sj - have a relaxing weekend. I was never able to take BCPs. They made me very depressed. This was decades ago though and I know they have a number of options now.

I was fine with ortho-lo, but they put me on Seasonale because my iron has been so low and with Seasonale you only get 4 periods a year. I expressed concern because when I was on regular ortho tricyclen, I was bug fuck insane, but he seemed unconcerned. Looks like once again I know my body better than the doctors.

Looks like once again I know my body better than the doctors.

You would think they would figure that out.

I am off to Miami to train people. Later.....

I totally skipped (I'm about to teach class) just to tell JZ and Hec they were in my dreams last night. I'm exhausted -- we were up all night (with other friends of mine) killing hordes of zombies!!!!

This was decades ago though and I know they have a number of options now.

Even on the newest superlow-dose pills, I used to get unbelievable mood swings from BCPs. (And I was on them for so long I didn't even realize how shitty they were making me feel until I stopped taking them -- it was like lifting a curtain of low-grade pissiness and nausea.)

{{sj}}, mine did the same to me. Doctor made me stick it out through three months of hell, only to take me off it at the end and be totally back to normal. SO PISSED.

throws around some -ma and brackets for everyone

Sometimes, "football country" makes me cranky.

You would think they would figure that out.

Oh, no. They're the DOCTORS. t /sarcasm

Huh. Tag won't close.

IOvainN, I really want this coat

sj, you might want to switch to a female doctor, one who understands just what BCP can do to a woman's body. I've had much better luck with women (although there are a few out there as dismissive as most of the male doctors.)

{{Sean}} May things go well while you're at work. Still sending ~ma for S.

AmyLiz, I'd love to join in watching The King and I with you. We've had nothing but rain and thunderstorms (and hail, again, but no car damage) for the past three days. I don't mind the thunderstorms (cheap thrills!), but I'm a little tired of the gray that goes with it.

sj, you might want to switch to a female doctor, one who understands just what BCP can do to a woman's body. I've had much better luck with women (although there are a few out there as dismissive as most of the male doctors.)

I may do that. For the weekend at least I am going to ignore the situation and hope it goes away, because I am not able to deal.

Tons of ~ma to S that everything is fine while you're at work and from now on. Non-worrying~ma to Sean.

My male OB-gyn is so much more respectful of my own opinion about how I'm feeling. Maybe because he's really young? I don't know. Maybe he's smart enough to listen to his wife and sassy office assistant (whom I adore).

Ailleann, this is the land of Buckeye Football. Really. I mean, look at what being a part of the team did for Maurice Clarrett. *eyeroll*