When I take birth control I gain weight
and are very emotional. Is it a bad idea
to be taking birth control, diet pills,
and an antidepressant all together?
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autumn24
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 39 Location: new brunswick
Posted: 01-24-04 18:25pm
Your taking three different medications
that change your chemistry, I would speak
to a pharmacist and make sure it's alright
to be taking them together.
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rowncris
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 7 Location: austin, texas
Posted: 02-16-04 23:43pm
Thank you for the advice!
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Jaydensmommy
Advanced Support Team
Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Posts: 1684 Location: Wisconsin
Posted: 03-18-04 11:29am
I take all three of them. The only thing
I am concerened with is it affecting my
birth control. But so far soo good.
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 03-22-04 07:56am
Personally i'd suggest you keep the birth
control, drop the diet pills & try
dhea (which can help lode weight but is
natural so less likely to interfere with
othr meds!!) & also try starting on
some natural anti-depressants like sam-e,
5htp (tryptophan), valerium etc, these
take longer to get into your system but
shouldn't interfere with other meds &
may help you get off them in time &
then if you want to have a baby these
would be safer foir the baby as well!!
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 03-23-04 11:41am
On that note: be careful with some herbal
and natural "remedies" I am sure that the
ones purple mentioned are fine, but if it
is not fda approved, then they don't have
to list drug interactions. There are
alot of herbal pills that render your
birth control useless. St. Johns wort
(wart, u dunno) is one of them. But,
they don't have to advertise it.
Sometimes the pharmacist does know about
the natural ones, so just before starting
anything new, ask your doctor or
pharmacist. Just so there aren't any
"surprises" around the corner!
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