Birth Control That Helps Depression
Many women say birth control affects their mood.
Birth control that helps depression. I still had to go to therapy for a decade. Here s what researchers know about the link between hormonal birth control and your emotions. Birth control won t fix your problems and my experience doesn t speak for everyone. Getting rid of my period wouldn t have gotten rid of what was.
Combination pills that contain both ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel taken continuously with a placebo birth control pills that suppress menstruation all together or to only four times per year can offer. Normally hormones levels go up and down up and down she tells webmd and that s thought to cause the mood swings and depression of pms. But the evidence is mixed. Being on the birth control pill stops the fluctuation.
A pilot study showed that depression is the most common reason women stop using birth control pills. Using birth control won t make you depressed researchers say.