Allese symptoms and conditions

I was on Yasmin and decided to switch to nuvaring because I kept forgetting the to take pill. I have experienced really bad headaches 1-4 times a week to the point where I can not sleep, or feel sick. No sex drive. No fluids for sex (No matter how much water I drink ) Waking up 2 - 3 times a night...being on edge all the time and easily annoyed. I went to the doctor to find out about my headaches and she told me to monitor them and see what I found in common. I could not think see anything until it finally hit me last night that it could be my birth control.. So I went in and asked about it today. The doctor told me that Nuvaring was comparable to Allesse which made me not happy because I had gotten really sick off of allese when I was taking it.. It's crazy to see all of the comparable symptoms that this dumb thing is causing women and now I am 100% convinced that this ring is the issue. I am switching back to Yasmin because it was working for me for about 2 years - minus the fact that I kept forgetting it, I guess I will have to try a little harder now. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a good pill. Because it is low dose it does not have many side effects. The only thing it did to me was make my boobs grow and I can't complain about that.

I was perscribed Allese about a year ago, but my insurance only covers generic medicine. So i was put on Lutera for about 8 months. Just recently the pharmacist said that my new pill would be Sronyx and honestly, i dont trust it as much. My headaches are becoming very severe and almost a daily occurance now plus i've heard that its not as effective.
my period doesn't come on the sugar-pill days... it always comes about a week before. my doctor reccomended this: continuously taking Sronyx and skipping the sugar-pill days. I move from the end of the white pills on week three right to the beginning of a new pack. lately its helped a lot. the continuousy of it is really helping i think. so thats my suggesting to anyone whos having trouble.

I'm absolutely miserable. I figured my TOTAL lack of sexual desire was due to starting Yasmin, but I had no idea the rest of my recent crappy existance was also because of it. I'm 35, married, and this is my first time really on the pill. I was on it once about 15 years ago for about 2 months, but that was it. I started to help with bad periods, awful bloating, clotting and cramps. My feeling down used to come as PMDD-- for about 2 weeks before my period. Now I'm just plain down all the time. It's not a swing like that, like I'm all of a sudden very emotional and sad, this is a general lack of anything. I've been on this for 7 weeks. I feel alone and unhappy. No joy. I wouldn't say I'm terribly sad, but I've been crying a lot, and I never do that. My head ached horribly during my period. My breasts kill. I've gained at least 10 lbs. Now I'm really mad about all this. I've kind of kept my emotional state to myself. Now the doctor wants me to stay on it until I finish the three months. I don't want to. She said then I'll probably have to deal with the bleeding problems. My other option is to finish out this pack and start on Allese. Right now I think I'd rather have the hell of my period and the PMDD. I hate to go back to all that, though. I'm nervous and sad and angry. I'm thankful for finding this board, though. I wish there had been something in the package insert that hinted at the severity of changes you can experience. I feel like I've messed myself up good. I don't knwo what to do.

I have been on Yasmin for a few weeks now and have gotten so depressed and have also noticed weight gain and water retention. I notice these same side effects whenever I begin taking a birth control, but my doctor says I need to take them because I have something similar to endometriosis that causes uterine pain without them. I also have excruciating periods. I have taken Allese and Ortho Tri-Cycline, and another pill recently that I can't remember. Has anyone found a pill that does not make them gain weight and despair? I almost think dealing with the pain was better than this. Now every waking second is affected, not to mention broken sleep. I think I'm just going to ditch them. Any advice would be great.

Major headaches, anxiety/depression (to where I had to see a therapist), very dizzy and blurred vision and inability to concentrate, stomach bloating and GI problems. No cramps (yet)! I just finished my first cycle of Yasmin after being off BCP for 6 months (was on Allese). I had heard that Yasmin was so great hence the reason I tried it. I have never experienced these neuropsychological symptoms before and was convinced I was going crazy until I saw this website. I thought I would just give the Yasmin another month to see if my body would adapt. I also have really watery, excessive discharge during intercourse?? What's that about? Does anyone share that symptom? email: amberae_n@yahoo.com