Extended cycle combined hormonal contraceptive Extended cycle combined hormonal contraceptive Extended or continuous cycle combined oral contraceptive pills are a packaging of combined oral contraceptive pills (COCPs) that reduce or eliminate the withdrawal bleeding that would occur once every 28 days in traditionally packaged COCPs. Extended cycle use of COCPs may also be called menstrual suppression. Other combined hormonal contraceptives (those containing both an estrogen and a progestin) may also be used in an extended or continuous cycle. For example, the NuvaRing vaginal ring and the contraceptive patch have been studied for extended cycle use, and the monthly combined injectable contraceptive may similarly eliminate bleeding.
Menstrual psychosis Menstrual psychosis Menstrual psychosis is a debated form of psychosis with a brief, sudden onset related to the menstrual cycle. The symptoms associated to it are dramatic and may include delirium, mania or mutism. Most psychiatrists do not recognise the condition. Only 80 established cases are reported in medical literature and most of them were described by 19th century physicians. There is evidence to suggest that it may be linked to postpartum psychosis. Menstrual psychosis is a rare form of severe mental illness, with the following characteristics: It shares clinical features with, and presents similarly to, postpartum psychosis. Researchers Deuchar