it is also best known as mircette

products containing  desogestrel:
cerazette, cyclessa, desogen, kariva

desogestrelum, desogestrel-ethinyl estradiol

treating irregular periods

I am 29 years old and in good health. I recently started jogging again, and I have not had a period in about two months. I've been on birth control pills since I was about 18 years old. I missed periods pretty regularly when I was younger and I used to think "ya hoo!" But now that I am close to 30 and have gotten a little more education about it, I'm not "ya hooing" anymore. Is there any thing I could do to make my body have a period since I have seemed to have messed up my hormones?

Self-treatment is an important tool, but treating yourself naturally is separate from finding out what might be going on. My advice is to go a qualified practitioner -- gynecologist or naturopath -- who is well versed in gynecology, and find out what might be the cause of your missed period. Pregnancy? (yes, it's possible even on birth control pills) Stress? Polycystic ovarian syndrome? Thyroid? Just an insignificant blip on the screen?

It is very possible that you have polycystic ovarian syndrome (also called chronic anovulation syndrome). It is associated with irregular menses. A pelvic exam might -- but not always -- reveal enlarged ovaries, small cysts in the ovaries on pelvic ultrasound, and/or elevated serum testosterone levels. I would encourage you to ask your gynecologist or other practitioner who is knowledgeable in gynecology, about this condition.

By the way, have you been on birth control pills since age 18 purely for contraception or was it because you had irregular menses back then? If it is the latter, then indeed, you probably do have polycystic ovarian syndrome.