[francesca22]

ugh. i stopped PM for four days for my period and lost some growth . started back on sunday and still havent gotten any tingles or soreness like i did on the third day last month. im taking 500 mg of maca along with my PM. i feel so upset i lost some growth because i grew a lot last month. i guess thats the price of NBE.
I think im going to do 500 mg of PM when my period comes and 1000 mg the rest of the month. i dont think i need to cycle because im on bcp. let me tell you though i had the worst pms i had in awhile, depression, anger, and bloating. i was a mess for a few days!

[francesca22]

oops! i meant to put this on my program thread!

[lola_m]

hi there, i sympathise...im not cycling and surprisingly got my period on time. The pms was dreadful though, absolutely the worst EVER. I was so depressed and negative for two days...guessing the PM was responsible?

[francesca22]

aww im sorry! hmm im not sure if it is the PM. if you look at my program page i was also taking maca, and Wahaika told me that i had too many androgens which could have caused it.

[lostacres6]

Hi Francesca22,
I, too, had terrible depression with BO & PM. So bad I ended up with a psych dr. I never realized it was the phytos causing it at the time until I read a thread on this forum. I stopped all NBE for 4 mo & just restarted recently. I'm on PM but added PG cream. It seemed to help this time around. It was also said that if you take FG & PM & you have headaches, increase the FG & decrease the PM. If you have irritability, decrease the FG & increase the PM. I'm no expert (Isabelle is) but I think it has to do with estrogen/progesterone balances. I have no periods so I'm not sure how one would go about it if you're still menstruating.

[francesca22]

Ughh this NBE stuff is so confusing! Haha
I actually feel better now that I stopped the maca and am back to my normal self (and a little bit of an extra elavated mood!). Im pretty sure I'm deficient in only estrogen and I haven't been taking anything else but PM and multivitamins.