Expert: Diane Cheryl - 10/27/2010

Question
I have been using Yarina birth control pills for 8 years and I have
experiencing major side effects from them: I have awful headaches, face
swelling, blurred vision, uneven heartbeats - almost stopping and then
running - but osympthoms occur only when I skip using pills for that 7 day
period, but I even can not get to the 7 th day - usually on tge 3rd day I am
starting to experience this, then I have to start taking new pack of pills,
because I just can't handle this thinking my heart will just stop or my head
will explode.  So I take the new package, start using it and the sympthoms
dissaphear. What is this? I did tests - my heart is good, everyrhing just
fine, unless I stop taking pills. But with every year it gets worse, because
now I feel bad already on the second day of skipping pills. Can I stop
using them forever? Then how can I live after the critical 5 th day of not
using them? Now I will not be able to live without them? My health was so
good before all of this...  

Answer
Leva,

Have you talked to your doctor about this? I think you should. This doesn't sound good and I don't think yhou should be starting a new pack all the time. So are you saying that you don't let your period come but just start another pack?

Can you go off birth control pills completely? Are you married and having sex? Let me know more of your life situation so I can advise you.

Please email me at CHERYL51@aol.com and put ALLEXPERTS in the subject line of your email. Hope to hear from you soon with more details.

Sincerely,
Diane Cheryl