sminder
Oct 1, 2012, 05:30 PM
I am a 20-year-old sexually active female. I tried prescription birth control for the first time 3 months ago. I have been on LoSeasonique for the last 10 weeks.
I wanted to go on birth control so that my boyfriend didn't always have to worry about wearing a condom. I really liked the idea of only getting 4 periods a year. Plus I wanted some acne control.
So far this has been a nightmare, after the first 3 weeks on it I had the worst period of my life. Super heavy bleeding, awful cramps, and terrible mood swings. When that subsided I continued to spot. I have had continuous spotting since then, so like a month and a half.
It is weird spotting though because it is old blood. It is very dark and thick and sticky. Sometimes its just thick gunk, but about 2 or 3 times a day it is long and stringy, I can pick it up and stretch it about 6 inches. This clot like things only reveal themselves when I wipe. They do not get stuck in my underwear, the brown gunk stuff does.
I called my gyno and she said irregular bleeding is normal and just stick it out. However its been two months since I've gone a day with out discharge. I got on the pill to get rid of my period, not have it everyday.
It is not just the spotting though, I have been having wild mood swings and have been very lethargic and depressed-- this is very abnormal from my spunky self. My libedo has also tanked. I now have a really hard time getting aroused and achieving orgasm. It sucks. He can't even eat me out because of all the discharge.
When I do have sex its no good. My boyfirend feels aweful cause he can tell I'm only having sex for his sake. His penis always ends up with thick dark brown crap on it, so we have to use a condom anyway so that clean-up is easier. So I have seen zero benefit from being on this pill.
On top of that my skin has only gotten worse and I get random cramps. I also have gained 10 pounds.
In summary basically this pill has made me feel like utter about myself.
Obviously this is no good, but will I adjust to it and these retched side effects go away eventually? I don't know how much longer I can put up with this. My gyno told me that I should stick it out for 6 months so my body can acclimate to it. But I can't do this for 3 more months.
If I'm only a couple weeks away from things normalizing out I can do it, I just don't know how long I'm suppose to wait. And if I stop it and go on a new pill will I have to deal with this acclimating stuff all over again.
Is this normal?
I wanted to go on birth control so that my boyfriend didn't always have to worry about wearing a condom. I really liked the idea of only getting 4 periods a year. Plus I wanted some acne control.
So far this has been a nightmare, after the first 3 weeks on it I had the worst period of my life. Super heavy bleeding, awful cramps, and terrible mood swings. When that subsided I continued to spot. I have had continuous spotting since then, so like a month and a half.
It is weird spotting though because it is old blood. It is very dark and thick and sticky. Sometimes its just thick gunk, but about 2 or 3 times a day it is long and stringy, I can pick it up and stretch it about 6 inches. This clot like things only reveal themselves when I wipe. They do not get stuck in my underwear, the brown gunk stuff does.
I called my gyno and she said irregular bleeding is normal and just stick it out. However its been two months since I've gone a day with out discharge. I got on the pill to get rid of my period, not have it everyday.
It is not just the spotting though, I have been having wild mood swings and have been very lethargic and depressed-- this is very abnormal from my spunky self. My libedo has also tanked. I now have a really hard time getting aroused and achieving orgasm. It sucks. He can't even eat me out because of all the discharge.
When I do have sex its no good. My boyfirend feels aweful cause he can tell I'm only having sex for his sake. His penis always ends up with thick dark brown crap on it, so we have to use a condom anyway so that clean-up is easier. So I have seen zero benefit from being on this pill.
On top of that my skin has only gotten worse and I get random cramps. I also have gained 10 pounds.
In summary basically this pill has made me feel like utter about myself.
Obviously this is no good, but will I adjust to it and these retched side effects go away eventually? I don't know how much longer I can put up with this. My gyno told me that I should stick it out for 6 months so my body can acclimate to it. But I can't do this for 3 more months.
If I'm only a couple weeks away from things normalizing out I can do it, I just don't know how long I'm suppose to wait. And if I stop it and go on a new pill will I have to deal with this acclimating stuff all over again.
Is this normal?