So i started the patch August 24th and stopped it October 24th because I was having bad allergic reactions such as breaking out into hives and rashes and my face was swollen and tremendous weight gain. I had already gotten my period that month, but I naturally got it again when I took it off. The last time I got my period was November 30th and it ended December 3rd. I am now 50 days late. I am a virgin so I know it’s obv not pregnancy. I figure by now everything would be fine, as most of my hives breakouts stopped only a few weeks after I stopped the patch. But now I know my body is still acting weird. It smells funky down there and now noticed my overall body odor is starting to smell. I showered just last night and I smell like I haven’t showered in a week. It’s so humiliating. I had lots of pimples too which I normally never really got.

Maybe it could be a stress thing? My second semester of college has been pretty stressful for me and depressing since I am home. But I’ve been depressed for a long time so I feel like this couldn’t be it. Ironically, 2 years ago around this same exact time I had a similar problem. My period was 3 months late (wasn’t on any BC) and my doctor thought it was either diabetes (which it wasn’t) or could be stress, I never really got an exact answer. But I felt like in my past (before 2 years ago) I have been way more stressed than I am right now and my periods were not affected.

I am almost 19 years old and got my period when i was 12 so not a late bloomer type thing.

I feel like it could be a lot of things since I’m going through a lot but also not if that makes sense? My eating habits have been weird as I can only eat like 1/3 of the sizes of the meals I used to as a binge eater. I get sick from eating only half of my meals and try to eat only 1 or 2 meals a day. I’ve also been constipated for weeks. my mental health I take each day as it comes even tho some are challenging. I am not on any type of medication. My mom thought i had an allergic reaction to progesterone (Bc of my issues w the patch) but I got blood work done and that was not it.

My mom wants me to use this opportunity while I’m home to try different methods of BC but truthfully I’ve been putting off calling my gyno because the lady at the office is always so rude to me on the phone and I’ve been pretty depressed about all the weight I gained that I don’t want to gain even more because I don’t think I’ve lost any since trying to by drinking a lot of water and such.

I know every BC method is different for everyone but I’m really scared to try again based on how bad my last experience was.

I gained 15 pounds in just 2 months and I don’t even fit into any of my pants anymore 😭😭 I just have the feeling that any BC I would take, with my luck, will make me gain more and more weight instead of losing.

When I do try again I will probably see if I can get a smaller dosage of it. My mom is against the IUD and nuvaring. I don’t remember her opinion on the shot but I know she prefers for me to get on the pill. I cannot swallow a pill for the life of me and trying to remember to take it at the same time everyday sounded annoying to me which is why I tried to patch. I know there is one chewable pill but I heard it’s pricey and need to see if my insurance (AETNA) can cover it.

Truthfully, I never really gave a shit about my physical health since my mental health is pretty bad and untreated, but it’s probably time I start prioritizing that. I’m just dreading it so much. :(

If anyone had any tips or similar experiences they’d like to share that would be great :)