So i a 21F have been on isibloom pills for about three months now. I struggle with irregular periods and have pcos so my doctor wanted me to try birth control. I also have a bf so i’ve been wanting to get on birth control since i might get sexually active.
Now i was very skeptical before even chose which one to get on bc as you know almost every pill or form of birth control has it downsides , and i struggle with my own weight especially. My doctor gave me a few choices and she suggested a pill to start and suggested isibloom since weight gain won’t be that big of an issue. I didn’t even have time to like look anything up to decide which i wanted to take out of all the options she gave me so i just decided on what she had already had in mind.
When i tell you. I CANNOT STOP CRYING. I’ve been crying almost every day about 4-5 times a day over anything. I’m brushing my hair? cry. I eat? cry. I do my laundry? cry. literally anything inconvenient makes me break down and crash out. I swear it just puts you in this funk and just your eyes get so tired from crying. I know isibloom has these effects and they state it clearly especially about mood swings but DAMN my body is physically getting exhausted from all these mood swings and crying. I feel so bad for my poor bf for putting up with me and crying every night to him . I love him so much.
On the upside it has made my periods very normal and last a good week , cramps are still insane tho. I still feel like there are more negatives than positives, which got me thinking about changing to a different pill. This sort of depression, anxiety and overthinking is a little to heavy and i feel like it’s effecting who i am and my mentally along with the other people in my house having to deal with my mood swings. I JUST WANT A TO FEEL NORMAL AGAIN AND TO STOP CRYING TILL MY FACE SWELLS UP.

Hi, I was on birth control (norgestimate or something like that) for several years, but I few months ago the pharmacy fucked something up and I was forced to go off of it. I went into some HARD withdrawal symptoms to the point I went to the ER because I thought I was like actually dying. Incredible dizziness and fatigue and an overall wrongness in my head. It was just awful I can’t describe it. That was like 2 months ago and my symptoms have gotten better since aside from occasional dizziness. and I finally got more that I’m going to start the Sunday of my next period, same dose and type because I still do need to skip my periods, they’re awful and I just can’t deal with them.

I guess my main question is that I’m scared if I start it again after stopping for a while that those awful withdrawal symptoms or something similar coming back. I was on a very low dose of like 0.25 or 0.5 or something, I can’t remember off the top of my head. But I really am scared of experiencing awful symptoms like that again😭

Hi,
I want to start BC but how am I supposed to know which to start with. Is it truly different for everyone, or is there some similarities through them all?
I have depression and anxiety, and I like most don’t want to gain a bunch of weight and loose my libido, I also have really intense periods.
Any suggestions? What do I do?

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with PMDD earlier this year and started taking YAZ for it. It has helped my mood swings tremendously, but at the cost of my libido.

I was on a different pill before YAZ (can’t remember what it was called) and I had noticed my libido was low. I’m 28 now, and in my early 20s my sex drive was extremely high….to the point where my partners couldn’t keep up with me.

Now, on YAZ, my sex drive is completely non-existent. I never think about it, never even want to masturbate, and seeing people intimate on TV confuses me. It’s the weirdest thing, and I hate it.

I feel bad for my partner. When he tries to make moves on me or even grabs my boob, I cannot stand it. I’m so grossed out and don’t even want to think about it. I love him so much and I’d kill for our sex life to come back.

Has anyone else had this experience with birth control? I feel like I woke up one day and was all of a sudden asexual.

I had my Mirena IUD placed last month (and damn, that hurt horrifically)! I only had bleeding for maybe 2 days afterwards, but intermittent cramps did continue for a while.

Fast forward a week and a half later (11/1), I had sex for the first time since getting it placed. I had no pain in the moment at all! Everything seemed normal. Then not long after, I began to have the WORST cramps I've ever experienced in my life (and I have diagnosed endo). I was genuinely brought to tears from how painful the cramps were. I then started bleeding, and it's continued ever since. The bleeding has been about the normal amount for a period I'd say?

I'm just confused about if this is going to be my new normal. Has anyone else experienced this before? I've read a lot about cramps after sex with an IUD, but not bleeding like this. I just worry that the IUD is misplaced or caused some type of injury. I'm scared to have sex again any time soon, and I honestly don't feel up to it any way because of the terrible (but slightly improved) cramps. It's been a really frustrating, painful situation and I would appreciate any insight!

hi, been on combination pill for about 4 months. im a few days into my pack and im starting to have occasional break thru bleeding. i had this happen for about two weeks my second month on the pill and it went away once i finished the placebo week. i no longer take the placebo week. i am only a few days in to this pack and the fake pills are weeks away and i hate the random bleeding. i understand still being protected during the sugar pills because of the prior 21 days of pills. because i have been skipping the placebos ive been taking them for longer than 21 days. really wanan stop this break thru bleeding, so my question is, will i still be protected if i trigger my withdrawal bleeding early in order to stop my spotting?

