pms=depressed

[brookin82.livejournal.com]

So back in Sept. I stopped taking the pill and have found that since I have been off of it the 2 or 3 days before my period I am really depressed. It's like someone flipps a switch while I sleep and all of the sudden I wake up and feel mentally awful. It last for like 2-3 days and then I get my period and its gone and I'm fine. Does anybody else get this?? I know that it didn't happen while I was on the pill and before I started taking the pill so whats up with it now? I'm not sure if it is some form of pms or whatever but it sucks.

I just wanted to know if this happens to others and if it does/did happen to you did you go back on the pill and have it get better? I am planning on going back on the pill so hopefully it will stop.

By the way, on the depressed issue- I am aware of the symptoms of real depression and seeing a counselor and all that jazz. To be clinically depressed I think you have to feel a bunch of symptoms for 2 weeks while I only feel some symptoms for 2-3days.

Thanks

Comments

[finemadness.livejournal.com]

i get really depressed for a couple days before my period and while on it.

[shoewater.livejournal.com]

I usually get super depressed the day before my period and that's when I check my calendar and booom! The next day it's here and it makes me feel like I'm not going insane.

[aechei.livejournal.com]

there is a medical term, PMDD, for preperiod depression etc that is beyond normal bounds. if you switch bc and that doesnt help, you may want to look into this.

[freakshow105.livejournal.com]

I don't get the depression, but like clock work one week before my period starts I get Insominia. Where I am mentally tired, but my body is wide awake and has too much energy and I feel crappy because I dont sleep well for a couple of days. Then when my period gets here I sleep like a rock.