Bipolar and Period

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ek4ever
February 7, 2011 - 11:09 pm
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ek4ever
Total Posts: 26
Joined: 01-19-2011
I have been on the Depo Shot for quite awhile and I just got off of it and I am not taking any birth control. Will this make my bipolar worse with my moods.
Im just a little worried.



Medications for February 2011
08-19-2009 - Present:Lithium, 900mg. one time per day
09-09-2010 - Present:Ambien, 10mg. one time per day
01-29-2011 - Present:Triliptal, 900mg. 1 pill in the morning 2 pills at night
01-31-2011 - Present:klonopin, 0.5. 1 pill 3 times a day

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ek4ever
February 7, 2011 - 11:09 pm
I have been on the Depo Shot for quite awhile and I just got off of it and I am not taking any birth control. Will this make my bipolar worse with my moods.
Im just a little worried.



Medications for February 2011
08-19-2009 - Present:Lithium, 900mg. one time per day
09-09-2010 - Present:Ambien, 10mg. one time per day
01-29-2011 - Present:Triliptal, 900mg. 1 pill in the morning 2 pills at night
01-31-2011 - Present:klonopin, 0.5. 1 pill 3 times a day

Skeletina
February 19, 2011 - 7:12 pm
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Skeletina
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I'm not sure. I know any hormonal changes can trigger episodes. Personally I can't be on hormonal birth control at all because I go completely fruit loops. Do you have a pdoc appointment soon? Watch out for symptoms "just in case" and be sure to let him/her know anything.

Good luck.


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Skeletina
February 19, 2011 - 7:12 pm
I'm not sure. I know any hormonal changes can trigger episodes. Personally I can't be on hormonal birth control at all because I go completely fruit loops. Do you have a pdoc appointment soon? Watch out for symptoms "just in case" and be sure to let him/her know anything.

Good luck.


catmad1
March 9, 2011 - 4:54 pm
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My doctor would not let me use any form of hormone control to help period pain and other extreme symptoms. He said that it was too risky to my fragile stability

I am off to a Gyno on the first..

I want a full hysterectomy..


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catmad1
March 9, 2011 - 4:54 pm
My doctor would not let me use any form of hormone control to help period pain and other extreme symptoms. He said that it was too risky to my fragile stability

I am off to a Gyno on the first..

I want a full hysterectomy..


fireandrain
April 21, 2011 - 12:57 am
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Wow! Nice to know I have some company in my misery. Here's my dilemma.. (hoping someone has experienced the same thing and can offer any advice that worked for you). I struggle with cyclothymia and I notice that every month, two days mid cycle, "day 14" (when I'm ovulating) is the scariest day of the whole month!! I'm literally not fit to be with people. Something will invariably set me off...my reaction is anywhere from total meltdowns to fits of rage as I unleash the Cracken! On those nights when I've become a cyberchondriac I learned about premenstrual magnification... It happens midcycle to women who are afflicted with bipolar, our symptoms can be intensified. Small comfort to know the dark days have a name! I've been a pseudo guinea pig trying to figure out how to weaken if not annihilate the day 14 nightmare! Just like you say in this thread, I went to an OB/GYN and he put me on Lutera about a month ago. He said I would need to take it for three months to see or feel any results. I have gained 13 pounds in 4 weeks!! I thought it was the lamictal that I began taking at the same time, but oh my gosh!!! I'm like the pilsbury doughchick!! My stomach has ballooned out, thunder thighs that rub and leave a rash! Baaahaaa! And my butt... Yikes! Shoplam!! Overnight!! My pdoc recommended that I quit the Lutera, stay on the lamictal and perhaps at a higher dosage, my happy pill will be effective in suppressing the beasty within!! Anyone been where I'm at? Any succes stories? What worked for you??