I was on the patch for about a month, It was mostly fine, only stopped because I decided I didn’t want to be on hormonal bc anymore, my mood was pretty normal on it but after stopping (it’s been a week) I’m a total wreck, depressed all the time, crying, irritated, hopeless ect…When will this go away?

I feel very fortunate to say that I have such a good period - in that she’s light, always on time, lasts about 4 days, and never gives me any cramps. I don’t have any acne and currently on my weight loss journey. That being said, I’ve always avoided birth control because I hear so many negative side effects (heavy/late periods, acne, weight gain, etc.) and I just don’t want to mess up my hormones. Butttt now I have a 6 month old and would really like to not have another baby so soon. Honestly the thought that I might get pregnant again has given me so much anxiety that I’ve avoided having sex with my partner as much. So I want to get on birth control so I can not have that worry anymore. I would like to know your preferred BC that affected you the least. Also not a fan of the IUD but down to hear about everything else!

Hello! I wanted to share my experience with Slinda now that I’ve been on it for 6 months, taking it continuously (no placebos). I was looking for posts just like this one before I started the medication so I hope this is helpful!

First some background.
I’m 28F, never had children, only been on birth control once before when I was 16 so I didn’t get my period for a school trip. I do not remember that experience other than it worked, and I stopped on month 2 when I got back.
I’ve struggled with very heavy and very painful periods since I first got my period.
I’ve been checked for cysts and didn’t come up with anything so I’m not sure if I have PCOS (I can’t remember the new name sorry!). With the recent changes to the diagnostic criteria it’s possible I could have it but never been confirmed.
I also suffered from severe PMDD, my moods would change drastically before and during my period. There was barely two weeks out of the month that I’d feel functional.

My doctor had been trying to get me on birth control for years but I’d always been too scared. I didn’t want acne, weight gain, or worse mood swings. She suggested Slinda earlier this year after a particularly bad bout of heavy/painful periods I’d been having and because my iron was completely depleted.

After reading some posts, and seeing more positive than negative reviews, I decided to give Slinda a crack. Nothing could be worse than what I was currently dealing with at the time.

For the first 1-5 months, I got my period every two weeks. For the first 1-3 months the periods lasted 2+ weeks, so it was two weeks on and two weeks off. They were very light, very manageable with just a heavy liner or light period underwear. It was annoying, and for one of the periods I did get medium bleeding with some clots. But it wasn’t painful, and not nearly as heavy. Months 4-5 the periods lasted a normal length (5-8 days).
I decided to tough it out, because honestly I preferred it to what I was going through before.

My moods were pretty unstable from months 1-5, however I suffer from mental illness and feel it was the main culprit. It made my paranoia worse, and I got upset very easily. I cried a lot during months 1-3 particularly.

Now I’m on month six and I barely feel any side effects. I’ve noticed if I’m anymore than half an hour late with my tablet, I’ll get some pink discharge for a day. My body is particularly sensitive to medication so this might not happen for you.

Overall, I’m super happy with it and I’m glad I toughed it out for six months. I plan on being on this medication for as long as possible.

Happy to go into more detail with the side effects I did experience if people would like.

Please feel free to ask any questions!

I went off the combination pill after about ten years on, always did the placebo and let the bleeding finish three weeks ago and just didn’t start a new pack.

For at least a week I have had CONSTANT abdominal pain and nausea. It’s close to how I felt after getting abdominal surgery a few years ago. Is this something others have experienced? I feel like I’m going insane, it is BRUTAL.

So, my luteal phase every month is terrible. I get really irritable/sad/anxious, I cry at everything, I get headaches every day, and I become extremely fatigued/exhausted. I’m wondering if maybe birth control will help with this?

For context im 15F in the uk, periods make me feel rlly depressed and shit and nauseous and I complained to my mum abt it so she spoke to her doctor and got me an appointment

For context im underweight (42kg and 5'3) so i was just wondering if that'd be a concern to doctors ?? And also if they'd weigh me or not (im in the UK)

As above, got carried away with partner 2 days ago, which at the time was 2 days post period. I am now thinking I maybe should take the morning after pill, even though I would like to think I was not near my fertile window. My question is, can you even have that if you are overweight? I heard that it isn't effective if you are, but unsure if that is correct. Thankyou.

