I am taking Lo-Ovral. I started it a few years back when I first started having hot flashes, insomnia and anxiety. It worked great. I went off of it in March of last year and I started to have the hot flashes, then insomnia, and now all kinds of symptoms within about 3 to 4 months. I just started it last month and have only just finished my first pill pack. It seems to have taken care of the hot flashes already, but I felt so anxious this last week on the "placebo" pills, I felt horrible!

Last time I was on the pill, my Dr, gave me the Climara patch to use during that week since I would get a really bad headache 24 hours after I finished my last active pill. I would keep it on for the week and take it off when I started up a new pill pack.

Lo-ovral is monophasic so it is the same formula for all of the pills except the placebo pills. Since it is like this, my Dr. says it keeps everything "level" and that is why he likes to prescribe it for perimenopausal patients. This way, you don't get a lot of ups and downs.

Once I was established on the LO-Ovral before, I didn't experience any symptoms at all (I should have never stopped taking it!) I am hoping after a few months back on it, I am back to "normal". I have heard that liightheadedness can be caused by some pills. You may want to try another brand. Good luck!


Mary

Hi Mary!

You may remember that I just started the Lo-Ovral last month. I just started the placebo pills on Sunday, got my period today, and so far I'm not having any noteworthy problems. I woke up a few times last night but was able to fall right back to sleep. I've felt a tad anxious once or twice but it passed without much of a thought. Nothing like the trouble I was having before.
I'll let you know how I do the rest of the week on them.

BeckyW.

Hi Becky,

I am so glad that you are feeling better. I just started on my second pill pack of the Lo-ovral and my hot flashes seem to be gone, but I am still having a ton of anxiety. I tried Lexapro (which I used when this all started 2 yrs ago and it worked) but this time it made me more anxious!

I just hope after a few months on the pill, the anxiety goes away. It is really the only thing I can't deal with.

Keep me posted on how you are doing.

Mary