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fireandrain
April 21, 2011 - 12:57 am
Wow! Nice to know I have some company in my misery. Here's my dilemma.. (hoping someone has experienced the same thing and can offer any advice that worked for you). I struggle with cyclothymia and I notice that every month, two days mid cycle, "day 14" (when I'm ovulating) is the scariest day of the whole month!! I'm literally not fit to be with people. Something will invariably set me off...my reaction is anywhere from total meltdowns to fits of rage as I unleash the Cracken! On those nights when I've become a cyberchondriac I learned about premenstrual magnification... It happens midcycle to women who are afflicted with bipolar, our symptoms can be intensified. Small comfort to know the dark days have a name! I've been a pseudo guinea pig trying to figure out how to weaken if not annihilate the day 14 nightmare! Just like you say in this thread, I went to an OB/GYN and he put me on Lutera about a month ago. He said I would need to take it for three months to see or feel any results. I have gained 13 pounds in 4 weeks!! I thought it was the lamictal that I began taking at the same time, but oh my gosh!!! I'm like the pilsbury doughchick!! My stomach has ballooned out, thunder thighs that rub and leave a rash! Baaahaaa! And my butt... Yikes! Shoplam!! Overnight!! My pdoc recommended that I quit the Lutera, stay on the lamictal and perhaps at a higher dosage, my happy pill will be effective in suppressing the beasty within!! Anyone been where I'm at? Any succes stories? What worked for you??


melara
April 25, 2011 - 9:35 am
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for myself, I tend to get into mixed states when I have no menstrual control. Thankfully lamotrigine provides that to me, oddly enough.


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melara
April 25, 2011 - 9:35 am
for myself, I tend to get into mixed states when I have no menstrual control. Thankfully lamotrigine provides that to me, oddly enough.


fireandrain
April 25, 2011 - 7:52 pm
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majandra...
thank you sooo much! Iʻm up to 200 mg a day of the lamotrigine so Iʻll see how that helps in a week from now. I appreciate your insights : )


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fireandrain
April 25, 2011 - 7:52 pm
majandra...
thank you sooo much! Iʻm up to 200 mg a day of the lamotrigine so Iʻll see how that helps in a week from now. I appreciate your insights : )


lilylily
May 1, 2011 - 7:42 am
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I may be perimenopausal at 49, which has strongly affected my mood cycling, like some others have posted here. Abilify helps regulate emotional reactivity, so that's good. It's hard to put into words just how my mood changes during ovulation and during my period....my ability to concentrate has gone right out the window. It's nice to know I am not alone. Riding out the storm, mostly. Is anyone also ADHD, as I am?


Lily
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lilylily
May 1, 2011 - 7:42 am
I may be perimenopausal at 49, which has strongly affected my mood cycling, like some others have posted here. Abilify helps regulate emotional reactivity, so that's good. It's hard to put into words just how my mood changes during ovulation and during my period....my ability to concentrate has gone right out the window. It's nice to know I am not alone. Riding out the storm, mostly. Is anyone also ADHD, as I am?


Lily
tiger10
May 25, 2011 - 9:37 pm
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i have used nuvaring for 2 years. It does not help with PMS!!! The progestin (synthetic progesterone) is what is the problem, I believe. But it depends on the person and the other meds they are taking and how they interact. The types of meds I take might be interacting with the nuvaring, so it might work better for some people than others. They say a bc with estrogen helps more with PMS. I am trying to decide on a different bc, if anyone has any recommendations? I am even considering just stopping the bc all together. I don't have sex anyway because I have no libido from the medications I take for bipolar, so I don't have to worry about getting pregnant. I just want to do away with the PMS!!!



Medications for May 2011
08-14-2010 - Present:Zyprexa, 15 mg. Once per day
09-24-2010 - Present:Wellbutrin, 150 mg. Once per day
01-06-2011 - Present:Zyprexa, 10 mg. 1/day

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tiger10
May 25, 2011 - 9:37 pm
i have used nuvaring for 2 years. It does not help with PMS!!! The progestin (synthetic progesterone) is what is the problem, I believe. But it depends on the person and the other meds they are taking and how they interact. The types of meds I take might be interacting with the nuvaring, so it might work better for some people than others. They say a bc with estrogen helps more with PMS. I am trying to decide on a different bc, if anyone has any recommendations? I am even considering just stopping the bc all together. I don't have sex anyway because I have no libido from the medications I take for bipolar, so I don't have to worry about getting pregnant. I just want to do away with the PMS!!!



Medications for May 2011
08-14-2010 - Present:Zyprexa, 15 mg. Once per day
09-24-2010 - Present:Wellbutrin, 150 mg. Once per day
01-06-2011 - Present:Zyprexa, 10 mg. 1/day

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