Experiencing problems with Marvelon pill

[SRH]

I was wondering if anyone has had problems with the Marvelon pill. In the past I've tried Ovranette (got breakthrough bleeding) and Cilest (put on loads of weight) and so three weeks ago went on Marvelon. Since then I've suffered terrible mood swings and can't stop bursting into tears. I'm pretty certain it's the pill, so yesterday I decided to stop taking it (I'll obviously go to my GP this week, but just couldn't take the depression any more).

Am I the only one - on the internet most reviews say Marvelon is great. I'm starting to think that the pill just doesn't agree with me and that I'll have to just accept that I can't take it.

[Emma789]

I am so glad I found this page although it is quite old!

I went on marvelon a month ago, I have just finished my first pack and oh my goodness, I have been a miserable, emotional wreck all weekend. I have argued with my parents and my boyfriend, cried at everything and felt so paranoid and down. I have never felt so low, ever! I felt like all my friends were leaving me out and my family were leaving me out. I was snapping at anything anyone would say to me.

It was only last night that I was arguing with my boyfriend when he said "you need to get off that pill, ever since you've been on it I can't seem to do anything right!" I didn't answer because I realised he was right.

I had been on microgynon for six years previously but needed to change as I had zero libido. The doctor looked in a book, picked marvelon and gave me a three month prescription. I was supposed to have taken my last pill today but after reading all the posts on here, I'm chucking it away and not taking it again.

Maybe it works for some people but definitely not for me. It turned me into a stroppy hormonal teenager. I think I will just leave the pill at the doctors for now on and stick with condoms if it means I can act normally and have a normal life!

[PrettyKittie]

I know this thread started in 2009 but still helping many people years later.

This is my experience I took marvelon for about ten years and had no problems at all (wondering if I did I just didn't notice) I did have a very emotionally abuisve boyfriend at the time and I suffered with eating disorders and self harm and used to drink way way too much - I do think the ex had a fair amount to do with this as I was never thin enough even at 7.5 stone which at 6ft was never good, but now I wonder if these tablets have something to do with it - doctors (mine was useless) never question that the pill might be causing emotional difficulties.

I stopped taking it for three years before meeting my new boyfriend and took for a year, was taken off it as I moved and new Dr did not like me being 37 and on this pill (fav lady doctor now) went onto the mini-pill and lasted one month before I ended them I couldn't take it I went to a very dark place I wanted to kill myself I wanted to kill my boyfriend I started to worry I would hurt my cats, my OCD went off the charts I started self harming and generally turned into a vile human being, my doctor agreed to put me back on Marvelon for three months.

Well a month in my poor boyfriend got a verbal hammering for 48hrs (this poor man) he said your going funny because of these tablets I knew best what did he know stupid man (he is far from stupid and so loving) so I had a break and I definitely felt different but put it down to seeing family starting a new job and my fluff ball getting better.

Well I'm seven days into pack two this has been the worst experience past four days have been horrendous, when in the office I could not even string a sentence together brain fog like no body's business, all those feelings came back depression, crying constantly so much so I become hysterical and can't see out of my eyes everything is too much to cope with. I see a baby or a kitten and I'm a mess, I turn into the girl who drank too much and ends up crying into her wine lool (oh dear god it's really not funny!)

Anyway it is nice to hear I'm not alone and what I would say to anyone is really listen to your body, and tell your partners, your loved ones your friends to look out - my boyfriend said you have to stop taking it now after telling him I wanted to die and that he made me so angry that I wanted to burn his house down (Shameful and not me I am a loving kind person) this is terrible for you

Well what he actually said was that the extra boobs are not worth you turning into a psychotic cow - those tablets are making you crazy which I did not take very well so cue ten hours of crazy lady but am not talking anymore

So listen to your friends & loved ones before taking but know you might think you are your normal self when actually your on the road to self destruction xx