Posted by CareBear04 on August 20, 2004, at 12:53:45
In reply to Re: mood changes related to hormone dose?, posted by sanfran on August 19, 2004, at 9:58:32
hey sanfran!
yeah, i'm bipolar, too. no one in my immediate family has ever tried birth control pills, so i don't have a good basis to know how i would react. when i was on alesse, i got really depressed really fast, but that was before i had ever seen a psychiatrist and before i was put on mood stabilizers. my last pdoc was really uneasy about my starting birth control (and i didn't while i was with him) but he thought that, in theory, a high therapeutic lithium dose would cover me against hormonal mood changes. in the past few months, i've been told that i have two medical conditions that can be treated or alleviated by oral contraceptives. i'm seeing a new doctor on tuesday, so maybe he can assess the overall situation and make some recommendations. thanks again for your help! cb
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