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birth control
Sun, 10/08/2006 - 01:28Topic: Women With Epilepsy
Who's got any advice for convincing my doctor that i wanna go on it?
Comments
Re: Re: birth control
Submitted by rosegirl on Mon, 2006-10-09 - 23:57
that's exactly why i can't go on birth control. my doctor has said that i'm too doped up (my words, not her's) to go on it. It would basically be pointless, just cost more $ for something that isn't that effective. The thing is i've been pretty regular but lately it shows up about a week early or a week later, which is scary. I don't know if it has something to do with me not moving quite as much. Since I got fired, I haven't done too much moving. That job kept you moving constantly and always on your toes. I think that's why. I've returned to my sloth-like ways and have gotten some surprises on the way.
Re: Re: Re: birth control
Submitted by solis on Tue, 2006-10-10 - 02:05
I was on Ortho-Novum 1/80 for just under a decade & both my GP and my neurologists (lol.. I have had many) knew of that fact.
Also, I never had a child during that time proving they they worked -despite the fact that I was also on AEDs.
Yet, within 5 months after nixing the birth control pill, I was pregnant.
~sol
Re: birth control
Submitted by angel_lts on Sun, 2006-10-08 - 14:44
You have to be careful. For some birth control can decrease in the strength of your AED meds. take care Lisa Http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/epilepsyapproach/