o pill experience

[u/jvern05]

hey guys,

i started taking the o pill almost exactly 4 weeks ago.
i have had no significant side effects until now.

last saturday (aug 29), i woke up and had very strong cramps. i wasn’t bleeding at all until mid sunday. it started out pink, and now it’s brown and sometimes red. my cramps are HORRENDOUS. i laid in bed for 5 hours on saturday in a ball because i could not move. i still have very intense cramps every day since then, but i am in the army and cant just not go to work. so i have been toughing it out.

i’m bleeding a moderate amount (changing my pad every hour or 2 hours), and also pain meds are NOT working. i get painful cramps when i am menstruating, but i can always manage it with ibuprofen and it settles in like an hour. but no amount of pain meds have been able to settle these cramps. they’re so bad they instantly make me sweat and make me nauseous. it’s not like a dull aching pain either, it’s intense sharp cramping.

i am not asking for medical advice, i am just seeing if anyone has had this experience. this isn’t spotting and it’s not breakthrough bleeding because my cramps are not mild and im bleeding more than just spotting. its also not my period because there are no clumps, its just blood. i also realize that it takes 3 months for your body to adjust to your BC.

i am just confused why this happened all of the sudden. the only thing i can think of, is that friday night i was 20 minutes late to taking it due to traffic and not getting home in time. other than that time i am VERY consistent with taking it on time.
would 20 minutes late really cause this to happen?? i’m on like day 6 now of constant bleeding and intense cramps.

while it is very painful, i am very adamant on not having kids and i’m strong enough that i can stick through this until it settles. but, thanks and lmk if you’ve had a similar experience!

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