birth control

[tamberly.livejournal.com]

firstly thanks to everyone who commented on my last post, i got my period a couple of days ago so i am definitely not pregnant!

i have another question, but this time related to birth control. right now i take cerazette (POP) and i still get regular periods. in the past i took yasmin (combination) which gave me horrible side effects but i could stop my period by going straight onto the next pack which was a blessing.

i suffer from horrible cramps with my period, regardless of being on the pill. i also bleed quite heavy and am bedridden for 2-3 days during each of my periods. along with the cramps and heavy bleeding i get severe diarrhea (i suffer from IBS and my periods make it so much worse)
next month i am due my period the day before i am going to a concert with my boyfriend. i was wondering if it would be safe/work if i took yasmin for the week prior to my period, would it stop my period from it coming or even delay it?
i have my period right now and this morning i had a tampon in AND a pad on, but it still leaked through and onto my legs and leggings. luckily i was at home!

i just really dont want to miss this concert and if i had my period and still went to the concert, i would feel so miserable and probably end up in the bathroom every 5 minutes!

Comments

[dkwgdk.livejournal.com]

I am not sure about mixing the kinds of birth control, and something tells me that doing so would potentially give you an even worse go of it. I say this only because of the wonky side effects people sometimes get when they start a new birth control pill. I -think- it would be better to take a whole month of Yasmin. (In other words, finish the current POP month, then start the Yasmin, stay on it for a month, then go back to POP.)

I also have periods from hell, bad enough that I wore Depends because they were the only thing that could handle the bleeding. Eventually I went to a doctor (having been told my whole life that heavy periods were "normal") and got the Mirena IUD. It's done a great job of reducing the severity of my periods. I still bleed each month but it is MUCH more manageable. Just a thought!

[nickelshoe.livejournal.com]

I doubt it's dangerous. Cerazette has half the desogestrel as Marvelon, for instance, so it's not a huge dose. It's a different progestin than Yasmin, but I'd be surprised if they interacted. It would be a lower dose than taking emergency contraception while on the pill (but again, a different progestin). I'm not a doctor or pharmacist, though.

If you just mean stopping the Cerazette and taking Yasmin instead, that would definitely be safe.

I don't know if it would work.