Any ladies (obvs not guys!) been on cerazette and came off?

haylz247
haylz247 Posts: 435
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
I came off it 3 weeks ago to try a new pill (Microgynon) but i stopped that too after 2 nights because it made me feel sick.

What i want to know is when to expect my period? I just read online it can take 3 weeks to a year! Really don't want to start a new one until i start my period because my body will be confused!

EDIT: i was on Cerazette for a year.

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  • mf0u1098
    mf0u1098 Posts: 61 Member
    I've been on cerazette for years but came off briefly a couple of years ago and I came on almost immediately (within a week) and it was non stop for over 8 weeks heavy. It was awful and I had to take iron tablets. Everyone is different though and I'd heard like you that it could take some people up to a year before having their first period!

    Xxx
  • haylz247
    haylz247 Posts: 435
    I've been on cerazette for years but came off briefly a couple of years ago and I came on almost immediately (within a week) and it was non stop for over 8 weeks heavy. It was awful and I had to take iron tablets. Everyone is different though and I'd heard like you that it could take some people up to a year before having their first period!

    Xxx

    oh poor you! i honestly wish i never went on it. i hate waiting cause knowing my luck i'll be caught off guard! x
  • Witchmoo
    Witchmoo Posts: 261 Member
    I've never come off it since starting it back in 2005 but if I miss just one day I get a light period a few days later.....but as the other poster said our bodies are all different.
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    I came off it because the darn thing gave me liver tumors and I had to have 3/4 of my liver removed. Still 1 tumor left. Waiting to find out if it's stopped growing since stopping the cerazette, all pills can cause this so may be worth looking into a copper iud. It took 8-10 weeks before my period came. I was also quite depressed possibly because of the hormone level change so watch out for that x
  • haylz247
    haylz247 Posts: 435
    I came off it because the darn thing gave me liver tumors and I had to have 3/4 of my liver removed. Still 1 tumor left. Waiting to find out if it's stopped growing since stopping the cerazette, all pills can cause this so may be worth looking into a copper iud. It took 8-10 weeks before my period came. I was also quite depressed possibly because of the hormone level change so watch out for that x

    i'd feel weird having something sitting in my body! i was thinking about the patch whenever my body decides to give me a period.
    hope it has stopped growing. sounds so nasty :(
    sometimes i'm really happy then i'll be moody lol x
  • haylz247
    haylz247 Posts: 435
    I've never come off it since starting it back in 2005 but if I miss just one day I get a light period a few days later.....but as the other poster said our bodies are all different.

    that's a long time! i've always been on yasmin before but it made me sick so i was given cerazette. i knew Microgynon would make me feel sick but the nurse said it might not.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    Expect a fair bit of disruption. Took me a few months to recover.

    Sorry to hear about the liver trouble Zara. I think, however, it's important to remember that such complications are extremely rare. And of course you can get complications from pretty much any form of contraceptive. For instance, while liver tumours are an extremely rare side effect of cerazette, 1 in a thousand women will experience perforation from a copper IUD... No method is perfectly safe. Interestingly, most are safer statistically than pregnancy and birth, though... :-)
  • icemaiden17_uk
    icemaiden17_uk Posts: 463 Member
    If you are moody on one hormone product you will probably be moody on any others! I understand what you mean about the IUD but you really don't know it is there! I loved mine! It was fab! And no worrying about periods or mood swings!!

    As meetkat said though there is always a risk! I have assisted with loads of coils and never had it hapen but you do get a milder reaction sometimes due to the shock of the fitting but that is very rare as well!
    I love that pregnancy statistic though!
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    I came off it because the darn thing gave me liver tumors and I had to have 3/4 of my liver removed. Still 1 tumor left. Waiting to find out if it's stopped growing since stopping the cerazette, all pills can cause this so may be worth looking into a copper iud. It took 8-10 weeks before my period came. I was also quite depressed possibly because of the hormone level change so watch out for that x

    i'd feel weird having something sitting in my body! i was thinking about the patch whenever my body decides to give me a period.
    hope it has stopped growing. sounds so nasty :(
    sometimes i'm really happy then i'll be moody lol x

    I don't love it either! Just never allowed hormones again, so my only option! X
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    Expect a fair bit of disruption. Took me a few months to recover.

    Sorry to hear about the liver trouble Zara. I think, however, it's important to remember that such complications are extremely rare. And of course you can get complications from pretty much any form of contraceptive. For instance, while liver tumours are an extremely rare side effect of cerazette, 1 in a thousand women will experience perforation from a copper IUD... No method is perfectly safe. Interestingly, most are safer statistically than pregnancy and birth, though... :-)

    True.. But now I've been off the coil for a while my mood is much better. Why put hormones in your body if you don't need to? Just my opinion on it these days... Periods have been a little worse with coil but apparently calm down after 6 months... Oh and it's not as rare as you may first think!

    Zara.
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