Re: b/c continuously
From: D (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Jan 6 02:59:52 2007
Hi Tara,
I've never heard that women with endo "normally" get pms, nausea, etc.
from taking birth control pills - at least not any more than women
without endo. The pill is supposed to help with those problems! Women
with endo often do have those problems, but they are more commonly
caused by the disease itself and perhaps exacerbated by the BCPs.
I'd be careful about increasing the hormones - the estrogen in BCPs can
cause migraines. It's not necessary to take a break from the pills
every 2-3 months, and since the breaks seem to bring them on maybe you'd
feel better without any breaks at all?
Have you had surgery to remove your endo? I feel a bit like a broken
record, but having your endo excised by a specialist is the most likely
to bring lasting relief. Birth control pills help some women to some
degree, but few get excellent results - I sure didn't.
Best,
D
At Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Tara wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>I'm having the exact same problem that Erica has..its very intense all
>over pain, cramping, bloating, headaches, aching, ect. I usually can't
>work in this state when I have to take a break from the b/c pills. Again
>according to my doctor, this is normal in women with endo to have
>constant pms side effects, nausea, bowel related problems, cramping, and
>break through bleeding while on the pills. My doctor suggested going on
>a higher dosage of the b/c pills to solve the problem, so next month I
>am going to try that. Does anyone take pain medications to help with
>the pain? I also have severe migraines throughout the month, and its
>intensified when I have to take a break every 2-3 months and have my
>period. Curious if anyone else has that same problem. I've been on b/c
>pills for 6 1/2 years now. I was also just curious if anyone else has
>tried the higher dosage of b/c pills and if it helped. My doctor also
>put me on estrogen for a week to try to help with the severity of the
>side effects. Has anyone else done that? I'm not sure if it worked yet,
>because I was only on it for a week, and the break through bleeding
>didn't stop, so I'm on a "break" from all hormone pills right now--and
>paying the price!
>
>Thanks,
>Tara
>
>At Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Erica wrote:
>>
>>I was previously on cbcp for about a year. Yes I did have side effects.
>>I was frequently nauseous from time to time while on them. The bloating
>>I attribute more to the endo and bowel related problems. Breakthrough
>>bleeding was a big problem for me. I could usually go about 3 months
>>before I would start to bleed. An infertility specialist I was seeing
>>told me that this is very common that women often need a break about
>>every 3 months from the pill to have a period so the bleeding will stop
>>on its own. My problem was that when I did that my period was
>>excrutiating. I thought I dont' know if I could do that every 2-3
>>months b/c I was having to miss work the cramps and bleeding were so
>>bad. Then again everyone is different and you may not experience it to
>>that degree. Good luck.
>>
>>--
>>Erica
>>
>>At Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Shannon wrote:
>>>
>>>I am 48,and have endo..have been on the bc pill continously for 3
>>>months...are there any side effects that anyone knows of??? such as
>>>continous cramping..bloating...breakthrough bleeding... am really
>>>wanting to know..thanks..please someone reply...
>>
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