Dangers of overdosing morning after pill

[Stilletto]

Hi

In July i was sexually active with my husband and i overdosed on morning after pill. i took morning after pill 4 times in one week and i have not had my menstrual cycle since. i am not on birth control (Qlaira) but i'm still not going on my periods. I have been to a GP and Gynaecologist and did pregnanc test - I am no pregnant, my worry is how much damage has the pill done? will i ever get my period back? It's been 4 months now. Am i still fertile? will i ever fall pregnant again?

[Londres70]

"I have been to a GP and Gynaecologist and did pregnanc test - I am no pregnant, my worry is how much damage has the pill done? will i ever get my period back? It's been 4 months now. Am i still fertile? will i ever fall pregnant again?".............Did you not address these questions with your physicians?  You should really be dialoguing with your physicians about this.  Are they aware of what you've done?

[specialmom]

Okay, I re read your post and see that I didn't answer your post with all that I had written.  Sorry about that.

I don't know exactly when your period will return. I think it should.  I would say that your hormones will regulate again.  As to your fertility, if your hormones regulate again which I do think they will, then that should be okay.  Here is my concern with synthetic hormones which the morning after pill is---  down the road affects/cancer.  Now, there is no evidence right now of this but my worry is that other hormonal treatments that were commonly used years later were shown to be not great choices for women with an increase in cancer.  I worry that plan b will be the same way if over used.  Again, that is just my own worry.  Time will tell.

But short term, I think that your period should return and you will go back to normal.  Give it to the end of the year before you get worried.  good luck

[specialmom]

Oh my goodness.  Yes, that is really not good that you are taking the morning after pill like this.  It's meant for emergencies---  I wouldn't even want to take it once a month let alone 4 times in a week!!  It is NOT to be used as birth control and yes indeed, you've shocked your body with massive hormones.  Why aren't you using reliable  birth control?  This needs to be your plan and you need to stick to it.  Why not be on the pill?  Why not use condoms?  

Anyway, time will tell how long it will take your body to get back to normal.  It will probably be a while.  You'll have abnormal bleeding and an irregular cycle for a period of time.   For how long, no one will be able to tell you because it is different for everyone. BUT---  again.  You must use reliable birth control because when you do become regular again, you won't know when that happens.  You can ovulate out of the blue and get pregnant if you aren't using birth control.  

I don't know when you'll get your period again.  If you have been reliable taking precautions, then I'd not worry that you are pregnant.  But if you continued to have unprotected sex during this period of time as your body was working to get back to normal, then sure,  you could be pregnant.  

I hope this doesn't sound like I'm being too hard on you.  I don't mean it like that.  I just hate that people seem to be unaware of what the morning after pill can do to them and are overusing it.  I don't want any repercussions for women because of this.  

Be patient and you should get back to normal probably in the near future.  good luck