Lissy43
14-04-10, 21:55
I am on my 2nd week of the combined pill (loestrin 20), I started it midcycle as instructed by my GP, and am waiting to see if my first period will be lighter. I am taking it for heavy periods.
The thing is I never took the pill before I had children, I did briefly for a few months when I was 19 as I had bad acne, I was on dianette. I worry alot about the risks on the leaflet, DVT, heart attack and stroke, all pretty scare stuff and although I am taking it and coping alot better than I thought, these risks are always in my head. The reason I worry is that I have 3 young children, and I keep worrying if I died from some awful side effect of the combined pill then I leave my children without a mother, all because I wanted lighter periods (ok they are very heavy and my GP says I need to be on the pill for health reasons):blush:
I know it will sound daft,but I once watched a programme about a woman who suddenly dropped dead of a PE and the doctors were saying it was due to the combined pill she was taking, I guess that has always stuck in my head.
Those of you who are on it, how do you cope with the serious risks if you suffer health anxiety?
Also, do you find it has given you a much lighter bleed? I really pray it helps me.
The thing is I never took the pill before I had children, I did briefly for a few months when I was 19 as I had bad acne, I was on dianette. I worry alot about the risks on the leaflet, DVT, heart attack and stroke, all pretty scare stuff and although I am taking it and coping alot better than I thought, these risks are always in my head. The reason I worry is that I have 3 young children, and I keep worrying if I died from some awful side effect of the combined pill then I leave my children without a mother, all because I wanted lighter periods (ok they are very heavy and my GP says I need to be on the pill for health reasons):blush:
I know it will sound daft,but I once watched a programme about a woman who suddenly dropped dead of a PE and the doctors were saying it was due to the combined pill she was taking, I guess that has always stuck in my head.
Those of you who are on it, how do you cope with the serious risks if you suffer health anxiety?
Also, do you find it has given you a much lighter bleed? I really pray it helps me.