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Combined pill
FAQ: Missing the combined pill
Progestogen only pill
FAQ: Missing the progestogen-only pill
Enjoy... Kx
I heard about the combined pill that somehow lowered the risks of breast cancer. But i am not sure it has been produced yet.
recently switched to loestrin 20, only been on it about a week and a half but its been giving me headaches since around saturday - the hot weather probably hasn't helped. And i've discovered today a small patch of yellow skin on my breast that i'm worried about - so going back tomorrow. It's also made my boobs a bit sore.
I don't think my body is liking the hormones. But nearly all female contraceptions are hormonal
they used to say that but you can have the minerva coil at any age. some of my friends have it, and they were recommended it by doctors who they work with.
Nor has it made it worse. I dont think I've put on weight, nor have I lost (very unfortunate )
It has increased my libido I'm sure, and decresed period pain and lightened it a bit.
Marvelon i was on for 3 years and spent most of it ill without knowing it was the pill doing it. Felt tired and sick for 90% of the time.
Femodette made me ill again
Dianette made me ill again
So i swapped to femulen which is the progestrogen only pill. I tried this just before dianette but the doctors asked me to come off it because of stress affecting my weight and they said my body needed a break for a while.
I've been back on femulen for a month now and i feel a lot better. Skin's still a bit horrible but at least my hormones seem to have regulated themselves. *touching wood*.
i had brown discharge nearly everyday throughout the 4 months and i'd randomly bleed, i put on weight, regularly get spots which i never used to before and have also had thrush twice which i also had never experienced before.
i really need to pluck up the courage of going to the doctors (something i'm not too fond of) to get put on another pill.
i have read through the posts and havent seen anyone else yet who has experienced this.
You're probably best off starting a new thread for something new, rather than adding to the end of a rather long and old thread.
You can ask to see a female doctor if that helps at all, the receptionist won't ask why. Going back for a new pill is always far easier than going for the first time, and don't forget that you can always go to a family planning clinic rather than the GP. Various types of the pill are their steady trade.