Comments on: What REALLY happens when you skip your period.

By: Nat Kringoudis

Nat Kringoudis — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 03:57:33 +0000

I feel like I did answer this – if you skip one, probably nothing happens. The real question is, being on the pill is a constant ‘skip’ of the period and that’s where the long term problems may lie.

By: Shanna Willie

Shanna Willie — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 19:56:38 +0000

While this is a great article with good information it fails to answer the question, “what really happens when you skip your period.”
What happens?? What happens with the hormones? When does it “reset itself?” What can I do to encourage my body to reset itself?
So many questions. Ugh. This article has the wrong title.

By: Nat Kringoudis

Nat Kringoudis — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 01:03:39 +0000

In reply to Pip.

Hey Pip – my whole website is dedicated to this. Perhaps you might like to use the search function and type in the words ‘the pill’ where you will find many articles. Sadly the pill does cause long time concerns – unfortunately we aren’t always told this when it is being prescribed. Also bottom line remains, it is a known carcinogen, meaning it can be one of the contributing factors in our long term efforts to keep our bodies as healthy as possible. I think the article nicely answers many questions including what happens when we skip the pill but does go into further detail about what happens to your body whilst on the pill.

By: Nat Kringoudis

Nat Kringoudis — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 01:01:41 +0000

In reply to Sarah.

Interesting Sarah – but if you are on the pill, you know when your period is coming so I’m not sure exactly what you mean. In any case, the only time personally I can’t be intimate is during my period which is 5 days.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 02:12:23 +0000

The thing is though that if you don’t skip periods there is pretty much no opportunity to have sex. You have the week of your period where you can’t do anything. You have the week beforehand where you can’t in case it starts early and you can’t do anything for the week afterward because so often when you think it’s winding down it ends up going for another few days and its not worth the risk. That gives you one week in which you can actually be physical with the person you love. That is simply not enough for me. I’ve tried it and I ended up only being intimate two or three times a month if that. When they invent a way to be natural but still have all the intimacy you want I’ll do it. But until then I love my partner and I love having freedom in our sex life. I’m surprised by how many people are saying their primary reason is PMS. I’ve never had any symptoms but I assume surely intimacy must be important to people too?

By: Pip

Pip — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:04:58 +0000

Hi Nat, I was disappointed by the article because it didn’t actually answer the title question. I was sceptical about taking the pill and I’ve only been taking it for a short period of time after speaking with my doctor.
I was hoping you could provide some concrete reasons as to what the bad effects are of taking the pill, but I couldn’t really find that here. I understand that it might not be completely natural, but that’s not really an answer to what happens when you skip your period. And what about those of us who take the pill but never skip periods?

By: Nat Kringoudis

Nat Kringoudis — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:54:14 +0000

In reply to Roxy Karas.

Perfect approach! Well done for listening to that inner voice – sounds like you are absolutely on the right track. I think what’s more – that the pill can’t actually fix the issue so until we get to the crux like you have, we can never actually solve the problem. I’m delighted you took the time to write this. xNK

By: Roxy Karas

Roxy Karas — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:19:05 +0000

Thanks Nat, great to read this, It really makes me feel happy about my decision to take a holistic approach to my endometriosis treatment. I was recently diagnosed and they were unable to take out specific nodules due to location. Since my recovery both my specialist and GP have both used fear to promote usage of the pill. They have told me that if I didn’t take the pill the growth would increase in size which is scary due to its location and that the chronic pain wouldn’t go away. I did 7 days on the pill and couldn’t do it any longer. I lead an extremely healthy lifestyle so I noticed the negative effects of the pill almost immediately. I am now using Ayurvedic medicine to treat the route cause (excess oestrogen) and also reduce stress (a key cause). Thanks again, I’m so happy I found your website. My journey has just begun but I will not lose faith that I could live pain free

By: Nat Kringoudis

Nat Kringoudis — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 06:01:14 +0000

Sarah I’m sorry to hear of your loss. But yes, our bodies will tell us when they need support – sometimes it is difficult to listen. Stress really is a huge factor. You might like to check out my ecourse on stress – http://www.debunkingstress.com x

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:20:26 +0000

Love this article Nat and I could not agree any more about the dangers of the pill! My period was regular and ‘normal’ until I started taking the OCD. I was on the pill for 4 years and it wasn’t until I stopped taking it that I realised the absolutely damage it had done. I didn’t get a period for a year and was diagnosed with PCOS- to which my gyno’s only reply was ‘there is nothing you can do about it- we can put you BACK on the pill to regulate your cycle again’. There was absolutely no way I was doing this, and after seeing a naturopath I am now implementing lots of diet and lifestyle changes and finally getting my hormones back on track!