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    Default Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    I used to just use birth control pills on and off (like 3 months here, 5 months there)

    but now that I've been on generic Yasmin for about a year I have gotten so emotional/ hormonal.

    I used to be a pretty "stoic" girl, not much of a crier etc. But now everything super happy or sad makes me tear up or even bawl lol. Like I was watching freaking friends and crying over a cute monica& chandler moment. And really cute babies on Instagram lol make me cry. And when I was making little care packages for high school kids I tutor I was getting all emotional and ugly cried. And if other ppl cry in my vicinity I'm done :0

    I just feel like it has softened me hahaha but at least my skin is really nice and it's you know preventing me from having a baby right now.

    Anyone else feel like hormonal bc is doing that to them, or somehow affecting your personality.
    is this supposed to happen?
    Long term bc users gimme some input

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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    Never had a problem with it except I was beginning to get weird lumps on my joints and skin problems, but I don't know if it's the birth control itself or if it was just stress from being cheated on. I used Caziant, which is low-dose BC.

    If you don't like Yasmin, you can try a BC with lower amount of hormones? It's not uncommon for hormone supplements to affect us.


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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    Yes, I have had rapid mood swings when I tried birth control. I tried birth control pills briefly when I was 19 at the suggestion of my doctor. I didn't understand what it was fully for at the time, and had a vague sense that yes it's supposed to prevent pregnancy. Other than that I was told it can improve acne. I tried it for roughly two months. In that time I:

    -Gained about five pounds
    -Had sudden mood swings and found myself crying a lot over stupid stuff
    -Had very heavy, irregular menstruation, discolored and would last for two weeks at a time

    I called my doctor and said what was happening, and was told that it would take more time to adjust. I'm sure that was true, but all those things scared me off and I quit taking them. I lost the extra weight and my moods and periods returned to normal and I never took birth control pills ever again.

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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    Yes i get suicidal thoughts on certain full estrogeon and progesterone pills, and trust me i would normally never have such thoughts. I cry at the drop of a hat. I have spent longer on a variety of mini pills and while i dont have suicidal thoughts on them i still cry way too much and seem to become a shell of my normal happy go lucky self. I avoid birth control pills atm if i must return to contraception ill try injections. I dont like messing with hormones.

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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    sex drive would go from 100 to -1000 when I took birth control pills. But they helped my periods become regular and much lighter.
    I have taken any form of hormonal forms of birth control in the past 2 years cause I started reacting badly to them (vomiting and rashes) so I've stopped.

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    Yeah, seems everyone is different. I had a bad reaction to mine, and they were supposed to be a light dose. I forget which one it was. Me personally I just don't like taking pills of any sort.

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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    The Nuvaring gave me terrible nightmares, and I experienced insane paranoia.
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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    I have only had bad experiences with hormonal birth control. The pill made me into a fat psychopath and Plan B turns me into a depressive rage monster.

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    ^^ same.

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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    All but 'Ortho Tri-Cyclen LO' do all those things to me (depression, fatness, etc). The 'Ortho Tri-Cyclen' raises my blood pressure to nearly mortal levels. Nexplanon made me homicidal: I even stayed at a mental hospital because of it.





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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    I can add more info later but I started having serious issues from birth control after I started suffering from a female hormone ailment. Naturally with an overload of estrogen in my system, birth control pills started having a negative mental effect on me. I never believed women about this until it happened to me : (

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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    I'm three months into using a nuvaring and I keep having intense sweets cravings (chocolate especially which I typically can barely tolerate) and have developed an aversion to chicken. Like I crave it but the second chicken hits my tongue I want to spit it out. Chocolate on the other hand will wake me up out of a dead sleep to find some and shove in my face. I've never been a snacker so this is super foreign to me. I've lost like 10lbs since starting the ring, but the cravings are driving me nuts.

    Anyone else have this issue?

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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    i've been on and off various forms of BC and it definitely makes me crazier whenever i start, stop, or change my pills/ring. i think it depends on your body. i loved the nuvaring and had no effects for many years but a lot of girls i know said it made them "psycho". sadly the state i moved to charges an obscene amount for what i used to get for free, and the generic pill i'm on makes me fell like a lunatic so yeah... in the wake of whats happening right now this sucks..

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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    rule of thumb. if it alters your natural chemical/hormone levels - does not matter which of the 50+ hormones it is. if it alters just one and even only a little it can have massive effects on the body. It is why there is generally an adjusting period with any medication
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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    Yeah I've been on two forms of the pill twice & both made me what I called 'psycho' - irrational and overly emotional as fuck. I won't do hormonal bc anymore.
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    Default Re: Does birth control make you feel crazy too? Lol

    When I was on birth control(for Endometriosis) it made me feel irritable, moody, have an insatiable appetite, break out with severe acne on my face, and gain a lot of weight. On the total opposite end, when I was on fertility drugs(an estrogen blocker called Clomid) I had mood swings, irritability, hot flashes, night sweats, nausea, migraines, and vaginal dryness. Hormones can make you feel all sorts of crazy. I am so glad to not be on any birth control or hormones of any kind anymore.

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