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Birth control and PPD

AmberzxoxoAmberzxoxo
in Postpartum Depression
Here is an odd question. Does birth controll effect your mood at all, is it linked to PPD? I have a thyroid disorder and have always had problems keeping my hormones in check and it can lead to depression. I find when i am on birth control I go loopy. I have not been on it for 2 years and now just started taking it again. A few days after starting it again I am starting to feel withdrawn, overly tired and feeling distant from DH and DD. I don't want to get pregnant again for a few years so not being on birth control is not an option. I am not sure if it is just a coincidence (sp?)that I am feeling this way and I am really have PPD or its just the birth control.
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  • SaraMaeHeinickSaraMaeHeinick
    I was wondering the same thing. It seemed like when I started back on my BC things started getting worse. Hmm ...
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  • Goldie_lvGoldie_lv
    that's a very interesting thought..I hadn't been on BC for over 4 years...and being back on it does seem to coincide with these feelings of anger and disconnection from my kids..i just posted about it on the parenting board...I wonder if there is something to your theory?  the good news is that I asked my DS for an early Christmas present (a vasectomy!) and he's already set up an appointment with our family dr for a consultation....
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  • BlairWaldorfBlairWaldorf member

    Birth control can definitely exacerbate PPD.

    It did for me - my symptoms really came to a head after I started birth control.  (I also started back to work & started a diet)

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  • emnoahmomemnoahmom member
    What kind of BC are you on? I found that I felt similar things after getting an IUD although I was told by my NP that the IUD didn't affect hormones. I've also had immidiate weight gain which certainly didn't make me feel better.
    Mom to Emma, Noah, Isaac, Asa, Asher, Jonah and expecting baby Alice 7/16


     



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  • ervin412@gmail.comervin412@gmail.com member
    I could've written this post! I feel the exact same way. I have been off of it for about 3 years, and just started back on the Nuvaring this month, and I feel totally off. Not like myself at all. I have an apt with my OB this thursday to check out my options.
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