Re: Can't find a birth control pill! Help!
From: Wyvern (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 6 Jun 2003 02:36:21 -0500 (CDT)
Greetings,
I have tried Alesse and Mircette. I stayed depressed on both. I am on
Yasmin now, and I feel great. Hair growth is down, acne is down, and
period only lasts a few days with little cramping. I wouldn't do
OrthoTryclin because I have read a number of articles saying women with
PCOS do not respond well to it.
Good Luck,
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Wyvern
At Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Kathy wrote:
>
>Hi. I was recently taking a pill called Alesse. The only thing is I had hot
>flashes. I'm now taking Mircette. I have not had any problems on this one.
>These both have low est. You can go to thier websites to check them out.
>Look them up on a search engine for the websites. Alesse is by pfizer and
>Mircette is by organon. Hope this helps, Katherine
>
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>From: "alexandra" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION"
><pcos-medication@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:20 PM
>Subject: Re: Can't find a birth control pill! Help!
>
>> hi jess
>> i am currently on yasmin abnd like it so far except my skin gets very
>> very dry (and i already have dry skin). the only other pill i have been
>> on is ortho tri cyc and i was on it for about 3 years. i went off
>> because it was making me feel woosy on the first pill of every month.
>> very woosy.
>> my doctor said that yasmin has a low dosage of est so it might be worth
>> trying for you.
>> i hope you find something that works for you. (have you tried
>> acupunture? since it sounds as though you are very sensitive you may be
>> a good candidate.)
>> good luck
>> alexandra
>>
>> At Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Jess wrote:
>> >
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I have PCOS- over the past 5 years I've tried about 8 different BCP's- ,
>> >mircette, orthro-tri, allesse, lo-estrin, ortho-novum 777, and a few
>> >others, all of which have had different negative affects on me-
>> >depression, stomach issues, sexual/libido problems, swollen breasts...
>> >etc... so I stopped them all together!
>> >
>> >However, I just started it back up again, I've been on Ovicon for the
>> >past 5 months and my breasts have swelled to almost 2 cup sizes bigger
>> >then normal, they are killing me, I can't even sleep on my stomach, b/c
>> >they hurt so bad.
>> >
>> >My doc wants to switch me to yasmin- but I'm afraid it will be more of
>> >the same issues... Has anyone experienced such difficulty in finding a
>> >BCP that works??
>> >
>> >The patch? the shots? anything work??
>> >
>> >Thanks, any input would help!
>>
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