It took some tinkering, but they finally found one that I'm ok with - Alesse. No mood funkiness at all. Ortho-Evra (the patch) made me incredibly depressed and suicidal. OrthoCyclen was the worst - it made me angry, violent and psychotic. Like, I used to drug myself to sleep with Nyquil or Benadryl all day, some days, so that I wouldn't have to deal with wanting to murder people. LOL Nice, huh?
You might not have to go off BC entirely if you don't want to, but you will definitely have to go through a lot of experimenting if you want to stay on it. One pill definitely does not fit all, but it's mostly trial and error to figure out which one works for you.
Anyway, it's apparently a pretty common problem - when I went to my new doctor complaining about the depression, the FIRST thing she said was, "let's change your BC". It's definitely worth a shot.
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