Posted by SAW on August 19, 2004, at 2:00:32
In reply to mood changes related to hormone dose?, posted by CareBear04 on August 18, 2004, at 18:38:01
> hi everyone!
> i know that birth control pills often cause mood changes and depression, and this has happened to me on Alesse, the lowest dose pill. this was a few years ago before i went on antidepressants and mood stabilizers. now i'm about to try the pill again, and for medical reasons, i've been advised to take continuous oral contraception, eliminating the placebo week and my period along with it. both my psychiatrist and my gyn agreed on a low hormone pill and gave me mircette, but i've heard that i need a higher level of hormones to prevent breakthrough bleeding and spotting during continuous OCP. has anyone had good or bad experiences with the medium dose pills like norinyl or lo/ovral or some of the others in the range of 30-35 micrograms? i'm on 1350mg of lithium. will that be enough to cover me in the chance that i get moody from the pill? any advice would be great! thanks!I took Yasmin purely to skip P's prior to my wedding. (Am unable to have children). I couldn't understand after a month why I had changed so much. I became a raging, irrational, emotional, overly defensive and sensitive lunatic. This was just on a mental level. Physically, I was also experiencing all sorts of horrors. It was only when my husband was about to call our wedding off that I looked back to see what had changed in my life. Realising the changes began after starting Yasmin, I immediately researched and was horrified to see that these reactions are quite common. I stopped taking it. (And had my P's at the wedding!). Anyway, my point is that this spiralled me into further depression even when the extreme side effects of Yasmin lifted. I had thought I was fully recovered (suffered total mental breakdown a few years ago) so denied being depressed. I may have relapsed anyhow, but place a fair amount of blame on Yasmin as being part catalyst. I was so sad on my honeymoon though should have been the happiest in the world. My husband was so confused. Anyway, hoping I'm on the mend now after 10 days on Effexor XR. Am new to this site - thanks for letting me ramble.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL CAREBEAR, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO HORMONAL CHANGES
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