HBC & High Blood Pressure

[solo-beckett.livejournal.com]

Question for you wonderful people!!
Has anyone had their HBC stopped / Changed because of the combined Pill.
I am currently on Marvelon, which is not the newest of brands (7 years on it) and on my last visit to my doctor my BP was very high (180/90) she asked that I come back each month to have it checked before she will dole out the pill.
I don't particularly want to go on the pop as I have bad timekeeping and the implant just plain scare me (needles = eeeppp). I had it checked again at home (housemate is EMT) and it was still high, but down by 10ish, In my deffence I have been exceptionally stressed lately, more that I think I have been since I started on the pill so I think that is a factor and I am making dietary and lyfestyle changes to counteract levels it was before this incident

Can any of you recommend a combined pill that is good but lo-Oestrogen that won't make me go mad? or what to do to fix this (short of comming off HBC)

Comments

[onemorefool.livejournal.com]

My blood pressure was high for quite awhile when I was on BCP's, and first my doctor switched me to Yaz for the lower hormones, which helped for awhile. Eventually it went back up, which I found out about when I started getting chest pains after working out and ended up going to a cardiologist. Has your doctor mentioned adding a beta blocker or some sort of blood pressure med? It wasn't my first choice, but that's what I ended up doing to stay on BCP when nothing else was helping. I have since stopped taking my BCP and that's the only thing that has really significantly lowered my blood pressure. Good luck though!