Down Regulation cycle and the pill

[briggsy's girl]

i can't take the pill at all due to the migraines it triggers - it's very possible that the pill is causing your headaches

[nothing2lose]

I think it is BG. It is that real tension headache feeling. When it has been bad I have felt like throwing up.

It's weird that after all the hormones, etc I have been taking the past couple of years the pill is the one doing my head in (literally!).

[briggsy's girl]

the others gave me some niggly headaches, but i've never managed to get through a cycle on the pill. 10 days was the longest, which was last year after being told it was essential due to finding pre-cancer cells. pill for 6 weeks before surgery. after 10 days i was so ill with the migraine, they took me off it, i ended up in hospital bleeding uncontrollably, and surgery was moved up.

after the op, the gyne wanted me to have the mirena, but i'm so damn scared of the impact of the hormones that i just can't do it!

[Andie78]

i got a headache or two when i started the pill, but eased off after the first week (same thing when i started syranel, and like faye i had a few random days where i have felt like crying for no apparent reason). i have been spotting the entire time while on pill (around 3-4 weeks) , nurses tell me this can happen and is 'normal'.

havent noticed weight gain, maybe a kilo... but i havent been eating that well lately, so might just be too many coffee & cake days.

[nothing2lose]

Oh my ovaries! They are so sore and feel swollen (almost like when you are stimming). Can I blame the pill?

[briggsy's girl]

I don't recall that side effect, but I never lasted more than a few days so maybe I didn't hit that point...

Heat pack time!