the pill...cerazette

[Cheryle]

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I just recently found out though that if I wanted to have children they would advise people to stop taking about two years before hand which I suppose is normal but I wish I had been fully informed!

I'm just curious, who told you you'd have to wait two years after coming off Cerazette before you could have children. It says nothing to that effect in the instruction leaflet and am wondering if this is new information? I was on Cerazette for 4 years and came off to have a baby and now have a healthy 9 month old son. I got pregnant almost right aways but lost that baby then got pregnant 4 cycles later with my son. What is the reason that they give for waiting two years? My doctor had told me, I could start trying instantly and that's what was so good about Cerazette. After I miscarried after getting pregnant almost right aways, I started having doubts whether it was such a good thing to try right aways or if I should have waited until the pill had left my system completely. But I certainly did not wait two years. My successful pregnancy occured 6 months after stopping Cerazette.

[ceri]

Hi, just thought i might add to this. I was pescribed cerrazette as apparently i cant take the combined pill coz of migraines.. although i only sufferred with them for a 6 week patch a year ago??
I have been on the cerrazette for 3 weeks and have bled for all of it pretty much. I have littereally just spoken to my doc about it, and she says that progesterone doesn't affect the oestrogen cycle either, and i should expect my normal period too... . i am soooo anoyed with it as i'm meant to be having a lovely weekend away...hm hm... but i have no sex drive, and i am soo tired its unbelievable. why don't they tell you this when they pescribe it?
The doc has advised me to come off them, and try something else in a few weeks when its all settled down again.
It is definately NOT for me![/code]

[HD]

I was taking Cerazete for 6 months, after being taken off the combined pill that I had been taking for 7 years. I started to develop focal migraines and so was moved onto this progesterone only pill. I almost instantly stopped having periods, became very irritable and began to suffer bad mood swings. I then, after about 4 weeks, began to feel very bloated and very conscious of my tummy, when walking, when lying down and my clothes began to feel uncomfortable. My doctor told me it takes several months for the body to adjust to a new pill, so I gave it 6 and finally decided to stop taking it altogether. In the 6 months I gained a stone in weight and have generally felt uncomfortable and unhappy! I stopped taking the pill 2 weeks ago and since then have had all kinds of tummy pains and cramps, which made me think I was going to get my period, but until now there is still no sign. I also feel more irritable and moody since I stopped taking it (so it was interesting to read others have suffered this also!)
I really don't recommend this pill - it has such a huge impact on the body it's frightening! Now I have to wait goodness knows how long for a period and am paranoid it won't come! Could I be pregnant??

[HD]

In reply to Ceri's earlier post, I want to add that I feel your pain!!
My sex drive has vanished since I started to take this pill and even after stopping it I'm not interested!
I've also been exhausted, headachey on a daily basis and so moody.
I'm also meant to be enjoying a romantic weekend away and I'm not happy that this pill has had such and effect on me!
I think much more research should be done into this pill and the effects should be explained when the doctor prescribes it. It has had a massive impact on my life.

[Guestttt]

I've just started on my second pack of tablets, so i've been on Cerazette for about 5 weeks.
When i started i read the leaflet, to see what the waiting period was to see how long i had to wait to have sex without a condom. And it said if i take it on the first day of my period. (which i did) I'm protected from then on. I got my bestfriend, cousin and boyfriend to read it ... just incase i miss read it.

I was just wondering thats definately right, because i've had sex quite a few times since coming on it without any other protection than cerazette. I know this all may sound a little naive but i need some reassurance, or correction.

You're definately protected from that first pill right, cause about a week after taking it.. i had sex..

And i know quite a few of you have posted that you have had no period since starting, mine was due a couple days ago .. going by how it usually is. Now im starting to panic... it hasnt came..

Thank you

[guesst1]

i have been on cerazette for the last 6 months, for the 1st month i had a period, however the other 5months i have had nothing. I think the cerazette pill just affects people in differnt ways, as i was on the implanon for a year, and suffered terrible spotting almost 5 days out of 7 every week. however the cerazette is a compleatly different story.

[Kyrsty]

Hello ladies! i cant believe after googling 'Cerazette' the horror i was confronted with.
I, myself have been on cerazette 2 and half years. I thought this was a god send for me because i cant take combi pills (made me very ill) and they stopped my periods , which were horrific! Little to my knowledge i was being highly affected by it, unbareable stomach cramps and fatigue that i left many consultants and doctors scratching their heads.
They first put down to I.B.S.. which i was diagnosed with before the pill. I pushed on though knowing that it wasnt and it was something else.
After almost 2 yrs of test including a laparoscopy, c.t scans and been handed drugs for all kinds etc. not to mention the lifestyle changes and eating habbits. I decided as one last bid to come off cerazette. 5 weeks on i've not had any stomach cramps, altho still feeling fatigued somedays and no sign of a period. On a whole i feel much happier and more me as a person and more me.
I also look back and released how depressed and anxious i was. I was lucky enough have a close friend by my side the whole journey, not sure i would have made it without him.

