I'm not allowed on the pill due to migraines. I was on Yasmin from the ages of 14-18, but it was taken off me because my migraines got worse and it wasn't helping my periods really. I was then put on Cerazette when I came to uni but it made me bleed straight for a month. Following that, I had the implant for 6 months. Of those 6 months, I put on a slight bit of weight, my boobs went from 36A to 34B, and I was having periods constantly; I would bleed for 5 weeks and then go to the doctors for norethisterone, not bleed for a good 10 days, and then go back to 5 weeks of bleeding.
They had to remove it, and I was put on a solid two month course of norethisterone over summer 2016, as I had been referred to gynecology. Got in with them in September past, and they recommended the depo injection. Christ, that has been horrible. I'm still suffering now, even though I had one dose of it. I'm on week 8 of a period, with norethisterone now being rejected by my body, it barely does a thing to do.
The next suggestion from gynecology is the coil, but I'm not wanting to have it. The adverse reactions I have to medication, even if it is copper plated and no hormones, knowing my body, it would not work. And I don't want to go through the hassle of a lot of pain (and it would be a lot, I can't even have internal scans done, I had to have an external scan for my womb and ovaries) for it to probably not work. It's not worth it.
I have mental health difficulties, and tbh, I didn't see an affect from the hormones. Mainly because I have erratic mood swings and a chronic low mood anyway. I'm medication resistance (i.e my body can't handle therapeutic doses of mental health medication) so it is not a surprise that hormonal treatment is not for me.