Contraception?

lol at graoto... perhaps you and I can donate because I'm finished with mine as well.

naedhippie - tis very different. Sperm are made constantly. yes, they do deplete in value (?? right word? lolz) but always continue to make more. Women are born with X amt and once they are all gone.. they'ze gone. Also, eggs deplete in their quality over time.

 

we choose not to use the pill because i care alot about my misses and I dont think its safe, she was on it briefly and said it made here moody among other things, so we go natural like we do with most things

 

this thread has been quite an education =]

 

tmi alert.

i just read a whole bunch about charting (finally found an informative website on it) and i definitely want to start doing it.
i already have a regular cycle and observe my mucus, so i have an idea about where i am in my cycle most of the time.
i just need to buy a speculum since theres no way my schedule will ever be regular enough for me to take my body temp at the same time everyday, so i will observe cervical changes and mucus instead.

so it turns out i knew a bit less about this subject than i thought. for example, pulling out is a viable method and pre-cum does not contain sperm (which i knew, but didnt make the connection for some reason. still influenced by 17 magazine or something).

 

what is said website? i wanna find out more about it

 

I'm thinking of quitting the pill. I've been on it for... shit a decade now, and it's been niggling at the back of my mind for the past couple of years. Now it's niggling at the front of my mind as it's starting to sink in that 10 years is already a long time, and the rest of my (pill-relevant) life is another long time... too long to be pilling I think.

I've never charted my cycles or had anything beyond a vague notion of timing etc, though I think they're fairly regular. For about a year now I've been finding it frustratingly difficult to distinguish between hormones and depression, and figure out whether I'm very fucked up or only a bit fucked up. Hmm.

Guess it's time for a convo with my husband. Blaaaaah

 

i would take all responses in this thread with a grain of salt though

 

i know exactly what you mean, ive been like it for the past 7 or 8 months. slightly rubbish like.

 

Just seen this:

This normal?

 

I am surprised on how many people pull out.

Why take any of these responses with a grain of salt, np?

 

oh for sure, i am. but the ideas here are making me follow up with more reliable research.

smelly: this is one i found that i like. its set up kind of weird, but there is a ton of information. http://sisterzeus.com/

 

I feel almost ripped off by my own brain sometimes... like I really don't know where I stand. A week of hardcore depression, that feels so real, then I'll notice the date, or see the moon or realise I'm on the last pill in the pack or something, and think wtf?! was it real or hormones or what?! I feel like my sense of my own personal emotional reality is so inside out now.


I just Googled "contraceptive pill depression" - I haven't read through any of the results, just glanced down them and now don't know whether to laugh or cry. I don't believe the pill will have been the cause of all my depressions, coz of emotional patterns I've had pre-pill, but still.. meh.

 

you can always come off it for a few months and see how you feel, amy. no harm will be done as long as you dont forget youre not protected or something lol

 

because nobody in this thread is a doctor?

im saying dont believe what other people say just because it has worked for them or they haven't gotten pregnant YET using any method.

especially not people on an internet forum

a dreadlock forum at that.iggy:iggy:iggy:

 

I'm really trying not to cry my fucking eyes out right now. I can't believe I never thought to link the pill with my depression. Since moving to Norway I've been on one called Cerazette, and my depression has also been at is most debilitating, despite me being technically the happiest I've been in years. My sex drive also seemed to get switched off over night...almost exactly at the time I got the new pill...and I never put 2 and 2 together. Even a quick read through some other people's experiences with this pill is making a lot of things suddenly add up. If I stop taking it and discover that it's been the cause of a number of things, I'm gonna be really gutted (and obviously relieved once I've stopped being pissed off lol).

Sure am glad I started this thread.

 

i have no idea if my depression revolves around my pill-taking.. depression was 'diagnosed' about 4 years ago, and i started on the pill 3 years ago.. and tbh i dont think its made me worse. lately ive been having my happier phase, but its been sunny, ive been out in the garden and ive seen some of my fave bands.. so that makes me happier in general.. last night i felt the depression side creeping up on me, and i think thats just 'cause of where i am in life right now. the lack of a job, debt, going nowhere with college/career etc..

therefoooooooooore, i dont think the pill affects my depression, i think/know me and my choices affect it

 

id say either a) stop taking it and see what happens, or b) try a different one

hugs for you missy :grouphug:

 

thankyaaar. i shall have a looksie tomorrow when im not so sleepy =]

 

Yeh I know what you mean. Ever since moving here (and changing doc and pill) I've felt almost like I've got 2 separate depressions. One is like what you've described, which I've had since pre-teens, in various manifestations, and I've generally got the hang of it and have learned to manage it. The other one is like some weird thing just taking over my brain and body for maybe a few hours or sometimes a few days, and which often seems to coincide approximately with the months, hence leaving me always confused about whether it's "real" - and which really feels like it's nothing to do with me, it just knocks me sideways. I don't mind being a bit emo for the rest of my life, but I definitely don't want this other beast hanging around - all the signs are pointing to pill; I'll definitely post progress on this matter

 

damn amy... i hope coming off the pill can help.
i know for sure that the pill can affect sex drive, especially ones high in progesterone iirc.