It is harder to lose weight and easier to gain it. I'd get some pretty massive cravings moments where I had to eat to calm my stomach.
Acne though I've not heard of. If anything my skin was nicer on it than off .
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Acne though I've not heard of. If anything my skin was nicer on it than off .
Personally, they gave me the pill to fix my acné. After I was put on it, I never had the breakouts I had in my teens again and plus a good daily routine, my whiteheads are very uncommon.
From weight... It hasn't affected me much. I've managed to lose weight with it, although its a bit hard. When I gained weight it was due to me completely losing control of what I ate.
I've been thinking about going on bc because my doc suggested it could help my chronic migraines. I guess it would be a nice bonus if it nixed the one massive, painful cystic pimple that reliably appears after I ovulate.
That's weird, I had that same problem when I was a teenager, with a cystic pimple below my left shoulder blade. Once on the pill it just sort of burst on its own while I was sleeping and it never came back after, even going off the pill.
Interesting! Mine are in various locations, usually in the T-zone somewhere and impossible to do anything with because they are so deep. I wonder if just going on bc temporarily would help resolve the situation? It does feel like they are just there, lurking in wait all the time.
Might as well give it a shot :) I hope it works well for you, I had a couple of cystic pimples when I was a young teen (like 14) and I HAtED that shit
I have PCOS and so I've always had acne but as soon as the doctor put me on birth control the acne stopped. It was so nice until I had other complications from the pill and had to stop using it. But I got Mirena (IUD) instead. That's the best birth control I've ever been on but it does cause acne.
I'm new to this thread btw. Hi!
I get so irritated because I'm in my 30s. I'm supposed to be worrying about wrinkles and not this pubescent bullshit lol
It didn't affect my weight, but I did get acne. That was part of the reason why I stop taking it.
Birth control made me moody and killed my sex drive which kinda defeated the purpose. I was in it when I was younger and had crazy periods and it helped with that. In more recent years I went on it for its intended purpose and it was an utter fail. I tried nuvaring, ortho tri cycle, and eventually got a copper IUD which I've been on for a couple years.
Copper IUD has been the best most side effect free option but I had scary monster periods for the first 5 months of being on it.
Copper IUD has been the best most side effect free option but I had scary monster periods for the first 5 months of being on it.
College roommate was put on the Pill by her doctor to control her acne as a teen, not for bc (though she was pretty sexually promiscuous so it was a bonus). I don't have much acne problems myself other than small blackheads and one whitehead that won't go away on my forehead.
Only other "bad" side effect that I got was bigger boobs. But because my boobs were small to begin with, it was a bonus for me. :)
Give it a shot!! BC is free in the US with insurance.
Conversely, even if you don't have insurance you can just walk into Planned Parenthood and get free birth control pills.
Yep! A couple years ago I had a UTI while off insurance, went in there and they hooked me up with all that free shit plus free antibiotics.... and I make enough money that I don't even come close to qualifying for any goverment assistance. They'll give you free condoms too. PP is like the fucking fairy godmother of your vagina I love them.
Fairy god mother of your vagina, love it, need to use that line from now on! haha I remember back in high school one of my close guy friends would always get a bunch of them from PP but never actually been inside on. Will keep all those services in mind since I only make 4 figures and am waaaaaaaaaaay below the poverty line.
Oh yeah i make like way above that and they still gave me free shit. Definitely go there!:)
Thanks for your input, guys. It's really interesting to see how everyone has their own experience with BC. I'll have to try my luck at some point. *sad shrug* Not really excited about it, lol.
I'm both amazed and sad at the same time by what you guys are saying about Planned Parenthood. (I don't live in the US.)
Hi there! I'm sorry about your PCOS. And the IUD causing acne is a damn shame.
I'm so sorry I laughed at that last part. I wish you good luck.
Holy shit, that sounds terrifying. That's almost half a year of nightmare periods. I'm glad you found something good for you, though.
This gave me a chuckle. Congrats! :P
I'm both amazed and sad at the same time by what you guys are saying about Planned Parenthood. (I don't live in the US.)
When I was on it, it never seemed to swing much one way or another for me. The only plus I think I ever really got out of it was being able to time when my period would show up down to the day lmao.
Now it's just like "maybe it'll show up today...maybe not.... oh it's a week early okay...fine."
May as well give it a shot and see if it helps you at all! Never know.
Awww, haha. I'm glad I'm pretty regular. I do hope you get some warning signs before your periods. I know some girls that don't even realize they're bleeding, which is crazy to me because I get horrible cramps on the days leading up to and during my period.
You're right. I'll see what happens when I finally take the leap!
I mean, usually I am! I was just shocked this last month when I got it like, a week early with almost no warning haha. But normally cramps and whatnot leading up to it, yeah.
Good luck when you give it a shot! :)
It's all good, I actually feel pretty lucky as my period hardships have not been much as an adult, and even less after using a cup. Some people go through some serious shit. I just get a huge pimple. And maybe it will stop if I try bc... if it helps with headache, that would be a serious qol improvement for me. I'll ask for more options on my next doc appointment.
Hope it all works out well for you!
