Which I should know, after 25 years, that whenever I find myself saying "I suck", 99% of the time, my period is due in a day or two. Chemistry is amazingly powerful.

I have finally learned to look at the calendar when I start feeling really horrible about myself.

I long for menopause.

But this perimenopause thing? DO NOT LIKE. Dammit, I used to never have acne. Not to mention the coin-toss nonsense about if I'm going to be emotionally or physically incapacitated by my period. Which will it be: hysterical sobbing over cute animal pictures on tumblr, or cramps that make me long for death? There's no way of predicting until it happens!

And even with my app that tells me when I'm due

What app do you use? Because I probably should be better about tracking my cycle, if only to better understand/predict the moodswings.

But this perimenopause thing? DO NOT LIKE. Dammit, I used to never have acne. Not to mention the coin-toss nonsense about if I'm going to be emotionally or physically incapacitated by my period.

Right there with you Jilli. The last couple of days have been mood-city and I just checked my app which says I'm due on Sunday. I use Pink Pad and have confirmed that I have no actual pattern. The start date is more of a guideline for me.

I started using it because I wanted to get Mirena which needs to be inserted during, so I was trying to track so I could schedule the appointment. That hasn't worked out, so now I'm considering Implanon (no clue on the spelling). It is inserted in the arm, lasts 3 years, and can make your period go away. Anyone know anything about this?

I long for menopause.

As do I. It has taken too damned long to be able to tell the difference between chemically induced insanity and viable reason for concern.

Hormone birth control did more damage to me than the PMS did, I wish it didn't but it made me edgy and angry.

I have an iPhone and I love pink pad. You can make notes and it pops up to let u know it is coming.

FUCK CANCER, FUCK CANCER, FUCK CANCER. It cannot be said enough. I'm so sorry, Ginger, I remember you talking about how close the two of you have been for such a long time.

Which I should know, after 25 years, that whenever I find myself saying "I suck", 99% of the time, my period is due in a day or two. Chemistry is amazingly powerful.

No kidding. Just this week, I had a day where my moodswings were batshit and it was all I could do not to bite my coworker's head off. Come home, check the pill pack - nope, I hadn't skipped a dose and was mid-cycle. Then I went to the bathroom... and I was spotting. Further confirming that I will be looking to change birth control soon. Just as soon as I find a new GP.

Stephanie, I hope you've heard the last of crazy GF.

I am taking a night off from parades, though I may go to a capes and underwear party later. More likely that I will crash, though.

Not to mention the coin-toss nonsense about if I'm going to be emotionally or physically incapacitated by my period. Which will it be: hysterical sobbing over cute animal pictures on tumblr, or cramps that make me long for death? There's no way of predicting until it happens!

Yeah, perimenopause has been superfun. I just have to wonder if the emotional stuff is going to incapacitate me. The physical incapacitation has been a given for a while. The only useful bit about perimenopause is that it brought regularity to the game. Still, I am so over it and am very ready to be done.

That hasn't worked out, so now I'm considering Implanon (no clue on the spelling). It is inserted in the arm, lasts 3 years, and can make your period go away. Anyone know anything about this?

Is that comparable to the Norplant? I had that and it was easy peasy. Didn't get my period during it either.

I think it is a newer generation but like Norplant. Need to see if insurance will cover or it is off to PP. sadly the BC side is the least of my concerns. Cutting down on the cramps, even a bit of the moods, and stopping periods has to help my anemia.

My BFF had problems when the time came to have her Norplant removed--adhesions, I think. With any luck they've fixed that problem in the past 10 or so years, though.

Ginger, I'm sorry about your friend. FUCK CANCER, indeed.

Cutting down on the cramps, even a bit of the moods, and stopping periods has to help my anemia.

This is the real reason I got the Mirena, not BC. FWIW, my insurance paid for it, but that may have been because I got it after fibroids were discovered.