Re: Marvelon?
From: Dave (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:15:12 +0100
I was the opposite, I had terrible mood swings and depression. I think that
each one effects us differently.
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Christina" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: Marvelon?
> Hi Mikki...I was taking Marvelon for a few years for my PCOS..its
> another BCP and it really doesn't do anything for the hair problem, it
> just brings periods under control. I found it really good...I didn't
> have any wild mood swings or anything like that..I was a normal person
> again, which was fantastic. When I started taking it, it was fairly new
> to the market. I do know that some doctors have refused to prescribe it
> after some studies of it have come out. There appears to be an increase
> in the risk for clots and things of that nature, but for me it has
> worked just fine. I hope this helped... :)
>
> >I was just wondering if anybody out there has tried Marvelon and what
> >were your experiences with it for PCOS?
> >
> >I was on Diane 35 for about a year but I had to go off it about 6 months
> >ago since my body just didn't take well to it. Since then I am a bit
> >leery of bcp's mainly because Diane 35 was pure hell for me (heavy
> >bleeding that would last a min of 8 days, depression, bloating, blah
> >blah blah...). My doc figures it was probably the estrogen my body
> >didn't like.
> >
> >I was hoping to get some spironolactone to control my more than abundant
> >hair growth as of late but alas the doc wants to wait and see how my
> >body likes the Marvelon before perscribing it. So any reports of
> >Marvelon helping excess hair would be *great* news.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >--
> >Mikki
> >
>
> --
> Christina :)
>
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