Thread: Birth control pills probably should not be used long term in PCOS'ers
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Old 04-05-2007, 08:25 AM   #38 (permalink)
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this has really freaked me out.

i was put on BCP, mercilon, to control my periods at the age of about 12 or 13 and have been on it almost constantly ever since (20 years). now i find out that, apart from exacerbating my zinc deficiency by pumping me full of copper, this may actually have CAUSED my IR and maybe even my PCOS.

how the hell am i ever supposed to get well if every step forwards makes me iller in the long term?

i can't possibly come off it. my life is a debilitating hell of flooding without and i'm unable to function or leave the house for 10 days in every 30.

i now have no idea what to do or what to ask and am feeling very distressed and overwhelmed. i thought the mercilon was the only good thing in my life. now i find out it could be the source of most, if not all, of my problems.
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