Hello lovely MM'ers
I am now halfway through my second month on Evorel Conti, after switching from Evorel Sequi. It was suggested by one of the female GPs at my practice as I had noticed an increase in the amount of headaches i experience - initially was at the time of period but then started popping up randomly at other times. She felt that they could be caused by the fluctuation in hormones and that a lower continuous dose may benefit me.
So far, I seem to be bleeding the same as before, if not more. I was always a week earlier than I should be (at the end of the pack), so I would get a headache when I did start, then one when I should have, then one at ovulation time...party central eh? The headaches have not drastically reduced and I also have dizziness and "cotton wool head", a bit of nausea. My cheeks seem to go very red and hot mid afternoon but the rest of my body doesn't - is that a flush? It can last up to an hour or so. I've no idea but I don't sweat like I've heard other ladies do.
The sequi had been controlling the joint pain I had in my wrist but not so much with this either. When I spoke to my doctor after the end of the first month as she'd only given me enough patches for that long, she suggested that if this wasn't successful that I may be better off with a Mirena. I'm not averse to having a bleed, the only reason I came off the sequi was to try and get rid of the spikes in hormones that cause the headaches..
I do realise I am very early days with the conti and that I can expect to bleed irregularly for up to a few months; this is more than spotting though it's a full on period...and I've had 2 so far in about 5 weeks. Maybe I was too early for a conti regime?
I just wondered if anyone else had a similar situation, particularly in terms of headaches, and found relief with the Mirena?
If you've got this far then thanks for reading xx
