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[mandolin64.livejournal.com]

ok... this has probably been the WORST week of my life... i hate birth control... hate hate hate hate hate it... someone please tell me it'll get better.... PLEASE... i'm going out of my mind...

so i started taking it about 3 weeks ago, meaning this week I started the non-hormone pills (i'm on yasmin, there's 28 pills.. 3 weeks hormones, 1 week non) and since this is the first time i've been on birth control of any sort, i've been running into side effect city... i'm not a normally moody person, but my boyfriend pointed out my snappish behaviour to me about a week or two ago... combined with the fact i'm paranoid of gaining any weight... and my boobs are swollen... which means it looks like they've grown, but they're just swollen and tender... anyway, i'm also stuck now with the period from hell... which has been pretty much constant... i've been informed what was going on before this week was "spotting" but it was still annoying because i basically didn't stop bleeding since i started taking birth control pills... which means, i've been bleeding everyday of some sort for almost a month now... ugh... grossness... it's been suggested that maybe i'm on too low of a dose of hormones, but i don't go home from college until mid-october, and my doctor is under the impression that my body will "get used to it" after this month or so... :-(

yesterday was the most hellacious day i've ever had in my life... i came back to my dorm after my french class (around 2) and attempted to eat some poptarts just so i could take some more midol (i had taken some around 10:00, but the effects were long gone) and apparently my body did NOT want poptarts, because those and the midol both came up about 15 minutes later... i had to miss my 3:00 class, which sucked, because we were supposed to be reviewing for a test... :-( and it was about the beatles... very sad... so my loving and adoring boyfriend came back from his class around 3:05, and when i asked him to come over, his only question was "as in now?" to which i said "as in i just threw up, as in i feel like crap, as in i'm not in class for a reason... as in i need to be taken care of" have i ever mentioned how wonderful this boy is? he came right over and cradled me up in his lap... mind i was wearing only my panties (because i had to rip the tampon out due to crampage, and i had gone back to pads... ewww... and i had gotten so overheated that i had stripped in the bathroom and gathered my bathrobe up to put myself in... so he just scooped me up in that and set me in his lap with his hands rubbing me... granted, as i sat there whimpering and keeping from screaming, he just got more and more worried... which was cute ;-) i got finally got to feeling better and my friends all decided we were going to go eat wherever i was hungry for... didn't matter where, just whatever appealed to me ;-) so then last night my cramps were taken care of... through lots of tlc by him... he took me back to his house so we could sleep in and not worry about his roommate... (that is, his mom lets us sleep in the same bed when we go there)

so then of course, i woke up this morning, and found the pad i'd been sleeping in completely soaked, blood having soaked through the back part of the panties i'd been wearing (thank god i'd been wearing some "period" panties :-p) as well as the pants i'd been sleeping in... but for some very awesome reason, i had not been sleeping on my back... which i don't really understand, because that's what the blood stains look like... but there is nothing on the sheets on the bed... still didn't make me happy, but much less upset than i would have been at myself... *long sigh* my body needs a rest

*smiles* i love my man!

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[haela.livejournal.com]

You might get used to it after a month or two, but if not you may need to change. My doctor actually said the opposite regarding the dosage - the less dosage, the less side effects. I was on Triphasil and had few problems but when I went on Ortho Tricyclen I had all sorts of problems. I am on Depo Provera and I'm in a world of side effects. I think it's different for every woman. If this kind isn't right for you maybe something else will work better.

[mandolin64.livejournal.com]

i've had quite a few people tell me that the dosage might be wrong... my doctor continues to say that my body should be getting used to it, that next month should go better... and my new pill pack starts tuesday... so hopefully it'll be better? in other news, i'm glad this weekend was when my issues hit... i was able to take a bath at my boyfriend's house and sleep undisturbed and generally have him take care of me so i didn't have to worry... *long sigh* i just wish i didn't feel weird... because not just physically, i feel not myself mentally... oh well, i've been told that'll work itself out too in time ;-) thanks for your help!

