Letters to the Editor
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I say bring on the Lybrel!
Last year for the first time in my life, I had an incredibly painful period. It lasted for over a month (I bled heavily during this time, had massive cramps, became slighly anemic, and was generally in pain and miserable). My doctor did several tests, but couldn't find anything concrete that was wrong. I was told that this is something that can strike many women in their mid-20s, as our bodies are designed by evolution to be pregnant, not menstruating for most of our reproductive life.
I was told to take my birth control pills continuously, and just ignore the placebos. Apparently they're unnecessary anyhow, and are only there from women's "psychological comfort".
Tell you what, I dont need to be "psychologically comforted" by my period, and am absolutely not sad to see it go.
Most of the women reading this article will be on birth control already, which means they already do not naturally menstrate (as defined as a normal process brought on by the natural cycle of hormones). Since all of us taking birth control don't menstrate naturally anyhow, what on earth is the hullabaloo about?
So a drug company decided to aim their marketing campaign at women who don't enjoy their periods, or frankly don't see the need to create artificial bleeding once a month by taking a week's worth of sugar-pills. Good for them! Not everyone thinks having their period is lots of fun, and most of you aren't really menstrating anyhow, you're just "breakthrough bleeding" in a controlled way once a month because someone at "big pharma" thinks you'll be pscyhologically scarred if you don't.