I have been super cranky lately. Letting things that shouldn't bother me bother me, feeling insecure, and letting my mouth run before my mind has time to process what's being said. I HATE feeling this way. I have felt so awesome for so long, I decided to brainstorm what the change may have been. It wasn't very hard there has only been 1 major change recently:
I stopped nursing, and started the patch.
So I started doing a little research. Errin was the birth control pill I was on while nursing. Turns out it has no estrogen, it's also referred to as the "mini-pill". B/c it's estrogen only it's not as effective as conventional birth control, but when coupled with nursing it's very effective for new mothers. When I stopped nursing I went from this no estrogen pill to Ortho-Evera, also known as "the patch". The patch, b/c directly applied to the skin gives way more estrogen then even the average pill. So I went from 0-100 pretty quick. Hence the crankiness and all over feeling of blah. I have some left over pills from before I got pregnant, Trivora. I'm going to start them tonight instead putting on the 3rd patch. Hopefully this will help with my mood swings and my cranky dispoistion.
I need to make an appt to get my Thyroid meds re-newed anyway, so I'm going to talk to the Dr. about a low estrogen BC pill too. I've heard horror stories about the pill making woman crazy, but I kinda thought it was a bunch of BS. I guess not...
Here's to hoping I start feeling better soon!
9 comments:
Well, I guess that explains that cranky comment you sent me! HA!!!
I hoe tht you can find something that works for you. I hate the everyday blah feeling.
I was a constant royal witch when I was on the pill a long time ago and was very wary to start taking another. I told my GYN about that and he put me on Yaz. It is low dose and I really like it. I don't have the mood swings and short temper like I used to around that time.
sorry your not feeling at your best... but at least you've figured it out and it's a easy fix! :) Hope the left over pills help till you get to the doc!
BC pills make Beth completely crazy - all kinds. Before I got fixed (hehe) I used Orhto-Novum 7/7/7 and never had any issues. Hope you get it figured out.
mood swings suck...hope u feel better soon
ok thats just weired my "dashboard" shows your last post to be may 30th. So i guess it doesnt show any more updates since you went private.
Hope you can get the pill problem worked out. I was on a brand of b/c pill once that didnt agree with me and talk about mood swings. wow. i stopped taking them because i knew i wasnt normal.
I can tell you about a very effective form of fertility awareness - there are no pills or chemicals involved!
wow, well, good luck finding the right meds!
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