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need bad side effects...From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 23 Nov 2000 16:41:52 -0600 (CST)
all right. this is gonna sound like a weird request, but i want to march into the RE's office as prepared as possible on Dec.11. i want to try met, and i will beg, plead, and whine as much as i have to. i do not want to be told "bcp's and aldactone" again. i can get that from my regular doc. if i was happy with that i wouldn't be going to an RE. now. my gynecologist visit from hell showed to me that doctors don't always respect your reasons for not wishing to take a medication. as a rehash, here are meds i have taken, along with side effects i really experienced: bcps: orthocept - severe, crying all the time depression (3 months of it), 10-15 pound weight gain orthonovum 7/7/7 - severe migraine (first & only) after 2 or 3 days orthocyclin - depression, not as severe as cept, and 10-15 pound weight gain one other pill - tricyclin? - weight gain also - tell me if this could be related. i had my cholestral checked in high school and it was in the 230's. i had it checked last week and it was 207. yes, still high. thing is, if anything, my eating habits in college are WORSE than my eating habits in high school. i never ate pizza before college - i thought for sure all that cheese would have put my cholesteral in the 250's or worse. but it's 30 points lower! is it at ALL possible that being on the BCP's raised my cholesteral???? if so that could be good ammunition. the only reason my gyno finally agreed bcp's are not for me was because of the depression. my aversion to chemically surpessing my body when it's already messed up didn't phase her. my burning desire to feel ovulatory and healthy didn't matter to her. i didn't say i was depressed on 'cept because it would change her mind - i had no idea it would. but it did. so i'm gonna bring that up with the RE. anti-androgens: aldactone - 200mg/day - after 9 days, i got a period. after bleeding for 2 weeks, i was dizzy and tired and embarrassed at bleeding all over my bf's bed every night and so i quit the meds. a week after that, my period finally stopped. now. i'm no doctor, and i certainly wasn't running any tests that could prove or disprove this, but i do NOT think that was anormal period. in the past, whenever i had non bcp periods - once or twice a year, unassisted :P - they were ALWAYS preceeded by sore nipples, crankiness, and tiredness. also, though i never realised the significance until recently, i would have "squirty days" which most of you call eggwhite days 2 weeks or so before my period. my periods would be crampy for the first day. i've put all of this together and concluded that off the BCPs, i actually do ovulate- i just don't do it often enough. my aldactone period had NO pms type symptoms preceeding it. the period it self was cramp free, and straight liquid blood - no clots. just LIQUID. i am therefore not convinced that this was a normal period, even if it came 35 days after the one that preceeded it. anyone think its safe to assume this? or am i just nuts? now, i know that if i say aldactone makes me bleed, i'm either gonna get "so take it with the pill to regulate your cycle" or "so wait 3 or 4 months so your body adjusts." but i already said i don't want to take BCPs. and the real reason i don't want to take the aldactone is cuz it doesn't FIX anything really - just the hair- and it causes birth defects (i've said before i am not trying to get preg now, but someday... i want to get healthy for childbearing NOW while i still have years to play around with things..) so . what i want to know is, what are some side effects that docs will take seriosuly? i hate to lie- i'm really bad at lying, actually - but i am willing to do whatever i have to to convince a doc that BCPs and aldactone are not right for me. ;) so, can anyone tell me what some side effects that might help in my fight would be? i know this is lame, but hopefully you'll understand my struggle here. i actually had a real period that started last saturday - i'm sure it was a carry over from the aldactone though - complete with cramps and clots and PMS and i know no healthy woman would ever understand this but i have never felt so happy in my life... i was so happy i wanted to explode. and what i want is a treatment that will help me experience that every 28-35 days. crazy, i know... but surely SOMEONE here will understand.
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