Second period symptoms and conditions

OMG!! I am so glad I found this site!! I have been taking Fem Con now for about 10 days and have gained 5 pounds! My face is patchy. My head is killing me and I can't get a good night's sleep. This pill is the devil! I have been bleeding constantly for the past 10 days with no sign of letting up, and don't get my started on my racing heart beat. If a doctor offers this to you--- get a new doctor!!!

thank you soo much for posting this!!!!
I had my first Kenalog shot on June 4th 2008. My periods were scheduled for June 13th and it came on the day. It ended on june 18th. On june 24th a week later, I started having pain in my uterus, i thought it was strange tht i was having period pains after i had finished my period. I am very regular..every 28 days..so im on day 3 of my second period for the month and I am doing my research...and i came across this website. I am stopping the injections right awayyy never again. I was never told of the side effects...I am soo angry!!

Has anyone had extreme heavy bleeding/clots after having the Mirena removed? This is day 3. The last time I had such heavy bleeding I had just had my son. When do you start to worry about the bleeding?

I've been on Loestrin for 6 months; I was taking Yaz to help with lighter periods and my doctor also thought the lower dose of hormones would help with my menstrual migraines. Yaz wasn't working so he switched me to Loestrin. The first couple of months were fine; I noticed a lighter period and less cramping. I was still getting migraines but they were coming at a different time than before. I just thought my body was adjusting.

For the past two months, things have gotten much worse. I'm having two periods a month and migraines leading up to each one. The headaches last 3-4 days. I've been very emotional and have never suffered from depression, but I have noticed that I've been isolating myself from co-workers and friends, and just want to be home alone after work. I am not sleeping well either, and feel bloated all the time. I'm not one to weigh myself regularly, and lead a healthy lifestyle, but I recently went clothes shopping and noticed I have gained at least 10 pounds since on this pill. I have a headache right now and this is the 4th day; I started my second period for March on Friday, and it's mostly the brown discharge some of you had mentioned. I'm on week two of the pack and don't know if I should finish taking them or not. I'm calling the doctor on Monday. Good luck! There has to be an easier way.

AS I WAS READING A COUPLE OF RESPONSES TO THE LOESTRIN 24 FE I SAID TO MYSELF OH MY GOD THAT IS ME. I STARTED IN DECEMBER LIKE I WAS INSTRUCTED. AFTER THE FIRST ROW FOR THE PILLS TO GET IN MY SYSTEM GOOD ENOUGH I STARTED SPOTTING, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS NORMAL FOR ME SWITCHING OVER FROM DIFFERENT PILLS, SO I DIDN'T THINK NOTHING OF IT .THEN I STARTED BLEEDING HEAVIER,AND THE CRAMPS STARTED COMING STRONGER WITH THE LOWER BACK PAINS IT WAS HORRIBLE. I HAVE BEEN BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDING FOR LIKE A WHOLE MONTH ALMOST WHAT IS GOING ON. LIES ALL LIES!!!!

I had to get off of the ring because it was terrible!!! The first month I used it, when i got my period it was like I was 13 years old again.. the cramps were unbearable, I felt like I had the flu, I was sore and so tired. I have also had frequent headaches ( and I never get headaches)... no sex drive!!! and once again had flu like symptoms before my second period.. I took it out the second month because I could not handle it anymore.. terrible!!! Being stuck home on a Saturday night because of the pain is not worth it.. and added vaginal discharge.. gross!!

I have been on Loestrin 24 FE since February. For the first few months I was very irritable, overly sensitive, and just plain moody. I hardly get any mood swings now, although they do occur sometimes and quite randomly. My contacts also bothered me a lot for the first 2 months, then they were fine, but recently they've been irritating me again. The thing that I don't like about this pill the most is that I get two periods. One at the end of the pack when I am supposed to (it lasts 6 days but is significantly lighter than before) and then another one two weeks into the pack (lasts about 6 days too, is very light, has a brownish color..quite frankly, just more annoying than anything). The second period comes with cramps too. The two periods started coming about 3 months ago, I am not sure if it's just from stress or something, because I started college or if other people are experiencing the same thing.
All in all I think this pill is alright, if the two periods continue to occur for another month of two I'm going to have to switch though.

I hate this pill. I have been on it for four months and have had two periods every month. I get my "first" period on my second week of pills and my "second" period at the normal time. My first period is pretty heavy with cramps...the works. The second is more normal and shorter. This pill is horrible. Also my breasts are swollen and I am tired all the time. I want to switch but am scared that I will just be swapping side effects with another pill.

