I wanted to share my experince with Cezarette. I have been on it for approx 2 years. Have a history of anxiety and stress since about the age of 14 have been prescribed antidepresents in the past but never taken them. I am now 33 years old with 2 boys. I had been on Microgynon for years no problems.
At a routine repeat pill check up the nurse informedme that as I was over 30 (31) and due to having a couple of recent headaches (due to needing to update my prescription with my contacts which i did tell her) and the fact I smoke about 5 a day I could no longer stay on Microgynon and HAD to switch to Cezarette. I was a little reluctant as I was happy on the ones I was on. I researched and remember reading this thread 2 years ago. Read the different views and thought I had to give them a go as the health professionals were recommeding them. I put this thread to the back of my mind. Until now.
The first few months were like others, I had symptoms similar to being pregnant. Sore swollen boobs (my boobs increased a whole size), nausea, emotional and weepy - hormonal, craving for sweet foods even an increased sense of smell. I even did a test which was negative. I settled into it and thought it was amazing. No periods (apart from the odd bit of spotting once or twice) and bigger boobs.
I did have a stressfull couple of years personally but am very aware of my depression and can spot when it is coming on and I can take appopriate action. However, for about 6 months I have been feeling physically ill. Tiredness so bad I have been having to lie down and close my eyes for 5 mins at work in the afternoon and panic about how I can even manage to get through the afternoon. I work, cook the dinner do the boys home work with them and then sleep. I no longer go out I dont even pick up my guitar and I was performing up untill 18 months ago.
I went to the doctors and was sent for test, anemia, thiroids and various others. I cried all the way home because I just wanted to be told I had something wrong with me that could be fixed. Or a difficency that could be treated with vitamins. I started waking every morning vith vertigo. Feeling very weak and dizzy and feeling sick. I struggle to even clean my teeth without being sick. Again I thought I may be pregnant and did a test, Again negative.
Two weeks ago the doctor prescribed me sleeping tablets and I took them the last 2 weekends as I may not have been getting the right type of sleep. I also showed him a rash that I had been getting for a bout a week, he said to take antihistamines. The rash has got worse. My skin goes bright red and burning hot and I get itchy lumps so itchy I want to rip my skin off. I went back this morning and saw a different doctor. I said the sleeping tablets were helping and I did feel a little beter for the first couple of days after taking them. But I was starting to think I was going mad or even on the brink of a complete mental break down and was losing my mind. The sleeping tablets made me realise I am half awake all night listening for every sound in the house and I sleep with the window open so I can listen for people approaching the house. My son started senior school September and I was distraght and frantic with worry every morning he left the house and racked with guilt I was putting him through this tramatic event. Constantly thinking something really bad is going to happen to one of the boys and living the grapic experience in my head unable to stop it and desgusted inmyself for thinking it. No sleep, triedness, withdrawn, dizzy spelly, weakness, out of breath and now itchy I was at my wits end. BUT when I told the doctor this morning about my hives - thats what she said they were and I said can they in anyway be conected. Its like something clicked in her head and she said what pill are you on. I said a new one for the last 18 months to 2 years. SHE told me to come off it straight away.
Its like it was obvious to her and normal for this pill to have these symptoms. I was elated and releaved to know I am not losing my mind and destined for a life of sleepless depression and exhaustion. She has given me antihistamines to take mightly so the drousyness will help me sleep and I can stop spending 6 hours a day scratching. I have to now come off the cezarette. I am hoping I will now get my life back my husband will get his wife back and my children will get there Mom back.
P.S. All of the symptoms I experienced are listed on the paperwork and it took a long time for them to effect me the way they have (If it is the cezarette) I pray in a way it is so I can live again. I missed all the signs this time of getting depressed. I put them down to life and rationalised all of my irrational behavoir down too being tired. I was actually tired due to being so paranoid and anxious. I googled the tablet along with warnings and came across this thread again and remember reading it all those months ago. I wish I had remembered it earlier x