I was taken off the pill, because they now say that you should not be on it if you have ever had migraines. I had taken it on and off for 29 years and only had one year left.
Anyway, had cerazette, femulen and micronor, all of them had the same unacceptable problems and am now using condoms and hoping that I am so far into perimenopause that I am unlikely to get pregnant.
I had no period for 5 months on pop, then had 2, 3 weeks apart. Then one after 6 weeks, then every 3 weeks, give or take 5 days until last month, when I had 3. I have now gone 2 weeks with no bleeding.
I had very little bleeding whilst on the pill, in fact, it was getting so little over the last 4 years that I thought I had gone through meno already (along with other symptoms). It would appear not. The intensity is all over the place too. It has been 1 year and 3 months now.
I have been filling in perimenopause charts to keep an eye on things in the vain hope that I can predict what is going on. That is not working, but at least I have the information to hand, should I need to see the doctor about heavy periods or hrt.
Charts: cemcor.ubc.ca/help_yourself/handouts/daily_diaries
Interesting info: www.ion.ac.uk/information/onarchives/perimenopause