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I hate to stand out in the crowd but you mentioned that you had slight signs of depression prior to starting your Birth Control (so that says it may not be the birth control causing it).... have you visited a psychologist about it? It may not be your Birth Control at all. I know you're proabily saying "But I don't have anything to be depressed about," depression isn't like that if you have a chemical imbalance in your brain... Like I do.
I started on an anti-depressant when I was 14 (I'm 19 now) and it's the best thing that I've ever done for myself. Prior to treatment I could only cat nap due to my anxiety, which meant I was getting 3 hours of sleep a night. As well as not getting a truly restful sleep when I did sleep. You may not even realize you have sleep issues, as well as many other behaviorial issues.
Personally, I'd advise you to see a psychologist prior to going off your BC, if there were symptoms of depression before you started on BC. If you're concerned enough to use BC to not get pregnant (because you must have decided to go on BC instead of using condoms, I assume), but not concerned enough about your depression to see a psychologist to see if you actually have depression... would you rather be depressed and have the chance of having children?
Just a note because I've seen lots of threads where people rag on others about their meds:
Some people have no choice but to take medications, I know some of you out there are living without doing so... but I need (Yes need - otherwise I can't sleep and there's no help for it, as well as having dhibilitating anxiety attacks) to take my medication for depression, and others need to take medication for other conditions
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