i just started having sex and me and my b/f use condoms but i was thinking just to be more safe that i shud start taking birth control pills. but im nervous that it will give me like emotional hang ups. i mean, im REALLY emotional when i get pms and im on my period...and i was using the brith control patch before for a bit but they made me like sooooo emotional. so i stopped using them. so wut shud i do? isnt there like lower doses of like whatever they put in birth control so the emotinal hang ups isnt that bad for me? thank you so much!
It's the estrogen. Turns you into even more of a chick. Terrifying, really. Try getting put on a low dose... Elesse is pretty low, so is ortholo.
http://www.drdonnica.com/faqs/00005246.htm lists a few brands. there's also some that come in a low variety compared to their regular amoun (ie ortho tri cyclen low) I don't know about Alesse though, because it's made me moodier when I'm not normally moody around my period. but then again, I also havent' used the pill (before now) for two years because I had been on depo, which also affects moods) The pill is much much MUCH safer than the pull out method (wasn't it you who started that thread? anywho, there's a recent thread about it, not so very safe). The patch is a neat option but it doesn't regulate the amount you get as well, there are a few articles out there discussing how teh patch sometimes leaks extra hormones into women, more than it had been designed to do. The pill, well, as long as you can remember to take it at the same time every day (I just have my watch set to always go off at just after ten) it's really good, safe, and regulates how much hormones you get well.
