Experiences with the the pill srsly messing with mood?

[Hoshi 4]

Recently I went to my doctors for advice on hormone therapies to help me deal with my severe periods (I've always suffered really badly for years, and I've been looking into the legitimate possibility of endometriosis). I discussed with the nurse that my monthly symptoms have become unbearable, and my anxiety and depression can be impacted by hormones being out of whack anyway so I am pretty open to whatever contraceptive can relieve that. But I am also worried about too many side effects impacting negatively on my, shall we say, already delicate mental health (even though I'm technically med-free atm), and also very importantly for me the risk of exacerbating my other worries about messing with my skin (acne etc). Ideally I was hoping to find something that could be the lesser of the two evils so to speak.

 

 

I'd heard a lot of good things about implants from people with similar cycles to mine, and I honestly wasn't too keen on the pill because of the range of possibility of things going wrong. But the nurse seemed to think it was best for me to try the pill since (what I hadn't even considered) if I did go ahead and get an implant or an IUD, if it didn't work well for me then it would be a hell of a lot harder to rip out at short notice than it would to just stop taking a pill.

 

 

Anyway since there's no way to tell how any one individual will respond to any of them, basically it will just be a process of trial and error until I find what works for me. So she started me on the 'mini-pill' cerazette, it's been just over 2 weeks that I've been taking it and I'm already noting some very unsavoury mood swings, and unfortunately my skin has been breaking out like mad- nothing too unusual but it's just adding more to the original problem there.

 

Today I've been suffering from the craziest paranoia, and whilst I could put it down to over stress because of all the other crap on my mind right now, I haven't felt this sickeningly uneasy in quite a long time. Literally so tense I'm shaking and I honestly felt terrified that something horribly wrong was going to happen, like I knew I was in a load of trouble for something and I was just waiting for it to hit. It was a really unusual day anyway and I kept thinking oh no something's changed, why is everything so weird something serious must be going on my senses are telling me this is a sign of impending disaster..

 

like literally it would sound crazy even to me at any other time but it feels so tangible right now I don't even know if I can sleep thinking about getting up tomorrow and something awful will be awaiting me.

 

I just don't know if it's too early to say I should get the hell off this pill?? And what are my choices then? 

[Gilly 1086]

I have zero experience with any contraceptive pill hoshi, I've never taken any. I'm literally clueless on this, sorry. Hopefully someone will come along with some advice. I do think though if something is making you feel worse when it's supposed to make you feel better talk to the doctor and ask if you should stop it.