Re: Depression and Ortho Tricyclene
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Posted by Lynn on October 20, 2000:
In Reply to: Depression and Ortho Tricyclene posted by bluegirl on October 12, 2000:
>>��Has anyone heard of Ortha Tricyclene causing depression? Someone said they had read a study where the majority or at least a lot of teenage girls on this pill suffered from depression. Would St. johns Wort work? I am having problems with a boy. I did something I should not have 5 months ago and the boy has ignored me since the incident. I feel that I did something to cause him not to like me. My mom says boys are like that - they get what they can and then move on. I have talked to my friends about this and they say I will get over it - but I'm not getting over it. I feel hopeless about my future, feel like everyone knows what happened and no boy will ever like me again. I wish I could take it all back. I feel fat (gained 10 lbs on the pill) and ugly though everyone tells me it isn't true. I cry all the time and wake up thinking it is just another poopy day. The things that used to make my happy don't now and I am struggling in school. HELP!!I have been on the pill for several years and I do believe that it does cause some hormonal changes to occur causing depression or the blues - I too gained a little weight and just feel kind of yucky sometimes. Some months are better that others. You should speak to your mother and doctor about possibly changing to another brand - that could help. However the best advice I could give you is to hold your head high and learn from your mistake. Your mother is right about teenage boys - I've been through that (I'm 33 now). I did the same thing and became pregnant at 15 and place my baby for adoption. Somthing that I wish that I would have done is waited until I was much older - in "REAL" love and even married. Know that you are a wonderful and precious person and giving that gift of yourself away, especially to someone who can't and won't appreciate and truly love you for it is not worth it. Save yourself until you are with the one you wish to spend the rest of your life with - who will love you no matter what!! Wake up - smile at yourself in the mirror - do your best in school - feel good about yourself - and know that love will come when you are ready for it!!!! God Bless You!!
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