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Hello Good day,
I would like to ask something about taking oral contraceptives. I had been using bcp for 3 years now just this month of May I switched to a different brand from trust pills to althea. Because of switching to a different pill brand I took 2 pills everyday cause I'm afraid that I might get pregnant. My boyfriend and I never use condom ever since now I'm just a little worried because usually I have my period on the fourth and fifth day off the pill. It's my sixth day off the pill and still I don't get my period though I'm experiencing some symptoms that it's going to come but still I'm worried. Can taking two pills everyday affect the cycle of your menstruation? Please I need some advice on this. Thank You! (link)
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Absolutely NOT!
Never do this! In medication, what matters is the "Active Ingredients", Not the brand. If you switch to a new pill, as long as the active ingredients are close to your old bcp, then you're basically taking the same product. You never double up unless advised by your doctor! Birth control pills stay in your system. It's not something you can take more of to increase your odds on the prevention of pregnancy. It doesn't work like that. You're putting too high of a dosage of hormones into your system now. You need to wait for this to now leave your system so your body can have withdrawal (when you're on the pill, your body doesn't have an actual period; that "period" is a withdrawal from your pill). You need to see your doctor. They need to adjust your pill dosage now, or advise you when to start taking your pill again, OR if you should stop for a little while all together. I truly advise you to call the obgyn immediately, tell them the details and listen to what they want you to do. Good luck, and have confidence in your bcp. It's almost 100% effective as long as you take ONE pill everyday!
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17/f.
For a very long time, I have suspected that I have Borderline Personality Disorder, as I display almost all of the symptoms, and it is very common with BPD sufferers to have been abused as children. I didn't ever consider this as a possibility (as I have no recollection of being abused) until recently, when I started to think about myself, and suddenly a lot of things started coming together:
- Ever since I was very young, about 3, this weird feeling would suddenly pounce on me - it's a kind of sick feeling, and even when I was that young, I associated it with sex. I don't know why, it's not something I've ever thought through, it's just what comes into my head when I get this feeling. I used to get this more as a child than I do now, but I still get it sometimes. It's always happened more often in the morning, when I've not been awake for long, but it sometimes comes in flashes during the day/evening.
- I still get this feeling, without fail, for a long time the morning after I have been sexually intimate (or even just laid cuddling) with someone, even if it's someone I really like.
- At the age of about 6, up to about 10, I would play 'sex games' with other children, boys and girls - my cousins, in fact. I feel very ashamed looking back on this. I know other kids do this, but I get the feeling we always took it further - we pretty much went the whole way, except it wasn't really like proper sex, it's hard to describe. I remember being very sexually aroused even at that young age, and I was always the one who initiated it.
- I used to write all the time (still do), and when I was about 7, I wrote a story about a girl getting raped. It wasn't just any girl, though, it was a girl I knew from school, with whom I had a sort of friend/enemy relationship. I don't know if this has any significance.
- Also, when I was young (can't remember what age, perhaps 7-10, though I still get them sometimes now) I would have weird sexual fantasies about being sexually dominated and being made to do awful things. Which I'd expect is pretty weird for a seven year old.
- So, when I was young I was always more interested in sex than other people my age.
- Now, however, it's the other way round. I'm still very interested in sex, but I also have a fear of it. Other people my age have a very casual attitude to it and have a lot of sex, whereas I'm a virgin (at least I consider myself one, whether I have been sexually abused or not) and am very scared of sex. I have a fear of intimacy, and I am pretty much prpetually single because I can't get into the physical side of relationships. I have done, but not fully, and I get scared away afterwards.
- I (usually) like the idea of having sex with people I like, but when it almost happens, I get panicky and want to run away.
- I go through states of depression, used to self-harm, have trouble regulating my emotions, and often feel disconnected with others, which are synptoms of sexual abuse.
- I like girls too, and for a while I've been wondering if I'm gay, because these sexual problems seem to be far more exaggerated with men than women, but now I'm just wondering if my inability to be sexual with men is because perhaps that's who I was abused by.
I'm not saying it's a definite - I have no recollection of it, after all. But I have a lot of the symptoms, and it would explain why I have such a weird attitude to sex and intimacy. This attitude has been a massive problem for me for years, and has got in the way of many relationships.
And, if it does sound like I've been abused, what should I do about it? I feel like if I spoke to anyone, they'd think I was just exaggerating or creating stuff in my head. (link)
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Yes, you are correct in realizing that your behavior isn't normal for a child to exhibit. I do personally feel like you were molested... BUT the best way to determine this is to see a therapist that can hypnotize you! I know it seems odd, but it's a way to bring up events from your subconscious. So my advice, please please see someone!
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