Sorry if this seems like a strange question but I'm wondering if anyone here had any problems with major mood changes when they went on BC pills?
My doctors and I have made an interesting discovery (potentially) in that they are wondering if my BC pills are largely the cause of my mental issues (would be nice - certainly an easier fix). Everyone who has known me for a long time always said that all my "problems" started after I got sick with mono when I was 17...so doctors always assumed it just wreaked havoc on my system and caused me to worry to much about my health which caused anxiety, which caused all the problems I'm having now. Thing is (this had never occured to me before) I went on BC like 4 days before I was diagnosed with mono.
So now the doctors are wondering if maybe it's the BC pills. My hormones are screwed up (I think I mentioned this in a previous post)...my estrogen, testosterone, LH and FSH are all so far below normal limits the lab didn't even measure them exactly, and my cortisol (the stress hormone) is through the roof. My gyn says that when the body is underproducing all the "sex" hormones sometimes it overproduces cortisol because you're body intuitively knows that you can live without the sex hormones but not without cortisol.
So I just wanted some thoughts or experiences. I'm seeing an endocrinologist July 4th (wish it was sooner) so hopefully they can shed some light on things...but it's looking like I may have to go off the BC pills and see what happens. And now that I think about it, I'm sure I had friends in high school who couldn't take the pill because it made them depressed/anxious or whatever.
Sorry this got so long...thanks for reading if you made it this far
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Did anyone get depressed/moody when they went ON BC pills?
