Birth Control or no Birth Control?

Question

so i am someone who struggles a lot with anxiety and got out of depression a few months ago :)) and my parents are wanting me to get on birth control (the pill) and i read that it can have side effects of making anxiety and depression (your mental health in general) worse. i’m kind of scared to now be put on it, and i was wondering if anyone has any experience with these sort of side affects and what i should do???

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Try a low dose pill, they have less side effects.

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It's just a personal anecdote, but my BC actually helped my mental health. It was no where near perfect and I eventually had to go on antidepressants, but I recently had to go six weeks without BC and I never want to go back there again. After almost seven years of BC, I was afraid to come off of it and be back where I started before BC. Even being on antidepressants, those six weeks were some of the deepest depression I've been in for a long time.

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you can always try it, or get the copper IUD which doesn’t have hormones

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As someone with mental health struggles, and is on meds for it, I did not have any change to my mental health, however it can be different not being on meds and just different for other people. You never know how bodies will react, but I think if you start at a low dose and go up if needed, and make sure you monitor your mental health and stop if it gets bad, you should be fine.

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There are a crap ton of pills out there with different doses with different side effects. Talk to your doctor about your concerns, and they should be able to help you find an option thats has less cases of negative impact on mental health. Theres also the copper iud if you wanna avoid the hormones all together and not have to worry about it.

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I start taking a birth control 3days ago …….am in my worst days . Could not go to work because am throwing up all over the place 😭😭😭😭am going to stop talking it ..

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