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So I was taken off the pill (doctor's recommendation) in order to see if it decreased some of the migraine symptoms I'd been having.

But since then, I have been snarlingly hormonal. I mean, I'm a stress bunny at the best of times, but these last few weeks I have been frequently twitching and periodically wanting to rip people's limbs off and beat them with it. As this does on occasion spill over onto my family, it's not a tenable situation.

Right now, after a 2.5 hour scream fest with the toddler screaming and me almost putting my head through a wall in fustration, he is on his 3rd Blues Clues episode because it is the only thing that makes him STFU and it's this or eat him. I'm at a similar spot with the other two kids as well.

What sayest the hive mind? Have you similar stories? I'm in my mid 30's so it's a little early for menopause. Will things settle out in a couple of months or are there alternatives anyone can suggest?

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Permalink Reply by BunnyKrygowski on August 15, 2010 at 4:42pm

I went off the pill in my twenties because it made me craaaazy. It took about three months to feel normal (and drop the extra 15 lbs I was carrying around). And confirmation: Bigkrygowski is no help.

Bigkrygowski said:

Sorry, I am no help (Bunny will confirm) but I can't get this out of my head after reading this.

The California Cheeseburger

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Permalink Reply by ks on August 15, 2010 at 7:20pm

Andromeda said:

when my Doc took out the paraguard she put me on Yasmin which i'm not so sure about. she said it was only for maybe 4 months or so just to get the periods under control. i took myself off it this last month. i know there are risks with any hormonal birth control, but the yaz/yasmin lawsuit ads kinda freak me out. it's not like i'm having sex anyway, so needing it for birth control is a non-issue.

My doc wouldn't put me back on Yaz, because of the issues with it. I had been on it before and I really liked it, and I wanted it again after I got the IUD out. But he convinced me to try something else first, which has worked out okay (my breasts have gotten bigger, but no other issues and periods are fine, which is the main side effect of the pill that I care about), so I guess I won't be going back on the Yaz now anyway.

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Permalink Reply by mightyninjamom on August 16, 2010 at 10:38am

Wookie, do you *want* to go back on bc at some point? Or are you off it for good? If you are off it for good, and you just need help regulating things, progesterone cream is a good start. Also good is the herb Vitex. It is the only reason my family is still alive and I am not in jail.

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Permalink Reply by JTX on August 23, 2010 at 9:27pm

I have to be on the Pill due to endometriosis. I have been off of it for short periods of time and me no likey. If you are feeling this much stress, it sounds like a little medicinal assistance is in order, whether it's hormonal (a different Pill, perhaps?) or something along the lines of an antidepressant or antianxiety med (which also may help your migraines).

I am a migraine sufferer myself, and I've found the best Pill for me is the low-dose "Seasonique" (quick, cast your vote for dumbest medication name evah). It's a 90-day pack that basically skips your "period" week for the Pill, so you only get your period once every three months. It works so well for me that I don't get my period at ALL. That's right, baby. None of that shit for me! If I go off it, just watch out because the PMS will shoot out from all directions and kill everything for miles.

Sorry, it's late and I'm slightly insane. But I'd recommend asking your doctor about switching to a different Pill, and perhaps whether a little Xanax might take the edge off in the meantime (or just for a few months if you want to be off the Pill entirely). I also recommend a lovely migraine med called Fioricet -- the one with codeine. It's basically a combo pill of acetaminophen, caffeine, aspirin and codeine. (It's very similar to the Tyleonol 3 that's sold OTC in Canada.)

I hope you feel better! Oh, and I absolutely love your turn of phrase ("it's this or eat him") and the graphic reply...

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Permalink Reply by kommishoner on August 24, 2010 at 9:27am

Yep, me too. Paranoia like woah.

The interesting thing for me is that even when I haven't needed bc, doctors have pushed it on me because it supposedly would help my acne. It never did, and the fact that I kept telling them "no rly it makes me psychotic" had no effect. Reason #45984573948573 my thirties are way better than my twenties.

BunnyKrygowski said:

I went off the pill in my twenties because it made me craaaazy. It took about three months to feel normal (and drop the extra 15 lbs I was carrying around). And confirmation: Bigkrygowski is no help.

Bigkrygowski said:
Sorry, I am no help (Bunny will confirm) but I can't get this out of my head after reading this.

The California Cheeseburger

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Permalink Reply by StitchyWench on August 24, 2010 at 12:04pm

I'm the opposite (like some of the others here). I've only tried the pill once and it was a horrible awful disaster for me. My lymph nodes under my arms swelled up like figs, I got horrible headaches, and I was paranoid and abnormally sweaty (afraid I was having a heart attack) by the fifth day or so. I couldn't even make it two weeks and I was done for life. The Husband and I decided at that point it would be condoms, and rhythm method until we were ready to not have any more kids. Thankfully we didn't have any accidents and I was the happiest woman ever when he got a vasectomy last year!!