Birth control emotions or more serious???

[ImperfectionisBeauty]

So I started on Alesse birth control like 2 months ago and I have noticed a change emotionally, I always know my period is close because the week or week and a half before I am really emotional and cry about everything and stress out bad. This last 2 months I have been way worse though I have no emotional control I go from happy to sad to depressed, its like my lows are a million times lower and I feel like it starts sooner. I know tbf at one point asked if I had BPDi assumed it was bipolar disorder and I was like wtf no?! And I really don't think I'm bipolar but I realized BPD stood for something else and I read a post by someone who was diagnosed and I was like wow maybe I do have that...? But my issue with potentially having it is from what I have read it isn't cured with medicine or anything it is like an ongoing problem that you have to constantly work at.. I don't want to work at something for forever. I mean I would be ok with something that I could just take meds everyday and be ok but this isn't like that. Also I think I said before if I have this problem then do I have to tell people I date? I mean as if I don't have enough problems I don't want to add this also.. I don't need anything else hindering my dating life. I know that's not a good reason to not get help and I'm not necessarily dying I won't get help if that means just going to therapy but that in itself is embarrassing. I can't tell the guy I'm dating "oh I'm in therapy because when I get dumped I get completely depressed even if the relationship lasted a month" that's crazy. I just don't know what to do, part of me is thinking of trying to find a new therapist or just not going anymore because I feel like I can't look at my therapist the same even of she is helpful. I don't know what to do? Maybe this will all just resolve itself?

[Arabella]

I was on birth control (Loestrin Fe24) for about a year, trying to iron out the emotional issues. It nearly drove me insane. I stopped taking it and things went back to normal.

 

Then I began taking it again about a year later, just to see how it would go. This time I was paying very close attention, and it was like night and day. I was high-strung, overly emotional and just downright paranoid. Stopped a week in... everything went back to normal within 3 days.

 

A lot of women are highly sensitive to the increase in hormones from birth control. You appear to be one of them too.

[Els]

Most people take some time for their bodies to adjust to BC, and some people react better to some types of BC. The first one I took was really bad for me; the second type I tried, I got used to in a couple of months. Now it's all smooth-sailing.

 

It's worth talking to your doctor or nurse and asking to try something else.

[GI_Joy]

I was taking Junel (the generic version of Loestrin), started taking it in February and took a break from it for all of May and restarted this month. The first couple months I've noticed myself feeling more high strung/paranoid/sensitive about things but I was also in a really miserable relationship which I had every right to be paranoid about. When i was off it I noticed I had been feeling much better than I'd ever been but didn't enjoy having my period again so I went back on the pill. Yesterday my boyfriend texted me and I took it the wrong way and i started crying non-stop for about an hour! Thankfully I'm feeling a lot better today but dang.

[Els]

I was taking Junel (the generic version of Loestrin), started taking it in February and took a break from it for all of May and restarted this month. The first couple months I've noticed myself feeling more high strung/paranoid/sensitive about things but I was also in a really miserable relationship which I had every right to be paranoid about. When i was off it I noticed I had been feeling much better than I'd ever been but didn't enjoy having my period again so I went back on the pill. Yesterday my boyfriend texted me and I took it the wrong way and i started crying non-stop for about an hour! Thankfully I'm feeling a lot better today but dang.

 

If you really want to try it, you gotta stick to it. You can't go off, and on, and off... your body will never adjust to it.

 

Either give it a proper try of 6 months straight or so, or go off it entirely.

[ImperfectionisBeauty]

I've done about 5 different types of bc im the last year and a half I was originally in seasonique and it was fine but then I wanted a period every month. I would just stop all together but when I stop is when I get unexpected sex and we know how that works out for me

[Arabella]

If you really want to try it, you gotta stick to it. You can't go off, and on, and off... your body will never adjust to it.

 

Either give it a proper try of 6 months straight or so, or go off it entirely.

 

Unfortunately, sometimes the body never adjusts to it

 

I talked to my doctor and he said if after a year it hadn't improved, it wasn't going to. I asked if he could prescribe a different one and he said it wouldn't hurt to try but at the end of the day, what I was taking was as low-dose as it gets, so anything else wasn't going to be better probably.

 

I suppose some women are more sensitive to it than others.

[Els]

Unfortunately, sometimes the body never adjusts to it

 

I talked to my doctor and he said if after a year it hadn't improved, it wasn't going to. I asked if he could prescribe a different one and he said it wouldn't hurt to try but at the end of the day, what I was taking was as low-dose as it gets, so anything else wasn't going to be better probably.

 

I suppose some women are more sensitive to it than others.

 

Yes, definitely, some women's bodies don't adjust to it.

 

But most women I see start for a month or two, then give up for whatever reason, then start again, then stop again, then start again... unless she's one in a million lucky, there's no way doing that will give her a chance at stabilizing. On the other hand, if she's tried for at least a few months straight, then she's better equipped to judge and see if there have been improvements, and to change/quit otherwise.

