[kygirl]

I have just started doing the 3 packs of Birth Control Pills back to back with Yasmin. I love that I don't have my period for three months, but I feel incredibly bloated towards the middle of the third pack...and.... I feel like I get horrible mood swings?? I feel emotional, etc like I'm on my period well before it even starts and I don't know if that will ease up after a while or what??

I have another appt at the gynecologist in August, but just wanted to see if anyone had a similar experience. I've been on BC for so long I don't remember if I had the same kind of symptoms when I first started the pill....

[LanaBear]

STOP DOING IT! For purely mental reasons alone. I took Seasonale for a period of time, 3 months of pills, then a week off. I was a mental, emotional, basketcase. I swear, IMO, my body could not take that. Same thing happened with Depo. I was fine if I naturally went with no periods for three months, but any kind of BC that forced my body into no period for three months did a number on me mentally.

We would joke and say that my hubby should take the kids and go to a hotel for a week every three months because I was crazy. It's really like three months of PMS compounded and would explode on the third month.

IMO, a period once a month is far better than the crp that would happen once every 3 months. About a year of that nonsense, I went back to regular monthly pills and cycles.

[kygirl]

STOP DOING IT! For purely mental reasons alone. I took Seasonale for a period of time, 3 months of pills, then a week off. I was a mental, emotional, basketcase. I swear, IMO, my body could not take that. Same thing happened with Depo. I was fine if I naturally went with no periods for three months, but any kind of BC that forced my body into no period for three months did a number on me mentally.

We would joke and say that my hubby should take the kids and go to a hotel for a week every three months because I was crazy. It's really like three months of PMS compounded and would explode on the third month.

IMO, a period once a month is far better than the crp that would happen once every 3 months. About a year of that nonsense, I went back to regular monthly pills and cycles.

Thanks LB! Glad to know it's not just me... kinda sad to find out that it happens to everyone though because I was enjoying the lack of a cycle, but I'm sure I mentally would prefer a cycle every month. The thing is, I would skip one probably 2 times a year before and it never seemed to phase me, but for some reason, adding 3 more weeks and I feel like a beached well and borderline psychotic (mild exagerration, but most definitely do not feel like my normal self)

I think it's been over more strange for me because I never really had noteable moodswings prior to this. I guess I'll finish up the pack I'm on and go back to doing it the regular way! My body and my mind would greatly appreciate it, I'm sure!

Thanks!!

[kira]

Depends on the person. I do it all the time. I didn't have my period for a year once. You might have luck skipping just every other period.