23rd September 2006
If you are taking a triphasil pill, forget about trying to skip your period. Finish this pack (you'll just have to suffer the spotting) and let yourself have the required break.
If it's not a triphasil, then you might just be unlucky. Some women can skip their periods on non-triphasil pills, but not all. The body really does want to have a period and although there are pills designed to have you skip periods, many women have nothing but problems (constant spotting) with them.
I would suggest you finish the pack, then have your period break.
I would definitely not suggest going for a third pack in a row since your body doesn't seem to like it.
From personal experience (I was under doctors orders to take mine continuously for medical reasons) I'd say don't try to do it w/o medical adivce - for me, it might have worked for the first period, but my body would just rebel eventually and it would get worse and worse regardless of the brand (3 different ones, all non-triphasil). There was no 'getting used to it'. It was more like my body was getting annoyed with it and just spotted more.
If it's not a triphasil, then you might just be unlucky. Some women can skip their periods on non-triphasil pills, but not all. The body really does want to have a period and although there are pills designed to have you skip periods, many women have nothing but problems (constant spotting) with them.
I would suggest you finish the pack, then have your period break.
I would definitely not suggest going for a third pack in a row since your body doesn't seem to like it.
From personal experience (I was under doctors orders to take mine continuously for medical reasons) I'd say don't try to do it w/o medical adivce - for me, it might have worked for the first period, but my body would just rebel eventually and it would get worse and worse regardless of the brand (3 different ones, all non-triphasil). There was no 'getting used to it'. It was more like my body was getting annoyed with it and just spotted more.