Lo ovral symptoms and conditions

I wanted to give you all an update to my post from Oct 23. I went to my OBGYN and gave her my complaints. She's switching me to Lo Ovral, which has a higher dosage of hormones than Loestrin. Apparently the low hormonal dosage in Loestrin is causing the excessive bleeding.

Honestly, I don't know how I feel about putting more hormones into my body...

I'm 25 yrs old. I started NuvaRing about 2 months ago. I've been on Lo Ovral for about 9 years and never had any issues other than having a hard time remembering to take my pill everyday. So I thought NuvaRing might be a better option for me. It's not!
ACNE: About a month into the ring I noticed my face began to break out. I've had occasional pimples here and there and some bacne. Well, my back is so bad I haven't worn a tank top all summer. And my face looks like I’m going through puberty.
DEPRESSION: I've been really bummed out about life lately. I have a business degree and a great job but lately I feel like I should just quit my job and live a life full of hopelessness and despair. I told my friend I feel like a troll that should hide in a dark corner. I’m normally the office cheerleader but lately I keep my door closed and my conversations short. I haven’t answered my cell phone in a month! You can’t even imagine how many unchecked voicemails I have. It’s really sad.
WEIGHT GAIN: I normally live in the gym. I run, swim, lift weights, do yoga and play sports. Now, instead of going to gym I go home upset that I'm a loser with no motivation to do anything- I eat fritos and any other carbs I can get my hands on for that matter. Then I take a nap (because eating can really wear a girl out). Wake up, eat dinner and go back to bed.
NO SEX DRIVE: The thought of having sex makes me cringe. They said you shouldn't feel it when you have sex but I sure do! And things get real crowded up in there when we're doing it. It's not pleasant and I feel like a contortionist trying to find some comfortable position. My husband gets frustrated with me and then I just get upset and then it ruins the entire mood.
Basically it took me 2 months to tie all of this to the NuvaRing. I just thought I was going through some sort of quarter-life crisis where everything was falling apart. So, I start my pills today and hopefully my life will be back in order again.

I got Mirena back in May. I felt HORRIBLE. I was tired all the time and ALL of my joints ached constantly. I could NOT lose weight. My skin was so dry and flaky. I was moody to the MAX. Also, my bad cholesterol levels shot thru the roof. Both my regular doc and the OB pooh poohed that it could be the Mirena, but got OB to take it out anyway. Went back on my good old Low Ogestrel (generic lo ovral). While in the OB office, the posters mentioned about Mirena not being a 'dual' method. Ding - light bulb went off! After leaving the doctor's office, I searched on symptoms of low estrogen. Lo and behold every symptom was tied to estrogen deficiency!
Within a week after going back on the pill I was back to 'normal' and had lost 5 pounds - with no change in diet or exercise!
(not to mention I now know exactly when to expect my period.)

I was taking YAZ for 6 months. The first few months I felt very anxious, had headaches, and no sex drive at all. Periods weren't right the first two months. The second 2 months I was still feeling very tired all the time, anxious, major headaches, numbness in arms/hands, blurred vision at times, and I was an emotional wreck, but my periods were normal. The last two months were horrible! I was having all the symptoms I wrote about above, having two week long periods, major head pressure/headaches, I noticed my hair was falling out more, and my period was lasting 2 weeks both months. I went to the Doctor, and she tested my thyroid, which came back normal. Now she is going to put me on Lo-Ovral. Hope it helps.

This is by far the worst pill I have ever taken. Before Yaz I was on Nordette, Ortho Tri cyclen and Alesse. I saw the commercials and got sucked into trying this pill. All I can say is proceed with caution. I ended up taking this pill for the unhappiness 8 months of my entire life. I had problems with other pills causing weight gain (Nordette, Ortho Tri cyclen) or acne (Alesse). However, those symptoms are mild compared to what Yaz inflicted on me.

I have always been described as happy go lucky and Yaz gave me extreme moodiness, panic attacks about my future and life, and major depression. I did have the best skin of my life and lost about 5 lbs but I was an emotional MESS! I would cry at the drop of a hat and find fault in everyone and everything. This symptom didn't start right away but each month I was on Yaz got worse. My friends coined my "alter ego" "she devil." I almost felt possessed at times on this pill. I finally realized it was the pill and not life causing these problems when 3 of my girlfriends had the same problems and got off and the problems went away.

Prior to having this experience I thought people tried to blame too much on the pill but my experience showed me just how much these can mess with your body. I switched back to Alesse 5 days ago and it's like I am a different person--even my skeptical boyfriend noticed the change. As for the acne, I am going to go to a dermatologist to address that. I will be happy to have a few zits as opposed to being a crazy woman.

Proceed with caution on this pill and watch your moods carefully. Just because you've been on it for a few months doesn't mean you're safe. The majority of my emotional disorder started about 5 months in. I do have some girlfriends that like this but most have found it to bring out "she devil".

