Progestin Advice (not for the easily offended)

My periods are fairly irregular (12 days long, with only 15 days, or 20, or 25, or 14 days between them...) and over the past few months have become increasingly painful. I am "a fainter," as my mom says, and my response to pain tends to be passing out...with the result that I nearly keeled over into a lemon display at our local grocery store last month.

I went to Planned Parenthood to see about getting back on the pill, which I took between the ages of 18 and 23. I'm 29 now, and I stopped taking the pill because it gave me screaming migraine headaches. (Desogen, Nordette, Alesse, Demulin, Ortho-Tricyclin, Lo-Ovril--I felt like I took them all.)

I do not have any medical problems that would account for this--past doctors have always told me that the pain is "normal" and that I should take more B vitamins, exercise more (yeah, as in MORE than running 1/2 an hour 5 days a week and walking everywhere in my urban hometown).

Anyway, because of my migraine history and some mood swing problems, PP recommended progestin. I then heard horror stories from three friends about how progestin made them gain weight, gave them _unpredictable_ periods that sometimes lasted for months, etc. The whole reason I want a pill is so that my period is regular, predictable, and not so painful.

Any advice/experience y'all might have is really appreciated. I _cannot_ take medicine that makes me gain weight because I will stop eating. (Already 30 lbs overweight and have a hard time finding clothes that fit me as I'm 5' 9".)

Tue. Feb 27, 8:40am

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