Single now, stay on BC? Mood changes?

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Registered: 03-13-2004
Single now, stay on BC? Mood changes?
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Sat, 06-05-2004 - 11:18am
Hi everyone,

So my bf and I recently broke up (sigh) but whatever. ANyways, I've been on cyclessa (triphasic pill) for about... 3 months now? Before that I was using the ring for a couple months.

In that time period, I've also had quite a few life stresses (I'm 25, back in school, and trying to figure out my direction, had a lot of that problem, then exams, more exams, then this breakup)...

I cannot tell if I do not feel like mself because of the pill...

or because of the crazy 6 months I have had.

I'm wondering if I should stay on the pill or not? I may just for the next month (I have a wedding I'm trying to avoid having my period at!!)...

But how do I know if my mood changes and emotional-ness is due to my damn pill or to what's been going on with me in the past six months?

Body changes, weight gain - none really at all!!! No complaints there.

???

Thanks everyone.

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Registered: 06-05-2004
Sat, 06-05-2004 - 7:54pm
I am in the same boat as you, on birth control and just recently broke up with my boyfriend. I am on my third pack of pills and I was planning to get off them because for one he's no longer around and I do have mood swings but I was told by several friends on bc that I should stay on it because the mood swings should go away after the third cycle of pills and it's just a side effect of the pill. I recommend you stay on it, you've gone this far and if you get off them and then you meet someone else, you will have to go through the same side effects or possibly others all over again. Good luck
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Sat, 06-05-2004 - 9:33pm
Thanks hon. That is helpful knowing. I hate feeling so out of it lately. Is may like break up month or something? I know far too many people who've been going thru this...

Thanks again Lucygirl