Birth Control And Depression (Page 7)

I feel the opposite, since starting birth control I feel so much more balanced than I did before...my hormones were so all over the place and now they aren't. I can more easily spot when I am being irrational and just laugh it off than before...interesting!

I feel the opposite, since starting birth control I feel so much more balanced than I did before...my hormones were so all over the place and now they aren't. I can more easily spot when I am being irrational and just laugh it off than before...interesting!

I have been on the Evra patch for the last four weeks. I started birth control after my hubby and I suffered two 2nd trimester miscarriages. Its seems im very fertile, and neither one of us wants to go through this type of loss again. Since being on the patch I've felt like I was loosing my mind. Ive been cracing cigarettes(and I ABHOR smoking), have no energy, always tired, and very moody. I feel like crying all the time, and just don't feel very joyful. Im worried that If I take myself off it, I'll end up pregnant again and Im soo not ready for that so soon. My husband says he'll sacrifice and wear condoms, but I know one day down the road he'll forget and we'll end up back at square one.

I'm 16 an started bcp about 8 months ago in September because I have a serious boyfriend. I started feeling crazy and depressed and would cry all the time. I thought all these feelings were just because it was winter and everyone gets depressed in the winter. My mom suspected it being the birth control so I stopped for about 3 weeks and my feelings didn't change.. So I just went back on to be safe with my boyfriend. About a week ago my mom came to visit me at my boarding school and I just started crying in her car for no reason. I am so thankful I found these posts so I know something's not wrong with me. I stopped taking it that night and have been off for about a week. People say that you still have these feelings for about 3 months after which is going to suck but I can't wait to get back to normal. Has anyone tried IUD? Because I still want to be safe I just never want to use birth control pills again..

The pill is what caused me to be depressed for years. Panic attacks, depression, blurry vision, tiredness. I went to numerous doctors none of which suggested I get off the pill, it never occurred to me that it could be the reason for my misery. When I stopped being so miserable I thought it was the prozac i took for a year which helped me but it was the fact that i stopped the pill that helped. I just realized all of this now, 5 years later bc i started the pill again last week - boy was it a mistake, within 2, 3 days i was back there again, taking deep breaths all day, crying, depressed, the good ol' days returned, so now its clear, it was the pill for years. Poison, so not worth it, and im pissed off that none of those doctors, I even ended up in the emergency room 3 times bc of panic attacks, none of those dr.s have even suggested it could be the pill, just baffles me

I've actually gotten more depressed since i've been OFF my birth control - what gives? I started taking camrese lo in december, and i accidentally messed up my dosage and stopped taking it. ever since, i've been a crying, blubbering mess! I'm tired about 70% of the time and anxious the other 30. I can't focus on ANYTHING and my friends have definitely noticed a change in my mood. Do you guys recommend continuing taking camrese low? or going off of it altogether?