i hope you can help me. my daughter is almost 17 and started on y...

Hey there. I am not a dr but Im just finishing my sophomore year in college and I have been on Loestrin 24 Fe since my junior or senior year of Highschool. I read what you wrote about your daughter and I think that it may be the hormones not the pills. Did you try taking her off the pills for a week or two? I would try that and if she goes back to the way she was before birth controll then you know its the pills but if she's still changing every 3 days or so then its just the hormones and you can either try a different pill or find a medicine that works with Loestrin to see if that helps.

mom92 -
I was told that after I had my daughter 8 months ago, Yaz would help with me with pmdd and other issues. I started taking Yas 6 weeks after my daughter was born and I have to say I have never been annoyed by so many people. I now have heavier periods than I have had in my entire life and more cramps. I think Yaz is not as good as the claimer. I would suggest switching your daughters pills.

I just started Loestrin FE approx a week ago (i'm in my 40s and taking it to regulate profound cramping---first birth control pill I've ever taken). In the last few days I've vascilated between horrific bouts of anger and crying/depression. Ones that have rendered me virtually nonfunctioning. Because it is the holiday, I can't get a doctor on the phone to figure out if this is due to the pill but I can't otherwise figure out why I'd be having such tremendous, really devastating mood swings. I'm actually a little fearful of how deep and profound the moodiness is. I couldn't stop crying yesterday afternoon. By the evening, I was pretty calm. Right now, I'm so angry I could take a bite out of the woodwork. For no evident reason.

I remember I was on some type of pill in 2007 and it completely changed who I was. I became annoyed with people I never had issues with, and wasn't happy. My boyfriend even pointed out to me that I wasn't as happy or nice as I used to be. With that said, I stopped taking the pills I was on. I then switched to depo-provera (the shot) and was completely fine! She might have to change what pill she's taking, and she'll feel a whole lot better!

I would strongly recommend that you talk to her doctor and attempt another medication. My daughter who is now 17 has had issues for almost 7 years, she was dignosed with endometrosis over a year ago and had surgery but still continues to have difficult periods. Extreme blood loss, pain, mood swings etc. Not wanting her to have periods she has now tried 6 different pills and each time when they either don't work or after a while "wear off" I advocate to the doctor to do something different. I really know how hard it is as a mother to watch your daughter go through this...one minute she is a teenager and the other she is your little girl, I find that having frank conversations about how she is feeling and allowing her to have as much imput as possible seems to help. Hope this helps a bit.