September 21th
2007
12:17 PM
I started taking the pill 2 weeks ago for ance problems. I have experienced severe nausea, and an extreme burning sensation in the sun! I also have chest pains. my acne doesnt seem to be getting too much better.The nausea is sometimes unbearable! We'll see what happens when i keep taking it.
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September 16th
2007
6:24 AM
I just needed some advice on birth control. I started loestrin 24 fe in the beggining of the year. I was getting my period before I was do so the doctor switched me to ortho trycycline lo. I was really moody and was having anxiety attacts. I used to take bc pills for years and never had a problem until after my daughter was born. So I went back on loestrin. I got my period again before I was do. The doctor said to give it some time so I did. Again the horrible bloating moodswings anxiety and then depression. I quit talking it and now feel better. Is it possible that bc pills are no longer for me. I really would love to try another pill but a little scared. I never thought bc can cause such grief. HELP
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June 11th
2007
4:03 PM
I've been on the nuvaring a little over a week now. I still have my sex drive, it hasn't been painful to have sex, theres been no odor, no discharge, not really any tenderness in my breasts, but I've been a little moody. Only when something upsets me though and I've felt a little irritated but not really anything too bad. This is my first time using birth control, but my appetite hasn't increased and I haven't gained any weight so as of right now its working good for me. A lot of sites say most birth control causes you to be moody for the first couple months so I am going to give it some time before I take it out.
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March 14th
2007
1:58 AM
@nkgulri:
This is a thing which many women are suffering from within hormonal changes. Some women have those problems after pregnancy or during menopause and so on....
And remember: Stopping the pill is a real big hormonal change your body has to go through, so it seems to be "normal", that you're loosing that much hair at the moment. As soon as your hormones are back in balance, this hair problem should stop!!
I have discovered, that my hair falls out more during special times within a month (ovulation or shortly before period)... Well, it's not that much but it definitely is there!!
So please try not to worry too much and give it some time... I know it sounds hard, but that's the only thing that can heal our bodies besides a good diet, drinking enough water a day and some supplements (B-Vitamines, Minerals (Magnesium, etc.)...). Those things seem to be very helpful as I experienced within the last 2 years...
I wish you all the best and keep us updated on how you're doing!!!
Greetings
Silke
October 27th
2006
2:25 PM
Guest 31792
Give it some time, your hormones need to adjust.
When we take synthetic hormones we shut off our body producing hormones which take their place and then when we go off the pill the faucet has to turn back on in our bodies and replace the synthetics, this takes some time usually they say 2-3 months but it seems with yasmin it can take longer depending on the person. The hardest thing is patience. Just hang in there, eat well (organic seems best) get plenty of sleep, and take good care of yourself right now. K. Best wishes BitterRN
Silke
Me again, sorry about the rushed answer, I wanted to write more but didnt have time. So yeah, I think your levels have been trying to come up, but may have for some reason dropped- Have you been exercising more since that heavy period, or more stressed out? The body will use more testosterone during these times (to recover your muscles with exercise.) to support the body with stress. This would have caused a decline perhaps in the reserves of testosterone you may have built up then. (This is just a theory based on what I have read and talked with my doctors and experienced myself Silke, I am not trying to diagnose you okay? Im just trying to point you in the right direction for medical care) So anyway, if you had a decline then that may explain the spotting the next two months, especially with the virus, the drop in testosterone may have caused the lowered immune system allowing you to catch the virus and then your body is really going to have trouble fighting it caused it is already in an unbalanced state. Even though it seems your body was starting to recover and you were menstruating though Silke 1 year and a half seems a long time for this recovery (though I think it may have to due with the amount of time you were on the yasmin as well) but when I read that your periods returned I was so happy for you but then in the next post you wrote the next month you had mentioned just spotting and that is what prompted me to see how you were now because I had a feeling that it may not have fully returned as it had the previous month (the one with the heavy bleeding) did it seem normal? If you had continued to have regular bleeding the next two cycles and continued to feel better than I would have thought oh good her hormones are balancing out, but when you said that you had only spotting AND that you were starting to feel bad again, I think that maybe your body is trying to fight an uphill battle and It cannot quite seem to fill it up to the reserves that it needs to be at. In other words you cannot make testosterone as fast as your body is demanding it leaving you on empty or quite near it . Do you understand where I am coming from? This is why I think you should consider getting your hormones tested, but only from a doctor who understands hormones particularly bioidentitical hormones(natural hormones.) That is why I gave you the name of the doctor in Spain, he specializes in this kind of therapy, but more importantly he can test your hormones and read them correctly. I tried to google doctors in germany who specialize in bioidentical hormones and I could not find anything which suprises me because I read an article that they started practicing this therapy first in europe in 1935! So maybe you could find someone. I understand what you mean about going to another doctor for useless information (I went through 3) and spent lots of wasted money! Its aggravating I know.
Please, I hope you do not think that I am being pushy and please remember it is your health and your body and you know what is best for it. I am curious to see what will happen on the first of Nov. as well, maybe your menses will return fully and you will start feeling better again. I hope so Silke, I really do.
Also I had a few more ?'s if you dont mind, how is your memory/concentration as compared to before? How about your sleep?Any trouble? Do you feel aged just overall?
One more thing, I wanted to give the website of that Dr and procedure (which Im not saying you need) it just has interesting info. on it. Its Sottopelletherapy.com
Ok I better go. Volume 10 is complete!!! :)
Take care Silke
BitterRN
Silke,
Hi bitterRn
June 20th
2006
12:03 AM
Hi abs528!
Yes, I know that feeling. Before I took Yasmin I never had any problems with my libido. But during taking it, the libido got less and less each month and each year. I always thought that was just me and searched for reasons everywhere, except my bcp!!
And you know what? After about 3 months WITHOUT Yasmin my libido came back and I didn't recognize myself. Suddenly there were feelings for my husband again I hadn't known for years!! I felt as if someone had switched on my feelings again!! And not only in that area!
So please give it some time, I'm sure you'll get your "old feelings" back, too, if that chemical after a few months has finally completely left your body!!
One thing I can't tell is, if your new bcp is interacting somehow, too.
Best wishes
Silke
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June 14th
2006
9:34 PM
Shauna;
Give it some time. Drink plenty of water. Make sure you take a multivitamin. Eat right. If you experience anything weird, just post here and wait for feedback. It is a wonderful support.
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Yasmin (4) NuvaRing (1) Advair HFA (1) Loestrin 24 Fe (1) Doxycycline Hyclate (1)
November 7th
2007
12:24 AM
I wish I found this site before I started taking this crap. I started Advair again about two weeks ago 50/500 one puff at night and one in the morning. At first I would just get a little dizzy sometimes when I took it and a mild head ache a couple times but the last three nights I keep waking up and its hard to get back to sleep even though Im tired and I have noticed my heart beating faster then normal. I have only been getting six or five hours of sleep a night which is not enough for me especially because I have been surfing for hours the last few days. I do think it has helped my ashtma when I go surfing but after reading all of these bad side effects I dont think I will ever take it again. The last time I took it was about a year ago and stoped because it made me feel dizzy and I only took it for about two weeks. Before I started it again I told the doctor that it made me feel dizzy a couple times and he said people just accomodate to it. Its to bad they cant make something that helps my lungs like it does without all the bad side effects. Im going to not use it tonight and see how I sleep and tomorow when I go surfing I will see how my lungs are without it.
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