Stopping pill, 3 month long period

[Dansker]

Hi everyone, Im 22 years old and stopped ortho tri cyclen lo 3 months ago with the consent of my doctor. I had been on it for over a year, but I was way too moody on it, and all other bc I had tried. Also, my family has a leg blood clot history, so I decided it was time to quit. I got my period at its normal time after, and thought I was going to have a smooth ride. Unfortunately 2 weeks later, I started spotting and then started my full blown period. It's been three months and the bleeding hasn't stopped. Sometimes it's brown, other times it's red, like normal. I'm going to see a dr soon, but I was wondering if anyone has ever had this problem? I'm worried not only about my uterus and all other organs, but also anemia. Hope someone can give some input! Thanks.

[Chima7]

No, if it's for an unrelated thing then they wouldn't tell you. But if you got a copy of the radiology report it might be on there, possibly. I had a CT scan done when I had a kidney stone and got a copy of the report. Even though they were looking for kidney stones, they mentioned in the report that I had gall stones, which I had no idea about cause the urologist didn't mention it cause he was treating my kidney stones. But the report came in handy several (8?) months later when I started having gall bladder issues and I brought it to the surgeon for him to diagnose that I needed my gall bladder out.

[Dansker]

Thank you for the input. I'll be making an appointment tomorrow. The flow hasn't been heavy at all, but I understand that is a long time to be bleeding. I did have a CT scan a few months back for something unrelated, and it was on my lower abdomen including. Would the hospital be required to tell me if they saw fibroids on my scan?

[Chima7]

If you've been bleeding continuously for 3 months then you definitely need to go see your doctor. Anemia can happen very quickly when you lose that much blood and it can turn serious if you don't keep an eye on it. It's possible it could be from having stopped the pill but it could also be that you may have developed a fibroid while you were on the pill and out didn't start causing problems until you quit the pill. The only way to find out is by seeing the doctor. And I would get in as soon as possible because you need to get a blood count to find out whether you're already anemic or on the borderline. I speak from experience, you don't want to wait with that and end up needing to get transfusions.