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After being on YAZ for about 7 months and realizing how it was ha...

Posted at 9:33 AM on Apr 13, 2009 by endlesslyeight, #40591
After being on YAZ for about 7 months and realizing how it was harmin my mind and body, my doctor told me to stop taking it immediately, even though it was mid-cycle. he put me on Loestrin24fe because "there has been a much higher success rate with a lower dose of estrogen" NOT IN MY CASE! i started taking it on a Tuesday, it is now the following Monday and i have already experienced: harsh aches and pains throughout my body, unbelievable mood swings from cryin until my eyes hurt for NO reason to sitting and talking calmly within 5 minutes of each other, once again a complete lack of sex drive which i *just* recovered from with YAZ, not being able to eat yet having extreme weight gain??? my stomach is completely round when i have had a 6pack for my entire adult life and my jeans will not get past my thighs anymore, my skin and hair are oily and i have broken out worse than i did when i was a teenager ... and the BEST one yet! Severe Panic Attacks during the night to the point where i am terrified to sleep because of waking up hysterical and actually "feeling" my dreams. i woke up from a nap yesterday crying uncontrollably because i was convinced i snapped my spine/neck because i dream it, felt it snap and HEARD it snap in my dream. it is all too real and i am on lack of sleep AND not eating for a few days. Needless to say, i have stopped taking the pill as of last night. i am hoping to get back to normal in about a week because i clearly cannot function like this. I missed a gorgeous Easter day yesterday because i was having a low grade panic attack ALL day and couldn't eat or even talk to anyone. i am not going to let another bc pill ruin my life this year. its not worth it but i must ask, where do i go from here? i am concerned about getting an IUD because my body seems to have every side effect possible with any type of birth control but i think the IUD is my only option besides complete abstinence.
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Reply 6 months ago on Apr 16, 2009 by 1shanta, #18918

I had my first child in 2007 and i was put on loestrin 24 and now since i am not good at taking pills everyday i decided to stop taking them and i've been off them for 2 months, well when i started my cycle the 2nd day i started having real bad pelvic pain, it was very sharp pain that would hit me down in the vaginal area it felt like contractions because i was at work and had to literally hold onto something and scream it was just that bad, the doctor told me it came from when i stop taking the pills so now i am on nuvaring and if anyone have any suggestion on the nuvaring please let me know but i feel coming off some of this medication can just as harmful as taking them

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Reply 6 months ago on Apr 18, 2009 by juneandmichael, #18981

Oh my God - I can't belive I have found someone with the same exact problems I am having. I have and just shy of 44 years old and I have been on Loestrin 24E for about 5 months now and for about 4 of those months, I have convince myselt that I have heart disease, a digestive disorder, a brain tumer, bi-polar disorder, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer and probably countless other things I just can't remember right now. I have had upper and upper GI, an ultrasound of my thyroid, a full blood workover and and ultrasound of my kidneys ( I suffer from stones) My mood swings are so bad - I can't stand to be with myself. I too fight dizziness and nausea at certain times of the month. I am calling my doctor on Monday and I am getting off of this pill.
I am going to start eating foods higher in natural estrins and perhaps find something more suitable to my body. Hang in there.

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Reply 3 months ago on Aug 05, 2009 by kacey8, #22057

Hi someone help me I have been taking loestrin for probably five months now I am going back to planned parenthood this month to getmore but my cycle was so off last month I bled for a week and half while still on the white part of the pack! then when it came time for the brown ones where i'm actually supposed to have my period i only spotted....Now I'm over mid way through a pack and i'm having horrible pain in my lower left stomach pelvic area its dull aching.....Is there a chance i'm pregnant or something?? I've only had one case of unprotected sex since starthing this pill and i'm so worried that i'm either pregnant or this pill is causing issues....again I don't have insurance nad have an appt the 18th of this month so i won't know until then I'm worried has anyone else bled irregularly and only spotted then been pregnant or is it just f*ing with my cycle? thanks to all answers

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