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mentally unable to handle the BCPFrom: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 28 Apr 2001 12:26:49 -0500 (CDT)
For some reason, my posts aren't showing up here. I tried to post this yesterday, and it didn't show up. At least, it's not showing up on my end... and it's something I gotta get an answer to, so I am going to try again. I have been on the BCP now for a week. I have been opoosed to the pill for some time time because I do not want to take something that will mask what I feel is a very good indicator of what is going on in my body. I'd rather have irregular periods and know something is wrong than have regular periods and no idea what's really going on. But I went on it again because I want to go back on aldactone, and I can't take aldatone alone because it makes me have awful, prolonged bleeding. Well, after one week... I am miserable on the pill. It's not making me depressed or anything like that, not moody-clinically-depressed in the normal sense. I had that once on Orthocept. It's just making me more bitter than before because I hate having my periods chemically regulated. My periods are really the only indication I have of whether or not my body is working, you know? So it drives me mad to feel that they mean nothing now. I know this might sound silly, but there you have it. Back to my irrational hatred of people thread... I gat so angry when I hear other people ripping open tampon or pad wrappers in the bathroom!! It's not fair that other people aren't "broken" like i am... Also, I swear I am having worse carb cravings on the pill. But... how do I know its not psychological? What if it's not the pill at all and I am just blaming the pill? Regardless... being on the pill - every pill I have tried - has made me feel fatter. Docs always ignore this comment, say "you haven't gained any weight" or "you're gained less than 5 pounds, I wouldn't worry..." but i FEEL really fat and bloated on the pill. I don't know if I gain fat and lose muscle, and that's why I don't seem to be any heavier, or what... But I always feel fatter on the pill, and I feel really fat and disgusting now after only one week. So. I really do not want to be on the pill. Giving up condoms is nice but... I don't think dwelling on how I have no idea how my body is functioning the rest of the time is worth the trade off. I just can't handle being on the pill. BUt if I go off... I know the aldactone will make me have crazy bleeding. When I was on it last, I took it for 9 days before I started bleeding - I thought it was a period - and then I bled for 2 weeks before deciding I had to quit the aldactone. I bled for one week more after stopping. So even though they say your body may get used to the meds and the bleeding will stop... I don't know if that would have been the case. This summer, my bf will be away on the other side of the country, so I won't have to worry about birth control, and it won't really matter if I bleed for a long time. I am wondering if 3 months would be enough time for my body to get used to the aldactone? Has anyone else had terrible bleeding on the aldactone and had it correct itself after a while? How long did it take to get used to the stuff? I know it must sound juvinille of me to be so hung up on this issue, but I really can't handle the emotional effects of being on the pill. I want to know what is going on with me. I am also afraid of this pill, like all the others, making me feel fatter and even less attractive than I already do. I am taking mircette, if it matters to anyone... after this pack runs out, i am switching to allese. (my doc prescribed allese, but i told her i had a sample of mircette from once before... so she said to take the mircette, than switch, and see which i liked better.) maybe the allesse will be better, fat-feeling-wise, but i'll still have the i-don't-know-whatt's-going-on issue to deal with... and that is the part that bugs me even more. input, anyone? - jodi
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