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Re: b/c continuously
From: Tara (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Jan 7 09:33:10 2007
D,
Thats interesting--of course most of my information comes from my
doctor. Yes the b/c pills are suppossed to help, but it still cause
some problems..ie side effects. I didn't know that about estrogen, I
will definitely talk to my doctor about that!! I tried not taking breaks
but I have continuous break through bleeding and the cramping, nausea,
etc I talked about. The way it was described to me is that the hormones
can sometimes make women with endo levels "off" unless a break is taken
from the pills. What happens is the lining of the uterus is at an
in-between stage, which is different than what women without endo go
through with their menstral cycles. I did have the surgery, and it did
help a lot but I'm still having a lot of pain and problems. Thanks for
the info!
At Sat, 6 Jan 2007, D wrote:
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>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:
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>>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:
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>>>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:
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>>>>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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