Desogen and gaining weight

I just started taking birth control after not being on any for 3 years. I have had 2 children and breast feed them. So at first I was put on a low dose pill, but I experienced break through bleeding. So the doctor recommended trying a higher estrogen level pill, Apri. The first month seemed fine, then the second month I bleed in the middle of the pack. Just like a period. I was so annoyed. I then bleed a little during the non active pill week. I cannot have 2 periods a month. I finally got my prebaby body back and then starting gaining weight with this stupid pill. My sex drive is really gone. I'm glad I know that I do have a sex drive when I'm not on the pill. I never realized how much it affects that until I was finally off it during and after pregnancy. I have dealt with bad headaches for years but did not realize it could be linked to the pill. These last two months I have had so many headaches. Some have lasted for days. After doing research I see it can affect migraines/headaches. After all this I was more than ready to stop Apri. I don't know what I will take now. I just want to see what my body really is like without the pill. It was stupid to take the pill to prevent pregnancy, because we didn't have much sex due to the lack of drive. Overall, this pill is bad news!

Since I've started taking Desogen the first day of my period, it hasn't stopped. I've had my period for 3 weeks now which is very unusual. My boyfriend and I never fight and since taking this pill I'm a total bitch. I'm moody, gaining weight, and cramping. Has any one else had a period for that long on this pill?

Oh my gosh! I've been on this for almost a year and a half and after reading this it all makes sense! I recently started taking a medicine for mood swings but now I think it's the stupid desogen. I get it from planned parenthood at no cost and it's not worth it. I just went today to get more about a years worth and then i found this and i'm going to an actual doctor and get something that works. My periods have awful clotting and so heavy which they never used to be.I imagine my cramps to feel somewhat like contractions. I have to breathe heavily through them and midol doesn't do a damn thing to help. I'm bitchy and tired and I am so anxious i used to be a dare devil and now I won't even swim in a river. I will hear a song that nobody would think twice about and start bawling. I can't sleep and I'm gaining weight. I used to be an athlete and I should have a great body now i hate myself in a swim suit. My sex drive is nonexistent. I am too dry and when when I'm rarely able to lubricate it goes back to dry in a matter of minutes. I don't even want to have sex I feel bad for my boyfriend. Who has been with me for 2 years and said i'm a different person than when we started dating. Luckily he's stuck around long enough for me to realize the pill is screwing up my life and soon things will be back to normal. I'm not taking it another day. Ladies please get a prescription and don't think it's you if you've experienced anything that we're saying.

I just started on Desogen about 2 weeks ago. I already lost 1 pill but I am keeping on taking it. I noticed that I am eating a more, or it seems like it because I am eating 3 times a day instead of 2. My pains feel increased in some places of my body, and I I feel like I am gaining weight. I am on the pill because I had problems with my period, but I am kind of thinking that it is not really a good idea to be on the pill. I will keep taking the pill though for awhile and see if there are any other changes. I already have high cholesterol so my diet has changed, so my whole body is kind of yelling at me right now. As far as sex drive it did not dissapear yet, but after reading this I have a feeling it will. Im wondering how long I will have to stay on this pill because I am not seeing the doctor anymore who put me on it.