I have taken this for 3 weeks and I had to stop. I just had a baby and I know I'm supposed to be tired, but even if I slept for 8 hours I was so tired that I could hardly hold my eyes open, I was depressed, sick to my stomach and dizzy. I was really thinking something was wrong with me and I went to the Dr to have blood work done and everything was fine so I'm switching back to Lo Ovral.

Been on Zoloft for 7 years - from 100mg and now 200mg daily for depression and mild anxiety. I have terrible headaches when I miss two days or more (my fault, of course!). I also found that my depression and mood swings were TERRIBLE when I first tried birth control pills (as someone else mentioned). However, different BC pills will have different effects and I have now found that Lo-Ovral is a a good match for me (after my Dr increased my Zoloft daily intake by 50 mg).

hi sleepless,
i have a male reg md he's such an ass.i told him about having a racing heartbeat.he told me i had depression.that was before i found this group i had no idea yasmin could cause it. i also wasted a copy pay to a dr when i was 19 i was put on flexral it gave me tremors & that ass hole dr told me it wasn't the flexral.i made him pick up the book off the floor look inside then he goes i had no idea stop the flexral.never saw that dr again.i guess i'm one of the lucky ones who has a male gyn dr thats listens to me.i told my gyn dr in dec about my racing heartbeat & my period lasting 3 weeks.he told me he never heard of it but to be on the safe side stop the yasmin & try lo/ovral.well lo/ovral was no good gave me a severe headache,7 week long period.i wanted to get back to my reg gyn gave me anyone in the group he was nice but i need more info on what happened to cause me to get a 7 week period,huge clot take this new pill your going to be ok.thats not an answer.maybe all of us ladies should boycot any & all birthcontrol pills to see how we all are after that.these pills aren't worth the trouble.
take care
michellep

hi,
i know what it's like to have bad cramps ,heavy bleeding & periods lasting longer then it should on yasmin.for me lo ovral is the worsest bc of the only 2 i've been on.i took lo ovral for 5 weeks stopped monday because of severe headaches & my periods been going on over 6 weeks straight now very heavy.i can't get into my gyn dr because he has 2 offices now the 1 i've been seeing him in isn't returning my calls for an appt i left alots of messages for him.no return calls i tried his other office that he works most of the time.there refusing to take a message or give me an appt because i don't belong to that office.so i called after hours talked to another dr he said he wants me in the office asap which i told both offices but they refused to still give me an appt.so now i'm forced to see a new dr and start this whole thing over again.i have severe pcos which the new dr doesn't treat but because this problems have been going on so long.i like my gyn dr but i hate his staff.does anybody else have this problem with there gyn dr office?
michellep

hi everyone,
i had been taken yasmin for 2 years for severe pcos. i'm only 28 years old.in march 2005 i saw my reg md because my heart was racing.he told me it wasn't anything.i ended up in the er in april 2005 for another problem the er dr listened to my heart & ran an ekg on me because she heard something.that was fine.then i went back to my reg md my eyes were hurting very bad & my heart was still racing.this time my reg md said it was a panic,anxiety,depression.learn to live with it.i saw my reg md nov3 2005 because now i'm having sharp shooting pains in my left leg,swelling & my foot's numb.he ordered me a gi xray.i was finally able to get an appt with my gyn dr on dec 27 2005 told him the problems i'm having .he took me right off the yasmin.gave me lo ovral which i just started to take sunday my leg got worse it got so bad on weds i called the dr's office up got 4 return calls telling me go to the er.which i couldn't afford i have no insurnace or income.as i take care of my bedridden mother.so i called the midwife back she tells me sounds like a blood clot & orders an ultrasound. i got it done on thursday & have yet to get an answer. i'm even had floating blurry spots in my left eye.i see my reg md on thursday 16 i can't even find out when my gyn dr going to be in the office as he has 3 offices to run between.does anybody have any ideas what i can do in the meantime to make my leg feel better.
thanks
michellep

Hello Ladies,

I have been on Yasmin for a little over 6 months now and was planning on stopping it due to wanting to have another baby. Well, after reading the posts here, I now realize that some of my symptoms MUST be from yasmin.

I have experienced the following while on yasmin:
- chest pain
- heartburn / acid reflux (sp?)
- increased anxiety (I already have a problem with this)
- dizziness when going from a sitting on the floor to standing position
- easily agitated / more depressed at times
- shortness of breath at times (easily winded).....I felt out of breath after helping my kids clean their rooms today and vacumming - this is not usual for me
- muscle aches and weakness / pains
- fatigue
- spotting in between periods
- cramps when it is not time for my period
- heart palpitations - skipping beats sometimes, too

Anyway, I had 2 yellow pills left in this packet and was going to finish them, but I just flushed them.

