the pill...cerazette

[Lins1]

Hi,
After reading all the comments regarding cerazette I just wanted to post my experience of taking it.

I've never taken any form of contraceptive pill before and have always used condoms but at 39 and having settled into a stable relationship I thought I would give it a go.

I took my first tablet early Saturday morning on the first day of my period and went for a run for a couple of hours and felt fine. However, about mid-afternoon I started feeling really sick and put it down to an off day. A couple of hours later I started feeling really anxious and just tried to ignore it. I carried on feeling like this all night and felt the same Sunday when I woke up. I took another tablet Sunday morning and then my anxiety increased more in the afternoon to a point were I felt like I was going to have a panic attack. I decided to have a look on the internet and apparently some of the side effects are anxiety and depression. I have suffered with both in the past and currently coming off my anti-depressants (citropram) so I was really surprised that my doctor had prescribed this kind of minipill for me. Anyway, by Sunday night I suffered several panic attacks and was really anxious to the point were I took a couple of valium tablets I had from when I was suffering with depression last year and thankfully they calmed me down. I managed to get a of hours sleep this morning and woke to find my nightie and bedsheets covered in blood. I never suffer from heavy periods and can only put it down to the minipill. I've booked a telephone appt with my doctor to discuss why I have reacted like I have and why they prescribed this in the place for me but I definitely will not be taking any more of these horrible tablets.

I think my partner thought I was going mad last night and we've only been together 12 weeks!! I've even had to take the day off work today as I still feel anxious and have taken another valium tablet. From my experience I would not recommend taking this minipill if you suffer with depression and anxiety and I will definitely not be trying any other form of contraceptive pills again.

I'm sure I've just been unlucky and I guess there will be a form of pill I can take but I don't want to take that chance and feel like I have done this weekend ever again.

Hope this information is useful to anybody out there thinking about taking it.

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[ms-cooke]

I changed from Dianette to Cerazette due to suffering from migraines and for 2 months, had no period. I didn't have any nasty side effects, nor did I see an improvement in my migraines.

I didn't want to keep taking various drugs to see which helped my migraines as I thought the most obvious cause was the pill. I stopped taking it a few days ago and am getting some spotting (I took a pregnancy test too which was negative) - I've felt much better in myself so hope I've found the cause.

I would agree with the comments about unreliable information from doctors, 1st doctor said i didn't get migraines as I didn't get an 'aura', 2nd doctor said i definately did and prescribed antidepressants as a preventative plus a painkiller. It wasn't until i mentioned my pill that he realised i was on Dianette which is not advised for migraine sufferers!

[lunabella]

hi there,

I started taking cerazette about 2 months ago now, my periods have completely stopped which I am fine with but the only side effects im having is major bloating & increase in my appitite, I look and feel like I could be 6 months pregnant this my be more obvious as Im only 5ft and 8.5 stone but its really making me self conscious as I have only been with my partner for 2 months.
Can anyone tell me if they have had this problem and if it will settle down or will I always have this bloated swollen stomach being on cerazette?
Thanks

[Loyal]

Hey

I've just posted in another thread about coming off cerazette because I've had terrible problems with my emotions this past week after coming off cerazette 3 weeks ago. Well I felt that dreadful I've started taking it again today. I was wondering if anyone knows the process of switching from it onto another pill. How long do I have to wait after coming off it before I can start a new pill?

Just so people know, I had few problems in 3 years on cerazette. An increase in spots which I've just today put down to this pill after reading this thread and they've come on gradually. My periods were every 6 weeks or so for ages and very light and I had no mood changes. I eventually became into sync with my ex work colleagues periods and became quite regular but I changed jobs a few months ago and my periods stopped and I became worried that I was pregnant. I decided to give my body a rest from the pill but it's only lasted 3 weeks because I've felt that dreadful coming off it.

[ellie0378]

hi

i just wanted to write about the weight gain i have been on this pill for 9 months and since startin it i have had dramatic weight loss!! i was UK SIZE 22 im now nearly in a 14 so its been a good thing for me

Same! I lost a stone! Have since stopped Cerazette, loved having no periods, high sex drive and old size me, but not the facial hair and hair loss from my head!