First, I don't really like taking BCPs and have avoided them like the plague in the past. After giving birth to my first child this past December I had some complications. My doctor tried to fix the complication with BCPs, not Yasmin, and apparently they worked. I was recently prescribed Yasmin by my doctor as I am SO not ready to get pregnant again. I only took the pills for 5 days and then stopped, at my husband's request, and for my personal quality of life. I am not sure if the pills are the cause of my symptoms or not as I was only on them for 5 days but here they are. I woke up every morning with a headache, a nagging headache that did not go away. I had terrible nausea and hot flashes. The worst thing happened on the 5th day. I was shopping with my mother at a store that I have frequented when I had a terrible reaction. I had vision problems and felt as if I was going to faint. I have never had this feeling in the past when visiting this store, it was a sensitivity to the lighting, I think?

I quit taking the pills 5 days ago. Yesterday I started my second period for the month which may be my own fault for stopping so abruptly. At least I hope that is the cause and it isn't something more serious.

Hello all,
I have a question regarding menstruation. I have been off of oral contraceptives altogether since August. My first and second period came right on schedule. Now I am waiting around for my period. Even though it is only a few days late, I am terrified of pregnancy even though I use barrier methods and chart my temperature. Is it normal to have periods be a bit irregular, even if the first few after quitting were regular?

Hello Flowerbabies, I posted here a few weeks ago and you were very kind to respond. I am off yasmin 2 months now thank goodness, and I got my second period on saturday and the really bad anxiety I experienced the weeks before I finished Yasmin came back there at the weekend. Is this a side effect of coming off yasmin. I had a terrible time with depression and anxiety when on Yasmin, I have to say it did get better when I stopped taking Yasmin but Im 2 months off it now, I think the anxiety only seems to come back around the time of my period, I dread it now. Does it ever really go away. Advise from anyone would be great. Sweetcheeks (:

Hi Flowerbabies, I posted here before about a couple of weeks ago and you were very kind to respond. I am off Yasmin 2 months now and I got my second period there on saturday and the anxiety came back with a bang, The horrible thoughts I had back when Yasmin really effected me started up again over the weekend, it wasnt as bad this time because I think I am able to handle it better. But it really is not a nice thing at all, is this normal for it to come and go around that time of the month, please help I would be very grateful from anyone on this site if they had any advice. Talk to you soon. Does it ever go away for good, I feel so weak for lettting this get to me.
Marie x

Well this explains why i am up at 2:00am typing this comment. I'm a 28 year old male and have experienced sleeplessness and irritability after taking this medication for 3 days... I'm a lucid dreamer naturally, and with this med, let me tell you i feel relieved to wake up, the dreams are nonstop and fast paced.

This is my second period taking singulair, previously i was taking it for about 9 days. I did not connect the dots back then but i do remember being cranky and wanting to quit work. I did not know why as i normally feel i have the best job in the world.

I was so glad to find this website and talk to other experiencing some of the same problems as I have. I was wondering if anyone could tell if they have had trouble coming off of Yasmin. I stopped and am on my second period without Yasmin - I am having lots of problems - terrible pelvic pain, heavy clotting and bleeding, shakes, anxiety attacks, etc. I am not sure what's worse- being on Yasmin or trying to come off. Has anyone else had a bad experience when stopping this pill? Does it eventually get better?

I am in pharmacy school, and we just learned about endocrinology - and I had known that Yasmin made my BP go up and what not, and I was starting to notice other things, and then as we learned about different endocrine topics, OCP always is mentioned as something that throws stuff out of whack...So that day (something like 5 days into a pack) I just stopped taking them - I was like "I can't do this to myself another day!" and stopped. How ridiculous - I needed a second period within ~2 weeks like I need a hole in my head, precious precious iron lost (I don't eat beef)...so now, I feel my heart racing, I'm betting my BP is still high, I've got a headache kind of constantly and I feel like I could burp all the time, but when I do, it is not satisfying as I would hope...I just feel kind of half-nauseous all the time and SO anxious - I have tried to turn symptoms into really alarming medical problems and can hardly fall asleep...I've been drinking water like it's going out of style in some sort of effort to flush the crap (both meanings - yasmin and poo) out of my system...In an anxious fit I searched just about every medical source I can think of, in every way I can think of, for symptoms associated with stopping birth control, and I can't find much about it anywhere! Arrggh...male-centered medicine strikes again!
Anyway, glad to have found you ladies - I don't feel so worried or alone...
For those of you who said they had bloating when they stopped - did you feel like you had to burp and couldn't, and how long did that last?

I have been on Ovcon for four months now. This is the second month, in a row, that I have been on my period for 2 weeks. Last month it was light spotting the first week into a new pack, after a normal period. This month I have had a full blown, cramps and all second period. My period stopped as normal and I started a new pack, then a week into the pack my period started again and has not stopped. I didn't miss any pills or anything. UsuallyI have a very light period, but this unexplained period is painful, very heavy and I'm extremely bloated.

I am a 43 year old woman with a recurring eye infection. I had a kenalog shot to the back of my left eye last month and am now having my second period in the same month . I had originally thought it may be due to some perimenopausal symptoms, however after reading through some other responses I see that this is probably due to the kenalog. I have had this second period for eight days now and it has been extremely heavy.