A year ago my depression became very serious. My boyfriend with whom I'm together for about 10 years now, started to really worry about me, and was the first one to suggest quiting bc. Oh God, I didn't want to do that. Birth control pills are so convenient, I didn't have to worry about getting pregnant and my skin was great. Moreover sex with condoms wasn't really appealing to me, I didn't like the feeling :( I also was convinced that my depression had nothing to do with pills, I thought that just my life sucks, and that's it. I was sure that pills are not bad for me. How foolish... However I had my reasons for that. My doctor convinced me that bc is the best that is out there, and it's safe to take them as long as I want, and it's the best to quit bc only when I decide to get pregnant. Many girls take bc now and nothing bad happens to them, right? So why me? Thanks to my dear boyfriend I've decided to take a look at bc pills seriously and just educate myself about them.
The first thing I've done was looking up bc side effect on google. I found a few articles that mentioned some side effects like nausea, headaches, weight loss/gain, lower libido, hair loss, anxiety, etc., but it seemed like nothing serious to me. Moreover I haven't really experienced any of these effects. Most articles were mentioning that side effects are minimal and bc are very safe to use. I was happy, it seemed that I can still use bc. Somehow I wasn't really satisfied with what I found on internet. I've notice that most of the studies are conducted over a short period of time, at most a year or two. There is no studies that would monitor women health for 5-10 years of taking bc or after stopping long-term use of bc. I've also looked at "Information for patient" list which is included in every pack of bc. You know, the one that is written in very small font and is huge and I've never bothered to read it carefully. Finally I did and there it was - a very impressive list of "the risks of bc pills": risk of blood clots and hence increased risk of stroke and hart attack; increased risk of breast cancer, gallbladder disease and liver tumors, just to name a few. Depression was also mentioned as one of the side effects. It became clear to me that my depression indeed can be caused by Diane. So I've decided to switch to Tri-cyclen lo right away. This time on Tri-cyclen I've started to experience vaginal infections that were coming back every single month. I couldn't understand what was going on with me. My doctor prescribed Flagystatin which helped but every month the infection was coming back. Doctor gave me a referral to a gynecologist which suggested to use some steroid cream which had numerous side effects. Honestly I've stopped trusting these doctors. I was reading lots of different forums about peoples experiences with bc and why they have stopped using it. Many have experienced reoccurring vaginal infections because of bc, so again it seemed that bc was to blame. My doctor said that it cannot be true. She's never heard of bc causing vaginal infections and encouraged me to use the prescribed cream or switched to another bc. So I've used Alesse for a month and didn't feel any improvement. At the end I've decided to stop taking bc. It really did more harm for me than good.
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