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Should I continue taking BC pills that are making me really sick?

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I'm 21 and my obgyn has put me on Jinteli. She says it won't affect fertility later in life but I'm still concerned. I get a lot of the side effects too, I've bitterly and jokingly said that these hormones are making me feel like a pregnant woman (more on that later). I'm not active and can guarantee that I'm not pregnant.

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The first month of taking the Jinteli pills I was unbearably sick, the second and third months were better but still pretty bad. After taking the pills I found myself more angry/rage filled than usual (even someone's footsteps being too loud made me want to scream at them).

I was also "promoted" at a job I really don't like to take on a huge task I'm not confident in. And I just got undeniably depressed and discouraged day in and day out for at least an entire week (also during a window where I should have had a normal period) which is SO unlike me (I can usually talk things out and get my emotions under control but I just couldn't seem to let it go no matter how hard I tried. It felt like my emotions were controlling me more than I was controlling them, SO scary!).

I'm in the fourth month of taking them and discovered I'm incredibly nauseated again like in the first month. Last night I almost got sick because my brother made steak and again today because he made sausage (two things that before this pill didn't seem to bother me). I've also gotten bad morning sickness this month which is something I dealt with the first month as well. I've NEVER had morning sickness before, and it's such a disgusting way to start my day.

I've tried telling the obgyn about my symptoms but she thinks it's more ibs related (though I know these are new symptoms) and kinda said it's not her department's problem and I need to take it up with gastro. And since the pills took away my period and the horrible cramps I was getting by default she thinks it's doing its job and I should keep taking them.

I've told my mom who is a nurse and she's trying to push me towards antidepressants as well as staying on Jinteli because "at least it took away your cramps" (though it leaves me to wonder at what cost). Something I don't feel like I need (considering what I was like before the pill) and don't want to start messing around with my mental state.

I'm just getting really frustrated, I don't think hormone pills are for me. I've tried estrogen bc pills at 14 and had terrible reactions as well to where I had to get off of them 4-6 months in and just dealt with the incredible pain since then. The reason we started at 14 was because I've struggled with painful periods where it caused me to frequently miss school. I got my period at 11 and my body used to shake on it's own because of the high pain. Just this year I was worried about how it would affect my career and got checked for endometriosis (since I had all the symptoms) and it came back negative which is why the obgyn suggested Jinteli.

As a side note, I went to my mom's obgyn (the one that actually checked her when she was pregnant with me). I only have BAD anxiety with three things: female exams, vomiting, and having to urgently use the bathroom with no bathroom around. Because of this really serious anxiety I haven't gotten a second opinion.

Like I said, I'm worried that taking this pill is going to affect fertility because of the high amount of progestin in it and that it's making me so sick even after this "three month adjustment period".

Can anybody weigh in on if I should get a second opinion or just keep trying it?
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