Yes, I am scared of the side effects that I have read about from stopping yasmin, but I guess I am just going to just do it. I was on another BC years ago...Lo Ovral, I think and I do not remember ANY side effects from stopping, but then again, I became pregnant the next month!

I am scared of weight gain. (Luckily, I have not gained any while on yasmin)

I am scared of breaking out and having that increase my depression, BUT it only makes sense that my INCREASED ANXIETY and BEING ON THE VERGE OF PANIC ATTACKS MORE FREQUENTLY are from yasmin. I do have medication to help anxiety, so if I get anxious while off the yasmin, I can use that until I regulate.

You know what? I DO NOT REMEMBER READING THESE SIDE EFFCTS OF YASMIN because my mom and sister always tell me Not To Read the pamphlet because I might talk myself into havng the effects or it might make me nervous due to my anxiety and panic disorder, but now after reading these posts, I understand why I have just NOT FELT NORMAL. I keep thinking I have something medically wrong with me.

Thank you for your support by just being here and posting here:)

Please email me if you want to have a penpal for more support - I might need it...I do not know what is in store for ME after stopping Yasmin.

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Sheri

I was on Alesse for four years and felt I had reached maximum bloat, so decided to discontinue the pill altogther this fall. Unfortunately, my acne problems surfaced again (after a year and a half after a six-month course of accutane). My skin got really bad and was getting oilier and oilier. I thought I'd better get back on the pill again to get my skin at least somewhat under control. I also considered going to my derm and ask for spironolactone to help with my skin's over production of oil. While doing research on BCPs that were purported to be good for acne, I landed upon Yasmin, and asked my OBGYN for it and she prescribed it to me. Yeah! It's been a godsend.

I started around the holidays this past December and it addressed my oily problem within the first week of taking it. And it doesn't make me bloat! I swear I've lost 10 pounds of water weight that I was carrying before. I still have to keep a lot of attention to my skin to control breakouts, but not being so oily helps out a lot.

My only complaints are with the diuretic effect, I'm up in the night having to go to the bathroom, sometimes as much as three times. And if it's rather early in the morning I can't get back to sleep. I'm a little moody, but it seems to be the case with birth control pills. The moodiness is nothing excessive. I'd be a lot moodier if I had my old icky oily skin back and had to go back on Accutane.

I have not experienced the fatigue or other negative side effects that people have mentioned here. In fact, it seems that all the possitive side effects that Yasmin was purported to have have worked for me.

I'd be very upset if Yasmin was taken off the market. If you find that a birth control pill is not working for you, go back to your doctor and try another kind. I remember a friend in college who had started taking the pill and she had terrible side effects, like bad headaches, terrible moodiness, felt like her heart was palpitating, and I told her to go and get it switched. Evidently the one that she switched to was perfect because she's been on it ever since. Works out perfectly for her, no bloating, etc. Maybe a little crabbiness, but seems hard to avoid that one.

At any rate, I've been very happy with Yasmin. As birth control pills go, it's practically perfect for me.

I'm into my second week of Alesse, and started a full period. My regular period is due again in 2 weeks!!! How frustrating!! Plus, I've been VERY irritable; biting everyone's heads off. I hate these pills. I think I'm going back to Lo-Ovral; I had no problems with that, except for high blood pressure. If you ask me, none of these pills are good for anybody!!!!!! It sucks!!!!!!!!!! The 4 years I've been on bc pills, my hair has fallen out in clumps, and it quit growing. I used to have thick, long hair to my waist. Now it won't even grow, and is THIN!!!! I hate bc pills. Think twice before you get on ANY of them!

I have been on Yasmin for three days. I switched to it from Lo/Ovral because i tend to have low sex drive on most pills and my NP thought maybe because Yasmin's progestin was so different that it might help. Well, not yet. But I will tell you this: I feel like crap, no matter how much water I drink, I am dehydrated. I pee all the time. I have headaches, and all I want to do is sleep. Which is not good because the MCAT is in 11 days and I need to be on top of my game right now.

This pill was my last option, next step is an IUD. I can't take this anymore.

I was put on Yamin after several failed attempts to regulate with Cyclessa, Orthotricyclene, and Lo Ovral. Yamin was not the pill for me. I gained wait, had the worst case of acne of my life, was extremely emotional, my breasts were swollen and tender, and experienced sharp excruciating pain behind my right eye and into the back of my neck. It didn't regulate me either, so I have switched to the patch, which is working so far... Good luck ladies.

I've been on Yasmin for a few weeks. I'm not experiencing the unbearable side effects that many of you are, but I've started having sharp cramps (similar to what it feels like when you get a Pap smear) and spotting, which I've never had before (I've been on Estro Step and Lo Ovral, both of which mad me fat and totally psychotic). Does anyone know if these sharp craps and spotting will lessen, or is this standard?