having some serious problems with cryselle (lo/ovral)!!

[gummybear12]

please help!!!


i have endometriosis that is pretty bad and causes me extreme pain pretty regularly, so i was recently put on lo/ovral (i take 84 pills per cycle so i stop my periods to only have four a year).  i have been dieting very strictly and i do about six hours of exercise a day (i am a full time dancer), and for some reason i just CANNOT get weight off! i'm eating what always worked for my diet and i have never had a problem sustaining the necessary low weight for a ballet career.  but for some reason its just not working!! i veered off my diet a little bit on the weekend and gained SEVEN POUNDS.  seven pounds. in two days.  NOT NORMAL! i am a small person so thats a really big deal for me!  its SO hard for me to lose it and i am gaining it ridiculously easy.  i don't know what to do i am unbelievably frustrated!!!  has anyone had this problem and found a solution?!! HELP!!

[gummybear12]

i talked with my doctor yesterday to make sure that this isn't something for me to worry about.  she said that my body is still adjusting to the increase of hormones in my body, and the past few days i've been intructed to double up on my pills because of a complication i was having with heavy bleeding, so she said it will get worse but then when everything adjusts i will be able to keep it under control.  upon research, and speaking to the doctor, i realized that my problem is not fat weight, but just extreme water retention, as i eat a practically fat free diet but am extremely bloated.  i'm drinking much more water, intaking more natural dieuretics, continuing my diet, and cutting out sodium, hopefully that works for me!

[Ashley6113]

I also have endometriosis and they put me on the depo shot. I haven't had a period in 2 to 3 years. (whitch I heard is not good) I was and have been 110 to 120 pounds my whole life and as soon as I had my pre-cancerous cells removed and the endometriosis removed and they started with the shots I got up to 220. It seemed like it just took like 2 or 3 days. My belly started growing and it looked and people asked if I were pregnant. Even with my first child I never weighed that much.The shots and pills for endo is horrible! I am now at 160 and have been for a year. I can't get any smaller it seens im stuck. I have heard of girls sticking to a diet that works without the meds.