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Cileste pill - put on half a stone and lost my libido....

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multitasker · 20/12/2006 11:28

I have been on cileste without a break now for 4 months. I was sterilised early Nov and will have to keep taking it for a couple more months. I feel bloated and very crampy and am waiting to speak to the consultant to see if I can stop taking it sooner. I've definately put on weight and seem to have lost my sex drive. Anyone else have similar experience?

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mamalocco · 20/12/2006 21:36

Was fine for years on it before dcs, tried to go back on it last year and felt sick as a dog. Hopefully consultant will say you can stop or swap to something else. My symptons - though different, stopped immediately.

Good luck!

paddingtonbear1 · 20/12/2006 21:39

I had similar symptoms to yours with another pill, cerazette. I got it changed and my current one is much better. It took me a while to shift the extra weight though!

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multitasker · 21/12/2006 19:31

Hurrah - consultant said I can stop taking it, am so glad thats the end of added hormones for me. I'll think of a fitness plan after xmas

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WhenSantaWentQuietlyMad · 21/12/2006 19:33

Yes - I took it for 6 months and put on about a stone (started at size 10/12 and ended up 14/16). I stopped taking it and felt like a huge cloud had been lifted from my head. Best thing I ever did - that was 10 years ago and I have never been back on the pill!

WhenSantaWentQuietlyMad · 21/12/2006 19:34

By the way - forgot to add the most important fact which was that the weight dropped off v quickly afterwards! Hope the same happens for you.

laneydaye · 21/12/2006 19:35

I HAVE BEEN TAKING IT FOR NEARLY 6 YRS AND
i havent had a libido really for just as long!! thought i was just not into sex after having kids!

WhenSantaWentQuietlyMad · 21/12/2006 19:36

Yes - libido disappeared, although that was a bonus in a way because I was single at the time and taking them for other health reasons.

I think the libido was just part of the whole range of depressing side effects for me.

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multitasker · 21/12/2006 19:36

God santa! I'd only taken it for a few months - what would I not be like long term!! I've only gone from a 10 to a 12 but I feel all my clothes a bit tight - shopping in the new year??

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WhenSantaWentQuietlyMad · 21/12/2006 19:38

I can't be sure why the weight dropped off so easily, but I should think if you were only a 10 to start with, you will start to notice the difference. I never really worked out whether a lot of the weight was water retention/bloating, but it did come off quick, so I suspect it was.

All very cheering I hope!

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multitasker · 21/12/2006 19:40

Oh Laneyday I missed my sex drive - you know its not like I've ever been jumping off the wardrobe or anything, but its more a case of knowing that it felt better before

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laneydaye · 21/12/2006 19:42

I missed the surgery today and guess when i shouldve taken it???? might ask for something else...i do not want to get pregnant...

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multitasker · 21/12/2006 19:55

Are you thinking of any more kids?

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dingdonglapinroseonhigh · 21/12/2006 20:40

i put on half a stone on cilest too, about 5-6 yrs ago, no prob with sex drive tho... that prob only surfaced after having DTs

nutcracker · 21/12/2006 20:44

Have just been given cileste.

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