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:wall: Ive started taking the pill as a form of contraception, I've been getting terrible migraines.. off food and feeling really sick and exhausted all the time :(
i just feel off and moodier than usual.. its really annoying!
anyway i was wondering if anyone else has had the pill..the one that I'm on is trifeme
Hi BC,
I haven't used that particular pill but when i have been on the pill i have had terrible migraines and been very moody. After my last m/c i was put on the mini pill because you aren't meant to have those symptoms -but no - i still had trouble. So i guess the pill isn't for me.
Good luck - it's horrible feeling like that. I definitely wasn't myself :rolleyes:
xo
thx for Ur reply Hun.. its so bad today that i could seriously cause damage to someone if they did the wrong thing :rolleyes: lol
i just am so snappy and not myself its horrible :(
i guess i need a trip to the docs again to see what other options their are..
what other options are their that dont cause this kind of reaction? ive only been on it for 2 weeks and cant stay on it much longer i dont think..
I think Trifeme is the generic of the one I was on, which is Triphasil. It was the first and only pill I'd been on, and I know I used to get headaches on it which would go from a day before AF was due, until about 2 days into it, but after having DD, I swear they got worse and longer lasting. I got fed up and asked the Dr about it and she wondered why I was put on it in the first place, because apparently it's normally prescribed for heavy flow and a few other things that I can't remember, but definately weren't anything I had. She also said that my headaches might be because it has the 3 different levels in hormones over the month, hence the 3 different colours. So, long story short I asked to be changed to a consistent hormone level pill, to avoid the big drop just before AF. I haven't had AF yet since being on it, but I'm hoping it will have helped.
Sorry if that doesn't really help you, but I just thought I'd share, because I'd never come across anyone else on that pill.
thanks for your reply, i didn't no that about trifeme, i use to be on levlen ed a few years ago or something and it was terrible too..maby the pill jst isnt for me either but im just so paranoid about getting pregnant :rolleyes:
Noo! Don't tell me that! That's the one I've just been put on, lol.:
If you really really don't want to get pregnant then you might want to use two forms of birth control e.g. condoms and pill. Double protection!:
Definately speak to your dr about the pill, and why this one was chosen, and the benefits/risks of alternative forms.
I have found all pills have yukky side effects for me, just some are worse than others. I havent been on the one you are taking BC, but i was on Yaz and it sent me completely CRAZY! I have been on Levlen before and it was way better than Yaz.
Hope you find one that suits you better, I am going to the dr next week to try yet another one
I used to find for the first few days when I started back taking the pill I had a bad headache/migraine (that was on monofeme 28) but then it went and I was fine - this time I said yes to the generic of monofeme which was levlen and for the first month and a bit I had all the early pregnancy symptoms of tiredness and sickness and headaches (but not migraines) but then by half way through month 2 I was fine. I did read in the information and online that it can take up to 3 months for the hormone balance and the side affects to disappear with the pill and thus all the variety of symptoms - there was no way I could have put up with 3 months of feeling like I had morning sickness and not being pregnant but did hold out for 5 weeks and now there is no issues.
Umm...i was on levlen ed for years (at least 8 years) and i put up with the migraines for that long :rolleyes: silly me didnt bother to do anything about it....:
Maybe if you can hold out for one cycle and see if it's just your body getting used to it ?
The only others forms of contraception i have tried are the Mirena - which i loved once it settled down ( TMI- i bled for ages then once it settled i had nothing at all) so it was great for me in the end - my DH went nuts waiting for it to settle though ;) I have heard of people having trouble with the Mirena though - moods/headaches etc. Having said that alot of people don't have trouble with the pill, yet we have ! So its probably worth asking your Dr about the Mirena ?? Just an idea.
Abstinence ;)
Condoms - we both loathe them...
Sorry i'm not much help - i hope you can find something that works for you !
Hun, big :hug: the pill just does not gel with a lot of women- I'm one of them. Sends me nuts, gives me migraines, makes me put on wieght and feel yucky.
have you got a womens health centre near you? They'll be able to talk you through all your different options and find the one that's best. I'm eing fitted for a diaphram on Thursday, it's the only non-hormonal contraceptive i could find.
(and yuh, totally pinched that advuce off thepixie. Thanks again pix :hug:)
Migranes yes, the first ever migrane I got was the day I started on a new type of pill. I went back to my old one and not further issues.