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Posted 11/30/2013 7:15 PM (GMT 0)
Besides my anxiety being elevated due to this pill so is my derpession. I can't take this. I want to be up doing things and can't.. Why do meds do this? Why do we have to suffer so bad to try and feel better? cry
Posted 11/30/2013 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
Hi S2S,

Sometimes our medications may not be a good match for us and we may need something different. Have you talked to your doctor about this? I really hope you feel better soon. Keep posting, it does help.

We just have to keep trying to feel better. It is work, but better than not trying. It is difficult, but worth it. Keep hanging in there. Take it one day at a time.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 11/30/2013 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
Yes I asked my doctor about it and he said to get off. This minds you is a bc pill and should not do this. I didn't take it today as directed I am very tired and depresse#
Posted 11/30/2013 9:22 PM (GMT 0)
The amitriptyline can make you sleepy. A lot of people take it at night. With the days getting shorter (in US) that might have something to do with the way you are feeling. How long have you been on the meds? Is there something you started recently that could be causing you to feel this way? Medication wise?

Have you changed your sleeping routine, diet? Try a walk, it often gives me some energy and makes me feel better. I live in a cold climate though and we have snow, so I haven't been walking much lately.

There are so many things that can make you feel this way, including medications. I hope that you figure it out.

I really hope that you feel better soon.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 11/30/2013 10:25 PM (GMT 0)
I started a birth control pill and its causing all of this. I am depressed and have heartburn so bad. I have also been crying.
Posted 11/30/2013 10:30 PM (GMT 0)
I'm sorry you are having a hard time.

Hang in there. We are here to help

Michele
Posted 11/30/2013 11:21 PM (GMT 0)
Can you change to another birth control pill? I was lucky, never had a problem with them. I took them for many years until I got a tubaligation. I spelled that wrong. Yea, when something comes on sudden and you have just started a new medication, it is most likely the medication that is doing it. I would talk to your doc, (as you said you did) and change medications. I hope that you find one that works and doesn't cause you side effects, especially like depression. I am hoping that stopping the medication (also as you did) will help you to feel better soon. It may take a couple of days, but if it lingers, make sure that you tell your doctor.

I hope that you start feeling better soon. Remember you are always welcome to post here, it helps a lot of people just to have somebody listen.

Take care.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 11/30/2013 11:41 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you Karen. I know that so many people have it worse than me and I feel stupid for post stupid things like this but I feel so trapped by this. I alreadt have the depression and the cold weather makes it worse and now this. I am not sure what to do about another pill but my doctor and I will come up with something.
Posted 12/1/2013 12:24 AM (GMT 0)
Hi S2S,

I hope that things are feeling better for you soon.

I wish you very much, the best :)
Posted 12/1/2013 12:48 AM (GMT 0)
There may be others that have it worse, but that doesn't mean you aren't struggling. It is hard with depression. But I think you will be feeling better soon and you and your doctor will find something to help you and get the birth control pill that works for you. I take vitamin D3 in the winter. IT helps with the lack of sun. I get outside as much as I can. Though often that isn't a lot.

Take care...

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 12/1/2013 10:00 PM (GMT 0)
There are several different types of birth control pills, and most of them have a different make up than all the others. So you should be able to find one that works for you, if you keep trying.

Just figure out what the active ingredients are in the one that's causing you these symptoms, and stay away from those ingredients in the next one you try.

That should hopefully head off a repeat, but at the same time give you the birth control you want.
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