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Bad feeling: Could birth control pills be changing my mood?
16/f
recently, I've been feeling kind of down and I get kind of aggravated easily. I've even started snapping at people, and if you knew me, you'd know that I rarely do that. In fact, I'm a reserved person and prefer to do things on my own and I like being alone a good portion of the time too, sitting in front of my computer writing and watching random things. Well, I'm wondering if maybe it's the birth control pills I'm on? But I've been on those for a month now and I just started to feel kind of irritable and lousy in general. It started maybe yesterday or earlier today?
It's just the pills, right? Or maybe I'm just really in a bad mood? I feel like I just want to be completely left alone, I don't even want to talk to my boyfriend and it's starting to bother me because I know I love him and I don't want to push him away or anything... And it doesn't help that all my friends are basically talking to me, but not listening to me. Maybe I just need a break from everything?
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Of course it can! not only moodiness, but you might feel slight headaches but if you continue using the birth control this problem must be solved. More information about birth control you can read here www.canyougetpregnantonbirthcontrol.net
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Hi, I'm old enough to be your grandfather; hopefully the wisdom that comes with age and life experiences will be helpful.
Short answer to your question: It is possible as Birth Control Pills do mess with the body chemistry(Hormones) to some extent. The fact that you have been on birth control for months makes this unlikely.
Most likely you are suffering what I call typical teenage blues, caused most likely by the fickleness of puberty. Yes, puberty is still having its effects on you and will continue to do so for several more years.
You could be in a bad mood because of something you may have consciously dismissed as trivial, maybe subconsciously bothering you. There are a lot of reasons we get into bad moods many a time we don't even know the reason for ourselves. Best thing to do at those times is to just ride it out.
If your mood doesn't improve in a day or two then it may be a sign your body is telling you that something is wrong and you need to see a doctor. You may have some type of infection that you have yet to feel the pain of or your body is at the end of its ability to handle on its own and needs some medication to help.
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Birth control pills do affect your hormones and can cause you to feel irritable, similar to feelings you may have when you have PMS.
However, as you only started feeling like this yesterday, you could well just be in a bad mood. As a teenager, mood swings are pretty common while your hormones settle themselves down.
If these feelings continue for more than a few weeks, you might want to go and have a chat with your doctor. There are many different types of birth control pills out there and not all of them are right for everyone. Your doctor might want to put you on a different type to see if that agrees with you better.
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