I had to be put on birth control since I was 17 because I would just not stop bleeding, it really would last for multiple weeks, with large coin-sized clots and a flood that soaks through a heavy flow tampon AND pad within an hour.
Yeah, I skip my periods entirely now using birth control, otherwise I have to deal with this, plus the cramps are so bad I feel like I'm going to pass out, my vision goes black, my legs go cold and numb and tingly too, and I get really hot and sweaty then cold and nauseous, so I just skip the periods altogether.
It's not always advised, but my doctors amd pharmacist don't comment when I say I do.
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My libido is much lower, and there's a higher chance of breast cancer.
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Some people experience weight gain, but I often forget to eat lunch and breakfast (my ADHD does a hyperfocus, plus anxiety) and have always had a small build plus I'm a picky eater, so unless I'm trying to eat my depression away or I forget to drink my meds in winter, I remain at a relatively normal-to-just-underweight state.
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I'm also very sedentary, sitting in a lab doing analysis the whole day, perhaps I walk 1 km a day.
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The advantages are also that I rarely get skin breakouts, perhaps a single pimple a month. My breasts are less sore (still tender though) when it's that time, and I may have some light spotting or minor bleeding, never enough for a tampon, maybe a light pad. Very minor cramping, if at all (unless I forget to drink my birth control, 12h after I forgot my cramps already let me know I fucked up).
Wow. I can't believe you have to deal with all of that. Really puts all of my problems into perspective.
And yet you're always so positive whenever you comment here. That's nothing short of amazing.
Well, as long as I take my meds I don't have much to deal with anymore, and I'm also seeing a therapist, and I have an incredibly supportive partner, so all in all I'm very blessed!
Do you want to talk about your problems? I'm happy to lend an ear.
Ah, that's really great then.
And it's very sweet of you to offer to listen, but I usually don't like to bring people down with my issues. And anyway, I think I'm doing a lot better now than I was before.
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My libido is much lower, and there's a higher chance of breast cancer.
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Some people experience weight gain, but I often forget to eat lunch and breakfast (my ADHD does a hyperfocus, plus anxiety) and have always had a small build plus I'm a picky eater, so unless I'm trying to eat my depression away or I forget to drink my meds in winter, I remain at a relatively normal-to-just-underweight state.
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I'm also very sedentary, sitting in a lab doing analysis the whole day, perhaps I walk 1 km a day.
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The advantages are also that I rarely get skin breakouts, perhaps a single pimple a month. My breasts are less sore (still tender though) when it's that time, and I may have some light spotting or minor bleeding, never enough for a tampon, maybe a light pad. Very minor cramping, if at all (unless I forget to drink my birth control, 12h after I forgot my cramps already let me know I fucked up).
And yet you're always so positive whenever you comment here. That's nothing short of amazing.
Do you want to talk about your problems? I'm happy to lend an ear.
And it's very sweet of you to offer to listen, but I usually don't like to bring people down with my issues. And anyway, I think I'm doing a lot better now than I was before.