Headaches!!!!

PB3134 · 01-12-2005, 11:09 AM

Hi everyone...I take 1000mg a day of Metformin and just recently my Doc. put me on Yasmine for my heavy and unregular cycles..Have any of you had bad headaches that last for days upon days taking BCP's?...My Doc says she wants me to do 3 cycles of the Yasmine so my body can get used to it and adjust my hormones, but the headaches are just terrible..Is there anything any of you take that really works on those headaches?..thanks for any information.

Pam

EriknVicky · 01-12-2005, 04:18 PM

I am not sure what KIND of headaches you are getting but I was having Tension headaches for 3 weeks straight before I finally had had enough! My doctor prescibed esgic Plus for me. The Prescrip was $100.00 so She prescribed the GENERIC of Esgic plus which is Butal/apap/caf 50/500 at $10.00! It has really helped me. I actually feel like I can function now. Before I could not do anything. Light and sound bothered me and I spent alot of time in bed when I could. Unfortunately MOST of my vacation in florida I had the headaches But I still enjoyed myself the best I could.

I wish ya luck in getting your headaches taken care of.

PB3134 · 01-12-2005, 05:41 PM

Mine are on the right side by my temple..they just ache..and i can take all kinds of stuff and it never really makes ALL the pain go away..always a dull ache and if i should cough or move to quickly it hurts worse..thank you for your info.

MaggieM · 01-12-2005, 08:41 PM

I had headaches a lot when I was on the pill. I was guaranteed to have them the whole week that you don't take it. I went through a few different kinds of BCP, including Yasmin, and some were better than others.
I've been on met now for a month (no BCP) and I've stared getting headaches again. Infact just this am I woke up feeling like someone was stabbing my left eye it was throbbing so bad!
I used to take furinol (sp?) and it kinda helped, but it makes you sleepy. I tried the migrane stuff like Imitrex and that was awful, but I know it works for some people. Ask your doc for some samples to see what works for you.
My suggestion would be to start by switching BCP's.
GL~