Now I have not had a period (3 weeks since I stopped) but feeling it's coming, got very tender boobs and lumpy right one ... Bloatedness, jumpy tummy. I've had enough now

[Welshy bird]

Hello all, i had been taking cerazette for 18 months due to going to uni as a mature student and didnt want any suprises. I stopped taking it 6 weeks ago due the fact that no matter how little i ate and how muchi excersised i could could not shift the 2 stone i put on, my breasts were big to start with but now they are huge! I had no sex drive which my partner hated we ended up more like best friends than long term couple. I was put on this pill due to my age and the fact that i smoke ( dirty habit i know) i wouldnt reccomend it to anyone. Its taken 6 weeks for me to have my period and ive had awful fluid retention.
Im now on a calorie controlled diet an in the gym/ on my bike to try and shift this fat as it makes me depressed, but it can only get better from here, and from now on no oral contraception for me just good old fashioned condoms!

[Rainbowchaser]

HELP!!!!!

I've been taking cerazette for about 2 months. It was fine at first but after about a month I noticed that my boobs were a little smaller but in the last couple of weeks they have shrunk so so much. I was filling a 38DD and have done for most of my adult life. I'm 29 and have not had any children so this change in my body has come as a massive shock! My breast size has not changed at all even with slight weight loss and gain over the years. But now I feel like they're disapperaing. I've always liked my boobs, to be honest they're the one part of my body that I've always liked but now they feel more like empty skin sack than my breasts. It's awful and I feel so unattractive. I've stopped taking cerazette in the hopes that my hormone levels will return to their natural levels and my boobs will fill back out (only stopped two days ago so it's too early to tell if it's going to have any effect) but I'm nervous that they wont and I'm going to be stuck with these saggy lumps for the rest of my life. Has anyone out there experienced a similar thing and did your boobs return to you or am I going to have to start saving for augmentation surgery to get my breasts back?

[fedupnow]

I started taking cerazette 3 weeks ago and i havent stopped bleeding yet... Ive read all the pieces about not bleeding at all and i am puzzled...
Has someone had the same problem?

Hi, I've been taking cerazette for 3 months and like you I've barely stopped bleeding. It's almost been like a constant period. I've been told that it can take 6 months to sort out but it's a nightmare! The docs took me off my original pill which apart from monthly migraines I had no problems with for 10 years. To be honest I'd rather have the migraines! I'm going to try and stick it out this time.

[Marsy]

I have been on this pill for 3 months an become an agitated stressed person. I have put on loads of weight, tired, thrush, sweating it's horrible! I have major mood swings, an no bleeding which i kept thinking i was pregnant along with the constant need to wee an being tired all the time! They took me off cilest which was great for me but apparently I've been on it too long and it is a high risk pill? I don't k ow what to go on instead, I've heard Yasmin is good for not putting weight on?

[Howie]

Hiya girlies,
I'm really scared as I'm quite young an on the cerazette pull to regulate my periods not for any contraception, I'm really scared though that I may put on weight and get all the symptons the rest of you are getting? Please someone give me some advice
Thank you!
X

[cheekycat]

PLEASE HELP!!!!!

I have been on cerazette for 6 weeks and decided to come off it about a week ago now. This was due to severe itching of the whole body which when I looked up found it to be a rare side efeect....has anyone else had this and how long did it take to go.....not slept properly for about 2 weeks now what with the itching. Am desperate for sleep as have 3 kids 2 of whom are still at home and I am turing into a not very nice mummy!
thanks

[Bryjayne]

Ive been taken cerazette for nearly a year and a half and never bled unless i was on antibiotics

[Claireabelle]

Hi guys
I am surprised to read all the negative aspects of taking cerazette. I have been taking it for a year, and apart from the lack of periods (which is fab), everything else seems to be be working well. No weight gain, no lack of libido etc. I don't take oestrogen as my mum had cervical cancer so it was something I avoided for years. I was persuaded by my nurse practitioner to try Cerazette, I did reluctantly but am so glad I did.

[Bexstaa]

Hello my names Rebecca, I'm 18 years old

I think I was about 13/14 when I started my period, and ever since that day I have suffered with servere stomach cramps , I had been taken 500 mg of mefanamic acid and two cocodamol all at the same time, even though these did help I was feeling sick when I took them, so I went back to my GP and she prescribed me cerazette, and I have only been taking this over a week or so, and just out of the blue all these symtoms have happened like spots on my chin and cheeks are really bad, I feel sick, upset stomach, depression, panic attacks, can't breathe properly, an aching pain in my left arm, no energy, and before I started this pill I felt absolutely fine, i was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else in such a short period of time? Or could I be allergic to it? I'm not to sure,but thanks for your time x