Birth control

It’s hard to say what birth control will make you feel “normal” some women experience side effects on pills, ring, iud, depo shot, while others don’t. They all contain some form of hormones which can make you feel off. With the exception of the Copper IUD but I’ve heard it can make your cycles really heavy. I was a long time user of progesterone pills (10years) and had no big side effects aside from mood issues around my period and no libido, but I noticed after coming off of it I had long term effects from being on it for so long.

I think, from my experience personally, birth control was the worst thing for my mental health. I have BPD and anxiety and I know for me, I was so much worse mentally when I was on the birth control pill as the extra hormones etc were messing with me. I was medicated for a few months before getting pregnant, stopped due to little research around my pill and pregnancy, and found that that wasn’t working brilliantly either! Since being pregnant, I have luckily been very good mentally as I think babygirl is getting me through, but when she is here I will need to see how I go. But I know, for me, I definitely won’t be going back on any sort of birth control as I have never been in a worse place mentally than then. Is there a reason you do not want to try medication? i don’t really understand what you mean by genetics ❤️❤️

@Ellie-May how do I prevent pregnancy without it tho? That’s so scary. My bio parents were both addicts and my therapists/ dr recommended I avoid medication that can be addictive (like anxiety medication)

Learn to track your cycles, that’s what I’ve been doing, but it’s not for everyone as it takes time to learn. Unfortunately aside from that your other option is to use condoms.

@incog If you do not want to use birth control (i’m currently single so don’t need to worry! 🙈) but when I am having sex again, I will be tracking my cycle and using a condom. Condoms I think are around 97% effective, and then making sure that you are not ovulating too so if a slip up does happen or it breaks, it is unlikely to become a pregnancy. It isn’t 100% effective of course, and i’m open to other ideas, but without a birth control method I think it’s the best bet ❤️ i’m sorry about that, yes if your doctor has suggested that it may be best, can you look into other medication though? that are not necessarily addictive? I was on Trazadone for my BPD and anxiety - it is technically a sedative but rarely it is used as a mood stabiliser and I was able to come off it completely without weaning off of it, whereas when I was on sertraline I was very unwell and withdrew so i’m guessing that was addictive and trazadone isnt ❤️

Copper coil

I feel normal again after going on lexapro. Its helped a lot with my anxiety and depression. I had the nexplanon though and it prevented pregnancy well. Also stopped me from having my painful periods. I just took it out and have been having more mood swings. But still good on the lexapro.