Rigevidon

I was switched by the pharmacy from Microgynon to Rigevidon at the age of 20 (I was told Microgynon was no longer available as it was too expensive) and was told it was the same. However as soon as I started Rigevidon I noticed I became more depressed and over the 5 years of taking it I suffered extreme mood changes, constant heavy spotting with pain between periods, very heavy periods, painful breasts, lots of painful cramping, constant back and pelvic pain, persistent nausea and extremely bad headaches, inability to eat or drink much at times due to stomach pain, and just generally feeling awful (these symptoms got worse over time). I felt like I wasn’t myself anymore and eventually at the age of 25 I decided to switch over to a mini-pill called Cerelle and I couldn’t be happier! My mood has been much better, the nausea has decreased, I’ve only had one period in six months and it was light and not painful, no spotting at all and the back ache and cramping has lessened. All pills work differently for different people so I would absolutely recommend going back to your GP and trying something else/a different type if you are not happy.