Experiences with Yaz
Hi Ladies,
I'm 37 and I've had PMDD since I was a teenager. My mother and her sisters have it, too. Severe dysphoria -- suicidal ideation, not being able to go to work, crying for hours at a time, despair, anger, the works.
Many things help, or keep it from getting out of control. SSRIs like Prozac or Celexa, and taking the birth control pill. HOWEVER, some pills, the ones that contain Norithendrone (like Ortho-Novum 1/35 or 7/7/7 or Ortho-Tri-Cyclin) make it WORSE. DANGEROUSLY worse. And even on birth control pills that don't make me crazy, I feel pretty rotten a few days before my period.
Exercise works, but you have to do it all cycle long. It doesn't pull me out of the PMDD state, but it prevents it from happening.
Another good method has been to take the pill continuously so I just go as many weeks as possible without having a period. I usually use Desogen (also sold as Apri) or Levlen for this. But now I'm finding in my older age, these pills are giving me more other symptoms I don't like, like trouble with my skin, and more facial hair (not a lot, just enough that I want carry tweezers everywhere I go).
Has anyone tried Yaz? I'm terrified to try it since some pills make me beter, and some pills make me worse. But it seems promising since Yaz has a progestin related to spironolactone, which lowers testosterone and other androgens.
Has anyone gotten worse on Yaz?
I'm 37 and I've had PMDD since I was a teenager. My mother and her sisters have it, too. Severe dysphoria -- suicidal ideation, not being able to go to work, crying for hours at a time, despair, anger, the works.
Many things help, or keep it from getting out of control. SSRIs like Prozac or Celexa, and taking the birth control pill. HOWEVER, some pills, the ones that contain Norithendrone (like Ortho-Novum 1/35 or 7/7/7 or Ortho-Tri-Cyclin) make it WORSE. DANGEROUSLY worse. And even on birth control pills that don't make me crazy, I feel pretty rotten a few days before my period.
Exercise works, but you have to do it all cycle long. It doesn't pull me out of the PMDD state, but it prevents it from happening.
Another good method has been to take the pill continuously so I just go as many weeks as possible without having a period. I usually use Desogen (also sold as Apri) or Levlen for this. But now I'm finding in my older age, these pills are giving me more other symptoms I don't like, like trouble with my skin, and more facial hair (not a lot, just enough that I want carry tweezers everywhere I go).
Has anyone tried Yaz? I'm terrified to try it since some pills make me beter, and some pills make me worse. But it seems promising since Yaz has a progestin related to spironolactone, which lowers testosterone and other androgens.
Has anyone gotten worse on Yaz?