I've been prescribed Dretine/Yasmin Combined Pill to help with my awful PMDD/PMS, which it has been AMAZING at fixing, I've been on the pill for over 6 months now and I am still having break through bleeding.
My GP has told me/prescribed me to take a 4 day break between the 21 day tablets. I've looked at MIMS for Dretine and it advises a 7 day break, now I am wondering if the 4 day break is the issue. It's also a pain as my cycle is shorter and I don't have a set stop/start day (I mark the packet so I don't forget).
I've found this article about the 4 day break but I can't find anything that relates to it causing more break through bleeding. The other suggestion is to do three packets in a row but I don't feel comfortable with that yet as I'm still bleeding.
Any help please? I really don't want to come off the pill as I feel so much better mentally (and my skin is great!).