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the pill makes me feel angry???

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Yorkiegirl · 13/02/2006 22:26

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mummytosteven · 13/02/2006 22:29

I've had friends say things like "the Pill sent me loopy" without them really specifying in what respect, which I imagine could inclue anger!. If you really think the Pill is responsible, then I think it's worth coming off it or swapping to a different type - as you should know relatively soon whether it appears to be the Pill that's causing it. I had awful PMT (verging on clinical depression) when I was on the mini-pill, which cleared up as pretty much as soon as I stopped taking it.

nutcracker · 13/02/2006 22:30

Hmmm don't think I was more angry. I sometimes think it made me depressed but was never sure so I have gone back on it to see.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 13/02/2006 22:30

Hormones are very powerful things.

I took the pill, but found it didnt quash my PMT symptoms, one of which was severe bouts of aggression/depression over a couple of days....

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Yorkiegirl · 13/02/2006 22:31

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 13/02/2006 22:53

i didnt get on with microgynon.

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Yorkiegirl · 13/02/2006 22:55

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chapsmum · 13/02/2006 23:10

I had a touch of depression with every pill except yasmin, had no side effect what so ever whilst taking this.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 13/02/2006 23:14

Oh no! I had the opposite. Having children has improved mine drastically. Although i am still b/feeding so i havent had af for a good 18 months now

DottieParker · 14/02/2006 00:07

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Yorkiegirl · 14/02/2006 14:11

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Rhubarb · 14/02/2006 14:14

YorkieGirl, the reason I cannot take the Pill is that this is exactly what it used to do to me! Before the pill I was a happy carefree University student, when I got on the pill I became a demented, abusive, vile person. It was dh (then bf) who put 2 and 2 together, luckily we'd been friends for ages so he knew who I really was. I came off the pill and it was like someone flicked a switch and back came my personality! I've not touched it since, nor will I.

It does say on the instructions that it can cause depression, I guess everyone's depression comes out differently!

Rhubarb · 14/02/2006 14:14

Hello Dottie!

Kelly1978 · 14/02/2006 14:16

I'm the same as Rhubarb! I wouldn't ever try it again, won't risk it.

Rhubarb · 14/02/2006 14:17

However not taking it is also the reason I became pregnant for the very first time, turning the whole course of my life upside down and revealing a very different kind of depression to me!

Kelly1978 · 14/02/2006 14:29

lol, I have twins because of not taking it. Thought that the cap would be perfect - no hormones at all. No bloody protection neither tho!

Bugsy2 · 14/02/2006 14:30

Microgynon is one of the cheapest pills for GPs to prescribe, so it is very commonly used. You should go back to your GP and they can put you on a different pill with a different hormone balance to try and lessen your feelings of aggression.

Rhubarb · 14/02/2006 14:33

It's the one I used too, microgynon.

Kelly - we used condoms (still do! argh!)

Kelly1978 · 14/02/2006 14:40

Oh, don't say that. That's what we do now, and I was hoping that would be more reliable. Did you ever think about the injection? I've been advised to try that, but it's still hormones, and I don't want to risk it.

Rhubarb · 14/02/2006 14:41

Done the injection - it just shut down my sex drive altogether, maybe that's how it works!!!!

Kelly1978 · 14/02/2006 14:41

pmsl

DissLocated · 14/02/2006 14:55

It's never affected me like that but one of my friends did. She had an argument with her boyfriend which ended in him cowering in the bedroom with a chair wedged under the door handle and her trying to batter the door down, jack Nickelson style, with a hammer. She showed me the door a few days later and it was completely splintered with huge holes in it- very scary.

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Yorkiegirl · 14/02/2006 22:15

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MrsSpoon · 14/02/2006 22:20

I was very unstable on the pill, prior to children a just felt very down whilst on it and felt loads better when I came off it again but after DS1 was born I though I would try it again and my behaviour was very scary.

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