Hormonal Contraception: The Pill [General Discussion]
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Carl Thompson6 said:I'm thinking about stopping my birth control pills, but would it be an issue if I don't finish the whole pack?
Nah, it’s not a "problem" per se, except you’ll probably start bleeding almost immediately once you quit—and then your actual period will show up whenever it feels like it later on...
My OB-GYN actually told me to stop taking them because of some cysts that had grown way too large—so I stopped, and let me tell you, I was bleeding for nearly 15 days straight... partly from quitting and partly because my period finally hit. Then my doctor basically pulled me right back onto the pill with this look on his face, like, "What on earth were you thinking? Why would you get off these if they're bothering you?"—basically telling me I shouldn't have stopped in the first place... so yeah, he put me back on them (dealing with PCOS)...