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in2iron_chick
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What kind of birth control do you all use when dieting for a competition and using gear? I don't really care for Depo because it makes me crazy, but what other ones do you all use?
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Sassy69
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I went off my b/c when I competed. My first two shows were tested (well, voice stress analysis...
) but I just went off. I was on Triphasal - a very low dose estrogen & progestorone pill. My ob/gyn said it was low enough that it should really have no affect on my ability to drop bodyfat.
If you intend to stay on a b/c while you are competing, you can't just pick one that is low dosed -- it still needs to work with your system -- for ex, a new ob/gyn i went to misunderstood me that i wanted to change my b/c. She put me on something else, I don't recall the brand, but I had so much trouble w/ it - break thru bleeding every 2 weeks, monster period, etc. When I realized what happened, I was like get me back to the Triphasal. I've used that stuff or similar since 1985. But when I compete, I go off. I guess when I compete, I've always manage to be between boyfriends so it wasn't a big deal to be off (only thing better than the pill is abstinance
). Maybe I'm just that big of a bitch when I'm carb depleting....
) but I just went off. I was on Triphasal - a very low dose estrogen & progestorone pill. My ob/gyn said it was low enough that it should really have no affect on my ability to drop bodyfat. If you intend to stay on a b/c while you are competing, you can't just pick one that is low dosed -- it still needs to work with your system -- for ex, a new ob/gyn i went to misunderstood me that i wanted to change my b/c. She put me on something else, I don't recall the brand, but I had so much trouble w/ it - break thru bleeding every 2 weeks, monster period, etc. When I realized what happened, I was like get me back to the Triphasal. I've used that stuff or similar since 1985. But when I compete, I go off. I guess when I compete, I've always manage to be between boyfriends so it wasn't a big deal to be off (only thing better than the pill is abstinance
). Maybe I'm just that big of a bitch when I'm carb depleting....DieselGunz
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Sassy69 said:I went off my b/c when I competed. My first two shows were tested (well, voice stress analysis...
If you intend to stay on a b/c while you are competing, you can't just pick one that is low dosed -- it still needs to work with your system -- for ex, a new ob/gyn i went to misunderstood me that i wanted to change my b/c. She put me on something else, I don't recall the brand, but I had so much trouble w/ it - break thru bleeding every 2 weeks, monster period, etc. When I realized what happened, I was like get me back to the Triphasal. I've used that stuff or similar since 1985. But when I compete, I go off. I guess when I compete, I've always manage to be between boyfriends so it wasn't a big deal to be off (only thing better than the pill is abstinance
u a bitch?.......Cmon not possible
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what about orthro trycyclen low?...Im on that one right now and I've been on it for almost 3 years. I find that recently (since I started cutting) its been messing with my sex drive and mood. Or at least I think thats what it is...My doctor is 6 hours away and I already got another month of bc.....so should I finish that month or just switch now? Going off is not the greatest idea since Im in a relationship but if thats the right thing to do since I am cutting then I'll do it. Please HELP!!? 
in2iron_chick
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Gymgurl said:
Cool! I will definately check on that. I have used the Ortho-Tricyclene Lo, but eventually got too used to it and would have trouble with my breasts being sore 3 weeks out of the month, so I got off it. I haven't been on birth control in a while cuz last year I finished up my prescription and trained for a show and never really got back on it. Now I am in a relationship and he is on test and we are both freaking hornballs
and so I thought it would be a REALLY good idea to start out on something and cut it closer to the competition.
Sassy69
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Just make sure you leave yourself enough time to get another pill prescribed, try it, make sure it is what you need and then assume it will take a month for your body to adjust to it. The stinker about changing scripts is that once you start something, you really need to give it a complete month. If it isn't what you need or causes breakthru bleeding, etc. its not like you can get a different script and just start takign that instead. Your body's hormone cycle is set for that month (28 days) and that's the cycle you have to work with. When you are on a tight competition schedule, you don't have a lot of spare months to mess around with.
in2iron_chick said:Cool! I will definately check on that. I have used the Ortho-Tricyclene Lo, but eventually got too used to it and would have trouble with my breasts being sore 3 weeks out of the month, so I got off it. I haven't been on birth control in a while cuz last year I finished up my prescription and trained for a show and never really got back on it. Now I am in a relationship and he is on test and we are both freaking hornballs
It's so funny about BC pills. I think everyone is so different you have to try one out for yourself and start moving through them until you find what that fits you. What I used when I was 18 no longer works for me. Well none of them do... So just because someone may love a pill it may be because it works well with their body and hormones...
