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Birth Control Affect Depression
Health Encyclopedia: Depression
Blues; Discouragement; Gloom; Mood changes; Sadness; Melancholy
Home Care
If you are depressed for 2 weeks or longer, you should contact your doctor, who can offer treatment options. Regardless of whether you have mild or major depression, the following self-care steps can help:
- Get enough sleep.
- Follow a healthy, nutritious diet.
- Exercise regularly.
- Avoid alcohol, marijuana, and other recreational drugs.
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Expert & Community Posts
Are the Meds You're Taking Causing Sexual Dysfunction
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...effect, you can use a vaginal lubricant. You take birth control pills to avoid an unwanted... Read more »
Hormones and Anxiety
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...is interesting is that hormonal therapy, such as birth control pills, does not seem to make any... Read more »
Treatment Resistant Depression: My Antidepressant Saga Continues
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert...found that it could decrease the effectiveness of my birth control pills by half! So that... Read more »
Sex and heart disease: Can the two be mended?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...human female can mimic this effect whether used for birth control or to prevent the symptoms of... Read more »
Postpartum Wrap-up
By Kelsey Bonilla , Health Expert...he asked me about contraception. I told him which birth control pill I took previously. Even... Read more »
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Pregnancy Options
...-- by using condoms or practicing abstinence. Here’s another thing to keep in mind: if you take birth control lightly, and have more than one abortion, you may have problems with fertility in... Read more »Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Diabetes
...endometrial hyperplasia, when the lining grows too much, and cancer. What treatments are available?Birth control pillsDiabetes medicationsFertility medicationsAnti-androgen medicationSurgery... Read more »Ask the Clinician: Migraine and Headache Questions and Answers
...and more? •Criteria to be a candidate for genetic testing for FHM Hemiplegic Migraine? • Birth control pills for men for Migraine prevention? •more... Questions and Answers for... Read more »Birth Control Options for Women: Oral Contraception
...types of oral contraceptives. Many experts recommend monophasic pills as the best first-choice for birth control pills.Continuous-Dosing Oral Contraceptives. With standard birth control pills, a... Read more »PMS Survival Guide
...Starbuck's depending upon your most annoying symptoms." Go on the Pill. Studies have shown that the birth control pill works very effectively in reducing PMS symptoms. Give over-the-counter... Read more »Images
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