Middle aged woman on birth control and I feel crazy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Echo other PPs. Get of the BC.

I just started BC about three months ago too. I'm 49. Zero side effects. No spotting. Less mood changes than previously. If I were getting worse, instead of better, I'd be off it in a second.

Which one lucky you

Same age and intake Junel/hailey. It’s not low dose.

I’m the first PP and mine is not low dose either. My Ob specifically said no low dose. I think it’s generic so not sure which brand would match up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get of the BC. It's not helping. At all. I've been off mine for 20 years and never will take hormones again.

Same here. I took about 15 years ago. I had the weirdest symptoms like migraine type headaches but also a few times I’d have these weird numbing / tingling sensations in 1/2 side of my body. One time was particularly strong that I thought I was having some micro stroke or something. Went to ER, got all clear. Told my gun who completely dismissed it as impossible. But i Never had them before BC, and never had them after I stopped using it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Low dose BCPs didn’t work for me - I bled/spotted basically all the time. It didn’t get better after 3-4 months so I went back to regular dose BCPs. This was in my early 30s. I’m now 44 and have had an IUD for several years, highly recommend (although it also took a few months to stop spotting, but now no periods at all!).

I'm spotting constantly!!!!

[Anonymous]

I started at 45 and also felt crazy. Tried a copper IUD and would bleed for 3 weeks out of every 6. Finally just got my tubes removed.