I had a horrible experience with depo years back. It is a very long and complicated story but if you really want to read it do a search at t-mag forums for "hormone hell" under my name "ironbabe." It was quite a few years ago but I believe they still have all those posts archived.
Pretty much the progesterone from the shot somehow went thru my liver and turned into an androgen and I quit producing estrogen. My voice lowered, my clit enlarged (slightly), and I put on a ton of muscle (not bad, but back then my body was freaking out so I could care less) and then tons of fat. I need to caraveat this by saying I have never used any AS so this was the only thing that could have started the virilization.
Long story short I had to go on hormone replacement therapy to stop the virilization (before the research came out saying how bad HRT is) and a couple of years later I did produce estrogen again and began menstrating again. I have a permanently lowered voice, but it's not gravelly and I still think it's sexy. The clit went back to normal. I was told it wouldn't, but it did. The doc told me it was good I already had kids since he didn't think I ever could conceive again. Luckily for me my fourth (and last) child was born May 2nd 2004. So I am through with what happened to me, but even though I had a rare side effect, I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through.
Oh, and, I only had two shots. Ever.
(oh, and "hi" I'm a lurker here )
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Pretty much the progesterone from the shot somehow went thru my liver and turned into an androgen and I quit producing estrogen. My voice lowered, my clit enlarged (slightly), and I put on a ton of muscle (not bad, but back then my body was freaking out so I could care less) and then tons of fat. I need to caraveat this by saying I have never used any AS so this was the only thing that could have started the virilization.
Long story short I had to go on hormone replacement therapy to stop the virilization (before the research came out saying how bad HRT is) and a couple of years later I did produce estrogen again and began menstrating again. I have a permanently lowered voice, but it's not gravelly and I still think it's sexy. The clit went back to normal. I was told it wouldn't, but it did. The doc told me it was good I already had kids since he didn't think I ever could conceive again. Luckily for me my fourth (and last) child was born May 2nd 2004. So I am through with what happened to me, but even though I had a rare side effect, I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through.
Oh, and, I only had two shots. Ever.
(oh, and "hi" I'm a lurker here
)- Hope
foxxie
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ironbabe said:I had a horrible experience with depo years back. It is a very long and complicated story but if you really want to read it do a search at t-mag forums for "hormone hell" under my name "ironbabe." It was quite a few years ago but I believe they still have all those posts archived.
Pretty much the progesterone from the shot somehow went thru my liver and turned into an androgen and I quit producing estrogen. My voice lowered, my clit enlarged (slightly), and I put on a ton of muscle (not bad, but back then my body was freaking out so I could care less) and then tons of fat. I need to caraveat this by saying I have never used any AS so this was the only thing that could have started the virilization.
Long story short I had to go on hormone replacement therapy to stop the virilization (before the research came out saying how bad HRT is) and a couple of years later I did produce estrogen again and began menstrating again. I have a permanently lowered voice, but it's not gravelly and I still think it's sexy. The clit went back to normal. I was told it wouldn't, but it did. The doc told me it was good I already had kids since he didn't think I ever could conceive again. Luckily for me my fourth (and last) child was born May 2nd 2004. So I am through with what happened to me, but even though I had a rare side effect, I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through.
Oh, and, I only had two shots. Ever.
(oh, and "hi" I'm a lurker here
- Hope
Oh my
I had never had any of those experience but my mood swing would change drastically.It would seems like I have multiple personality. Good thing though that I had stop using it. I believe I been on depo for about a year.I heard that depovera its bad for people who have Hepatitis but some doctor still give it them.
in2iron_chick
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Yeah, Depo is evil!! I actually like my boyfriend that I have now and wouldn't ever put him through that hell! LOL! Plan on keeping him around for a while and don't need him seeing devil woman!
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