Birth Control
Submitted by Enelesn on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 9:23pm.
Anyone else out there on or been on Loestrin24?
I was on it for about a year. Had been on OrthoNovum7/7/7 for about 10 years - without much of a problem. I stoped taking it after my ex-husband and I separated - 3 years later, I became pregnant with my son (who is now 3 yrs. old). I tried going back to Ortho after I finished nursing him, but I had some pretty bad depression and mood swings so after about a year my gyno (at my urging)switched my to something else - Loestrin24. I barely ever had my period at all on it. I know that's supposed to be normal, but I find it weird & unnatural. I stopped taking the Loestrin this past January, after being on it a year and STILL no period (not pregnant, took 2 tests)- it kinda freaks me out...
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Had that experience after the birth, too. I had a pill I took all the time (don't remember the name) and had no or almost no period. When i was no longer breastfeeding I changed to my vaginal ring I like much better. It's less hormons, no need to take a pill every evening. You put it in, forget for three weeks, take it out and after a week you put in the next one. I have made the experience that it has no side-effect on my sex drive, something every pill has on me. Maybe that would be an alternative for you?