i found that going on the mini pill (much smaller dose of estrogen than the earlier variety) actually helped improve my mood because i didn't have period pain anymore and because it shortened and lightened my flow.

that being said, i think that different people respond differently to estrogen. i think i'm fairly tolerant of it because i responded okay to the morning after pill / emergency contraceptive too, which is really just a hefty dose of estrogen.

is what is going on for you related to ovarian cysts? i'm wondering because i got checked out for those a while back. we do get some funny GP's here sometimes but the GP was saying that ovarian cysts are no longer considered a disorder / disease because they are so common. i couldn't quite believe that (if everyone gets cancer does that mean it will no longer be considered a disease too?! WTF???) but anyhoo...

i know a couple people who do have ovarian cysts. they get lots of pain around the time of their cycle too. they are on the pill which takes care of that, however. their biggest concern is whether they will be able to have children later when they want to...