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Kariva (desogestrel/ethinyl estradiol) for Birth Control: I've been on Kariva for 5 months now, and am looking to switch. I get my period the third week of pills for several days, and then again the fourth week as a full period. Both sets of periods I get come with cramps, bloating (and several pounds of weight gain, which disappears once my period is over), and moodiness. When I asked my doctor to switch initially, she suggested I wait several months, as sometimes these effects subside, but mine have not.
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Kariva (desogestrel/ethinyl estradiol) for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: I have been on it for 3 months now. No breakthrough bleeding at all. Short light period. Have had a few more headaches but nothing Advil won't take care of. Great results with this pill. A lot less moody than with other pills.
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Kariva (desogestrel/ethinyl estradiol) for Birth Control: I switched to this from Ortho Tri Lo almost a year ago. I have had crazy mood swings. Seriously, I can be the happiest person in the world one minute, the next I can be super angry or super depressed. My flow is real light but breakthrough bleeding in between periods have happened more often.
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Kariva (desogestrel/ethinyl estradiol) for Birth Control: I have been on this pill for about a year and I have lost 30 pounds. I am a little bit more moody but I think that it is worth it.
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Kariva (desogestrel/ethinyl estradiol) for Birth Control: I started this a few months ago and since then it has fixed my cycle to be every three to four weeks instead of a week and a half and for that I am incredibly thankful. But I have had terrible migraines with blurred vision and it has not lightened or shortened my period, which is why I was prescribed this. Like all medications things work differently for everyone, but this has been my experience so I thought I would share.
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Kariva (desogestrel/ethinyl estradiol) for Birth Control: This pill worked fine for birth control, but I felt really down for about 2 weeks before my period. My mood swings were horrible.
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