if taking pill to help bad periods how long till it starts to help

[moljam]

ive been given the contraceptive pill to control bad periods.i stupidly thought it would help straight away

Not sure but i imagine it will take a while to get into your system.

You have my sympathy
Are you in much pain?

how many bleeds have you had so far? and how long have you been taking it for?

Which pill are you on?

only about a week!i really am dumb as really thought it would work straight awayno bleeds yet.period is due in 2 weeks and as usual i have tummy pain,boob pain and have turned into monster-i am even breathing fire!i hate it and its not nice for those around me.

marvelon

give it a full 28 days then. best thing i found was to run the packs together, no bleeds at all. or not many anyway. give your body time to adjust.

run all 3 packs together?

i was on microgynon. i ran them together like 4 packs in a row, sometimes more. luckily after having dd my periods are totally fine, only last 3 days and are light. prior to that i'd be in bed ill for the first three days then the period would go on another 4 days. awful, lost so much weight. labour pains were nothing compared to that.

how has your doctor told you to take them?

he just said to take them and that if i needed too i could run them together.i never felt like this till about 6 months ish ago.gp has no idea why it started-i have coil which can make them worse but have had that for over year.he said hormones.so im on pill and evening primrose oil

it depends, i think, on what it is that's causing you pain. if it's more the PMT then i'm not sure. mine was my muscle contractions. so no bleed meant no contracting basically. you ought to be careful though if your first time on it, can caus eheadaches etc. so see how you go with one pack first. hope it helps.

thankyou.