Antidepressants And the Bc Pill?? Posted: 02-01-05 12:34pm
Does anybody know if antidepressants can
interfere with birth control in a way that
would cause spotting for six days
straight?
I've called my pharmacist, but she said
that she had to research it and would get
back to me later on in the day...
I'm just wondering if anybody else had
gone through anything similar. I'm
thinking because of a combination of a low
estrogen birth control and an
antidepressant messing around with other
chemicals in the body, maybe that could
cause prolonged spotting?
I have no idea...I can't wait to go to the
doctor tomorrow :p
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emptyalive
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 39 Location: Wisconsin
Hmm Posted: 02-06-05 00:51am
I am currently taking a low hormone birth
control pill along w/ antidepressants. I
haven't experienced any spotting. I've
taken several different
antidepressants...None of them caused such
a thing. I'm curious to know what your
doctor finds out. I wish you luck, and
that things get better for you. Keep me
informed on both your health/well being,
and your results.
Peace.
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Steph1983
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Canada
Posted: 02-06-05 11:04am
Well, I went a few days ago and had it
checked out with a doctor... The
pregnancy test came back negative and he
said that it was probably just due to the
low hormone bcp i'm taking and that it was
normal... He didn't want to do an
internal exam and I thought that he
probably should have.
Anyway... Day 11 today of this disgusting
brown stuff and i've just about had
enough. My period is supposed to come
tomorrow so i'm hoping it helps to get
this over with.
I'm going to see my family doctor on the
17th of feb to see what's up.
The pharmacist said that she'd never heard
of antidepressants effecting the birth
control pill, but since they're both
metabolized in the liver, there's always a
possibility that one or the other could
throw hormone levels out of whack...
Who knows, I hope this stops soon, there's
no point in being on birth control if i've
got brown spotting for half the month!!
:p
