Posted by fairnymph on April 21, 2003, at 18:54:15
In reply to About birth control, posted by rainee on April 21, 2003, at 7:22:03
I have OCD/depression and I am really sensitive to hormonal birth control (which sucks becaue I have a very strong libido so I need to be on birth control!).
Loestrin and Ortho-tricyclen made me PSYCHO...I was extremely irritable and bithcy, would cry all the time for no reason, etc...I was very horny too, TOO horny, and these pills also made my menstrual cramps worse! Ortho made me break out badly as well.
I've had the most luck with desogen, which doesn't affect my mood other than making me slightly absentminded (but that is only occasionally). Unfortunately I have very little libido on desogen. Same thing for the NuvaRing -- good but no libido.
What is the point of being on the pill if I have no libido??!?!?!
As of yet I have not been able to find a form of hormonal birth control that doesn't make me psycho or asexual. I will try the new 'patch' next month.
I've heard good things about yasmin but I haven't tried it yet. The newer forms of progesterone are definitely better, so newer birth control pills are likely to have less effect on mood.
Good luck!
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