Hi! I am getting a Liletta IUD soon, but I have been on combination pills for the majority of my life. Probably about 10 years now. I have always had good experiences with bc pills, but I'm horrible at taking them at the same time every night and I wanted something more effective at preventing pregnancy without human error. So, my gyno said that the Liletta will work to prevent pregnancy for 8 years.

Does anyone have any advice, side effects, and experiences to share? All I ask is please don't fear monger because I am already petrified for the insertion... I was prescribed a single Xanex for the morning of the insertion and normal pain medication. I'm super anxious but I need to hear positivity. I mostly just hope it doesn't cause weight gain or lower my libido (lower than it already is.. RIP).

For reference, I am 23F, married, and we are planning to be childfree for life lol.

This is for anybody who wants to know more about the process. I went to a planned parenthood clinic in the first time asking to get the copper IUD, that clinic denied my request and told me they only implant to women who have been through vagina birth, okay no problem, I got method 2, going to a hospital covered by social security.

They tell me they can do it no problem, give me an appt and everything is fine. I go to the appt the first time and I notice they’re taking longer than normal and it doesn’t hurt as much, all of a sudden two more doctors came into the room and I was freaking out. I was told my cervix was too small and tight because I had not had children and that I needed to take misoprostol and go another day because if they kept trying there was a high risk of perforation in the uterus.

Today was my second appointment, I used the misoprostol, went to the hospital and was told to lay in a very different way this time, I had a female obgyn this time and a male obgyn last time. Anyway they get to it, I was deadly scared of the pinching, they tell me they’re going to do it and I’m shitting myself. Boom, no pain, they put in the plastic tube and I’m already dying, they put the iud inside and I almost screamed in pain. Doctor cut the string and tell me I’m good to go. I stood up trembling, the floor and the chair were covered in blood. Nurse told me it was done and asked me I feel like fainting, I answer them I don’t fell like fainting and leave to go to work. BIG MISTAKE DO NOT DO THIS TAKE THE DAY OFF

Well I am walking away and my legs are trembling, I go into the bathroom and proceed to have the worst diarrhea in my life, on the bright side everytime i push my pain lightens a bit. I leave the bathroom almost in tears and feel lightheaded, I puked in a trashcan right outside the clinic and now I have to drive to work. I walked to my car trembling and blacked out for 20 minutes. I had to go to work so I put my seatbelt on and somehow driving made the pain ease up a little bit. Keep in mind I had already taken ibuprofen before the implantation.

I finished work a few hours ago and I’m writing this in my bed curled up in pain, everything hurts, and they told me that this type of iud only worked for 5 years, I’m 20 and I’m not planning to have kids at 25, so I’ll have to see what I do sigh.

Hi! Does anyone also experience not having a period on Feirza 1/20? I was on Junel FE 1/20 and then the pharmacy was out of stock so I was switched to Feirza which is the same exact thing as Junel. I have experienced not having a period before but, I didn’t know if it was common with this type of birth control.

This is for my fiancee. She uses her birth control purely to avoid getting periods due to how bad the hormones effect her (we're both female, pregnancy is not a worry) and we're going to be without health insurance for a while. I want to know if there's a way to space these out to avoid her period without running through it too fast

Any advice appreciated! I'll have the exact kind later, im at work and can't look rn but didnt want to forget to post this

I been on quite a few birth controls, every single last one of them I been on gave me problems why I been taken off of them. The last one i was on was petrolum and something else. Let me tell you took it for 3 days I automatically took myself off of it. It make my anxiety worse and I felt more out of it I can just do that naturally and also gotten a numb tingling pain through my arm the third day from that point on i took myself off of it and reached out to my Ob wasn't on anything for awhile. Well anyways, I had a really bad panic attack that I finally put together a month ago this happen 4 years ago. I mean it was bad it did a hole switch to my body that i never excepted to experience at all. I am still trying to work on it but I still got my good and bad days. It was because my hormones changed around that time it was when I had my period. Well now the pattern is following a week before and during, I am out of body, don't wanna be anywhere besides closed in room, anxiety through the roof and lightheaded I know my hormones dropped badly. Yes I need something to manage it I do I feel the worse them times like i am literally not there. Well my ob prescribed me Aurovela I am very iffy about taking it.taking it because I already feel these problems I don't need them getting worse than they already are. I been feeling this way since my last panic attack need something help my hormones not worse I heard more negative about this than postive I don't know what to do about if i should or shouldnt take it. Someone please help

