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- you.are.enough
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- 5y ago
I just recently got an IUD. I wanted non hormonal but with the copper IUD your cervix has to measure a certain way and mine was too small for it (so that is something to consider...your doctor will explain). I suffer from bad anxiety and depression and was not on birth control for about two years because I was scared of it’s effects. So far, I believe the IUD has made my depression worse, however, I can’t tell if it’s my mind playing tricks on me or it’s really making it worse. I wish you the best of luck as I know that hormones can mess with your mental health and it’s always scary changing it up :(
I haven't had an IUD, but I did notice a spike with my OCD every period while on birth control. I've been on it since I was 13, I am 21 now. My OCD started at 18. I stopped the pill for a while, because my OCD was so bad during the bleeding week, just to see if it would calm down my hormones and all. It didn't make a difference to me except that my skin was worse off of the pill. My emotions and OCD were just as unstable during the stop week as usual so I don't know. It depends per person too I'd say?
I have the non hormonal IUD. I had about every side effect known to man kind from other birth controls. I like it for simplicity and reliability. That said, it comes with some nasty side effects of extreme cramping, ovarian cysts if you are at all prone, and extremely heavy and long periods. I have been debating getting it taken out because of this but also realize if I did I wouldn’t be on any birth control and I’m not sure that’s an option for my boyfriend and I right now. If you have any thoughts or questions feel free to ask!! I’ve also had the mirena IUD before and tried almost every other kind of birth control
Thanks for the responses everyone! If my doctor agrees it's an option for me, then I'm going to try it. It's reassuring to know that I can always get it taken out and return to the pill if I end up hating it.
I had poor mental health side effects with the implant, but have been okay with the pill (both combined and progesterone only) and the mirena coil. Its really a trial and error thing in my experience. Some people try everything and cant find something that works, its not a perfect science unfortunatly.
I have been medicated for OCD since I was 7. Now I am 29 and my husband and I are wanting to have kids soon. I am worried about how being on medication that long will affect my fertility. I am also worried about if I will be able to get off of my medication while pregnant. I think I need to be medicated for my mental health but I am terrified at what the medication could do to my baby. All the Drs I have talked to say it’s fine but honestly I don’t trust them. I have been reading medial articles and studies that say that the medication I am on (Lexapro) can cause harm to my fertility and to an unborn baby. Has anyone else dealt with this?
Hey everyone! Sending love and support for all of you managing your OCD (We’ve got this!!). I’ve had a very rough week— I just tried out Prozac and had an AWFUL physical + mental response to it, so I am going off of it after about 9 days. My spirals have taken an intense physical toll on me and it’s been extremely hard to eat properly/stomach anything. I am curious about the holistic health end of things. Does anyone have experience with taking magnesium supplements and/or multivitamins to help deal with stress and anxiety? How have they made you feel, and have they helped ease your mind a little? Any recommendations? How do you deal with the physical effects of your OCD?
So I take psychology at college and on one of the topics we learned that some research tells us that OCD has been discovered to be due to a chemical imbalance in the brain and that biological reasons behind things can be treated with biological methods (e.g medication). I guess I just wondered that, is there really any point in therapies and things when medication could be so ground breaking and change someone's life completely? 😭😭 I know I don't even know half of the facts but I guess I have always wanted someone to just give me meds and then my life would get back to some semblance of normal, but nobody seems to have recognised ocd in me despite it, imo, being glaringly obvious, and I just want to feel better and get on with life. I'm also on the pill and when I stop taking it per the instructions, my worries, whether genuine or irrational, seem to get so much more intense, which makes me wonder even more about the biological aspect of it all. I'm by no means an expert and I know therapies and ERP have worked so well for some people so honestly I'm just ranting tbh.
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