8th August 2008
Every few months I decide I want to switch BC brands, then chicken out or find a way to convince myself not to.
Been on OTC Lo for 5 years. Effects that annoy me: Weight, response (sex). I love that it keeps my skin in check because I had bad acne before I went on it. Been getting BTB a little last year or so.
My weight was part because I am hypothyroid and the stupid doctor at the clinic didn't tell me to raise my Synthroid when i started BC. So i went for 6 months while my metabolism went to a crawl. Finally got it righted and been fighting it ever since- if I work my butt off and run 15 times a week and eat perfectly i will lose maybe 10 pounds in 3 months but i will tone and lose inches. I have cellulite all over now and my hips keeps just getting bigger.
My libido seems fine but my body doesn't seem to respond much. Granted I don't know if it would anyway because I started BC before I became sexually active (intercourse-wise). I have a history in my family of depression/anxiety so I am very aware of those possibilities.
My doc gave my a sample of FemCon Fe for libido and I was set to try it until i saw how much more expensive it was on my insurance, so i never took it. Although I need to double check it.
Now i am back to wondering if I want to switch to something else... but.
You can't win. First of all it effects everyone differently, so you can't even get a accurate read. Two, once you get a pill that solves one thing it wreaks havoc on another:
Lower estrogen, Lower progestin for weight loss=Alesse, Mircette, Loestrin
Alesse has higher androgen: higher sex drive but more acne/hair loss
Mircette has low androgen, but I am hearing all about blood clots
Yaz/Yasmin: would be higher estrogen for me and I hear too many "i was psycho" stories.
I guess I am too scared to chance becoming pimple ridden, gaining more weight, going psycho, getting clots, or losing more of my libido so i don't even WANT to.
ARGH!!! Why couldn't this Pill have put weight in my chest not in my butt? I was already pear shaped enough.
Been on OTC Lo for 5 years. Effects that annoy me: Weight, response (sex). I love that it keeps my skin in check because I had bad acne before I went on it. Been getting BTB a little last year or so.
My weight was part because I am hypothyroid and the stupid doctor at the clinic didn't tell me to raise my Synthroid when i started BC. So i went for 6 months while my metabolism went to a crawl. Finally got it righted and been fighting it ever since- if I work my butt off and run 15 times a week and eat perfectly i will lose maybe 10 pounds in 3 months but i will tone and lose inches. I have cellulite all over now and my hips keeps just getting bigger.
My libido seems fine but my body doesn't seem to respond much. Granted I don't know if it would anyway because I started BC before I became sexually active (intercourse-wise). I have a history in my family of depression/anxiety so I am very aware of those possibilities.
My doc gave my a sample of FemCon Fe for libido and I was set to try it until i saw how much more expensive it was on my insurance, so i never took it. Although I need to double check it.
Now i am back to wondering if I want to switch to something else... but.
You can't win. First of all it effects everyone differently, so you can't even get a accurate read. Two, once you get a pill that solves one thing it wreaks havoc on another:
Lower estrogen, Lower progestin for weight loss=Alesse, Mircette, Loestrin
Alesse has higher androgen: higher sex drive but more acne/hair loss
Mircette has low androgen, but I am hearing all about blood clots
Yaz/Yasmin: would be higher estrogen for me and I hear too many "i was psycho" stories.
I guess I am too scared to chance becoming pimple ridden, gaining more weight, going psycho, getting clots, or losing more of my libido so i don't even WANT to.
ARGH!!! Why couldn't this Pill have put weight in my chest not in my butt? I was already pear shaped enough.