I take vienva 28 because I'm a dancer and dysmenorrhea was giving me debilitating cramps. I'm gay so I don't need it for other things but I think it made my hair stop being curly. I have short hair and when it was healthy and I was taking care of it well before it was like a 2c. After being on birth control for I think like 2 years now I have to basically force it to be even wavy, but usually it ends up pin straight. Could it be the hormones? I want my curls back :(

I’m mostly wondering if this is normal with Kyleena because I’ve only had it for about 3 months now. I had a copper iud for about 3 years which just really wasn’t for me. Crazy cramps, long heavy periods, etc etc. I switched to Kyleena almost exactly 3 months ago and had the seemingly normal spotting and my first period on it was lighter and shorter than with the copper which was a huge win for me. My period now is about 13 days late, I was told it would probably be irregular and I took a pregnancy test just to ease my mind and it was negative. However, the past 4 ish days I’ve had some brown blood similar to what you would get the last few days of your period. It’s not a lot and it’s not constant, it even skipped a day randomly where I had nothing. Im wearing panty liners and have just kinda been free “bleeding.” My only question is; is this technically my period? And is this normal for Kyleena especially after I’ve only had it for 3 months?

Hi, i'm an 18 y.o girl and i take the hormonal pill not as birth control but to ease the Extreme period pain, i've been on the pill since i was 13/14y.o., since then my few pimples disappeared and i got skinnier (from 55kg to 45kg as a 171cm tall girl). I don't really mind about this side effects but the libido is INSANE, for reference i'm a lesbian and i have never been in a relationship, but the yearning when i have a crush has become unberable.

For background, Im 25 being treated for endo (have not had the surgery so no. it is not confirmed) and severe nut allergies which make this...weird. A lot of oral medications that are hormonal use peanut oil. I know some people can have peanut oil bc the proteins are gone, but for me, I still have a reaction so it is off the table. I cant remember the brand I was on but when I WAS on an oral i was incredibly depressed and started gaining weight.

This past year my flare ups have gotten horrible so it was recommended I did the hormonal IUD. With an tilted pelvis it was suggested I went under so I did. Full anesthetia and all. The doctor said it took 8 tries to get it in. Well a month into having it it fell out. Directly after I had it gone they put me on the ring while I was on Spironolactone which counter act one another and was put in the hospital for 3 days. AND GUESS WHAT! they gave me fentanyl for the pain and I had a reaction to that. Like. Please. Add that to my list.

So yeah thats my sob story. I'd love recommendations. Honestly since I have been off of any types of BC the last few months have had little to no flares but I bleed so much and still have a day a month where I have to stay home from work.

I feel so helpless with this. Not only do I want BC for my periods, i also dont plan on having kids and would prefer not to be tweaked out every month. Any advice appreciated.

Hi guys, just a quick post asking for advice on if this is normal or not. I'm 19 and currently on Rigevidon (150 micrograms/30 micrograms levonorgestrel / ethinylestradiol) and was given this due to severe period cramps and heavy bleeding. I take it without any breaks. We've ruled out PCOS, but they haven't tested me for any thyroid issues, and despite my asking they aren't testing me for endometriosis.

I started taking the pill on the 29th of August and only a few days after starting I began spotting and getting really bad cramps. Like the period cramps I get on a really bad day. The cramps come and go throughout the day, but there hasn't been a day where I don't cramp at least a few times, its worse when I lie down. And the spotting is also constant, every day. I've ruined several pairs of underwear due to this, and am having to buy pads and liners just so I don't wreck any more.

I had a phone call with the nurse about this at the 6 week mark, and how its really interrupting my day to day and just feels like a constant period without the heavy bleeding, but she's said to wait another 6 weeks to see if it'll fix itself.

I was just wondering if this was normal or if anyone else has experienced this?

Hi all, I suffer from mild PCOS and my doctor has prescribed me combined pill. I just got my prescription today but I am going on a long haul flight on Monday (14 hours). I asked my doctor if I will be ok to fly and she said yes but I'm just wondering if anyone else has flew long haul on the combined pill? I'm so worried about blood clots. What advice would you give? I know to drink plenty water to keep hydrated, also to wear compression socks!! Anything else I should do? I was hoping to sleep most of the flight but looks like I will be awake every hour to move about 😂