It this normal

[bjbabe]

Girls I need help.

I really dont know what is going on with me, but i am scared. In the last couple of weeks i have been very moody and depressed a lot. I have agrued with my boyfriend for the stupiest reasons ever. I am really scared of losing him but i have a feeling that we are going to break up. For some reason i always find a reason to get mad at him about. i never used to be this way. But i feel like i am PMS 24/7. I started taking birth control pills two months ago. Since i started taking them i have been very moody. Whats going on with my body and me. I talked to my doctor and he told me i was depress and he perscribed me to take anti-depressants.

IS it the birth control pills that are doing this to my body. I have also heard that some birth control pills make you gain weight. But i have lost ten pounds already.

I need help is this normal.

[trip]

Are you feeling JOY fairly often, that's the main key to depression, a complete lack of JOY.

Are you drinking alot of coffee or taking ephedra, or ampetemines, or that red bull stuff?

Have you been working out lately, eating well?

[sana]

some formulations of pills can give you mood swings. when i was on ortho-tricyclene, i experiencing super bad PMS. ask your doctor try a different forumlation for you first.

[beefcake]

http://www.ivillagehealth.com/expert...8803%2C00.html

In summary, pretty much the same thing sana said.

[bjbabe]

Originally posted by trip
Are you feeling JOY fairly often, that's the main key to depression, a complete lack of JOY.

Are you drinking alot of coffee or taking ephedra, or ampetemines, or that red bull stuff?

Have you been working out lately, eating well?

I drink coffee every morning. I work out in the afternoon after work. I don't take any ephedra or ampetemines. I do eat well lots of protein for lunch and sometimes dinner.


I really dont know whats wrong with me. I am happy person until recently i havent been at all.

[bjbabe]

Originally posted by sana
some formulations of pills can give you mood swings. when i was on ortho-tricyclene, i experiencing super bad PMS. ask your doctor try a different forumlation for you first.

Those are the same pills that i am taken! I hope its the pills thats making me moody and its not me becoming a bitch.

[sunkiss]

until you know whats wrong though, try bitting your tongue each time you think your pissed at him. Its better to say nothing, then something sometimes if you dont really know where all this anger towards him is coming from.

[bjbabe]

Originally posted by sunkiss
until you know whats wrong though, try bitting your tongue each time you think your pissed at him. Its better to say nothing, then something sometimes if you dont really know where all this anger towards him is coming from.

I really try not to say anything bad to him or to cause an arguement. But i cant help it. I feel very insecure if he doesnt call me i get mad and start bitching. If he doesnt tell me he loves me i bitch. If i want to go out and he doesnt i bitch. I have never been this way and he knows it. He aint helping either he starts getting mad at me and telling me that i am turning into his ex-girlfriend which by the way its not something i want to hear.

I cant help it i really dont want to be the cause of us splitting up. But if i dont change my ways i am going to lose him. Thats what scares me the most.

[sunkiss]

ughm ok, if a guy ever said turning into his ex girlfirend I would so lose it. and I do understand how hard it is to shut up and not say something, but try, and if he cant understand whats going on even after you explained whats going on with you, then its his loss dear.

[trip]

best guess is the pill messing with your hormones levels got you weirded out, seems like the only REAL change that would effect the body

[psyko1]

are you sure you're explaining it to him? it'd be wrong for him not to take that into consideration, so long as you let him know the reasons behind your "constant PMS". from what it sounds like i'd agree and say it's the pills, maybe you can get on something else, explain the situation to your doctor i'm sure he'll help. it could also be stress in your life. you said you go back to school soon so it could be anxiety from that. how's your life at home? is there anything else that could be affecting your mood? talk with your guy about it, and try not to be so on edge. i don't understand how a pill can do that but hey, if it does it does i guess.

[bjbabe]

Ok so i called my Doctor to see if i can change the pills, the problem is that he can't see me till three months from now. I just dont want to continue being so moody all the time. I hate feeling this way. I read the article that beefcake attached to his post, and it makes sense on way i feel the way i do.

Hopefully i will just bite my tongue and not say anything bitch to him. Wish me luck!

[bonebreaker]

Originally posted by bjbabe
Ok so i called my Doctor to see if i can change the pills, the problem is that he can't see me till three months from now. I just dont want to continue being so moody all the time. I hate feeling this way. I read the article that beefcake attached to his post, and it makes sense on way i feel the way i do.

Hopefully i will just bite my tongue and not say anything bitch to him. Wish me luck!

What kind of doctor do you have, sounds like a jerk. If I were you, I'd call back and tell them that you're pretty sure the medication is affecting you adversly and you need to see the Dr. Immediately. Don't take no for an answer!! From some of the posts you have made I have determined that you aren't very forceful regarding certain things in your life. You have to be accomodating sometimes to others, but also, you have to be very pointed other times. This is one of those times; Call the Dr. Back and DEMAND to be seen as soon as possible, and I mean in the next two or three days. BB

[carmel300zx]

I agree with bonebreaker. You must see the doctor to change your meds. There are alot of different b/c pills out there and finding another one should not be a problem. You can ask the doctor over the phone for a another script for a different med. Each med is different in the amount of hormone that is contained in each pill. You just need to find a different formulation that is compatible with your body's chemistry.

[Taleigh21]

Sounds exactly like me. I switched over to dif pills, but I would not rest the cause of my behaviour souly on them at all. I also was diagnosed with mild depression and took pills for three months and decided that that I didnt like taking them, and started living normally without.
But sad thing is I acted exactly like that with my BF of two years, and just recently we broke up. I bitched alot, got into dumb fights or arguments about the litte stupidest things and I was never really 100% with him or myself all the time.
I maitained eating good and working out, but nothing worked. I also just think that we were not meant to be, which was hard to conclude after being in eachothers faces for two years.

I wish you the best, it may just be a hormonal imbalance or something, or that something just isnt right in your life and deep down its making you unhappy. Look within your self and try and examine your feelings. I have gone through lots of dumb shit with him and me, and it feels better to be on my own now because I can actually take care of ME!

[Puddles]

When a doctor puts you on a prescription and you think you're having an adverse reaction to it, it is his responsibility to take care of the situation immediately. You need a new doctor so go find one. Ask friends or relatives if they have one they'd recommend. You can even ask your pharmacist. This doctor is not taking care of your needs.

[Timma]

I agree with Puddles. Get a new doctor. Man I hate doctors.

[dreamgirl]

bump bonebreaker

bump puddles


When you find "the one" you don't have to try hard to keep the relationship going. You both understand eachother and accept & love each others similarities and differences. Take a step back and really evaluate your relationship with him. To me, it doesn't sound like its a keeper.