Is it me or is it the birth control!?

For the past 9 months I have been on depo provera. But I stopped a few weeks ago because my boyfriend thinks it makes me go psycho.

At first, I didn't want to blame birth control for my crazyness. But as of late, I noticed that I have been getting less and less moody, and I haven't been picking fights with my boyfriend or getting butt-hurt for no reason!

Do you think it could have been the hormones in depo provera that made me so emotional!? It surprises me that this could be such a dramatic difference.

It's hard to say, but hormones can do a lot to you. My sister in law couldn't even take birth control because of crazy the hormones would make her. So it is possible. And if you've noticed a difference afterwards then yeah who knows.

But I'm no doctor that's just my two-cents.

I know others who say Depo made them nuts.  Of course, this is anecdotal (not sure if any studies have shown this), but if you think your boyfriend might be right, there's nothing to stop you from trying other forms of BC.

I had the same experience with Depo, it made me super emotional. Of course, I didn't really realize it was the BC until I was off it and returned to 'normal'.

yes, a thousand time yes! i almost broke up w/ my boyfriend for absolutely no reason lots of times while i was on the crazy pills. my previous birth control pills made me weepy, angry, paranoid, all at the same time, all day everyday. before them i was an upbeat optimist. while i was on them life was one long march toward death. after i switched things up, i feel like i have my sanity back.

IT IS THE DEPO!!!!! I have had four friends who went absolutely mental because of that stuff. one even went so far as to try and commit suicide. that stuff does not work well for some people. I have had to go through many BC's because of severe emotional disturbances, Tri Cyclin was the worst for me. So far Linessa and Alesse have been great for me.  My doctor told me it is the different forms of prgesterone that mess with your emotions, so its good to get a low dose pill or other form of BC. Good to hear you have stopped it, you will enjoy being sane once again.