ive had a thyroid problem in condition to my pituitary tumor and I need the bc pill to hlep regulate. At first my thyroid was higher but it went to normal and ive been fine since. I would switch pills

Hi
I'm 24 and have been taking a daily treatement for a hypo for about 10yrs now.
My boyfriend and I plan to have sex together during our vacation in May, it'll be the first time for me. I'm not quite sure what to do in terms of bc to make sure I don't get pregnant.

I'd appreciate your feedback here.

Thanks in advance

There are NON hormonal birth contro methods like an IUD.

IUD's are very safe, but not all doctors approve of them, so it can be tricky getting a doctors to insert one.

I was on yasmine for 2 years. When I quite taking it I became hypothyroid. Now I am taking 100 mg and still feel terrible all the time. I think we may have found something. Please let me know if you find out more.

I take Yaz and my thyroid levels are fine--I had my thyroid taken out. Maybe your thyroid is quitting even more....but it's usually not a correlation to bc pills. A note, if you have Hashimoto's Syndrome where your body is killing your throid gland, it will die out in "spurts." I had months where I was fine, the I'd be exhausted--my thyroid was up and down. It came to the point that it was so lumpy and unpredictable that I just had it removed and have been ok (not great) ever since. Just still lacking energy. But bc pills never played a role.

i am assuming here but most bcp's cause an excess of copper in our systems, which means our zinc levels are not balanced with this. also it causes a deficiency ofthe folllowing:-
vit b6,b12,c,e,folate,beta carotene,b1,b2, selenium & iron. the best way to learn this is to take the time to study the following educational site, ithyroid.com on thyroid & learn how to keep control of your mineral balances.
Good Luck &
God bless You all through your quest for knowlege!

I started taking Yaz about a year ago. Six months afterward, my previously normal TSH level hit 12! (that's really high--no wonder I felt terrible). Nothing else had changed. My regular doctor looked it up and saw that studies have shown that on average, starting birth control pills can make the body need 25 mcg more thyroid medication per day. This isn't an issue if you have a functioning thyroid, since it will just increase it's production.

Apparently, despite how common these medications are, a lot of doctors don't seem to be aware of this issue. I would have thought that my gynecologist would have known--apparently not. The insert that comes with either medication says nothing about this. This is rather unacceptable.

I do find it odd, though, that we all seem to be taken Yaz....maybe that medication has more of an issue than others with this?

Anyway, ask your doctor to increase your dose by 25 mcg and you should feel better in a couple of months, at the most.

I've had hypothyroidism since 1994 and had been taking ortho tricyclen or marvelon for years and have always had normal TSH levels. Three months ago I switched to Yaz. After being on Yaz for 2 weeks my TSH levels rose from 3.0 to 4.6 and after 3 months on Yaz the TSH levels rose from 4.6 to 6. I am in the process of switching back to Marvelon and will retest in a couple months. In 15 years I have always had normal TSH levels. Yaz is the only change.