Birth Control Effectivessness

[gatesy08]

Do antidepressants affect the effectiveness of birth control pills?

[Heather]

As I believe I have explained to you in the past, prescribing physicians and pharmacists take all the medications a patient is taking into account when they are prescribing something additional or new and/or filling a prescription. So, no one is going to prescribe you a medication which makes another one less effective or ineffective.

I am concerned with the intense volume of posts from you that have been based in you not trusting your pills to do their job. Ideally, methods of contraception should dramatically decrease these kinds of concerns, but it seems like your pill is something that has been commanding an awful lot of your attention and focus.

I may have asked you this previously, but is the pill what you would choose as the method you want and trust most? Are you also backing up with condoms, since it seems like you don't feel comfortable with your pill by itself (and only condoms can give you protection from infections anyway)? have you ever had a conversation with whoever prescribes your medications where you have asked them the kinds of questions you are asking here, or asked about all your contraception options in the event you might feel more confident with a different method?