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Stopping mini pill after 4 years - experiences?

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bananabug · 03/12/2023 20:46

Has anyone got any experience of stopping the mini pill after four years of using it? I am thinking about stopping it because I have had some eye issues recently (dry, uncomfortable twitchy eyes) and wondered if the hormones could be to blame.

Does it disrupt your emotions to stop taking it? Worried I will be a weepy wreck. Also, I haven't had a period in over a year - can stopping it cause chronic bleeding?

Thank you in advance for sharing your experiences / advice xx

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bananabug · 13/12/2023 16:07

Well just to update this. I stopped taking the mini pill for 11 days and was an emotional crazy weirdo. I also got bad headaches. So I have started taking it again. I know I probably needed to give it longer to let my hormones settle, but I have a big business trip in a month and don't want to be emotionally unhinged during that.

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