Kiwi Farms

I have yet to see a birth control thread.

My PMS as a teen was very tame, sore breasts and a little tired. Now, I feel like a half-decayed zombie. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.

I have been a the depo shot for about a year now. The initial side effects were way worse than PMS. The second shot was still pretty horrible. The third shot was not bad at all.

It seems like just before I get my next shot, I feel like absolute crap. I am sitting here with a heating pad on my stupid uterus. I had no PMS in January and February, but in March it's payback time, I guess.

I am thinking about switching to the Xulane patch so that I get continuous hormones. Making appointments to get the shot seems more inconvenient to me. Sometimes, I have to go in on the days off from work (it's weird being at work on my days off) or go during work. I can only get my shot during certain hours despite being an employee. I still do not understand why the clinic only has a couple of nurse only visits a day, PITA. I would rather pick up a box of patches from the pharmacy. The pill option is unattractive to me because I work a lot of swing shifts. I do not have a regular work schedule. I basically take my vitamins before my first tooth brushing of the day which is not even God knows when.