Funny, my annual appointment is in two hours and this is the same conversation I'm going to have with my gyno. I went from Yasmin, which was "okay" but still didn't help with my PMS/PMDD as much as I'd have liked, to Depo... which was like spiraling into hell . Then tried Yaz, and honestly, I hate it. I have three days of violent period and three days of drips, a full week of PMS symptoms before my period and a week during. I gain four to six pounds with every cycle and lose most of it by the end, but I'm still seven pounds heavier than when I started it despite a pretty intensive exercise schedule compared to when I started. My libido is NIL. I'm going to look into Seasonale or one of the other quarterly pills because my body, relationship and mind can't handle the PMS/PMDD symptoms every month.
Although the almost-homicidal rants sometimes amuse my man. And me later.
But, I'll definitely agree that every single woman's chemistry is different and who knows what'll work. I have friends that have two day periods on Yaz, one that lost twenty pounds on Depo (unlike NORMAL people
) and some that loved Ortho Tri Cyclen, which caused me severe headaches. You have to shop around. I haven't been on the same pill longer than a year in about the last five years.
Good luck, Stella