[JoseyRu]

I have been on Cerazette for 5 months now after being on the combined pill for 18 months since i had high blood pressure (i think this was due to exam stress more than the pill, but you know doctors...),I have had nothing but a spot of blood. I have decided to stop it in hope that things will return to normal, i just cant stand the paranoia thinking i may be pregnant, whilst also funding the pregnancy test market. My breasts have been sore and tender. I been unusually anxious and stressed about small things. I have also put on weight, not being able to control desire to eat more and more. I have also had a decreased sex drive, which obviously my bf is unimpressed with but doesn't understand. I didn't have these problems with the combined pill at all. Have other people that have stopped this pill, found that everything returns to normal? I have persisted as told by the fpc but feel that the only way out is to stop and use another form of contraception for the mean time and monitor my bloop pressure to see if i can return to the combined pill.

Reading through the posts i find it reassuring so many people are in my position, yet if youre considering trying it, do it because it may be exactly what you want and if not just stop!

[raerae]

hey
just wanted to write and say this feedback on cerazette is really useful to someone like me who has just recently started taking it.....(2weeks) and gives a balanced view of all the positive and negatives of this pill from real people who actually take it because lets face it a doctor or nurse can tell u something but they will only really know if they have experienced it themselves.....so far my experience is mixed, started taking it just before period started and when period came it lasted for 10 days (usually 3 or 4) have had some tearful moments but strangely they disappear as quickly as they appear......have had sore boobs and a nagging back pain which started last week.... also some very nasty spots on my shoulders(which refuse to be squeezed!!!) and tiredness too (which im hoping ginseng will help....) yet i still want to perservere with this pill as before i took it i suffered the jekyll and hyde of pmt every month which was so bad it destroyed many a great weekend(though i have to say ive had some pretty selfish people around me which hasnt helped) so its early days and tommorrow i may get 20 more spots (AAAAAGGHH) or a month of bleeding(No way!!)but for now im still giving it a go....if anyone else has had awful back pain (verging on sciatica) could u post any info plz and did it get better?? x

[Guest]

This must be my third guest post here ... have now been taking Cerazette for nearly 7 weeks. I just don't have the patience for it any more. The amount of hair that I was losing each time I had a shower, and the fact it looked greasy and horrible all the time, was enough to make me go to the doctor and ask if there was anything I could do to change, but she said she wouldn't recommend it as my blood pressure and weight were a bit too high (as I was told before) and the combined pill would be a third risk factor for blood clots etc. which she didn't want to introduce. My original plan was to continue for the 3 months worth of pills I had whilst trying to lose weight and get BP down somehow, in hopes of the doc then letting me back on a combined pill, but I was too bothered by hair loss to wait 3 months or I'd have none left.

Doctor basically told me what I already knew though it was nice to get a professional's opinion - mini pills have more side-effects and tend to take longer to settle down in your body, so persevering through the initial pains could help but you never know - or I could stop taking it if I was really worried or it got worse - or change to another mini pill, but I declined because all the others only give you 3 hours to remember to take your pill, and if the hair loss continued for a while after stopping cerazette anyway, how would I know if it was due to that or the new pill, etc. Plus it might have other dodgy effects. Anyway, she weighed me and took my BP, both had gone down a bit anyway, and my BMI is only just over 30 now, so i'm just trying really hard in the next few weeks to lose more weight and eat less salt etc so when I go back next month, I can try and persuade my doc to put me back on a combined pill.

It's encouraging to know my dieting is working, and as the hair loss was all I was noticing, I was willing to give it a go - my first 2 periods on Cerazette (at the start of taking them, and then exactly a month later) were 'normal' if slightly longer maybe, but after finishing the second one last Sunday or so, it seems my body has decided to start bleeding again yesterday, and a fair amount too, not just spots. This ENRAGES me! This weekend is the first time I'll get to see my boyfriend in 2 months, and then I have to wait another 2 months - and I was so happy it was going to be a period-free time! I've decided to stop taking it next week, after I've seen my man - maybe finish the pack as there's only a week left, then give myself a rest. I mean what's the point if it's just going to ruin what was previously a good feature (hair), not regulate your periods whatsoever and just generally seem a bit of a waste? I don't really need contraception when my boyf is away, I just wanted to keep my periods normal ... d'oh. I just hope my BMI being under 30 is enough to let me go back on the combined, whatever happens to my bp. If not, I guess it's just back to prolonged/irregular bleeding and expensive condoms

Raerae, i'm sorry to hear about your back pains - that really doesn't sound good - I've noticed really bad 'period pains' in the small of my back the sort I haven't had that badly since I was a teenager! since being on Cerazette, but only at the period time, are yours there all the time?

