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Re: BCP questions!!!!
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed Jun 23 12:42:05 2004
Well not exactly sure how to explain why I wouldn't feel comfortable
taking the birth control contiously. I guess it just doesn't sound like
it would be that good for the body, and I just don't want to make my
chances of having children in the future worse than they are just with
having endo. How much I hate the pains with my period, I just don't
think I would feel comfortable not having one. Plus I have several
other symptoms besides the intense cramps before and during the period.
So I really don't feel like stopping the period will make me feel that
much better, and just screw my body up more than it is!!!
And the back pain, well I have had back pain for years, but not this
pain. Ok see in Jan. I had my first lap and found endo. Then in feb.
I started the depo shot. Then about the endo of feb/beginning of march
I got this sharp pain in my lower back that has been there ever since. I
very uncomfortable intense sharp pain, but when I started the bcp the
pain has been even way worse than before, with this very bad pelvic pain
too. I'm kinda concerned....because I have never heard of this as a
regular side effects of the bcp, and wonder if something is wrong that
the pill trigger to make it even worse. Does that make sense? So yeah,
there's the answer to your questions... Thanks for the reply!
At Tue, 22 Jun 2004, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>At Tue, 22 Jun 2004, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>Well my doctor never even suggested the bcp continously, but I have read
>>other on here doing that. I don't think I would feel comfortable doing
>>that, and I don't think a treatment will help if you don't feel
>>comfortable with it because healing is a mind/body thing. Plus I tried
>>the depo provera shot and that is suppose to not give me a period and
>>that made me soooo sick! I will for sure give this pill a month and see
>>how it goes.
>>Heating pads, and pain pills hve never helped me one bit! Never helped
>>the pain, or anything. I feel like I have tried it all!! So yeah kinda
>>at a lost. But I'll give it time and see if the bcp helps any, but if
>>it continue to make my back pain so bad, no way I'll wait forever to see
>>if it helps!
>>
>>At Tue, 22 Jun 2004, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>>At Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Rachel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I just started taking a bcp, and I honestly don't have much faith in it.
>>>>I don't have faith that anything medical will help me! The lap didn't
>>>>help me one bit, of course my doctor isn't the greatest when it comes to
>>>>endo and I don't know how good of a job he did. And I can't afford to
>>>>find another doctor right now. The depo provera shot made me sooo sick,
>>>>and just started the bcp a little over a week ago and it is making me
>>>>terribly sick too! See I have tried tons and tons of pills for many
>>>>different things, nothing has ever helped me! I just don't think my body
>>>>can tolerate them anymore! I was planning on giving the bcp, not taking
>>>>it continously, 3 months but if it is still this bad I'm quitting after
>>>>the first month and looking into natural things.
>>>>
>>>>These are my questions:
>>>>1.Has birth control pills, not taken continously work for anyone? If so
>>>>how long?
>>>>
>>>>2. What side effects did it give you? and how long did they last?
>>>>
>>>>3. And does anyone have any advice of what I can do to help the side
>>>>effects? The nausea, and very intensely bad pelvic and back pain.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks to all that respond!!! I could really use this help, and am just
>>>>too sit to be able to do a ton of research!!!
>>>>
>>>>~Rachel
>>>
>>> Hi Rachel,
>>>
>>>I guess my first question would be... Why do you not want to take the
>>>pills continously? My doctor just put me on them as well, and it's been
>>>about three, and a half weeks. He left it up to me if I wanted to take
>>>them continously or not. I'm on the lowest dose I guess, they're
>>>tri-cyclen-lo, becuase I (was breastfeeding) unfortunatly they dried my
>>>milk up anyway. I was really up set about that so I stoped taking them,
>>>and the very next day I was right back in pain!! So, I had to take them.
>>>To answer your questions... They have worked for me really well so far,
>>>and as far as the nausea, and headaches, and all that comes with bcp's.
>>>I take mine late at night, right before I go to bed, this seems to cut
>>>down on the side effects. I have not decided on if I'm going to take
>>>them continously or not, but I know one thing, I haven't had a period in
>>>a year..( pregnancy& breastfeeding) and I don't want to start now if I
>>>don't have to.
>>>I also have horrible pain every month during ovulation, they also help
>>>with that... no ovulation.
>>>My doctor explained that it is pretty universal that most women don't
>>>have pain while they're pregnant, so making your body think it's
>>>pregnant seems to help (for me at least) I know that many women on this
>>>board haven't been that lucky.
>>>I wish you all the luck in finding relief for your pain. If you can
>>>stand it try to give the pill at least one month before you give up...
>>>you might be suprised.
>>>
>>> wishing everyone pain free days,
>>>
>>> Wendy
>
>Rachel... bless your heart! I can feel your frustration just from your
>post. I'm sooo sorry that you have had to "try" all these treatments,
>with no avail.
>I just wanted you to know that my doctor did not suggest the bcp
>continously to me either. I had read about it in some of the reacherch
>that I had done, and brought it up to him. After I mentioned it he
>"suddenly" remembered that was how you are supposed to do it.
>You have to remember that more doctors are not very familiar with endo,
>than doctor that are. Some times we have to treat our selves with their
>"help".
>I saw that you mentioned that you were not comfortable taking the pill
>continously, and with out being to nosey... may I ask why?? The reason
>that I'm curious, is because most women have the majority of their pain
>durring the mentral cycle or ovulation. Cutting both of those out may
>help. I was also wondering if the back pain you are having was there
>before? Or only started with the pills? I also had that back pain... but
>it seems to be under control for now. What ever you decide I hope you
>find relief soon.
>
> Wishing everyone pain free days,
> Wendy
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