[pink_sugar]

I was on the pill for nearly 7 years and recently switched to the depo provera shot. I don't notice any major differences other than a lack of period which is the most common side effect.

 

I like the shot more as it is more discreet, more effective percentage wise, don't have to worry about missing pills or taking them each day and I believe there are less side effects as far as mood swings, but I think each person is different.

 

If you are on antibiotics while using the pill, you have to use another BC method as antibiotics have been known to make the pill less effective.

 

If you want to continue using the pill, you can also ask for a low hormone birth control brand.

[Els]

You found the shot gave you less side effects, pink_sugar? Interesting. I'm trying to switch off pills as well - I'd love having no periods, not needint to take pills etc - but the shot lasts for 6 mths right? if it turns out to be unsuitable for me, that is going to be one ****ty hell of a 6 mths.

 

I am taking one of the lowest hormone content pills and they work like a charm. Periods last 2-3 days, almost negligible flow, I can stick the packs together and go a few months without a period. I don't get PMS anymore either, or all the crap like bloatedness, diarhhea etc during menses.

 

Considering that I'm not even taking these for contraception and am raving about how brilliant they are, it may be worth trying!

[pink_sugar]

The shot actually lasts for 12 weeks. Not having periods is the best part! I absolutely hated having a period! The one thing I did like about the pill is knowing exactly when I was having my period and it did help somewhat with my acne.

[NoMoreJerks]

I am on Alesse and it works fine for me (I think so anyway?). I don't notice any mood shifts that are particularly different than they used to be (and I don't notice any pattern in moodiness). I think the mood shifts were actually due to my ex mindf*cking me, and not the BC.

[Star Gazer]

I know tbf at one point asked if I had BPDi assumed it was bipolar disorder and I was like wtf no?! And I really don't think I'm bipolar but I realized BPD stood for something else and I read a post by someone who was diagnosed and I was like wow maybe I do have that...? But my issue with potentially having it is from what I have read it isn't cured with medicine or anything it is like an ongoing problem that you have to constantly work at.. I don't want to work at something for forever. I mean I would be ok with something that I could just take meds everyday and be ok but this isn't like that. Also I think I said before if I have this problem then do I have to tell people I date? I mean as if I don't have enough problems I don't want to add this also.. I don't need anything else hindering my dating life. I know that's not a good reason to not get help and I'm not necessarily dying I won't get help if that means just going to therapy but that in itself is embarrassing. I can't tell the guy I'm dating "oh I'm in therapy because when I get dumped I get completely depressed even if the relationship lasted a month" that's crazy. I just don't know what to do, part of me is thinking of trying to find a new therapist or just not going anymore because I feel like I can't look at my therapist the same even of she is helpful. I don't know what to do? Maybe this will all just resolve itself?

 

Obviously, this post isn't about birth control hormones, but about your realization that you might have Borderline Personality Disorder.

[ImperfectionisBeauty]

Obviously, this post isn't about birth control hormones, but about your realization that you might have Borderline Personality Disorder.

 

I don't know if I want to know though. I mean if I find out there's nothing I can do

[veggirl]

I can't believe someone suggested you may have bpd. Fkin Internet OMG.

 

Anyway. I've been on some bc that made me feel wacko and some that didnt. Then again the 2 that didn't were the most recent....and one of them made me feel crazy at 20 so perhaps it was just a maturity thing for me.

 

Bpd.....Ffs.

[GI_Joy]

If you really want to try it, you gotta stick to it. You can't go off, and on, and off... your body will never adjust to it.

 

Either give it a proper try of 6 months straight or so, or go off it entirely.

 

Yea, I'm definitely not gonna go off them any time soon, I learned the hard way what happens when you take a break and the pH levels down there change....very uncomfortable experiences happen.

[iris219]

I thought for years that feeling bad emotionally was the norm for me. Then I stopped taking the pill at 23 after switching to one that made me gain weight. I immediately felt better (and lost all the weight in a couple of weeks). I was less reactionary, less sensitive, not depressed, no mood swings. My entire life changed.

 

I vowed to never take hormonal BC again, and I didn't.

 

I am very sensitive to other pharmaceuticals as well. You may be someone who is sensitive to BC.

 

Have you talked to your therapist about BPD?

[ImperfectionisBeauty]

I thought for years that feeling bad emotionally was the norm for me. Then I stopped taking the pill at 23 after switching to one that made me gain weight. I immediately felt better (and lost all the weight in a couple of weeks). I was less reactionary, less sensitive, not depressed, no mood swings. My entire life changed.

 

I vowed to never take hormonal BC again, and I didn't.

 

I am very sensitive to other pharmaceuticals as well. You may be someone who is sensitive to BC.

 

Have you talked to your therapist about BPD?

I haven't talked to her about it idk if Im going to bring it up or not I mean what's the point