WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 2003: Re: [Birth Control] Depressed from the pill

Re: [Birth Control] Depressed from the pill

From: Richard Chudacoff, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 27 May 2003 08:45:55 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 25 May 2003, Cassie wrote: >
>You may not have to give up the pill, but may need to try a different
>one. I was on ortho tri-cyclin and was depressed. I changed to a
>different pill and do not have that problem. You need to talk to your
>doctor.
>
>At Sun, 25 May 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>
>>I have been on ortho tri-cyclin for a few months, and lately have been
>>feeling very depressed and have mood swings. I am always crying and
>>just can't stop, is this from the birth control? I was never like this
>>untill i have started taking birth control. Do you have any suggestions
>>of other types of birth control that wouldn't make me feel like this?

I agree with this response. Oftentimes a different progestin, which tends to cause a mild depression, can make all the difference. Each oral contraceptive pill tends to have a different type of progestin.

-- Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC Sugar Land, TX

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