Contraceptive patch
I know there has been loads of threads about this in the past, but none recently and after reading the pil thread, and having some unpleasent personal experiences with my pill Im seriously wondering about going on this, but have a few questions.
Id like to come off my pill because Im wondering if its linked to my depression- does the contractive patch have this effect to anyone's knowledge?
Can you 'carry over' patches on weeks where you dont want to have a period, like you can with the pill?
And slightly less related- if you go to a family planning centre does your doctor recieve infomation that you're on a different type of contraceptive or anything?
Thankyou!
Hazy xxx
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Heat Spots?
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I don't know what to do.?
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Hey
I'm not entirely sure about this but I thought the contraceptive patch would still give some side effects as you're still placing hormones into your body. There are subdermal patches which contain progesterone only which might be better as maybe the oestrogen is causing problems?
Alternatively, you could go for the depot injection which is progesterone only as well and lasts for 3 months.
The intrauterine coil is a contraceptive which wouldn't be putting any hormones into your body. It uses copper instead to inactivate the sperm and once in place can last for up to 5 years.
Not sure about the fpc, sorry!
rosy x
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About the fpc: everything that happens to you there is confidential and your doctor will only hear about your treatment or whatnot if you request it. You're not obliged to give your doctors' name when you go.
I think rosy is right - the patch and the injection can have the same side effects as the Pill.
g_k
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Unbearable period pains?
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Which pill are you on now? That always gives you clues as to what your body needs / doesn't need. Depression (very low) is normally linked to the progestogen rather than the oestrogen whereas mood swings (up and down) are linked to the oestrogen.