I haven't been more spotty than usual except a few at that time of the month, which is good as I used to be really spotty when I was 11/12/13,was worried it'd come back. Have lost weight (4kg since starting this pill) but that's due to a real effort, as I desperately want to be allowed a COC! As to mood swings, I always have those, very up and down, but I was like that before even starting my old pill (dianette) so I can't blame pills for that I don't think.

[Guest]

im due to start cerazette in the next few days is there anything i need to worry about??? any problems u guys have had with it?? just wanna put my worries to rest as i was on microgynon but was taken off it by my doctor.

[Guest]

have been on cerazette and taking it every day at the right time and not missed one for nearly 2 months now...and still have had no bleeding..whatsoever.. am wondering should this be happening as am very worried obviously about pregenancy..has this happened to anyone else?

hi i am the same. i have been on cerazette for nearly 3 years but every 6 months i come off to make sure i get a period as its scary not havin one.
in all of those times i have always bleed a few days after it.

however this time i have havent bleed for nearly 2 weeks
i was really worried so i got a test but came back negative

so im wondering if u managed to get back to normal

[cd1981]

After being taken off my combined pill by my doctor, they told me to try cerazette, this was the biggest mistake i made. At first everything was good, no periods, who could want more. After about 6 months the symptoms came bloating, increased appitite and the god awful mood swings and no information on this from my doctor, only the fact i could have irregular bleeding. I put this down to working to hard and being tired. After 9 months things still hadn't changed, things were getting worse, still no periods constant tiredness, extreme bloating and my lack of interest for sex. Unfortunately by this point most people would have called it a day but i had no other option, there was nothing else i could take. I was on cerazette for nearly 3 years, when eventually feeling like i was trapped inside somebody elses' body and couldn't get out, i stopped taking it. What a relief i now after three weeks feel like myself again, i have energy and am up beat. i think my partners took a sigh of relief.
i understand that everyone's body and circumstances are different but my advice to anyone thinking of taking this pill, talk to people who have taken it before as you'll get a complete understanding from them rather than doctor's who haven't tired living whilst taking it.[code:1][/code:1]

[Kyrsty]

After being taken off my combined pill by my doctor, they told me to try cerazette, this was the biggest mistake i made. At first everything was good, no periods, who could want more. After about 6 months the symptoms came bloating, increased appitite and the god awful mood swings and no information on this from my doctor, only the fact i could have irregular bleeding. I put this down to working to hard and being tired. After 9 months things still hadn't changed, things were getting worse, still no periods constant tiredness, extreme bloating and my lack of interest for sex. Unfortunately by this point most people would have called it a day but i had no other option, there was nothing else i could take. I was on cerazette for nearly 3 years, when eventually feeling like i was trapped inside somebody elses' body and couldn't get out, i stopped taking it. What a relief i now after three weeks feel like myself again, i have energy and am up beat. i think my partners took a sigh of relief.
i understand that everyone's body and circumstances are different but my advice to anyone thinking of taking this pill, talk to people who have taken it before as you'll get a complete understanding from them rather than doctor's who haven't tired living whilst taking it.[code:1][/code:1]

Have you bleed yet or had an further issues/side effects??
I've been off it now for 7 weeks and although feeling myself i'm still experience side effects which are freaking me out and once again i find myself worrying and spending my wages on pregnancy tests. I have yet to have a period and my nipples are so sore and painful i need a bit of hope!

[Kyrsty]

After being taken off my combined pill by my doctor, they told me to try cerazette, this was the biggest mistake i made. At first everything was good, no periods, who could want more. After about 6 months the symptoms came bloating, increased appitite and the god awful mood swings and no information on this from my doctor, only the fact i could have irregular bleeding. I put this down to working to hard and being tired. After 9 months things still hadn't changed, things were getting worse, still no periods constant tiredness, extreme bloating and my lack of interest for sex. Unfortunately by this point most people would have called it a day but i had no other option, there was nothing else i could take. I was on cerazette for nearly 3 years, when eventually feeling like i was trapped inside somebody elses' body and couldn't get out, i stopped taking it. What a relief i now after three weeks feel like myself again, i have energy and am up beat. i think my partners took a sigh of relief.
i understand that everyone's body and circumstances are different but my advice to anyone thinking of taking this pill, talk to people who have taken it before as you'll get a complete understanding from them rather than doctor's who haven't tired living whilst taking it.[code:1][/code:1]

Have you bleed yet or had an further issues/side effects??
I've been off it now for 7 weeks and although feeling myself i'm still experience side effects which are freaking me out and once again i find myself worrying and spending my wages on pregnancy tests. I have yet to have a period and my nipples are so sore and painful i need a bit of hope!