anyone else who is on microgynon 30 find that it makes you lose your sex drive??

[prettymum]

ive been on microgynon for nearly 2 years now and my sex drive is at an all time low now! my moods swings are really bad and lose my temper with dc really quick.

ive made an appointment with doctor on friday as its really started to have an effect on my relationship, im just pushing dp away.

izzybobsmum - Snap about the headaches! I would finish my pill pack on the Monday and have severe almost migraine headaches on the Tue and Wed.
I forgot my pill one day and got the same sort of headache at lunchtime. At 1400 I suddenly realised I had forgotten my pill and took it and the headache went..... No headaches at all when running the packs together though. And I saw three different doctors and a nurse about them..

Think I might have a similar experience altho its hard to know what to put it down to really! However when I was off the pill I had such terrible pains that I would think I was going to faint.

Doc has recommended I change to Cerazette now I am nearing (ahem..) 40. Interesting to hear VanillaPumpkins experience, anyone else switched to this?

Every pill I ever took negatively affected my sex drive (microgynon, dianette, can't even remember which other ones - stopped at about 34 & I'm over 40 now, so distant memory )

Within weeks of stopping each time I used to have raging hormones - in a good way

Now I just blame temper & mood swings on being too old & knackered to look after 2 young kids...

progesten-based contraception has this effect on me.

AVOID the Mirena coil if you have a history of migraines or depression, particularly PND or AND.

I can take progesten-based contraception for this reason, sally, but I loved the combined pill, which is also out for me as I have hypertension.

Luckily, DH is getting the snip.

i seriously think that healthcare practitioners get paid a commission for every one of those fucking Mirenas they jack into women.

they soooo hard sold it to me when i was considering sterilisation that i finally told them i wanted it written on my notes that i did NOT want of those damn things jacked into me so please don't bring it up anymore. EVER.

then they don't want to take them out because they cost about £120/each so they keep telling you to wait for months and months whilst things 'settle'.

yeah, right.

the nurse told me, there could be bleeding spotting for up to 6 months.

i told her i found that an unacceptable side effect.

Good for you expat. How are you btw?