What Form of Contraception Works For You? Posted: 06-26-07 12:50pm
What form of contraception works for you?
Ladies I need your help, I am on a
mission!
I am still on a mission to find a form of
contraception that works for me. I have
tried so many. Below is what happened.
Does anyone know about anything that
works, preferably generic but whatever
works for you, please share, I am thinking
about just toughing it out with the mood
swings Yaz made because everything else
was fine and I lost weight and gained
boobs ha-ha. But seriously please let me
know what worked for you.
Ortho-Tri-Cyclen (Nausea for a duration of
about 5 hours after I took it,
sleeplessness, moody est.)
Ortho-Tri-Cyclen Lo (Low sex drive and
spotting)
Yaz (moodiness and depression)
Ortho Evera (rash from the patch, nervous
because a lot of people are getting blood
clots, way more so than any other form of
bc)
Nuva Ring (kept sliding down, annoying me
and giving me irritation)
Loestrin Generic (hungry hungry all the
time hungry)
IUD (oh my god!!!! Terrible, pain pain
pain, I still have pelvic pain that has
yet to be diagnosed, need surgery to
figure out what it could be)
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Anne123
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 290 Location: Canada
Posted: 06-26-07 14:49pm
I was on Alesse for 7 years and had no
problems. Then I was on NuvaRing for 1
year before finally realizing my symptoms
were side effects of the ring.
Now I have been back on Alesse for 2
months and my nuva side effects have
disappeared.
It doesn't sound like any form of hormonal
birth control would work for you. I would
suggest speaking with a doctor or a
gynecologist about this list of
tried-this-got-that and see what they
suggest.
Condoms and spermicide would work
reasonably well, but if you are looking
for contraception only and not necessarily
std protection then that might not be a
preferred method for you.
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LuzAradia
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Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 22
Posted: 06-26-07 18:11pm
I have been with my boyfriend for 4 years
now and we are in a trusting relationship
so we do not use condoms, they are also
not as effective if you look at the
typical user failure. I get
nervous...haha. No kids for me. I also get
a rash from condoms. Well I had the IUD
which was non-hormone but that was
terrible and painful. I will ask my doctor
about the one you recomended.
Thanks for the help! Anyone else try
anything I have not?
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LuzAradia
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 22
Posted: 06-26-07 18:12pm
another thing is that I need to take
hormones for my Polysystic Ovarian
syndrome, so I got to find something that
works.
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azgirlmi20
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Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Posts: 9 Location: ,
Bc Posted: 07-15-07 14:41pm
I am currently on the Depo shot. I've
heard lots of bad about it but I got in 2
years ago right after I had my son. For
the first 6 months i had "slight"
clear-tinted brown discharge here and
there, just barely enough to wear a panty
liner- and after that nothing. I might
have gained 5 lbs but it might have just
been me too. Might have lowered sex-drive
a little and possibly a little more
emotional.. but nothing drastic that i
really noticed.
I've used the pill but i was always
forgetting - the shot it nice. once every
3 months. easy to remember.
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worrywart001
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Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 200
Posted: 07-15-07 16:07pm
i'm on yaz..no moodiness or depression for
me
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Georgia59
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Posted: 07-16-07 14:35pm
It sounds as though all that you've tried
(except the IUD) have been combined
hormone pills... maybe try progesterone
pills? Or there is always condoms (if you
get a rash from them try natural ones, not
latex and make sure they don't have
spermicide) and diaphragms and such. Or
depo, though I hate to recommend that to
anyone it sounds so scary.
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KTMG
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Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 7 Location: NJ
What About Diaphrams Posted: 07-18-07 11:29am
If you have a lot of trouble with
hormones, had you thought about something
like a diaphram? ( here is an interesting
study about them - http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/501848
/Health?c_id=wom-kg-jlt ) the upsides
- no hormones, no mood issues, no hip
pain. Its a good option. Kate from the
newsroom.
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Rosie H
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Depo Is Horrible- For Me At Least Posted: 07-19-07 16:23pm
When I got off i bled for 1 month
straight. Then I did not have a period
for 5 months, when my cycles started up
again I had the worst cramps ever. I have
never had cramps in my life. So it took
like five months for my cycle to normal
out and I "started" 3 times in one month.
It can also take a year to conceive after.
Every women is different. My mom had none
of these side affects and she got pregnant
1 month later. So it depends.
I would not recommend it to anyone.
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monkeygirl22
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Posted: 07-19-07 18:09pm
I have pcos and seasonale worked wonders
for me. I took yasmin (which is similar to
yaz) and I had horrible side effects as
well. I also found it best to take the
pill at night to avoid the possibility of
nausea.
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Re: What About Diaphrams Posted: 07-19-07 19:19pm
KTMG
wrote:
If you have a lot of trouble
with hormones, had you thought about
something like a diaphram? ( here is an
interesting study about them - http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/501848
/Health?c_id=wom-kg-jlt ) the upsides
- no hormones, no mood issues, no hip
pain. Its a good option. Kate from the
newsroom.
That link does not contain an image of a
diaphragm. It has an article from Zimbabwe
about how a diaphragm is not effective at
preventing the spread of AIDS.
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