Posted by maggiedelena on July 6, 2006, at 17:57:08
In reply to birth control, posted by Nina78 on July 6, 2006, at 14:59:03
I'd avoid the stick -- in fact I'd avoid anything that isn't a pill. With the pill, if you don't like it, the effects disappear soon after you stop taking it. I tried depo-provera (a shot) and the effects were supposed to last three months, I think, but I didn't get my period for close to 7 months. I had the worst response (depression, weight gain) to it that I've ever had from a form of birth control, and was stuck with those hormones lingering in my body for months instead of days.
Speaking of which --I have a followup question. I'm going thorugh mood swings lately that are either rapidcyling or PMS. I've been on the same pill for 5 years and have never had PMS problems, but I know they do sometimes spontaneously develop (I'm just over 31 -- bodies, change, I don't know. Maybe it's a stupid theory). But for the sake of argument, if it's, say, the last 15 days of my cycle, and I'm sobbing in the morning and elated in the evening (or vice versa) how do I eliminate PMS from the possible list of causes? Can it be PMS if it happens 15 days into my cycle, and then I'm ok for a week, and then it happens again? Or is PMS continuous for however many days it lasts? Can it be PMS if I'm spotting? (I've been under the impression that if you're actually bleeding, PMS hormones aren't in your body anymore).
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