First birth control period??

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Hi everyone! I'm freaking out and need some help. On the first day of my last period I started Junel Fe 1/20, which is my first experience ever taking birth control. I'm currently finishing up my placebo pills of my first pack, I'll be taking the fourth placebo pill tonight. Yesterday, I went saw that I was bleeding bright red, so I assumed it was my period and went to put a pad on. But the flow suddenly stopped and turned into this gross brown (sometimes reddish-pink) discharge that occasionally has brown or red flakes whenever I go to the bathroom (sorry if this is TMI). Right now the flow is nonexistent aside from this discharge, and even the discharge is continuing to get lighter. I've never had unprotected sex, my boyfriend and I continue to use condoms as a backup even though I am on birth control and I can't remember one ever breaking on us. But I read somewhere that this could be implantation bleeding and not my period so I'm freaking out that I could be pregnant. The pregnancy test I took this afternoon was negative, and my GYN doctor's office is closed today until Tuesday so I can't get an answer from them until then. Is this a normal period for birth control or is this my period maybe trying to start? I'm having really heavy period-like cramps and backaches. If y'all could help me in any way I would appreciate it so much!

Chiari 1 - Apnea...

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Hey

This is goong to be a long story leading to one question; does anyone know how apnea works/feels like?

I have had some bladder stuff going on for the last two years. The doctors have tested for everything possible, and more or less told me that I just have to live with it, they have teated for everything it should be. I would have hoped to met a "dr. House" type of doctor who would look outside the box, but well...

I just came across well two "syndrons", not quite diseases. Ehler danlos and Chiari 1.

My mums friend has a daughter who was just disgnosed with ehler danlos syndrom. When she listed synpthoms my mum was like "that sounds like my daughter". I have some of the sympthoms for that. But reading about that I found that it is often assosiated with Chiari 1.

Reading about symptoms for that shocked me. I have a lot of headaces, often in the back of the head radiating from the neck. But I hava a "strong" neck (for lack of a better description), and I have always figured that it was tension headaces. I also have Tinitus. I have also always thought that it was due to listening to too much loud music. I have not gone to the doctors for this because there are not a lot to do about it, and I thought they were self explainatory.
I also have a bad balance, skoliosis, cronic cough, blobs in my vision when I close my eyes in a dark room. All of these are symthoms of chiari 1. I was kind if !!! This really sound like me!!!

I have yet to go to the doctor to be diagnosed. Unless the synptoms are severe, I have to live with it... So no rush. The treatmens is spinal surgary so, yeah, not really something I want to do unless I have to. But it would be nice to kniw right...

But I have one more thing. I have never really thought too much about it, it is just there.
I sometimes forget to breath. At least that is what it feels like. Like my brain forget to breath, and suddenly my body take a sharp intake of breath, and I am fine. I don't really get the feeling that I am forgetting to breath untill my body takes that sharp intake of breath.

Sleep apnea is a symptom of chiari 1. But this is while I am awake. I know awake-apnea (also called apnea) excist. But I am not too sure if what I am experiencing is apnea.

So this long explenation is leading to; does anyone know how apnea works/feels like?

My bladder stuff don't fit the symptom "loss of bladder function", but the brain is under preasure, a cyst in the spine is common with this, and in my mind it should be possible that something might be conpressing the wrong nerve, and that is causig my problems.

I would like to have all my symptoms down before seeing my doctor, and it would he helpfull to know if I possibly also have apnea :)

Sorry for the long post :)