Hey all

This question may have a very obvious answer, but I think I need to know if it is the pill causing this, or if my ED has resurfaced...

My ED has been very under control for about 6 months now & I've no relapses at all in the past 2 months :) ... but I just started back on the birth control pill last week, after being off it for a year, and all I've done all week is binge uncontrollably!! Could it be the pill causing this? I guess it messes with your hormones, so its quite possible hey? Has anyone else noticed this effect with the BCP?

Any thoughts would be appreciated...

Hope you're all doing well and taking care of yourselves
Becky

i don't know anything, but i suggest you go right back in to your obgyn and let him/her know what's going on. it could be caused by the pill, and maybe a different form of contraceptive wouldn't do this. also, even though it might be embarrassing, just think how much it would suck to fall back into your ED. i'd go asap!

It definitely could be the pill causing this, especially if it wasn't happening before you started taking it. Birth control pills work by making our bodies "think" that they're pregnant. Having said that, you can get side effects from them similar to pregnancy symptoms such as an appetite increase. Sometimes it goes away, sometimes it doesn't, everybody reacts differently to different pills. I'm currently on the pill (Ovcon-35), going on 8 months. In about my third month, I had the appetite increase, but mine only lasted for about a month (thank God!). I gained 7 lbs., but I lost it after the hungriness went away. Good luck!

Thanks Kittywitty and Jonistyle for your replies... sorry I havent responded till now...

Well, I actually think there is more going on than just the pill affecting my eating habits/moods. First off, I think the pill is bad news for me. I seem to be WAY more moody since I started back on the pill... just like you said Kitty- it fools your body into thinking its pregnant, so I was so up and down with my moods- happy to sad in an instant- not good for me, especially when I am trying to keep my ED under control. So I decided, after one month of being back on it, to not start back on the second round of it. I should of started my second month last week, but didnt.

But I actually think the other thing that is going on with me has to do with Effexor. Is it possible to become physically dependant on it? Because it seems now, that if I dont take it first thing in the morning (my usual routine) that I get withdrawal effects by supper-time. Like yesterday- I forgot to take my pills in the AM and had an ultimate frisbee game at 7pm- I couldnt play AT ALL! I had horrible vertigo and was spatially "confused". Then I was all upset after the game for no reason (started crying on my bike ride home) and was completely unattached to reality the rest of the night. I couldnt take my meds when I got home from my game because I was staying at my boyfriends and couldnt get home to get my meds. Then this morning I woke up and COULD NOT get out of bed for 2 hours! When I finally did, I tried to do the dishes and was so confused/dizzy/felts like electrical currents were racing through me. When I finally got home, I took my meds and craved fatty foods ("good" fat- I ate a bunch of cheese) and then I gradually started to feel "normal".

This really concerns me, because normally, I would only feel these effects when I forgot my meds for 2+ days, not the same day. That doesnt happen much- I have been consistent about taking my meds for about 3 years now, but the time of day sometimes changes, and very infrequently I have days like yesterday where I forget and cant get to my meds, or forget to bring them on vacation or something. But even on those days, I am okay for 2 days or so. Yesterday scared me- I should not of been feeling like I was at 7pm just because I didnt take my meds first thing that morning!!

I dont know what to do. I am SOOOO SCARED to go off my meds, because I know they have helped incredibly with getting my ED under control. But I dont want to be dependent on them- AT ALL! I have an appointment with my psychiatrist next week, so I will talk to him about this, but I am very scared about all this.

Grrrr....
Sorry this was so long- I guess I just needed to speak my mind :rolleyes:

Becky

I understand the whole Birth control thing. I have been on it for over a year now and stopped about 2 months ago. I quit because a) I wanted to see if it made me lose wieght, and B) I'm away from my bf for the summer so I didn't really need to be on it. So the thing is I think it has helped me lose wieght, (hard to tell if it was the birth control or my ED becuase I've been pretty bad latley). I am tottaly freaked out to start taking it again because I don't want to gain any weight. But I know that its tottaly unsafe not to be on it if I am sexually active, so I tottaly don't know what to do. I am petrified to start taking it again, any advice?

I understand the whole Birth control thing. I have been on it for over a year now and stopped about 2 months ago. I quit because a) I wanted to see if it made me lose wieght, and B) I'm away from my bf for the summer so I didn't really need to be on it. So the thing is I think it has helped me lose wieght, (hard to tell if it was the birth control or my ED becuase I've been pretty bad latley). I am tottaly freaked out to start taking it again because I don't want to gain any weight. But I know that its tottaly unsafe not to be on it if I am sexually active, so I tottaly don't know what to do. I am petrified to start taking it again, any advice?


The only thing I can say is realize that not everybody gains weight on the pill. Some even lose. Sorry I can't be of much more help. :) Good luck!

I am on your same boat and was off the pill cause I was away from my BF for the summer too...was off of it for five months and never got my period, and I lost weight, and not because of the ED either...I wasn't doing any better/worse with it.
One thing that happened when I initially got on the pill was I gained weight because i went up 2 cup sizes, but not up in pants sizes....weird eh? Just a positive point I'm making here (bigger boobs!!). But since I've been off it my boobs are shrinking back down and I have lame-o stretch marks on them now. UGH...

Anyways, I'm back on it for my first month and I'm in my third week and lately I've been HUNGRY LIKE CRAZY. It's horrible I binge/purge several times a day and I couldn't figure out where it was comming from. It's interesting to read this because maybe it is from my BC pill. Dang body must think i'm pregnant. Oh how i want a period though!

i don't know if this is how it is with everyone, but when i went on the pill (a few years ago, before my ED) i also gained weight. i was just hungry all the time! i went off it because i wasn't being sexually active anymore, and my weight went back down.

now i'm on the Nuva Ring. it's awesome and i highly recommend to anyone looking for some good birth control! it's as effective as the pill and (at least for me) it hasn't made me any more hungry and i didn't gain any weight from going on it. it's a little ring that you insert every 3 weeks and it releases hormones into your body. then you take it out for a week, get your period and put it back in a week later. i love it because you don't have to remember something (like the pill) every day.

anyway, at risk of sounding like a promotional advertisement, i'll stop now. but anyways, you might want to ask your ob-gyn about it. i've definitely been very happy with it! good luck!