I am so happy to have found this article. I'm 42 and I suffer from depression and anxiety. I'm also childfree by choice, so I've been on birth control since I was 19. In addition to birth control, it has helped me with awful periods -- heavy bleeding and insane cramps. Although I've taken breaks from the pill, I've always used other hormone-based birth control like Nuvaring and the Mirena IUD. That means I've been putting hormones in my system nonstop for 23 years. Depression does run in my family, and I had spurts growing up, but nothing like now. I fear for myself and my marriage. My depression and anxiety has gotten so bad in the past year, I finally decided to look into the possibility of hormones affecting it (and find mixed reviews). Because most women stop BC for at least short periods of time to have children, doctors really have no one to compare me to. I will be having a tubal ligation and endometrial ablation next month. Hormone-free at last. The doctors can't make any promises as some people have the opposite reaction, but I think it is worth a try to clear my system. I know I'll still have my depression, but I pray that it's better controlled.
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I am so happy to have found this article. I'm 42 and I suffer from depression and anxiety. I'm also childfree by choice, so I've been on birth control since I was 19. In addition to birth control, it has helped me with awful periods -- heavy bleeding and insane cramps. Although I've taken breaks from the pill, I've always used other hormone-based birth control like Nuvaring and the Mirena IUD. That means I've been putting hormones in my system nonstop for 23 years. Depression does run in my family, and I had spurts growing up, but nothing like now. I fear for myself and my marriage. My depression and anxiety has gotten so bad in the past year, I finally decided to look into the possibility of hormones affecting it (and find mixed reviews). Because most women stop BC for at least short periods of time to have children, doctors really have no one to compare me to. I will be having a tubal ligation and endometrial ablation next month. Hormone-free at last. The doctors can't make any promises as some people have the opposite reaction, but I think it is worth a try to clear my system. I know I'll still have my depression, but I pray that it's better controlled.
December 29, 2015 - 4:52pmThis Comment
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