Low-Ogestrel Side Affects

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Registered: 08-28-2006
Low-Ogestrel Side Affects
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Wed, 11-29-2006 - 7:02pm
Is dry skin around the breast area, and itchiness (probably due to the dry skin) a side affect for anyone on this pill alike me? Because I read the packet and it didn't say anything about that. Just breast tenderness. Which my breasts don't hurt, they just itch. I've tried putting lotion on them but sometimes that doesn't work. I asked my doctor and she said it shouldnt be because of the pill, she said it is probably the soap i am using. But that cannot be because I have used that soap for the longest time before i got on the pill and dry skin has never been a problem! I am scared I might have breast cancer or something! My boobs are rather small. Help!
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Wed, 11-29-2006 - 9:33pm

Hi lon_don, welcome!


      Jill

    

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Registered: 08-28-2006
Wed, 11-29-2006 - 10:03pm

Well I have been on this pill for almost two cycles now. She switched me to this pill the second month because the one I took before made me anemic (sp?) where I bled EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR A MONTH. Which was bad. Really bad. But this stuff doesn't make me do that.

Nothing else really changed except my boyfriend noticed mood swings. But he noticed that before as well and that is a KNOWN side effect of birth control.

I have tried a lubricating lotion made for dry skin and it doesn't really help at all. Sometimes I put the lotion on my chest before I go to bed, and I end up waking up in the middle of the night because my chest itches so bad!

I honestly cannot take it, it has gone on for over a month now and I am so tired of it! I think I might ask my doctor to see if I can get a pill change. Do you think Yasmine would be a good change? My friend is on it and she says she really hasn't had a problem with it.

But I would like to thank you for all of your help it is greatly appreciated, I rarely ever get help on these boards as fast as you answered! Thanks again!

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Thu, 11-30-2006 - 1:36pm

Hi again lon_don,


      Jill