Calling all Kariva users

[dipity200]

Hi,

I have been on Loestrin/Microgestin before and liked it. Then after a few years started to get headaches on it. I went on to Mirecette/Kariva and don't get headaches and actually have a better mood on it and I think I've lost weight on it. It's a pretty good pill.

Hope this helps.

Dip

[kittywitty]

Originally Posted by dipity200

Hi,

I have been on Loestrin/Microgestin before and liked it. Then after a few years started to get headaches on it. I went on to Mirecette/Kariva and don't get headaches and actually have a better mood on it and I think I've lost weight on it. It's a pretty good pill.

Hope this helps.

Dip

Thanks alot for your response , it's nice to finally get one from someone.

[ndc]

I used Kariva for just one month. I had no mood swings or any bloating on that pill; in all honesty I didn't even feel like I was on any pill during that perid, which was great because other pills had caused me mood swings. I also have heard from multiple users of this pill that they haven't gain any weight on it and one had even lost weight on it.

I, however, stopped Kariva after the forst month because I bled for almost 3 weeks straight while on it. The bleeding was heavy and painful (cramps). I had tried other pills and had never experienced BTB on any of them. I spoke to some of my friends who had tried Kariva and they told me that they also experienced heavy BTB on it but their exprience with the brand name pill (Mircette) was by far better in that respect (and also over all!). So this month I am going to use Mircette and see how it goes. (The not bloating, and no moodiness at all were so great for me to give up on it yet.) I know that your body takes a while to adjust to the OCs bt I have tried a few before (with the same dose of estrogen in them as in Kariva) but never had BTB.

I hope this helps!
Let me know if you have any other questions.

[kittywitty]

Originally Posted by ndc

I used Kariva for just one month. I had no mood swings or any bloating on that pill; in all honesty I didn't even feel like I was on any pill during that perid, which was great because other pills had caused me mood swings. I also have heard from multiple users of this pill that they haven't gain any weight on it and one had even lost weight on it.

I, however, stopped Kariva after the forst month because I bled for almost 3 weeks straight while on it. The bleeding was heavy and painful (cramps). I had tried other pills and had never experienced BTB on any of them. I spoke to some of my friends who had tried Kariva and they told me that they also experienced heavy BTB on it but their exprience with the brand name pill (Mircette) was by far better in that respect (and also over all!). So this month I am going to use Mircette and see how it goes. (The not bloating, and no moodiness at all were so great for me to give up on it yet.) I know that your body takes a while to adjust to the OCs bt I have tried a few before (with the same dose of estrogen in them as in Kariva) but never had BTB.

I hope this helps!
Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks for your post. The btb side effect of pills isn't really an issue with me. I had that on Ovcon-35 the first time I took it. It lasted for the first month then it went away. However, I am concerned about lack of sex drive. I was on Desogen before for only a month because it slaughtered my sex drive. I notice Mircette/Kariva has the same type of progestin in it and is made by the same company as Desogen. I can't be on something that kills my drive because my husband is a hound , and it's annoying to have him bugging me. I'll try to stick it out with the Ovcon for another month, but if I gain any more weight, especially in the stomach/waist, I'm going to give the Kariva a try. From everything I've read, people seem to be happy with it overall. Thanks again.

[ndc]

It's funny you mentioned Ovcon 35 because the provider suggested it to me as well (in response to the sex drive thing and lack of lubrication). I was not open to trying it yet though because of the much higher dose of estrogen in it; I really want to be on the lowest dose possible. Have you tried anything else that didn't kill your sex drive? or didn't make you dry?