Ashley | 25-34 | Female | On medication for 1 to less than 2 years | Patient
1/17/2023
Condition: Birth Control
Overall rating 1.0
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While this worked for what it was meant for, it was 100% not work it. I have roughly 10-16 migraines every 5 weeks. At first I just thought I was getting regular headaches, but then they started to control my life. I didn't think it was my birth control, as I had been on other types for many years with no issues. I finally went to see a doctor and I was diagnosed with cluster headaches. Which, let me tell you, are the worst things I have ever experienced. They are only "manageable" and can only "go away" with a prescription. If you are wondering, cluster headaches are usually on one side of you head and is a stabbing excruciating pain behind your eye, with other side effects to go along with it. I was on a daily preventative of Topamax and a rescue medication Sumatriptan. I did this for a YEAR and I also had an MRI. So now that I an a few thousand dollars in the hole and nothing is working and my MRI is fine, I start thinking about my history. It lined up that these started with the birth control. I stopped it December 11, 2022 and I have only had 4 of these headaches since then, where as I normally would have had about 10-15 by now. If anyone is experiencing this on this medication.... RUN don't WALK to get something else. I would never want anyone to suffer this way. I am hoping once my system clears out from the birth control that my life goes back to normal and I never get these again.Read More Read Less
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notgood | 25-34 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
9/5/2022
Condition: Birth Control
Overall rating 1.0
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do not take this! it made me bloat like crazy and incredibly moody. find a different medication.
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