I have a history of depression; i've been on 3 different antidepressants in the past and i'm sort of wondering if i'm having a relapse from going on the pill earlier this month.

I thought that my new boyfriend completely cured my depression because he's been making me so happy. Not only is he the first person who's returned the strong one-sided loves that i've experienced for years, but he also talked me out of suicide, edited my 350 page novel, talks to me just about every day (sometimes for hours on end), and even broke up with the girlfriend he was living with in order to be with me. The problem is, he lives in scotland. So I bought a plane ticket to scotland, and that's where the birth control pills come in.

I only have one week to be with him, so I wanted to be absolutely sure that I wouldn't get my period that week. My periods have always been irregular, heavy, and heavy, so my gynecologist told me to go on birth control to regulate that problem (and so that when I make hot crazy love to my boyfriend I don't get pregnant).

But ever since starting the pill, i've had nausea, headaches and fatigue just about constantly and it's interfereing with my school work. It's exam week so i'm almost in the clear, but i'm having so much trouble coping with the stress of exams. I keep bursting out in tears randomly and feeling really down, and it's weird because I was so happy a few weeks ago.

I can't figure out what to do. I don't even know if it's the pill or if it's just exams! But the packet said to watch out for signs of depression...

I need all the advice I can get here. Even my boyfriend doesn't know what to do, he's been trying to give me advice on my shitty sleep schedule, but even that isn't fixing the problem. Any suggestions on what to do are greatly appreciated.