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Hourglass
For no, or mearly a panty-liner smudge (a thousand sorries - TMI at lunchtime) have you considered the Mirena coil? 
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Jun 2010
12:09pm, 22 Jun 2010
3,573 posts
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Gymfreak
Hmmm. Have to just see what continues I suppose. I'm a bit paranoid about bleeding generally at the moment coz of the whole warfarin thing. Dunno what I'm expecting, to bleed to death or something lol
Are other progesterone pills similar or is it just that one that causes random bleeding stuff?
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Jun 2010
12:10pm, 22 Jun 2010
3,574 posts
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Gymfreak
Someone told me the Mirena coil was really difficult/painful to fit if you havent had children? Is that a myth?
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Jun 2010
12:14pm, 22 Jun 2010
5,568 posts
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Hourglass
I've had two and found it a bit nippy - and a bit of period aching afterwards...but it's paid for itself times over with no periods (I used to be massively irregular and tres heavy)
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Jun 2010
12:16pm, 22 Jun 2010
3,575 posts
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Gymfreak
I'm just a bit squeamish and even the thought of it is making me feel a bit funny tbh......
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Jun 2010
12:16pm, 22 Jun 2010
5,569 posts
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Hourglass
I was told to take brufen beforehand and paracetamol afterwards, I think it was more the ought of it that made me more tense than I needed to be (like anyone would be calm when a speculum is involved - LOLs), but it really wasn't too bad
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Jun 2010
12:17pm, 22 Jun 2010
5,924 posts
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Finders
having sorted out my heavy/painful bleeding issues with the gynae doc, i've found that mefanamic acid REALLY works if i take it religiously, but it doesn't tackle the hormonal issues i have, which, if I'm honest, are the worst of my symptoms.
We agreed to try a high dosage contraceptive pill AGAIN to see if i can control the hormones, but in the past 3 months, i have had 7 'periods'. Doc says that my own cycle is breaking through due to the epilepsy medication that i take AGAIN and now....we have exhausted all possibilities. I'll be hormonal forever, but at least with mefanamic acid my periods are reduced in heaviness and pain and my cycle is regular!
Mirena Coil? Gymfreak, read back!
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Jun 2010
12:18pm, 22 Jun 2010
3,576 posts
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Gymfreak
jeez, just read back. I dont want that coil!!
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