Marvelon???

[amywheels]

Hi everyone,
I started taking marvelon about 2 and a half weeks ago. I'm also using implanon, had it for nearly a year and a half and then bled for 3 months. The doctor suggested running 3 packs of marvelon to control the bleeding. I also suffered from a crash in my sex drive which was very difficult to manage when i don't see my boyfriend often whilst at Uni. I'm also pretty moody and little things are really bugging me and feel like a nightmare to be around. I immediately had breast pain which is starting to go down thankfully.
My scalp has become very dry in the last few days, has anyone else had any problems with dry skin whilst using the pill?
I think I might go back and ask for my implant to be taken out, I'd quite like to go back to natural hormone levels!
Amy

[raxstar]

Hi everyone,
I started taking marvelon about 2 and a half weeks ago. I'm also using implanon, had it for nearly a year and a half and then bled for 3 months. The doctor suggested running 3 packs of marvelon to control the bleeding. I also suffered from a crash in my sex drive which was very difficult to manage when i don't see my boyfriend often whilst at Uni. I'm also pretty moody and little things are really bugging me and feel like a nightmare to be around. I immediately had <A HREF='http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/catalog/default.php/cPath/23_257' target='_blank'>breast</A> pain which is starting to go down thankfully.
My scalp has become very dry in the last few days, has anyone else had any problems with dry skin whilst using the pill?
I think I might go back and ask for my implant to be taken out, I'd quite like to go back to natural hormone levels!
Amy

Hi, I'm 22 I've had my daughter when I was 18. My husband and I agreed to "one-child policy", so I've started taking Marvelon for 2 days now, I've immediately had very painful cramps for 3hours then it got better. I was taking a shower this afternoon when I notice my skin was really dry(don't know if it's because of the pill or because of the hot climate we have here in the Philippines) and itchy, after I got out of shower I applied tons of lotion and moisturizer. I'm a bit scared of other users being depressed while taking Marvelon. I'm staring my first day of work next week and I don't want any negative or foul moods. Now I don't know whether to continue taking Marvelon or what.

[Fergs]

I'm starting to worry ladies that all this contraception stuff is a real nightmare and I will never find the one that is right for me!!! Have any ladies out there had a positive experience with their contraception and would highly recommend?
I have tried microgynon 30, femodette (i took about a weeks worth before forgetting!) the coil, and most recently cerazette and today I have been moved onto Marvelon...i took my first one this evening but after reading all of this am tempted to go and throw it back up again!
On Cerazette my breasts swelled, became so painful a slight knock would produce tears, i was bloated & had a load of digestion issues to boot, tearful and uptight....all of this is so not me! I would go back on the coil but I was convinced that sex in some positions hurt that don't now I have had it removed...i certainly don't want to have the thing surgically removed!!!
Does any body find the right method for them?? Am soooo telling my fellow to get his tubes tied after I have had kids!

[Nicki_Tillyx]

Ive been on marvelon before and had no problems with it whatsoever. I came off it as me and my partner (now my ex) were going to try for a baby ... thank God we never succeeded like, as he is now my ex. I recently decided since I was single again, I should go back on, you know ... just in case! And I have had none stop bleeding ever since!! Im now on my 5th week of bleeding (I took it on day one of my cycle, like you're supposed to) I get the usual symptoms of period pains, moodiness etc. any advice?

[Miss p!]

Hello everyone,

I've suffered from quite bad acne since the age of 18, at 23 I went on to dianette and after a few months my acne was starting to clear up, it didn't affect my sex drive or moods or anything,I loved it! After two years of using it my acne had completely gone! Then I went travelling for 9 months and decided to come off the pill to give my a break, BIG MISTAKE!!!! At nearly 27 my acne is at its worse its all over my face and I hate it! The doctor won't allow me to go back on Dianette so they have put me on Marvelon,, Does it work? Has anyone else had success with this pill?

I've also got a very high sex drive so it will be interesting to see if it effects that too!

[KarineB]

I'm 32 and and I was put on Marvelon recently, after being off the pill since I was 21. My periods always have been regular - but very painful and my flow incredibly insane - since the age of 13 and even after I stopped taking the pill.

Everything was fine until I had a miscarriage at 13,4 weeks in march last year. Ever since, my periods were three weeks apart and worst than ever. My OBGYN recommended Marvelon but after the first week and a half of taking the pill, my breasts double sized and they are very sore plus I have severe nausea. I'm through week 3 now and I gained 5 pounds already, not counting that I still have 5 white pills to go and my periods just started tonight. My doctor told me it could take up to three months before they become regular again. I'm wondering if it's worth carrying it on if I have all of these very unpleasant symptoms already.

[Koalomble]

I'm 17 and have just started marvelon. i was originally on Diantette before but my emotions were all over the place while on it so i decided to change.

some background on my reson though is that i have suspected PCOS, so the pill was prescrbed to help with hair growth, irregular periods, acne and the horrific pains i suffered, even without having a period.

