Hi - I took BC from age 19 to 28. First
Ortho tri-cyclen for about 5 yrs - which I
did gain some weight, have headaches and
felt quite moody. Eventually, I wanted to
see if something made me less moody...so I
tried Yasmin, which made me ANGRY...never
felt so angry so much in my life. That
scared me and I went back to the Ortho.
Then I gave the patch 2yrs. The patch was
similar to the ortho - still moody, still
headaches (actually more!), I stressed
about the higher blood clot factor (but
hey, I didn't have to remember to take a
pill), and I actually lost the weight I
gained on the pill. But, the moodiness was
still too much for me to bear...
So in Jan of this year, i just went off
all birth control. I figured i had been on
BC for nearly 10 yrs of my life (almost
all my adult life) and I wanted to find
out how I "normally" was.
Well, I've become slightly depressed,
gained MORE weight, and now six months
later figured out that I have obvious
PMDD...a straight two weeks of HAPPY after
my period...and about 10 days of
depression and mood swings before - it's
like clockwork!!! I don't remember what my
"moodyness" factor was before I ever went
on BC, because I was a teen and moodiness
is almost expected, and I had only had a
period for a few years. Maybe I had PMDD
before the BC, or maybe it's an effect of
losing the regulation of the hormones that
BC did for me for 10yrs.
Either way, the Dr. gave me paxil for the
PMDD and said I could take it constantly
or just when the PMDD symptoms are hitting
me. I only take them when I have the
symptoms and it REALLY helps - no more
anger and spazzing out before my period.
But, it doesn't do nothing for my extreme
tiredness or weight gain.
Anyway, thought I'd share my experience
with BC and finally figuring out I had
PMDD.
I really would love some sort of BC
again...I've gone back to school and don't
want to be surprised with a pregnancy. At
the same time, I finally feel like I have
some control over my mood swings and don't
want to mess that up either.
Anybody have an Anger reaction with Yasmin
and find something that worked better?
Anybody with PMDD find a BC with little
side effects adn helped the PMDD?
any input is respected & appreciated.
thanks!
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Carifairy
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Posted: 06-25-08 16:15pm
Hi there!
I am a womens health professional, AND I
suffer from depression and PMDD.
BC pills make it WORSE for me, so I cannot
use anything hormonal at all.
I DO take 100mg of zoloft every single
day, and I am happy to take it.
Birth control can make depression or PMDD
worse, because you are adding hormones to
an already delicate balance.
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immoody
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 06-26-08 00:46am
thanks Carifairy,
- delicate balance is great way to
describe it. I always felt out of balance
while on the BC. *sigh* At least now that
I'm off I know exactly when I'll feel low
& have something to take for it. But,
I only take the paxil on the bad
days...the dr. said I could take it daily,
but I'm afraid of becoming dependant on
it. (My psych instructor last year really
stressed the SSRI dependency problems
& now maybe I'm paranoid.)
crap. I was really hoping somebody would
have a new low-low hormone (but, NOT yaz)
BC that I hadn't heard about yet... :S
