oh! the birth control pill! will the fun never cease!?

[lasttraintocool.livejournal.com]

my birth control pill has been switched AGAIN!

i am becoming a one woman oral contraception info centre.

[ortho-cylcen'll make you spot and clear up your acne; alesse'll make you spot TONNES and give you acne; and marvelon'll make you feel GROSS. see what i mean?]

anyway, now i'm on minovril. anyone got the skinny on that? just so i'm prepared this time.

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[littleblueworld.livejournal.com]

The funky thing about the BCP is that they react differently with all of us. I have found though, after like you switching and switching and switching, that Loestrin worked the best. A lot of my friends are now taking this one and have all had less moodiness, less cramps, no acne, and no spotting. I had a terrible experience with Nordette and friends have as well. But again, it all depends on your make-up. Frustrating, I know.

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[earthgoddess.livejournal.com]

oh dear...i just started alesse yesterday. does anyone have any good reports on it??

-gaea

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[queenveets.livejournal.com]

im on tri levlen ("generic" of ortho cyclen) was for about 2 years... went off ( then on depo provera... don't get me started on that) now back on for the past 6 months. and i have no complaints. my boobs just get pretty sore for about a week :/ and I get PMS totally... but its really predictable and actually not as bad as when im not on anything.

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[shamrocks.livejournal.com]

I've been on Alesse-28 for going on 3 years now, and the only problems I've had is twice I would miss two or more pills and I'd start spotting like crazy, it wouldn't stop until after my week of sugar pills, when my period was supposed to end. It's a really low dose, too

[arachne.livejournal.com]

I was on Marvelon for a while - and yup, felt pretty damned gross - my doc put me on mercilon - made by the same people, similar kind of thing - problems went away completey. Might be worth bearing in mind if this new one doesn't work out - but hopefully it will :)

[hissyfit.livejournal.com]

unless you're using the pill for a very specific reason (to keep from getting pregnant, or because you have a hormonal imbalance, for instance) this could be seriously hurting your body. changing pills a lot messes with your hormone levels a great deal. i would suggest talking to your doctor to see if there's another alternative.

[goodjoan]

I am so glad I'm not on the pill!

I was put on ovral (not Lo-ovral) when I was 15 and had morning sickness all day long for entire the year I took it. I got switched to tri-levlen and had no problems at all. I took a break for a while then was put on tri-cyclen and had the most hiddeous periods (Id start with awful cramps then golfball sized clots!) Didn't stay on that long.

Finally, a therapist told me no mor BCPs because I was being treated for clinical depression and BCPs can make depression worse.

I wish I had more info and I am sorry you are having so much trouble! Actually, I wish men had to take the pill, it would be 100% effective and have no side effects! You know they wouldn't stand for anything less!