Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 30 Location: San Francisco
Best Low Dose Pills!! Posted: 11-20-05 20:16pm
Hi all,
so I have been on ortho evra birth control
patches for about 3 years now and I am
going to switch because of recent news
about side efffects. Before the patches I
was on ortho tricyclen and yasmin. They
were both okay but I had side effects with
all. I think I am ready to try a lower
dose of hormones now in the hopes it will
reduce side effects such as mood swings,
bad cramps, headaches, weight gain.
Which low dose pill do you like or
dislike. I'm thinking about allese,
ortho lo, levilite. What other ones are
out there. My main concern is decreasing
the headaches and hopefully losing a
little weight since I have been on some
form of hormones I have gaines about 15
lbs (not too bad except i'm petite) and my
cups size has gone from 32d to 32ddd. I
am also considering taking a break
altogther but am concerned about becoming
pregnant. We use condoms already because
I like having a backup method but they're
only 80 something percent effective when
used alone. What experiences have you
all had with weight gain/loss on lower
dose pills?
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Aud_23
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 17
Re: Best Low Dose Pills!! Posted: 11-20-05 21:42pm
abster
wrote:
hi all,
so I have been on ortho evra birth control
patches for about 3 years now and I am
going to switch because of recent news
about side efffects. Before the patches
I was on ortho tricyclen and yasmin.
They were both okay but I had side effects
with all. I think I am ready to try a
lower dose of hormones now in the hopes it
will reduce side effects such as mood
swings, bad cramps, headaches, weight
gain.
Which low dose pill do you like or
dislike. I'm thinking about allese,
ortho lo, levilite. What other ones are
out there. My main concern is
decreasing the headaches and hopefully
losing a little weight since I have been
on some form of hormones I have gaines
about 15 lbs (not too bad except i'm
petite) and my cups size has gone from 32d
to 32ddd. I am also considering taking
a break altogther but am concerned about
becoming pregnant. We use condoms
already because I like having a backup
method but they're only 80 something
percent effective when used alone. What
experiences have you all had with weight
gain/loss on lower dose
pills?
I was on ortho lo and I
liked it. It did not make me gain
weight. But now I will be trying alesse.
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Aud_23
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 17
Re: Best Low Dose Pills!! Posted: 11-20-05 21:43pm
abster
wrote:
hi all,
so I have been on ortho evra birth control
patches for about 3 years now and I am
going to switch because of recent news
about side efffects. Before the patches
I was on ortho tricyclen and yasmin.
They were both okay but I had side effects
with all. I think I am ready to try a
lower dose of hormones now in the hopes it
will reduce side effects such as mood
swings, bad cramps, headaches, weight
gain.
Which low dose pill do you like or
dislike. I'm thinking about allese,
ortho lo, levilite. What other ones are
out there. My main concern is
decreasing the headaches and hopefully
losing a little weight since I have been
on some form of hormones I have gaines
about 15 lbs (not too bad except i'm
petite) and my cups size has gone from 32d
to 32ddd. I am also considering taking
a break altogther but am concerned about
becoming pregnant. We use condoms
already because I like having a backup
method but they're only 80 something
percent effective when used alone. What
experiences have you all had with weight
gain/loss on lower dose
pills?
I was on ortho lo and I
liked it. It did not make me gain
weight. But now I will be trying alesse.
|
Aud_23
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 17
Re: Best Low Dose Pills!! Posted: 11-20-05 21:51pm
abster
wrote:
hi all,
so I have been on ortho evra birth control
patches for about 3 years now and I am
going to switch because of recent news
about side efffects. Before the patches
I was on ortho tricyclen and yasmin.
They were both okay but I had side effects
with all. I think I am ready to try a
lower dose of hormones now in the hopes it
will reduce side effects such as mood
swings, bad cramps, headaches, weight
gain.
Which low dose pill do you like or
dislike. I'm thinking about allese,
ortho lo, levilite. What other ones are
out there. My main concern is
decreasing the headaches and hopefully
losing a little weight since I have been
on some form of hormones I have gaines
about 15 lbs (not too bad except i'm
petite) and my cups size has gone from 32d
to 32ddd. I am also considering taking
a break altogther but am concerned about
becoming pregnant. We use condoms
already because I like having a backup
method but they're only 80 something
percent effective when used alone. What
experiences have you all had with weight
gain/loss on lower dose
pills?