[moonwalker.livejournal.com]

I used to take a very low dosage pill (alesse) and I had constant spotting, too. Very annoying. After three months of this, my doctor changed my pills to a little higher dose and it went away. Sorry you have to wait it out for at least another month.

You sound like you have an awesome boyfriend. :-)

Mary MMM

[mandolin64.livejournal.com]

so you had spotting for three months? my doctor seems to think i should wait it out for at least three months to see if my body stops doing this... and i did have like two days free of spotting before my period "started" like the last two days of hormone pills...

and yes, my man is quite wonderful *smiles big* he's too good to me! :-p willing to do anything he can to get rid of my cramps, and doesn't cringe at the sight of blood... just makes sure we have plenty of towels... not that we have sex, because i'm going to wait until i'm married... but all the other stuff, obviously... involves towels... we had quite a few jokes today dealing with how much less messy it could be.. lol, i don't know.. it was amusing in the moment of red flowage... :)

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

It took me a total of 4 months for my body to adjust to the pill.

It was worth the wait.

[mandolin64.livejournal.com]

ewww 4 months? what pill were you on? this makes me wonder about the 1-3 months normal adjustment period... and how long have you been on the same pill?

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[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

Ortho. My doctor gave me strict instructions that it would take at least 4 months for my body to adjust to the hormones and under no circumstances was I to stop taking them.

I followed her orders and I'm happy with the results.

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[mandolin64.livejournal.com]

lol, yeah, mine has told me not to stop taking them unless i go visit her... and the only reason she'll take for me changing types is that it's interrupting my daily schedule so much that it's a problem :-p

[urania.livejournal.com]

It usually does take a few months; but if you're getting *severe* side effects (past what you can take), you might look into changing earlier. Your college probably has a campus health center; there are doctors there who can write you a prescription for another kind. If your doctor back home asks why, you can always say "I couldn't stand the side effects, so I went to the clinic, and Dr. So-and-so suggested trying this."

Oh, and congrats on the boyfriend. He sounds about like mine, but mine's half a state away :þ... hope you feel better soon

[mandolin64.livejournal.com]

well considering this weekend i spent on the floor/bed at my boyfriend's house having to be held while i whimpered and cried... and the medicine i was used to taking (max midol) wasn't really working quite as well as i was used to... yeah, it was kind of an annoying cramp in my weekend... but at least he does care much so for me... *smiles* yes... he's a keeper ;-) when a guy doesn't care what he has to do to make me feel better... including getting his hands "all icky" :-p *giggles*

i've been considering going to student health tomorrow morning, but i think they would just tell me to wait it out... or give me some prescription pain killers? and since my second pill pack will start on tuesday... won't that mean my cramps and period and such will all stop? hmm..

i hope you get to see your man often :)

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[urania.livejournal.com]

When your period stops, I'd *hope* it means cramping will too; but you said you bled all through last month, yes? Unfortunately that means you could this month...hate to say it!

I'd think your health center is more likely to try you on a different formula of birth control (it's pretty well-known that most women have some kinds that work better for them than others), especially if that's how you present the problem: my birth control is giving me side effects, I was thinking of trying another kind. Prescription pain killers have other ramifications; a lot of them (narcotics esp) can be mind-altering and actually not help many women with cramping, from what I've read. (In the future, though, you might start taking Ibuprofen a couple days *before* you expect your period; that's one where if it builds up in your blood system a little, it helps keep cramps from getting off the ground, so to speak.)

Anyhow, if you can go before you start the 2nd pill pack that might be better since you could then *start* the new one if they prescribe it, instead of waiting another month; ultimately, though, the choice is yours about going. Really no way to know what they'll tell you unless you do, of course. Good luck! (And happy Monday...heh heh)...

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[mandolin64.livejournal.com]

lol, happy monday indeed ;-)