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Post by collins on Mar 31, 2006 13:24:47 GMT -5
Hi, new here and in the process of registering, but I figured I'd get started anyways. Just started depo a month ago (btw I hate it) and I've noticed that my emotions seem even more out of whack than when I was on the pill - which I thought was impossible. Lately it's even started to affect my sleep - my finacé has 3 children with his ex, and I've woken him in the night - freaking out that he stole babies from me to give to her. As you can tell, I've been told that my fertility chances are extremely low and steadily declining. Anyways, sorry to babble, just wondering if anyone had any tips on controlling the emotional roller coaster?
Thanks in adavance
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Post by Janet on Mar 31, 2006 15:48:08 GMT -5
I don't have anything to offer other than support. I chose to live with the pain and see what happens. I can't deal with the emotions of hormonal bc so I dont' use any of that. I don't like the idea of lupron so I am waiting it out to see if I can deal with it and adjust. I did get a mirena IUD for bc and its already stopped my periods 2 months into it, I don't know if it will help with pain or not as its too early to tell. I didn't get it for endo but I know some drs recommend it for endo, mine said it was fine for bc but would do nothing for the endo.
Janet
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Post by meldart on Apr 1, 2006 8:29:05 GMT -5
Hi Collins,
I can sympathise with you, unfortunatly I know exactly where you are coming from. I was on depo for over a year, whilst on it I suffered from insomnia, I was put on anti depressants, signed off work for a month. It was all due to the depo. Just like you my emotions became so irratic I didn't feel like I was incontrol. In fact I honestly remember thinking that I was losing my mind.
I would look for an alternative coz in my experiance and everything I have read from the other women on here depo is a horrible drug. The only time things got better were when I came off it but I'm stilll on the anti depressants.
I hope you can find something else!!
Hugs
Mel x
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Post by sammi79 on Apr 2, 2006 1:58:13 GMT -5
Hey there, My emotions went completely haywire when I started depo only 10 wks ago. I previously described my symptoms in other posts, but basically, I really had no control over my emotions... I have never experienced anything like it. In a business meeting at work, I found myself near tears when I had to raise an issue (and i never have a problem expressing myself!) Fortunately for me, the mood swings started to subside after the first month.
The most bizarre thing you said that you have been waking in the middle of the night as I have had a similar experience, but never made the connection to depo. In the last couple of months, i have apparently been yelling at my fiance in the middle of the night. (I say apparently, because I have only been able to remember vaguely one out 4 of these incidents).
Poor guy, one night he came to bed, whispering how much he loves me and I screamed at him to shut up... Apparently i have also been slamming doors... I thought perhaps it was stress, but come to think of it, it started shortly after i started Depo... Also, i am usually a great sleeper, but the last 2 months, very restless...
Sorry, prob not much help, but I wonder if anyone else has had this disturbed sleep when on depo?
Hope you feel better soon!
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Post by aj on Apr 2, 2006 4:00:33 GMT -5
Oh yeah...the sleep thing has been crazy for me not only on depo but on birth control pills too (collins was my sign in while I was waiting to be approved for the site). Sammi, I don't know what it is, but for the heavy and peaceful sleeper i used to be, nightmares and restlessness have prevailed since hormone therapy (pills and shot). Sorry you're going through it but at the same time greatful I'm not the only one.
Thanks for your support AJ
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Post by meldart on Apr 2, 2006 4:41:37 GMT -5
Sleeping was a huge problem for me whilst I was on depo. I found I couldn't get to sleep, if I finally did I would only wake up again. I didn't get any reports I was shouting at him in the night though! I was eventually signed off work and given heavy duty sleeping tablets as no body made the connection to the depo but reading everyone else's experiances I now know it was that. To be honest I am just glad I am now off it. I have my post opp appointment on Tuesday so I will be able to find out why the surgeon was so adamnt I came off the depo.
x
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Post by sammi79 on Apr 2, 2006 5:06:54 GMT -5
Hey, This is all so strange to me, like you Meldart, I never made the connection with Depo. I have never had a problem sleeping, and certainly never abused anyone in my sleep. But lately my sleep patterns are all over the shop! I have done my best to cut down on caffeine, exercise and be healthier... but nothing seems to help me sleep any better... I even bought "sleepy time" tea from the health food shop, tastes great but not really helping me get to sleep any easier. AJ, I have always had bad dreams, but I had awful nightmares from when the docs first started investigating for endo... I have always felt that dreams and nightmares are a reflection of what is going on in my life at that time. The nightmares became much less frequent after my second (and more successful than the first) surgery. Cheers
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