Taking Pill without a Break

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New recommendation from GP, as general new guidance and to try to help with PMS. What can I practically expect in your experience? I am on day 3 of the new pack, still had PMS, cramps easing off now, no period so far. Will I feel the same all month or still feel PMS next month?

I took it every day for about 5 years. No symptoms, nothing to indicate was on medicine at all except the lack of periods!

I've done this for years,7 at least. No Pmdd no pms, no physical symptoms, no bleeding it's great. I occasionally ( Less than a handful of times) have some spotting but just take a 5 day break and then back on running pill packs together.

Never had PMS so can't help there. Been taking them.back to back for a few years and it's pretty much on an even keel. There'll be a breakthrough bleeding two or three times a year - light but persistent darkest flux so at that point I'll do a week's break which is just as normal, light cramps and all.

After suffering for years it was a female GP who finally told me I didn’t have to have a break. I went for a year then took a break

apparently the Catholic Church and a load of male drs thought we needed to have a bleed every month

Do you not take a break at all - she told me 3 packs back to back, then one break?

You can run as many packs together as you want to and your body will eventually force a bleed itself, once that happens have a 5-7 day break. Perfectly safe to do so. A Dr at the Family Planning Clinic told me to do it although I already did.

This is outdated advice based, you can run them back to back continuously

Oh and I never had the breakthrough bleed others mention

I used to take them continuously if I was travelling or going on holiday. No ill effects

I'm menopausal so no need for the pill, but both of my DDS (17 and 15) take it back to back for three months at a time for heavy/painful periods and bad pms symptoms. It was the first thing our GP recommended, and has been really good for them.