Dianette was good in some ways, reduced hair, regular periods, reduced acne..... however, messed with my emotions. before the end of a pack and when i just started them after a weeks break, i got extremely emotional and would cry for no apparent reason whatsover.

i've been on the marvelon for a month. i feel emotionless, in a way where i will be shouting at my parents as if i am angry, but not actually feeling angry towards them. i have gained weight despite having a mild eating disorder, and the fact i barely eat, put on more than a stone in my 3 weeks on it, and no change in diet. i have felt incredibly down and lack motivation to do anything. i have been very short tempered with my friends and not even wanting to spend time with them. This is not like me at all and it hurts me to realise these things. Also i can feel happy as larry one minute and be down the next.

i have hated this first month and im wanting to come off it. i was just wondering if anyone else has experienced a combination of any of the above things i have, and what pills you may have tried to that i could maybe consider (combination pill)

i know that we are all very different and that so many pills are available, because there is not a 'one pill suits all' senario but i'd be gratful to what any of you think

[kymberlee]

Hi,
I have been on marvellon for about 7 months now,
I was previously on cilest, however that made me a crazy hormonal devil. At first itwas
Brilliant, no side effects what so ever but I have now seen a dramatic
Loss of my weight I've gone from my bmi being 19 to now only being 16, I wake up very tired and very
Dehydrated having to drink a tone of water when I wake, and I've just started to have strange light menstrual like cramps. Before about 2 weeks before my period is due. Anyone else the same please really concerned

[Lmoore]

I'm very concerned about how many people are saying marvelon reduced their sex drive as my nurse put me on it today to INCREASE mine, because mine has been on the decline since I started using Microgynon 7 years ago!! Do not understand this! I will post again in a few weeks and let you all know if marvelon has helped, and if there have been any other side effects.

[mm85]

It's good to hear that I'm not the only one who has had a nightmare with the pill. I have been on it since I was 16 (I initially went on it for bad period pains and awful mood swings the week before my period) and since then I think I must have tried about 8 different brands. I have had an absolute nightmare with some of them. The doctor has told me I must be very sensitive to the effects, but most of the time him and the nurse are absolutely useless. I have spoken to countless doctors and nurses and most have them have been completely clueless on what I should do. Last time the nurse told me that the extreme PMT I get was just 'something I'd probably have to live with'.

I tried a few (all with varying negative effects) before I settled with micogynon/ovranette (they are the same apparently) for about 3 years before I suffered with depression. It was only when I came off it that I realised it was part of the reason. I had been feeling that way for years and as soon as I came off it I felt so much more positive and was able to take the steps to feeling better again. I also realised what a sex drive was after it being non existent for the past few years! It scares me that a tiny pill can have such a massive effect on your life.

I came if it completely for a year before deciding to go back on yasmin for contraceptive purposes. At first yasmin was fine (apart from the initial bad skin and up and down hormones) but after 3 years on that I started to feel really angry and irrational. The depression, mood swings and lack of patience I would experience before every period was ridiculous. I literally couldn't even function at work because I'd be getting so annoyed/upset about everything.

So about 5 weeks ago I started Marvelon. First of all I suffered from headaches for about a week, but after that things seemed to settle. I was quite irritable for a while, but that was nothing new after yasmin. I felt more positive, my sex drive didn't seem to be effected and my boobs grew a bit (great!). I took my weeks break and my period was as usual (pretty bad cramps and heavy as it always has been).

However, I've been taiking my second pack for a week and now the bad side effects seem to really be kicking in. I've been irritable before but this is ridiculous. I'm working myself up about everything and feel angry at everyone and everything. I just want to be on my own and that's not like me. I also seem to have a completely non existent sex drive, and when I do have sex I'm less sensitive. The whole time I have been on Marvelon I just haven't felt quite right. It's hard to explain but I kind of feel numb, and a bit out of it. Does anyone think they've felt something similar?

Since I have only been on marvelon for 5 weeks I'm going to give it a bit longer and hope that the bad effects disappear. But I'm starting to lose hope that I will ever find a way to control my hormones . I have considered coming off it completely again but I am so paranoid about pregnancy that condoms just do not cut it for me, and I also have very heavy periods when I'm not taking the pill.

I'm sick and tired of my hormones controlling my life. It's not fair that men don't have to deal with anything like this .

[Selu]

I have been on the marvelon pill and as I have read it effects people in different ways. It really does depend on how your own body reacts to it. I was on Marvelon for 6 years and have now come off it and I feel so much better for it. It did clear my skin as I used to suffer from spots but it did give me lots of water retention and made me out on weight really easily despite going to the gym 4 times a week and watching what I ate. It also lowered my libido quite a lot. The good points to it was it cleared my skin at the time and did make me go up a cup size which isn't a bad thing lol but I just had too many other side effects that didn't make it worth staying on that particular pill for me. Since coming off the pill the weight just dropped off me and I now don't have any weight problems or water retention. It does take a while for your system to go back to normal once coming off the pill though.

[steevennsmithh]

You take Marvelon once a day for 21 days on the run. This provides a small amount of female sex hormones. These hormones are intended to prevent the monthly release of an egg from the ovaries. If an egg is not released you cannot become pregnant. The first 21 days are followed by 7 days when you don-t take a pill. During these pill-free days your regular 'monthly period' occurs. However, this period may be lighter and shorter than usual.