Gedarel 20/150 pill and pelvic infection

I’ve always struggled with my mental health, and believe I have PMDD. but before starting this pill I’d been in a really good place for quite while, the first few months where okay but then I started to become more emotional, progressing to depression and severe anxiety. I also experienced a lot of UTIs that led to me being on long term antibiotics, this only started when I started the pill. I did eventually learn to manage the utis and didn’t get any in the last couple of months. But in the week leading up to the break I became very dry and itchy down there. All together just a really bad experience with this one

So much back ache and pelvic cramps!! Spotting which I’ve never experienced from any other pill too!

Been on this pill for the last 14 months after the doctor changed it due to supply issues with my previous pill. Experienced many changes with my body gradually over this time which I didn’t think to associate with my contraception until looking at this website and it all clicked into place. Periods have been so regular and manageable starting almost to the same hour every month but that’s a small reward to gain from the negatives: horrible acne on my chin, near enough monthly thrush, little/no desire to have sex and weight gain (potentially more than likely due to lockdown lifestyle changes but you never know). Currently investigating what contraception I want to try next and looking towards the IUD instead of the pill and I’m so grateful to have came across this website and gain the insight into this.