Normalize symptoms and conditions

Hi im only 17 years old and i am at the end of my first pack of Loestrin24.. I'm taking my last "sugar" pills tonight & tomorrow and starting my new pack sunday. But I havent got my period yet.. Should I be worried? I started as a Sunday & Day 1 starter because I had gotten my period on a Sunday. I can't stop thinking about why I havent got my period yet?.. I've taking all my pills on time and never missed one so I dont know what went wrong?

PROLONGED PERIOD:
(Previously posted erroneously on the Loestrin FE24 page, but this relates to Nuvaring)

I have had a nonstop, heavy period for 9 straight days since using nuvaring. There is next to nothing in the materials they give with the product that warns of this, so I have spent the last two days reading all kinds of stuff on the web trying to figure out what is going on. They mention possible "breakthrough bleeding" which anyone other than a doctor would think of as spotting between periods. But this has been heavy bleeding for 9 straight days with no apparent "end" in sight.

I used nuvaring once about 3 years ago and did not have this problem. In fact, then it viirtually stopped my period. That concerned me, so I stopped taking it. I went back on after my doctor assured me the reduced bleeding was not a concern, and the main PURPOSE for my using it was to reduce my heavy periods and related anemia, Apparently they have changed (lowered) the hormone dose in the nuvaring, and for some of us it is insufficient, causing the "breakthourgh bleeding." (It has taken EXTENSIVE web searching to glean this information.)

I finally removed the nuvaring last night, and while I guess it may take some time, I want my body to normalize from this shock. I've had nausea, and now I am very fatigued from the extended heavy bleeding. This is NOT what I signed up for. Some responses out there suggest that this problem may "correct" itself in 1-3 months once the body adjusts to the hormone levels dispensed by the nuvaring, but personally I cannot endure this level of interference with my life that long, and the fatigue is becoming debilitating.

I think there needs to be improved warnings and disclosures with this product. Hope this helps someone searching for answers as I was. KN

severe breakthrough bleeding,nonstop bleeding for 2 weeks

Lupron is terrible! I was given lupron after my lap which discovered endometriosis. I had my second injection last week. My pelvic pain is still here and now the Lupron side effects are killing me. I have insomnia, restlessness, bad mood swings, back hurts all the time, fatigue all the time, depression, headaches, and awful HOT FLASHES. I was not given other options but to take this poison. If I had done my research I would have said hell no to Lupron. It's all about the money...Dr's and pharmacy companies are making the big bucks while most of us suffer. Oh yes, and my blood pressure, which is normally low (110/60) is now up to 150/100. I'm not thinking this is too great for my health. And another sad thing is that the long term effects are not really known. I WILL NOT take another injection. I would rather take my regular endo pain over this in a heartbeat. Don't let them fool you.......Lupron is a VERY BAD thing. Anyone who is thinking about....do you research and think long and hard . Is it worth it? I don't think so...
Kelly

Finish out your pack and then stop. One of the worst things you can do is stop taking birth control mid-cycle.

When you do come off Yasmin, it can take up to 6 months for your body to normalize, you may have some symptoms that are even worse for a while, but that's because your body is trying to regulate itself back to normal hormonal levels. There are some supplements you can take to support that process.

I came off Yasmin two months ago, and I feel fine. My period has come right on time and normal. (I was pretty regular before Yasmin) In fact, by blood pressure has gotten so much better that my doctor reduced my medicine in half. Everyone is different, so just be patient and try to eat right, exercise and get plenty of sleep so that you know none of those things are contributing factors to your health.

Good luck ladies!

Hi everyone!

Here is the update I promised. As you know, I'm off Yasmin for a month now and had to go get my magnesium levels checked. I was found to have a reading of 1.8 in December, I took 800 mg of Mag. Oxide for 3 weeks and it went to 1.9. I then started taking 400 mg and my latest reading was 1.7!!! Shocking. My doctor is concerned and sending me to a kidney specialist to see if I have a rare condition that doesn't allow me to absorb magnesium. My BP continues to be controlled through medication. It will not normalize until I get this magnesium problem under control.
I told my doctor I was off Yasmin and she was fine with it. I wonder if the diuretic in Yasmin has caused this? I wonder if it's still in my system?
I'll keep you posted.

Flowerbabies:

You should check out if your magnesium level is low, that's what has caused my irregular heartbeat. Like I said in a previous post, I felt a heaviness in my chest as well. I finished my last pack of pills on Sunday and I will not be staying on Yasmin. I have never had any heart problems or health problems at all really until I started on birth control. I've read enough to know I don't want to wait until my symptoms get worse to figure out I need to get off of it. Hopefully my BP will start to normalize soon too. I'll keep you all posted.

hbp 150/96. have to take blood pressure meds to control it. have been off yasmin for 4 months. has anyone else had their pressure go up and then come back down? how long did it take to normalize. this is really depressing and so unfair.

Hi Lisa!! Good to hear you again!! :)

Well, I'm doing pretty fine, thank you. I hope you also get better every week!??

I still got those ups and downs, but not as severe as they were about half a year ago. Everything gets lighter every month.

But I still didn't get my normal period again. The first and last after getting off Yasmin was in March 2005!! I've never had any problems with my period before Yasmin!!

But some good news: The weight is FINALLY decreasing!! Since February I loose about 1 kg (about 2 pounds) every month. That's not too much, I know. But I don't do anything different than before and nevertheless the weight is going down!! So I think that this is another sign for getting back to normal. My metabolism seems to normalize finally month by month!!

I still got weeks, where I don't feel very good, I feel tired then or a little weak and dizzy. But the symptoms get lighter every month and the "bad weeks" don't last as long as they did a few months ago!!

I decided many months ago to give my body the time it needs to recover from this "Yasmin-Shock". And every doctor I talk to about that stuff tells me, that I definitely WILL need more time to get back to normal again. It's not only a "cold" or the flu we're all going through here.

Today I sometimes feel my muscles fasciculating again. That always happens, when I didn't take my magnesium supplements for too long (the last one I took about 2 weeks ago... shame on me!!). So that's another sign, that my body still needs help to work normally.

Yasmin has definitely caused a total lack of minerals and vitamines in my body over those long years which is now very hard to compensate again...

So you're absolutely right, Lisa!! The first and most important thing everyone whith those "Yasmin problems" should do, is taking some supplements to help your body!! Especially magnesium and B-Vitamines seem to be very important things, especially for the nervous system and your metabolism.

Lisa and everone out there, keep us updated!! Looking forward to "read" you again!!

Best wishes and big hugs!!

Silke

Within an hour of the injection I suffered a headache which progressed to a severe migraine headache. I also experienced very high blood pressure and broke out in sweats. The blood pressure did not begin to normalize until 5 days and I am still experiencing a headache (although not a migraine. This is the fifth day after the injection. I was not aware of any of these side effects so I was hospitalized due to the extreme blood pressure and extreme headaches. A cat (sp?) scan and spinal tap was done in an effort to determine the reason.