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Re: ADVICE NEEDED: should I stop taking birth control pills?From: anonymous@obgyn.netFri Aug 25 13:49:32 2006
At Fri, 25 Aug 2006, k. wrote: > >Hi All, > >I was diagnosed with endo when I was 23 (I'm 29 now). Following two >surgeries to remove cysts / endo, I was put on Danazol for six months, >followed by many different types of birth control pills. I've been on >Yasmin for the last 4 years. > >I'm considering stopping the pill because it doesn't seem to be helping >my endo pain that much anymore, and I've also since developed depression >(which I know is linked to endo, but I also think it's due in part to >being on the pill for so many years). I'm being treated for the >depression with anti-depressants, but I kind of just want to get off all >of this medication! (it's so frustrating). In addition, I have started >having a lot of pain before and after my period (for about a year now), >pain during sex (which I've always had since I've had endo), and >bloating, the feeling of adhesions, etc. I have been checked out by my >doctor and she thinks that the pain is mostly due to adhesions from my >surgeries. but my question is: could having my period every month be >contributing to the pain in spite of taking the pill? (I know the pill >is supposed to help with pain, which it did at first, but it doesn't >seem to be helping that much anymore). If I go off the pill, do I risk >developing endometriomas (cysts) again? How can I deal with the pain + >the pain during sex (I have a wonderful partner who is completely >understanding, but he feels very bad when I experience pain when we're >intimate)? > >I am so frustrated! any advice is welcome. I have taken Cerazette for about 7 years: with this pill I hadn't my periods anymore, so the pain was also gone (I only had pain during my periods). Ask your doctor for this kind of pill!
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