Almost half of all women who go on the pill stop using it within the first year because of intolerable side effects, and the one most frequently cited is unpleasant changes in mood. Mood-related issues like anxiety and depression are super-common among women on the pill. But if these things happen to you, it doesn’t mean you’re crazy it just means you’re on the wrong pill. For some women, being on the pill can magnify these feelings, leading to anxiety disorders and depression. Life is hard and can make anyone feel anxious and overwhelmed at times. To start with, all of us feel a little crazy sometimes. It would be impossible for them not to.īack to the question. Women’s sex hormones influence women’s moods. This might be the world’s oldest cliché about women, but that doesn’t make it any less true. In fact, the question that many of us have about the pill: “Why does the pill make me crazy?”īefore I get into what the research says about all this, let me just address the elephant in the room - the whole thing about women’s sex hormones influencing mood. Most women know at least one or two other women who have had a bad reaction to the pill. Hill explains what happens to your brain on birth control. Dingding Hu If you think your contraception is making you anxious or depressed, you’re not imagining things.
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