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PMT and the Pill

8 replies

Spagblog · 15/03/2006 10:15

I am on the pill and have noticed that I am really starting to suffer with PMT mood swings.
Is anyone else aware of when their mood swings or PMT starts and stops.
I think that when I have about 4 pills left in a packet I start to want to murder people.

Does this sound right? Are you supposed to get moody the week before you come on?

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TearsBeforeBedtime · 15/03/2006 10:16

Are you on the combined Pill or Progestogen only Pill?

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Spagblog · 15/03/2006 11:23

combined pill. Mercilon or somethign

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WigWamBam · 15/03/2006 11:25

I used to be murderous all the time with the first brand of Pill I ever used. I changed brands eventually, and the problem went away. Have a word with your GP, there are stacks of brands that they can prescribe, and s/he will know which ones are likely not to cause the PMT-type symptoms.

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Spagblog · 15/03/2006 11:54

I am reticent to change tbh as I always put on weight when changing brands.
DH and I aren't speaking and half of it is due to my PMT atm.

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WigWamBam · 15/03/2006 12:02

If it's causing so much trouble between you and dh, surely putting on a bit of weight is the lesser of the two evils? You can always shift the extra few pounds you might put on with a change of Pill; damage you do to your relationship may not be that easy to fix.

When I changed I was put onto one called Cilest - it's the only brand I've been on that hasn't made me put weight on (not that I can blame the Pill for my weight!), and it's also the one brand where I didn't feel murderous all the time. I don't know if it was just that it suited me, or if it's less likely to cause problems in most people who take it.

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Spagblog · 15/03/2006 16:13

WWB - thank you for being the voice of reason in my fog of PMT.
I will ask about Cilest then, is it combined?

I don't think I would be able to manage taking the progestrogen only pill at the same time every day.

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Socci · 15/03/2006 16:18

I used to use one which contained different amounts of hormone at different times and it suited me fine - I had experienced PMT symptoms with microgynon.

WigWamBam · 15/03/2006 16:54

Cilest is combined, yes.

My last post sounds really patronising reading it back - sorry, it wasn't meant to. It just seems a shame to put your relationship at risk for something that could turn out to be really easy to fix.

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