About a year ago I started going on The
Pill when my boyfriend and I started
having sex, and for some reason I had a 2
week period (which has never happened to
me before). I'm guessing that the "stress"
of being sexually active again knocked my
period out of whack, or something. Anyway,
I went to a gyn and he prescribed me Yaz,
to "cycle" me. I took that for about 6
months and found that I didn't like it -
it gave me cold sores around my mouth and
made my libido go to 0. I do like what it
did for my skin, though, and made my
cramps less severe.
I asked him to prescribe me something
else to try - and he put me on Sprintec (A
generic form of Ortho Cyclen, I believe).
With Sprintec I haven't noticed any mouth
sores but the non-existant libido is still
there (I'm not attracted to my boyfriend
at all anymore). We haven't had sex in
months because of it. I've also been
feeling depressed and disconnected. I went
to another doctor and she suggested I try
NuvaRing, since she said it had a lower
dose of hormones since it didn't have to
be absorbed systemically. I googled it and
found a lot of people saying bad things
about it (causing more blood clots that
others, vaginal dryness/itchiness) and am
unsure if I should try it. I am easily
prone to soreness during/after sex and
sometimes it can even be painful, so I'm
concerned that NuvaRing would exacerbate
these problems. I think I read that a
couple people got infections from
NuvaRing, too.
The main reason I'm taking BC is of course
preventing pregnancy, but I also like
having lighter periods with less pain as
well as the clear skin. I like the idea of
going off of BC altogether, but I don't
want to go back to the pimples and pain
(waking me up in the middle of the night,
having to take loads of advil). I would be
happy to go back to condoms to prevent
pregnancy if I could find other ways of
shortening my period, making it less
painful, and clearing up my skin, but so
far I haven't been able to find any.
Does anyone have any advice? It would
really be appreciated. I'm feeling really
frustrated right now.
I had a situation similiar to yours. I was
taking Yasmin for about 1.5-2 years.
Cleared up my skin, cramps were more
managable, and I was prevented from
pregnancy (all of these are "yay" things).
BUT- I became depressed, my sex drive was
completed killed (BC + stress = no sex for
a LONG long time), and I didn't feel like
myself.
I went off. I lived with the cramps (and
"living" it up lightly...I woke up too,
was in massive amount of pain, took what I
called my 'menstral cocktail' which
consisted of 3 pills Pamprin and 2 pills
Advil, and doing the same thing every 3
hours), suffered through some acne stuff
(learned my way around concealer though),
but I had my self back. My sex drive went
up a little...but when I wasn't stressed,
it was back!
I'm on Lutera (gen. of Alesse). I'm not
depressed, my cramps are slightly better,
the acne thing is okay, but it's been a
positive experience.
What I'm trying to say is...maybe take a
break for awhile? Flush yourself of the
hormones for awhile...and take another
stab at it later. I personally don't care
for the Nuvaring. I haven't tried it, but
I'm not up for the things to look out for
(I don't want this falling out during
sex!)
My post was mostly a little "life story"
piece, but I hope it helped.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 07-17-08 11:25am
So it sounds like all you're really tried
is yaz and ortho- neither of those are low
dose, are they? It might be worthwhile to
try a low dose pill like loestrin (I loved
it) or something different?
Also, to my knowledge the nuvaring isn't
any more of a blood clot risk, and yeah it
could fall out during sex but you just put
it back in when you're done lol... I liked
it just fine. But I did have some vaginal
irritation after using it for about a
year.
