I didn't make the connection for years, I wasn't even aware it could cause that. When I saw a doctor who told me the pill could be making me worse, I realised I didn't need all those antidepressants. I have been on different pills (all low dosage) and the result was similar. He also said I cannot take the pill because I am a smoker.

For someone with a chemical imbalance anything makes a difference.

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Well if your doctor won't give you the pill because you smoke, surely this coversation is quite academic then? Get the mirena coil or something. All the plus sides of the pill- no babies, lighter periods, but without the psychatric effects.

coil?????? jesus.

this doctor won't give me the pill because i told him i smoke. damn good doctors.
i can always go to another doctor and not tell him.
i have always known how to get what i want out of a doctor.
or get them without a prescription - i got my contacts.

and by that i mean the drugstore guy.

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Well there does tend to be a reason why they tell you not to take the pill if you smoke- the significantly increased risk of having a stroke. Nothing depresses you like being paralysed, shitting yourself as you drool out of the paralysed half of your face...

Oh and whoever neg repped me saying how could I not think there was a link between hormones and mood, if you actually read carefully (hard on this board I know), I said "that much of a link". Because whilst there are plenty of anecdotal stories, of which mine is one, there isn't much in the way of hard facts. I actually asked a psychiatrist about it the other day and said they basically disregard it in the profession because it hasn't stood up to analysis. Its a bit like the weight gain thing and the pill- plenty of people say "oh I got fat on it", and actually as many people stay the same weight or lose weight as get fat.