Yep. I stopped for about 3 months. The first month was fine. My period wasn't any worse than when I was taking BC. The next month was more painful, more blood, and more spotting between periods. I also was getting the intense random endo cramp-type pain between my periods too which had essentially gone away when I was on BC. After the halfway through the 3rd month, I knew that I needed to go back on BC. I forgot how bad my unmedicated symptoms were. After that, I tried the patch (terrible for me), a couple other pills, and eventually the IUD (which seems to be working for me so far).

I had to give up due to other conditions that I have and honestly, it's been horrendous, my endometriosis is absolutely killing me, but I have no option. If you can avoid going off of BC I truly would. You forget how much it keeps symptoms at bay, until its not there keeping them at bay anymore

Yes that stuff is so bad for you on so many levels ( I was on 14 years) and I have all these chronic issues that states with that. Number one thing for me it disrupts the gut microbiome which snowballs into so many issues which typically go I detected for years. What the research and medical community who knows their stuff is coming out to say our immune system so 60% plus in our gut which is what so much can affect our bodies and it typically originates in the gut.

Yes I did but that's cause I needed a paps and I didn't have insurance. I'm in so much pain. Cramps before my period, like way before, during and after. Now leg pain like I pulled a muscle in my thigh. Mood swings and 2 week periods.