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The Pill
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Is it bad to keep taking 2 packs of the pill in a row to miss a period? Is there only a certain number of times you should do this a year?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.In theory there is no reason why you shouldn't just keep taking the pill. The break and fake "period" is only really for show, it has no purpose. Most women like to have this "period" even though it is not one. But I am not sure about taking it all the time, depending on the pill you have. I tried going straight to another pack and just got weird bleeding half way through the second pack!
There is a reason, and thats exactly why its recommended not to take more than 2 in a row. I was stupid and took 3 packs in a row just because I was not wanting my period. After finishing my third I was so ill, I dont usually get stomach aches but I was in so much pain and feeling dizzy and sick. Wasnt good, makes you feel awful and you are bleeding for much longer than normal.
My doctor advised me always to take 3 packs in a row and have a period at the end of these as I suffer from terrible headaches during my period which no tablets seemed to help, so the easiest thing is to just avoid having a period so the headaches are less frequent. I have no ill feelings or bleeding for longer than usual and I have been doing this for about 3 years now.