Can birth control have any effect on the symptoms of PMDD?

Dear PMDD Sufferer,

My name is Jane Pritchard and I was once like you. I dreaded the coming of my period as i know every month, like clockwork, I would experience a change in myself that bordered on insanity! Like the flicking a switch inside my head I would just lose control and become like another person, one that was moody and irritable one moment, then angry and psychotic the next. Then I would get intense migraines and cramping then finally I become a pitiful, sad, crying mess. I was a terror to my family and ashamed of my actions.

What made it worse was that for many years this was not even a known condition! I was simply labeled as crazy for a large portion of the year and was the butt of many PMS jokes while I silently suffered from a real condition!
If this sounds anything like you - I feel your pain, and I want to help you!