Birth Control Pill Agony

[tequilasue]

Is it me or does the pill make you ravenous? What can I do to stop the appetite???

 

[Daisy_Girl]

Change brands.

Seriously, check with your doc. Try other brands/methods.

BTW, I was on BCP for about 15 years (off now, yea!) and I never had that side effect.

I was on Ortho-Novum 777 - but it is a high estrogen pill, I don't recommend that. Then switched to Loestrin Fe - it is lower estrogen. I liked it.

 

[velvett]

I never had that.

I was on for like 8 (?) year (mostly a very high dose of estrogen - low dose was really bad) I can't recall off prior on on prior and recently 3-4 weeks? ago I stopped. I haven't notice any changes in appetite but my boobs are shrinking.

 

[*MissFit*]

I'm not using now but when i was i never was hungry either.. didnt gain wieght

 

[fmorrow6]

I'm on depo, it's a three month shot, at the beginning and the end, i get SOOOO hungry, and also retain water. But i suck at taking pills, that's how i was blessed with my second child, emily!!!

 

[Daisy_Girl]

How long have you been on Depo? Have you noticed any body changes? Sex drive changes?

I ask because I've seen A LOT of women here that HATE Depo - they usually gain fat, and have trouble losing fat, not to mention their sex drive plummets. I always find it interesting when someone actually LIKES it!

 

[fmorrow6]

You're right on both accounts. I'm 23 now and have been on it for the most part since i was 16. Yes, it makes it harder to lose fat and a lot of people gain on it. My dr. explained it to me that my body "thinks" it pregnant, so it acts like it. Anyway, you just have to learn to expect it and change your diet and activities accordingly. I figure i'd gain more weight if i was actually pregnant soo.....

 

[fmorrow6]

and the sex drive thing? Well, i've always been hornier than most people, so i haven't noticed a thing.

 

[ThatGirl]

I am I think the only person in the world who NEVER gained a single pund on depo, and had absolutely no problem at all losing fat. I also don't have periods. I do get cramps now and then and sometimes, though not often, get bloated. I love it. The pill didn't work for me, I tried so many different kinds that made me irritable, hungry, irregular (not that NOT having periods is necessarily always good), even some that made my hair fall out! Plus, I too suck at taking pills.
I love depo, I will never take anything else

 

[Daisy_Girl]

I am I think the only person in the world who NEVER gained a single pund on depo, and had absolutely no problem at all losing fat. I also don't have periods. I do get cramps now and then and sometimes, though not often, get bloated. I love it. The pill didn't work for me, I tried so many different kinds that made me irritable, hungry, irregular (not that NOT having periods is necessarily always good), even some that made my hair fall out! Plus, I too suck at taking pills.
I love depo, I will never take anything else

Nice to hear.

This def goes to show that works for one does not work for another and vice versa.

Finding the right BC for you is often a painful trial and error process. Personally, I am off BC until I have kids - then it is the Copper IUD for me! Hormone free!