Don't you hate when...

[Fantômas]

You don't have to take the sugar pills. It won't kill you not to have your period. They just give you that week to make you feel "normal"....as if you'd miss your special friend. lol

I think I'd cry if I had that for a month. I'd be bitchier than usual.

I have heard that before, but I dunno if I believe it. Skipping the sugar pills twice screwed me up royally both times. Maybe there's an "adjustment" period I was not willing to wait for, but my body didn't think it was funny at all and exacted a bit of revenge... and then some.

 

[wend]

It's my understanding that the sugar pills are there only to make sure that you stay in the habit of taking the pill every day (you can actually get packs without the sugar pills, which just have 21 pills, and you just resume the next pack a week after taking the last pill). I used to not take mine, and it never screwed up my cycle. I eventually started taking them again, just because I would get out of the habit, and then sometimes forget to take one of the real pills. I'm thinking your experience may have been unrelated to your not taking the sugar pills (just a coincidence, that is).

 

[Daisy_Girl]

It's my understanding that the sugar pills are there only to make sure that you stay in the habit of taking the pill every day (you can actually get packs without the sugar pills, which just have 21 pills, and you just resume the next pack a week after taking the last pill). I used to not take mine, and it never screwed up my cycle.

Yes. They serve no purpose except to force a period (no hormones in them) and to keep women consistently taking a pill at the same time everyday.

BUT....if you are on a multi-phasic pill (varying amounts of hormones from week to week) check with your DOC about missing the placebo pills. It isn't a good idea to alter the way prescription meds are taken without talking to your DOC.

I'm on a mono-phasic pill and I typically don't take them. Sometimes I will, for assuagement.....the pregnancy issue.