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  • aerogirl
    Junior Member
    • May 2008
    • 1

    recommendations?

    Hello,

    I have been trying a few birth control pills over the past year, and I have found certain difficulties with each one. I am trying my best to find my "dream pill" for me, one with either none of my most hated side effects, or very moderate side effects. Here is a little history of each one I've tried already:

    First, Ortho-Novum 7/7/7-- Started about half a year ago. Started taking it, had bad vomiting and nausea, but nonetheless was my first time with birth controll pills. Over time, my sex drive/libido was totally diminished, and I was developing minor crabbiness.

    Second-- Yaz. Started taking it right after ortho-novum, worked great for first few months. Everything felt fine, until I began developing daily headaches and later had such depressing mood swings, I didn't know who I was. I was described as "a new person." Made things I love in life very miserable, and stopped taking it altogether at the end of March. I was so upset over what it did to me, that I waited a month to cleanse my system out of extra hormones before starting a new pill.

    Next, and the most recently, I was researching a pill without overly terrible mood issues or libido loss. I went to the clinic to have an appointment for:

    Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo -- got the pill, my clinician approved that this one would help me the most over my past experiences, and I brought it home. Didn't dare start taking it, instead researched reviews of it, and found that people were both suicidal/pregnant while on the pill.

    At this point, I just want some kind of birth control pill, nothing else, that can satisfy my needs.
  • acadialost
    Member
    • Apr 2008
    • 35

    b/c pills and side effects

    Unfortunately with B/C pills there really isn't much to do besides trial and error. I suppose the way to make more educated switches is to find out the types and ratio of hormones in each type and see if you can figure out how each hormone affects you. That way you can see out the pill that theorhetically would have the least amount of side effects for you. I'm going through pretty much the same thing right now and I wish you luck! I know how frustrating this is.

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    • missyann
      Member
      • Apr 2008
      • 26

      I had similar problems--I went through pills like Lo-estren (sp?) and Yaz, but they all caused mood swings, weight gain, loss of libido, etc. I finally gave up the pill and tried the nuvaring. I'm on my fifth month and I haven't seen signs of any side effects. I would suggest trying other methods than the pill.

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      • nikster5000
        Junior Member
        • Jun 2008
        • 5

        So many bad pills.

        Me too I think it is so hard to find something true to you because you never get the whole truth about anything these days. I just got off YAZ myself and I feel that part of my depression was from that pill! I learned to have to do a lot reseach before you agree to anything.

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