Has Anyones DD been prescribed the pill for hormonal reasons?

[GypsyMoth]

DD is behaving really badly.

Almost excluded from school, police involvement. It's just horrible. Shes always been a bit tricky...... But it escalated around time her periods started, but really got alot worse since just before Christmas.

Took her to docs and said I'd heard the pill could calm an out of control teen, heard it here actually, was prescribed straightaway. Should really have asked doc the reasoning behind it, so am asking here if anyone knows why it may work? How long it takes? Has it worked for them or anyone they know?

D D also has counselling, a referral to CAMHs and I am waiting for ss to get back to me too.

anyone??

My DD got it for bad period pains with vomiting, fainting, etc when she was 16 after a horrible experience of feeling ill in a mock exam.

It definitely helped for those physical symptoms but she still suffers a lot from general anxiety and that has not changed (although it was never cycle related). Seeing a counsellor seemed to help her more with the emotional side.

Hope your situation improves.

Thanks! That sounds horrendous, your poor dd. Yes, we are really hoping for some sort of improvement here too!!

It can sort out the worse aspects of PMT that some teenagers seem to get.

she doesnt actually suffer pmt....there is no pattern,its all month round!!

someone once mentioned a vitamin supplements aimed at teens,but i havent found it as yet,so might look into vits too! thanks,,

It has sorted out dd's.

She was prescribed it for hideously heavy and painfuk periods about a year ago and we haven't looked back. Her periods are minimal now.

She always had awful PMT as well, but just thoight that the mood swings were part and parcel of a teen in puberty anyway. But they have completly stopped, she doesn't get enraged with herself any more (she was never naughty with it, but used to get terrible frustrating huffs and she was a misery for a couple of days).

it is well worth a shot.

My DD got the implant at 14 cos she was slutty popular with the boys.

Made absolutely sod all difference to her anti-social behaviour.

Turning 15 sems to have done the trick, she's positively angelic these days.

6 months to go to 15 then!!

In all seriousness, we had police, SS, school trouble, etc, etc. Not one week would go by without an "incident". Almost had a complete nervous breakdown.

Our family is what could (and is) described as normal and fairly affluent. No trauma, Parents both together and happy, a plethora of adoring relatives, child is extremely intelligent and popular. I begged SS to come and tell me what to do. They had nothing.

She changed by herself. Nothing bad at all for over 6 months. She grew out of it.

god katie,that gives me hope!!

sometimes i see the old dd in there,thing is,she's got in with a new group of 'friends' who she used to despise. everyone can see how wrong they are for her. but they have just made a bad situation worse really,the problem was there before

ss are proving to be fairly useless here as well......i caught them out the other day,which could have been disastrous if i hadnt known the truth already. i mentioned sending her to her 'dads'....she is a bit violent and has 3 younger brothers,so have to protect them too. ss said fine,you can send her,so i said are you sure theres no info on her dad in your file to jeopardise that,no,nothing they said. i knew there was though,and had to push them and get them to look further and further,til they said 'oh actually we would be very concerned if she went to him,theres ALOT of info here from the courts etc etc'........

I wish I could give you a magic "top tip", but there isn't one. It makes me so mad when others look on and blame the parents, we didn't have a hope in hell of stopping her. We locked the doors and windows while she was in, but she had to go to school - which she would, then promptly walk straight back out of it again, then not come home. Oh the joys of the Police house search every night...

I can only say hang in there.

We had to have her "implanted" due to the fact that she was having sex while intoxicated with an older guy. Didn't stop the behaviour but a grandchild at 14 was one nightmare I was happy to leave behind.

Have a DS age 14, complete opposite (so far, haha).