Bipolar Disorder Support Group

I know what u mean. I become like possessed! I get manic, then go into a total rage,irritable, ect. Then, get depressed for being that way. THEN, slightly suicidle. My Dr. put me on b. control. She said Yaz would help control all that. Only been a week. We'll see! G. luck to you!

I have the same problem. Our hormonal cycles, even the cycles of the moon, play a part in the course of our disease. Shucks!!!!!!

yea I have the same shitty problem right around big red too, I usually end up not being able to sleep for about 2 days and getting really wired and not being able to stand myself for it. The problem has gotten worse since i had my daughter 4 months ago, PMS mixed with PPD is a bitch to deal with

Oh my god yes. I feel like I am completly out of control raging. It sucks!

i'm more of an irritable bitch than anything else. stay clear of my path around that time.

I'm with #4 and 5...look out! Wish I knew what would help! BC sure doesn't for me!

Oh yessss! I get manic and then I drop down to being depressed super fast - like I was singing and jumping around and hyper in the morning (this is not like me) and then at night I was crying and thinking about what if I just took all my Xanax at once (I didn't)... and the a few hours later I was fine.... and the next day I slept forever and just felt crappy but not really depressed just no energy. Gotta love hormones.

Number 1 and 7 I am with you. When I pms i get rather violent. Mostly verbal except to the baking pans at work who feel the brunt of it. I almost feel like an idiot being so out of control and i dont want to talk to a doc about it cause i so do not want to go on birth control. for me being a single lesbian, birth control sort of is a bit silly.

I had this problem for years, and just being on birth control didn't help. Now I'm on the patch, and I wear nine active patches with one week off, instead of three and one. It works absolutely beautifully (this worked when I was taking the pill too, but it had to be mono-cyclic, not tri-cyclic (steady dose of hormones). Not only am I loads more stable around my period, but I only have to deal with it every nine weeks instead of every month (such a bonus). But a caution: I have heard that in some women, birth control can actually make moods worse.

i had the same problem then i got my tubes tied 5 mos ago.AND IT GOT WORSE yes thats right it got much worse. Now what do i do.