Thread: Long-term side effects of Morning After Pill?

You really shouldn't think you will sound ridiculous talking to your doctor. What you are describing sounds very unusual. Plan B shouldn't have long-term side-effects if you only took it the one times. I would expect is to interrupt your regular cycle in the short-term, but two years is pretty long.

It's possible that the doctor will recommend the pill to level things out for your. Hormones are a funny thing. It's possible that taking plan B just threw your hormones out of whack and they haven't set themselves right. If you don't what to see a doctor, I recommend and active lifestyle and drinking a missive amount of water. That should help with a lot of your symptoms.

Hi there,

I'm also new here and just wanted to share my problems to see if there is a link and whether we should blame this morning after pill.

A quick recap...

I'm 32, had my right ovary removed when I was 17 and everything seemed pretty good afterwards. I once took a morning after pill, I think I was about 22, and after that I started having mid/month brakethrough bleedings.

I tried and changed about 7 different pills, that did not work, had cameras taken in to see if there was anything that would be cousing this bleeding. Nothing.

Then I went on strong Diane 35 pill for 9 months and once I stopped, I was all good. No brakethrough bleeding and periods came on time.

Unfortunately, I had to take morning after pill again, since I wasn't on any pill and ever since then, I have this brakethrough bleeding again. I am on a pill, to see if it helps, get my period, then I'm ok for 6 days and then I bleed again until I get the next period.

Doctors dont know why it happens, my hormones seems to be in order, smear test was fine, no cysts......

I'm starting to believe that this morning after pill might have something to do with it.

Pls, let me know how u get on at the doctors.

can plan b effect my pregnancy in the future??

Hi,
the same happened to me. I took the MAP almost 2 years ago. One dose of 1,5 mg of levonorgestrel. It was terrible. Less than 2 hours after taking the pill the first side effects appeared (sensibility of vulva unnaturally increased,white creamy discharge, heavy diarrhea).

After some days I started suffering from total sleep disturbance, depressions, panic attacks, mania, unsteady blood pressure, heat waves, heavy sweating, hairloss, discomfort of the gastrointestinal tract, urinating all the time, abdominal/breasts pains, weakness and dizziness. My arms/legs/genitals+nipples got numb, including a erectile dysfunction of the clitoris. Diarrhea turned into total obstipation. Since then I have problems with bowel movements.

My cycle (norm. 28 days) was shortened to 24 days. My period came too early. It bled like . Without any uterus contractions, just like my uterus was numb as well. The first half year after taking MAP I was so sick, I could not work and had to employ a help to look after my children. After 8 months my cycle went back to 27 days. After almost 2 years my period is still changed. It is too heavy and long (without uterus contractions)with 3-4 days spotting at he beginning and end. The first days are extremely painful but with hardly any blood. Because of the heavy and long bleedings I suffer from severe anemia. I also get shooting pains throughout the month in my pelvic area.The numbness got a little better, but still I have no normal sensibility (especially at my vulva and clitoris) and a sexual dysfunction. It is driving me crazy. I want my "old" body and life back.

What can I do? Would going on a birth control pill for a while help my symptoms? Somebody has experience?

I took Plan B in September 2010 and experienced immediate side effects (HUGE and immediate weight gain, edema, depression, weepiness, headaches, delayed period [10 days], unusually painful menstruation), but fortunately didn't get pregnant.

It's now July 2011 and I believe that I am still experiencing side effects. The side effect that concerns me the most is the instability of my menstrual cycle. My menstrual cycle, which has been 28-29 days for 10 years or so, has swung from 23 days in one month, to 39 in the next, and then to 24 in the next month. There seems to be no sign of it evening out. Also, I've never experienced cramps or back pain as a PMS symptom IN MY LIFE, and now I do.

I can't be sure about whether to attribute this to Plan B, but I still experience unusual problems with edema. Also, another one that I can't attribute to Plan B with certainty is my mood/temperament -- not depressed, but my general temperament/energy level never seemed to come back after taking Plan B.

I really regret having had to take Plan B. It's side effects were miserable, but better than being pregnant.