What are the physical/Health implications for a woman to go on the pill to prevent her from having periods?

Question

Does it cause any problems?
Does it mean that when you stop taking the pill you would get you're periods in later life instead?

Answer 1

I did that for quite a while. I put on a bit of weight (most of it went to my boobs which was good!), it did wonders for my skin.
However, it can really mess up your cycle, and in the end I had to come off the pill because it began to give me bouts of depression. You also need to choose your pill carefully -I began on one that disagreed with me and I had a 28 day period which was a nightmare.

Personally, based on my previous experience, I would now only use it for contraceptive reasons, not just to prevent me from having periods.

Answer 2

Later in life? No. The periods don't suddenly have to catch up. There is no set amount of periods in a lifetime.

The pill can cause strokes. Especially in women over 35 and smokers.

Answer 3

Birth control pill use.
The effect of using birth control pills on a woman’s subsequent
menopausal period is in large measure an unstudied phenomenon,
but birth control pills – which work by suppressing your native
hormones, can themselves lead to many health problems. Many of the
problems of estrogen dominance, including fluid retention,
depression, headaches, and urinary tract infections, are experienced
by women using birth control pills. Everything we’ve said about the
negative effects for menopausal women of using progestins applies to
the progestins used in birth control pills. Having altered your
normal hormonal cycles when using the Pill, you are more prone to
symptoms at midlife as well as potentially more serious health problems.
This is because the synthetic estrogens and progestins used in the
Pill can interfere with the body’s own progesterone receptors. The
progestins are more potent and may inhibit the product of your body’s
own sex hormones.

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Answer 4

My doctors have all OK'd taking the pill continuously to skip periods for the short term. Many women will find they cannot do it indefinitely anyway as sooner or later you're likely to experience breakthrough bleeding.

No, you won't have to "catch up" on all your missed periods. Women are not programmed to have a certain number of them. Your body will go begin menopause when it's good and ready and that's going to be largely determined by genetics.

Answer 5

The depo provera injection that is like the pill,but given every 3 months usually stops your periods,it must be safe as i know lots of people who are on it.
All a period does is shed the lining of your womb if no egg has been implanted,so it shouldnt do any harm not having periods.

Some people may disagree with it because you are messing about with nature,but discuss it with a nurse at your family planning clinic to be sure.

Answer 6

I don't know the complete ramifications but my doc said short term was OK, if your were going on holidays, especially a beach hol...that was the only reason I did it.

Answer 7

Have a look here:

http://www.fewerperiods.com