Pill That Stops Monthly Period

[jackie]

You can do that with normal birth control, although they do recommend having three "periods" a year.

I put period in quotes because the period you have when on the pill is a fake one anyway.

I haven't taken the pill for about 7 years because I didn't like the idea of putting hormones into my system, but I am starting on the nuvaring next month. Fingers crossed all goes well.

[RICHARD]

Notice this.

Men will take hormones to hit or throw a ball farther, run, cycle, swim faster.

Go figure.

[ramanth]

You can already do this with a regular birth control pill. Just don't take the week off or the sugar pills. I've done it a couple times when I just didn't want my period to interfer with something big--like my wedding or a major vacation. My doc says it's safe to do occasionally like that. Not so sure it would be safe to do on a long term basis though.

Same here. It's the only way I can effectively treat my endometiosis.

I go 4 months without a period. I have a lot less pain typically once I do have a period.

[CathyBogart]

I would kill for that right now. I've been plagued with cramps and greasy nausea all day.

[Freedom]

As much as I would Love something like that, I can't Believe that it is good for your Body. Menstruation is natural, and stopping it, just seems like it would cause some medical issues.

My feelings as well.

[wolflady]

Messing with my body that way just scares me. The human body was made to have a regular monthly cycle, and to stop it completely can't be good in the long run. Of course, I don't like putting a lot of chemicals and weird things into my system in general, so I guess I'm strange that way.
I wouldn't feel comfortable doing something like that personally, but I can see how people with medical conditions could benefit, especially if they are anemic.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I would have taken it in a heartbeat.

[popcornbird]

I personally avoid taking pills, period. Any type of pill. If I NEED medicine for something, I will take it. If its vitamin pills, I'll take it. Any unneccessary pill? No thanks. Especially one that will mess around with my hormones...

I have an odd fear of messing around with my system, and because I WANT kids in the future, I'd rather not mess with my system at all. Having periods is a part of being a woman, and if we were created as women, we're better off dealing with it, than trying to get rid of it. Its natural, and God made things that way for a reason.

[joycenalex]

popcornbird, that line of logic also would discourage use of antibiotics post childbirth, cardiac meds and osteoporosis meds.

[popcornbird]

popcornbird, that line of logic also would discourage use of antibiotics post childbirth, cardiac meds and osteoporosis meds.

Nope, not at all. Those are very neccessary medications. I don't see any reason to 'get rid of' the periods, unless it is for a medical reason. I think it would be unhealthy, but that's just how I feel.

[columbine]

What's "natural" (think cave people) is for a girl to get pregnant at 14 or so and keep popping out babies until she no longer can (and that usually wasn't because she got old enough to become infertile). Women weren't built to have fertile years x 12 periods per lifetime. Women were built to constantly have babies. In the strictest sense, even saying "no" is unnatural.

Love, Columbine (wearing clothes, of all things, in 80-degree weather, but only until she indulges in some of that creepy newfangled bathing)

[lbaker]

Columbine, are you referring to that creepy "NEW" fangled bathing thing like my hero Ben Franklin did, i.e. "Air Bathing" in the nude? Welcome to my world

[CathyBogart]

I'm irritated because I KNOW I've seen a study that indicates that suppressing the menstrual cycle results in a dramatic decrease in incidence of breast cancer, but I can't find it. I'll keep hunting, but I saw it in a paper journal and the internet is a very large place.

[dukedogsmom]

I am so glad not everyone thinks the way some do here. I can't believe there's still that backwards thinking that we all have to breed and breed. No wonder women's rights are so restricted. Thank God for my hysterectomy!! That's the best thing that happened to me and if I could have gotten it in my 20's I would have. Even then, the doctors all say, "Oh, you'll want children someday" How do they know how I or any woman feels? Especially when it's a male doctor. That really takes the cake. So, should we all be like Quiverfull??
In this video, notice who is more calm and collected:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/...control-unruh/

[Hellow]

Nope, not at all. Those are very neccessary medications. I don't see any reason to 'get rid of' the periods, unless it is for a medical reason. I think it would be unhealthy, but that's just how I feel.

I feel that way too. Even though im not a women...