January 20th
2007
11:40 PM
Previously on Desogen for 6 months. Good news and bad news. For 2 weeks out of a month I would be up and down with mood swings. Very terrible in which I would become irritable over the slightest things and have huge crying spells. No sex drive until after 4 months. Things got A LOT better after the 4 months, mood swings were gone and sex drive went up a lot!
But changed pharmacy, and they gave me Apri to try (generic form) Been taking it for a week and in the last 3 days it has been hell. I have not been like this for 3 months and the mood swings and crying spells are back in full force! I am going to the pharmacy tomorrow and demanding my desogen back! I went through a long time of bad symptoms to get my body used to it, I am not going off desogen again!
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July 31th
2004
12:28 PM
I had been on Desogen for two years and my PCP said that Orthocept was the same amount of estrogen and was cheaper in the in site pharmacy so I switched. I HATE Orthocept, I will go back to Desogen after I use up these pills.
I have read many of the testimonials from people that have just recently switched to it or have only been on it a couple of weeks. All of the exact same symptoms happened to me when I switched to Orthocept. My doctor said that it takes 3-6 months for your body to get used to a new pill. I guess not every pill is for everyone.
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September 27th
2007
5:13 PM
I started taking Apri in March of this year...at first everything was pretty much okay...this was the first pill i had been on so wasnt quite sure what to expect. Although, it was only a short while until i started having bad mood swings, i started feeling extremely anxious a lot of the time (i blamed it on school - im a pre-pharmacy major) but it just kept going throughout the summer even when i was out of school. I sometimes get random stomach cramps at any time of the month. This pill has made me so emotional, i just wanna be back to normal. I have 1 more week of this pack and im considering stopping but i really want to find a new pill! Does anyone have any suggestions. PLEASE?!
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