I was on ortho lo and I
liked it. It did not make me gain
weight. But now I will be trying alesse.
|
Abster
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 30 Location: San Francisco
Posted: 11-21-05 19:51pm
What made you switch to allesse? Was
there something you didn't like about
ortho lo?
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Aud_23
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 17
Posted: 11-21-05 19:56pm
abster
wrote:
what made you switch to
allesse? Was there something you didn't
like about ortho
lo?
I liked ortho lo its
just that the place that I get my pills
don't carry ortho so I thought I would try
alesse and I would like to try something
lowing than ortho lo. I need low
estergen
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Kiki03
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 14
Posted: 11-29-05 19:47pm
I'm currently on estrostep fe...I'm
actually looking to get off of it because
i've noticed that I feel more depressed.
The pills are phasic which means they
increase in horomones so by the 3rd week
i'm like completely depressed. Other
than that I don't really have any other
side effects. Do the other pills you
mentioned have a lot of side effects?
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Aud_23
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 17
Posted: 11-29-05 19:51pm
kiki03
wrote:
i'm currently on estrostep
fe...I'm actually looking to get off of it
because i've noticed that I feel more
depressed. The pills are phasic which
means they increase in horomones so by the
3rd week i'm like completely depressed.
Other than that I don't really have any
other side effects. Do the other pills
you mentioned have a lot of side
effects?
this is just me I had no
side effects with ortho lo.
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Abster
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 30 Location: San Francisco
Loestrin Posted: 11-29-05 21:15pm
So, i'm on my third day of microgestin or
loestrin. After talking to my Dr. We
decided to give this a try and come back
to monitor the blood pressure. Hopefully
it was just the orth evra patches that was
causing that. Anyhow, so far I like the
loestrin, had a little nasea the morning
after the first pill, but that's typical
for me. I have had a slight headache but
I get them all the time so I can't blame
the bc. One question for aud_23, have
you had any yeast infections since you
started on the ortho lo? I was on ortho
tri cyclen and heard a rumor about how
ortho mcneil also manufactures monistat
and I did notice a lot of infections while
I was on the ortho tri? Just curious.
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Aud_23
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 17
Re: Loestrin Posted: 11-29-05 22:17pm
abster
wrote:
so, i'm on my third day of
microgestin or loestrin. After talking
to my Dr. We decided to give this a try
and come back to monitor the blood
pressure. Hopefully it was just the
orth evra patches that was causing that.
Anyhow, so far I like the loestrin, had a
little nasea the morning after the first
pill, but that's typical for me. I have
had a slight headache but I get them all
the time so I can't blame the bc. One
question for aud_23, have you had any
yeast infections since you started on the
ortho lo? I was on ortho tri cyclen and
heard a rumor about how ortho mcneil also
manufactures monistat and I did notice a
lot of infections while I was on the ortho
tri? Just
curious.
I have had a yeast
infection before but I think that is
normal , but I would not blame it on the
birth control. Everyone is different I
tell you I have not ever had a problem
with ortho lo then someone else could say
they have lots of problems. If someone
would ask me if they should try ortho lo I
would say yes. I have been on depo,
ortho and ortho lo between thoes I would
say ortho lo. My opinion
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kbthac
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 78 Location: West Virginia
Posted: 12-02-05 10:49am
Well, I posted on the forum before about a
yeast infection with ortho lo. I started
this pill 3 months ago, and the weeks that
I am not on my period (taking my active
pills) I have a yeast infection, but the
one week that I have my period (taking my
inactive pills) I do not have a yeast
infection. It is so annoying!! I have
tried all the creams and stuff, and it
gets better but then it seems like it just
comes back like the next day (after I take
another pill). I don't know if this is
the reason, but it never started until I
took the pill. One of my friends also
takes ortho tri cyclen, and she had been
on it a while, and stopped it, then
started it again, and ever since then she
has had a yeast infection...I think it's
weird. But, if anyone finds out anything
let me know!! I can't stand this!!
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