Alese symptoms and conditions

hi my daughter is almost 17 and just started Aviane for her painful periods and acne. The doctor told her he was putting her on alese but the pharmacist told us Aviane was the same only cheaper. Well the day after she started taking it she missed school, her muscles were so sore she could hardly move, she had a good fever ( was cold even though we were experiencing record high temps of 35 deg, on may 31) that night she was vomiting and she looked so awful I kept her home again thinking it was a virus. She went to school the last 2 days but has so much joint pain she can hardly move or bend over. This is a very healthy athletic teen who is hard to stop, and has a high pain threshold. Any ideas? anyone have the same symptoms? I know they say to give it some time but this is ridiculous. She has a prom date tomorrow and she won't even be able to dance! Not sure after reading these comments if I should leave her on it one more day.

I haven't been on Aviane long. I've used Depo (the needle) and I have also been on Alese. I was told Aviane and Alese were the same thing. I highly doubt that. My reaction to returning to birth control after my second child has been drastically different then any other time. I find my breasts are extremely tender, to the point that some days anything that is remotely binding is not an option. My moods are out of control. I feel anxious, depressed and angry more often then ever before and more intensely. I used to be a pretty easy going person. My sex drive has completely disappeared, to the extreme that I don't even want to be touched (cuddled/kissed etc.). This is not doing good things for my relationship with my husband. I'm glad I found this site. I though perhaps I was just going crazy. I'm going to stick with it for as close to three months as I can to see if the symptoms level out, but I have children, if it gets any worse I will be switching. Thank you so much for this forum.

Wow! This forum is really informative and scary!

I have tried numerous pills, Marvelon, Ortho Tri-Cyclin, Diane, Alese and all have caused the same symptoms: Depression, lack of energy, emotional outburts, 10-15 pound weight gain and abdominal bloating to the point where people would ask me if I was pregnant (and the rest of my body would look porportional).

Its been 4 years since I have been on and off the pill and now at the age of 26 I am beginning to notice a chance in my hormones which I put facial hair on my chin and sideburns!

Being in a new relationship my doctor has prescribed Yasmin as birth control to help with facial hair and contraception.

I haven't started and am now apprehensive...does anyone have any suggestions or similar experiences with hair growth/reduction?

I first started Yasmin in October, after being off birth control for several months. I was taking alese before.

I felt that so far Yasmin has improved my skin and my periods are very short.

The first month I started my period randomly in the middle of the pack and it was the HEAVIEST and LONGEST it has ever been. Seriously I was thinking I was going to pass out since it was so much. I was also nauseous at the beginning (and lost a few pounds at the time) however since then I have gained back the weight and have been unable to lose any further weight. Last year I managed to lose about 20 lbs, but I can't seem to lose any more. Also my husband thinks my breasts have gotten a little bigger. My hair is also so dry that I don't like to wash it every day. I don't like being touched and have little to no sex drive. I also go to the bathroom ALL the time, I'm up all night. I am only 24 too.

I have had other similar problems on other birth controls as well, so I don't think it is just Yasmin. I think I am less moody than I was on orthotricylen. At any rate I think the sooner I get off birth control, the better. I think they just make some of my problems worse.

I am seventeen and was put on the pill three years ago to regulate my period i was just on Alese but taken off because i had an extra period i have taken yasmin for a month and have not had my period im worried about this because i feel like im having but im not also my vishion is blurred and im always tired and sad the only good thing about this pill is my face is really clear please e mail if you know what is causing my to not have my period by the way iam not have sex so please help!