I used to take Microgynon and had no problems with it. My male GP at the time who was horrible for so many reasons decided to shift me onto Cezarette, which I didn't stay on for long, because it gave me terrible mood swings to the point where I genuinely feared I'd kill someone if I kept taking it.
He wouldn't prescribe me Microgynon anymore (even though I had no risk factors at that time) and I just stopped having sex.
Fast forward many years later, and I'd like to have some sort of sex life. I've been prescribed Norgeston, been on it for a few months, and it feels like I can't stop bleeding. The periods are medium rather than heavy, but they last forever. My normal periods were about seven days with Microgynon, five days with nothing, but right now I've passed the two-week mark. This is not normal!
I'm so tired - a combination of not sleeping well from the heat, and possibly from bleeding for two weeks. And from being warmer than usual, because my body temperature goes up when I'm on my period, and with the weather being what it is, those extra few degrees are tipping me over the edge.
Do I just accept that no doctor is ever going to give me a hormonal contraceptive I get on with, now that I'm older and fatter?
I would also add that I had no issues with weight gain whilst on Microgynon, but I've put on weight with Norgeston. So I feel fat and unattractive, so I guess that sorts out the contraceptive point, because I won't be having sex anytime soon feeling like this...
Possibly incoherent; just generally miserable and looking for support from other women who have managed to get a pill that works a bit later in life.