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Post by ohmandie on Sept 3, 2010 19:27:40 GMT -5
Just curious about how many of you got any relief from dysmenorrhea [painful periods] with the use of any type of hormonal birth control. I know it varies from person to person, but how long did it take for it to provide relief?
Or if it didn't when did you decide that it wasn't helping?
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Post by JC on Sept 4, 2010 18:27:22 GMT -5
You know, I didn't really have painful periods before I went on birth control. I had pain with ovulation, sometimes bowel movements, and during intercourse. But when I did go on birth control, those symptoms improved dramatically in about a month. It was pretty darn amazing. I'm on the nuva ring and am just about symptom free!
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Post by JC on Sept 4, 2010 18:27:59 GMT -5
I still do get random pains here and there but nothing that I can't handle. I am still able to function normally even though I'm feeling slight pain/cramping sometimes.
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Post by ohmandie on Sept 6, 2010 16:45:23 GMT -5
Thanks...I've heard good things about the ring. Apparently it's very tolerable. I'd love to give it a try but my doctor suggested that I take something with a strong anti-androgen.
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Post by JC on Sept 7, 2010 11:07:05 GMT -5
Are you taking anything now? How is it working for you??
BTW I LOVE the nuva ring. I've been on tons of birth controls, IUD, etc... all of which wrecked me. The nuva ring doesn't make me sick, doesn't make me crazy... I love it.
The only side effect I experienced was weight gain. I gained about 15lbs in the first 2 months of being on it and it was extremely depressing. I have since lost the weight but I'm so obsessed with eating healthy now because I don't want to do that again!
But in that same respect, when I took birth control pills, not only did they make me sick and crazy but I gained 40lbs!!! So when I gained 15lbs with the nuva ring, I freaked out because I thought I was going down the same road of gaining 40lbs again.
Overall, the 15lbs I gained is nothing compared to the amount of relief I got from the endo symptoms.
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Post by Karen on Sept 7, 2010 17:20:45 GMT -5
A good friend of mine was on Nuvaring for a while but because of her PCOS, her face was breaking out awful so they switched her to a higher estrogen pill. Otherwise, she loved it. On the pill, she's getting migraines again...
I liked Nuvaring the best out of the BC I was on, but I was on it when my problems started. I do think it kept a lot of my symptoms at bay for a while, though!
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Post by Karen on Sept 7, 2010 17:21:44 GMT -5
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