Looking for Birth Control Options to Help with PMDD Symptoms

hell week has started for me today!! I was only diagnosed with pmdd last month, after telling my therapist about the mood swings and inability to get myself out of intrusive thought patterns. I have to get hormone testing done and have started oral birth control, but I don’t think this birth control is quite right for me. are there any forms of birth control that helped anyone out with the emotional side of pmdd? I can’t take ssri’s so I feel like a different birth control is my only hope :/

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jean7

2y ago

what type of hormone testing are you getting done? I also was like recently diagnosed/figuring it all out too

uhnyeiss

2y ago

wow I just saw this, but I went to my primary care doctor today and she prescribed me yaz, which is fda approved for pmdd and I don’t have to get the hormone testing done!! i’m wishing you best of luck with your journey, and you can message me anytime!

NeedsRealHelp

2y ago

I wish I knew almost every birth control I've tried has given me unmanageable side effects.

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