I document every period I have, and had also been documenting all of the changes I had been going through since beginning the continuous birth control therapy, so I brought in a copy for Dr. Zimmerman’s records.
When I spoke with Dr. Zimmerman I explained what had been happening to me, and he agreed it was breakthrough bleeding. So he changed my prescription from Lutera 1/20 to Zovia 1/35. He felt that the possibility may exist that my dosage was just not strong enough.
I began my new medication within a day, and my breakthrough bleeding began to dissipate rapidly and finally stopped. However, with only a one day reprieve the brown spotting began all over again.
Now I must explain that usually when I have my period and have brown spotting it’s normally liquid. However, this breakthrough bleeding was anything but liquid. The only way I can describe it is by using the term “flecking” like small paint chips falling from a wall or ceiling. It was odd and quite disturbing, and as each day passed I felt less and less like a woman. I couldn’t feel sexy; how can a woman feel sexy wearing a pad 24 hours a day 7 days a week? I had begun developing something similar to a diaper rash because that portion of my body constantly had something against it and not allowing my skin to breath. It was devastating me. So I decided to just stop taking the medication continuously and just take it with the 7 day break . . .
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