I'm in BC Canada, but similar situation. I am not concerned about the cost, so much as having things be awful for a little while and being slow to correct if I go off it. But the more headaches I get, the more I think it's worth a shot for the migraines alone.
*goes into thread about Mass Effect*
*immediately sees Ashley being labeled a bitch*
Like I can understand not liking a character but just labeling them a bitch just because weren't 'nice' to your character is just so....aggravating.
*immediately sees Ashley being labeled a bitch*
Like I can understand not liking a character but just labeling them a bitch just because weren't 'nice' to your character is just so....aggravating.
I got all excited about there being a Mass Effect thread and now I'm like...oh nevermind. Sigh.
Or more submissive and talk about how cool you are like Liara.
these ArenaNet threads are so bad for my blood pressure. Usually it's just the vocal minority being dickholes but this time it's overwhelming. I need to take a break.
Ugh, I shouldn't have gone into the news threads. I should just stay in my hangout bubble, I guess, because it seems like implied misogyny and willful ignorance is unmoddable.
I tend to mostly avoid the gaming site here like I did the old place. I'm not able to not be greatly affected when seeing that kind of crap so it's just better to not chance it as seeing those types of replies wouldn't be very pleasant. Saw a very few of the replies to one of the first threads on it and that was enough for me to not look again on further threads, disheartening how overwhelming the support over the firing there was that I saw =/
This is where I'm at. There is too many bad things going on when I'm offline that I don't wanna read about people doing shitty things on the internet right now. I just look at my watched threads most days.
Got a blood test and chest x ray in part to check for RA yesterday. Would explain a lot of things if I have it, but it would still suck. Sounds like all the medication options have nasty side effects. If I do have RA, the symptoms are relatively mild, and I'm hoping I won't need those meds for now.
I have RA, it never showed up on the blood tests but it's showing up in my joints. My insurance gives me a hard time because of this. I don't have enough swelling to qualify and I'm allergic to NSAIDS and my insurance refuses to cover any other medication.
My doctor did ask me if I wanted to have a family because once the swelling damage does start, the medications I'm going to have to take will make that impossible.
Hi. Question: would you work for Uber (corporate, not driver)? A recruiter for them contacted my wife and wants to talk, and I was like, "Uh... Maybe you should look up their reputation with regard to female employees."
They have a new CEO who is trying to clean up the place. I'm not sure if that extends to their treatment of corporate female employees though. DEFINITELY do some research.
Honestly, Uber is a smorgasbord of issues that I would prefer to avoid entirely.
This There are a bunch of reasons why I wouldn't work there but a the way they've handled harassment claims in the past raises red flags with me no matter how much the new CEO apologizes.
Huh. Looks like their head of HR just stepped down yesterday for not properly dealing with racial discrimination.
https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/11/technology/uber-hr-head-resigns/index.html
What a company.
https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/11/technology/uber-hr-head-resigns/index.html
What a company.
I don't know why they continue to rely on blood tests. Apparently it's only detectable 25% of the time or something stupid like that. I'm cynical enough to believe it's used as a convenient excuse to ignore women and their pain.
I only made it about an hour in that thread before I had to give up.
RA ladies, you need to take the meds. There really isn't a "not that bad". It's a progressive, degenerative disease. You may feel fine but the disease is slowly destroying your body without medication. Once you do start to feel bad, it's too late, you will have severe damage at that point, among other issues.
Also you can still have perfectly healthy children on many RA meds, make sure you go over it with your doctor.
To be honest, if your doctor is telling you, a woman of childbearing age, that she has to take a med that makes pregnancies non-viable, find a new fucking doctor a.s.a.p. Those drugs should be last resort drugs for women of childbearing age. This is my doctor's opinion, not my own, btw.
If your doctor is telling you to take leflunomide/methotrexate when they know you may want a family, they are a shit doctor. Unfortunately I've run into a few of those over the years.
My #1 tip is ask your doctor about getting on a biologic ASAP, don't fuck around with taking exclusively DMARDs. The main issue I see is that many doctors want to start you on those meds, some of which are the ones you shouldn't get pregnant taking. But they don't work as well as the biologics, the biologics are literally life changing in a positive way. Doctors hesitate to put people on biologics because they are all injectables and most people are afraid of needles, also they are very expensive and it is a lot more work for the doctor to get insurance to approve them.
Although I'll be real, having RA you will get over any fear of needles real quick, from the frequent bloodwork.
I wish I could go back in time and tell my first doctor to start me on a biologic right away, not fuck around with DMARDs. Which by the way my side effects on those were about 1000x worse than anything I've had with biologics.
I've been diagnosed with RA since I was 20 and I'm a lot older than that now, if anybody has any questions/fears feel free to PM me.
Thank you so much for this extremely informative post. <3 I still haven't gotten my full bloodwork results yet. One thing came back and it was negative. Fingers crossed everything else is too. If I do have RA, this post is going to be sooooo helpful. Thank you again.
Thanks for this post! I thought that question about having children was suspect too. I'd really like to see another doctor, but there aren't many near me and the selection that is is not that great. Also, my insurance will deny any medication unless there is a positive blood test or x-ray. I'm afraid that won't happen until I am feeling bad and have significant damage.