Divided Dose and Mood

[Tori_Chi]

Hi All,

I'm curious about divided doses.  Basically, I'm away from home for the summer, and my endo proscribed me a slightly higher dose of E than I was on before, and told me that if I felt like it, I could up my dose and divide it morning and night, whereas before, I was just taking it in the morning. 

Now, I feel like around 5:00 every night, I get really tired and moody.  Other people have noticed this too.  It feels like the worst sugar crash ever.  So then I switched to taking it all earlier in the morning, and that made it worse, so now, I'm just back on my previous lighter dose all in the morning. 

This dose doesn't give me mood swings, but it also doesn't feel like enough.  I'm kind of on my own for the summer--I don't see my endo again until fall, and I'm trying to get this back under control and into a routine.  What have other people felt works the best as a dosing schedule to keep moods even?

Thank you for any help!

[Hikari]

When I did divided doses, I did it at night and at lunch. I am not sure that I noticed any sort of crash or anything. I stopped doing divided dosing because I am on such a low dose, that I had to cut pills, and it is just easier to take one pill than have to cut them.

I find that when taking a dose before bed, whatever effects it has on my relationships with others are minimized though.

[Jessika Lin]

Personally, I take mine divided into 3 doses. First as soon as I get up in the morning, second in the afternoon, and last right before bed. Personally, I haven't noticed any effects on my mood other than some occasional short-temperedness/bitchiness. Though oddly enough when that happens, it's only when I'm gaming.

P.S.

You look *great* in that picture Hikari!