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Location: Wonderland
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Oct 01, 2017 at 10:44 AM
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I currently use the Mirena IUD. It's wonderful. The cramping is minimal, which is the number one reason why I use BC because I have severe abnormal pain. I only bleed when I am under tremendous stress. But the tough part is that I need to be knocked out to do it because I'm too scared to be awake, and I am also very tight, so I have to be given a pill that opens the uterus which causes labor-like contractions. I fainted twice taking those pills.
I am not sure if I want to use the IUD again, or at least to go through the process. I want to know what's out there before my appointment with my OBGYN. |
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Oct 01, 2017 at 12:00 PM
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I had the mirena for five years. My main issue is that I have high blood pressure and smoke, so I can't take an estrogen based BC. When it was time to take out the Lorena, I couldn't afford another one and my insurance doesn't cover it. My doctor put me on Jolivette (another name is Nora-B I think). It's a progesterone only pill. But also it's 28 day hormone, no sugar pill. I have irregular cycles and when I have one they are severe bleeding and cramps so bad I can't move. Even if I have one monthly with BC, the cramps are horrible, so I need 28 day hormone. With the Jolivette, the most I get is spotting every so often. I do get some cramps, bit nowhere near what I used to before BC.
__________________  Diagnoses: PTSD with Dissociative Symptoms, Borderline Personality Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain |
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Oct 01, 2017 at 09:20 PM
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I take a bcp-microgestin but my dr also suggest nexplanon to me-the bc they implant in your arm
__________________ Bipolar 1 w/psychotic features or schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety OCD celexa, prazosin, Lybalvi and prn zyprexa and klonopin |
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Oct 02, 2017 at 04:04 PM
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I use abstinence.. which actually has a fairly high Pearl-index, if you would believe it. Planning to abstain and actually abstaining aren't the same.
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Oct 02, 2017 at 06:36 PM
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__________________ Diagnoses: PTSD with Dissociative Symptoms, Borderline Personality Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain |
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