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Nov 30 2009

Bi Polar,manic Depression And Birth Control??

Posted by: Alan in Manic Depression, tags: Birth, Control, Depression, Polarmanic

My wife of ten years used to have sever mood swings aprx every 6 months and really bad Bi Polar episodes aprx every 2 years.When she stopped taking birth control I noticed she was alot happier in life and we havent fought since…but her baby dropped this week and that I guess means it won’t be a whole lot longer until the child comes.She doesn’t want to get pregnant again too soon as she has been pregnant for almost 1.5 years now due to a miscarriage (possibly two miscarriages)she is almost 38 and this is her first child.Has anyone else experienced a possible link to reactions to “the pill” and bipolar mood swings or manic depression?Any adivce?

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2 Responses to “Bi Polar,manic Depression And Birth Control??”

scrappeK says:

November 30th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Yes, I take Meds for very bad PMS,mood swings. I ended up getting an IUD after taking the pill for years and I felt more relaxed and calmer!!!
RN_and_m says:

November 30th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
The pill does cause mood swings and un-natural hormone fluctuation. However, if a medical professional diagnosed her as Bi-Polar, I doubt the meds were all to blame.