Birth control and anti depressants?

Question

I just started taking the BC pill called Yaz... I have been on and off of anti- anxiety/depression medication since about age 16. In my mind I keep thinking that it is something that will just go away (the anxiety and depression that is) but it isn't going anywhere. I am constantly worrying and feeling like I'll have panic attacks over the smallest things. I just want to live normally and have an open mind. I feel very blah, and like my life is hazy all the time. Can medication help me? Therapy maybe? I don't know, I am just so sick of living like this and I'm sick of my fiance making comments about how I seem depressed all the time. We have a 3 month old baby that makes me so happy but I can't enjoy it because of this problem.

Answer 1

Go to your doctor and ask to be referred to a psychiatrist (NOT a therapist or psychologist).  They can assess the situation, and maybe try you on some new medications.  There are a lot of new drugs out there that CAN help if you give them a try.  

Therapy is a good idea, but if you've been suffering like this since you were 16 then there's probably not much chance that therapy alone will alleviate the problem.

It will take some time, some hit-or-miss trials with the meds but hopefully you can get something right.

And tell your fiance to stop sitting on his own shoulders!  He needs to be more supportive and less critical.  People who have never had to experience depression and anxiety have NO CLUE what it's like to live with.  It is NOT a lifestyle choice, it's an ongoing -- BUT TREATABLE -- condition!  He needs some sensitivity training!  *sigh*

Answer 2

i really feel for 8u cos i'm 24 and have been on Cipramil anti-depressants since 17 cos of panic attacks and my mood swings are all over the place. i finished depo-provera last november and no problem with them interacting but now i'm on the implanon only for 2 months and my moods swings oh my gosh, some days i cry for nothing, other days i', on a buzz and feel crazy and other days i feel so angry like the "hulk". it is good to talk about your feelings and get out some of the bad S****y feelings, do u have close mates or sister maybe?, women understand moods, men dont have a clue. i'm hoping mine calm down cos i feel so sporadic sometimes i feel like i'm a phsyco. but keep taking both, cos we cant afford to choose to give 1 up. we need the medicine and we need the birth control also.