Birth control that won't affect my mood

[piano-player-94.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone!

I've been on a generic version of Ortho Tri Cyclen for about four months now, and it isn't working out for me. I get extremely moody the first week of my pack, I think it's contributing to my depression, and I've been getting migraine headaches more frequently since going on it. I have the migraines under control for the most part, but the mood issues are really unbearable. I was wondering if any of you could suggest another pill or birth control form that would be less likely to affect my mood and make me depressed. I don't think it's hormones, but rather ortho's specific combination of hormones that is doing it, because I was on DepoProvera for a short period of time without any noticeable mood issues. I'm not sure if an IUD would be the best choice since I'm still young and haven't had a child yet, but to be honest I don't know that much about them. Any advice? Also a form of birth control that would also get rid of the migraines would be awesome, but it isn't a must since I have some pills to take for them and other coping strategies.

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[piano-player-94.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the leaflet -- it gave me a lot of info I didn't know about the IUD. If I can't find a pill that works, I'm probably going to try Mirena or Paraguard -- they look like they may even be a bit more effective for me, since I can miss a pill but I can't exactly miss wearing my IUD for a day.