antidepressants and birth control??? - Women's Health Message Board

laur18 · 08-16-2003, 09:51 AM

i am currently taking birth control (yasmin) However i am clinically depressed, but do not take antidepressants yet. can you take antidepressants AND birth control? i would like to take zoloft, but i cannot go off yasmin..

is this possible? if so, what kind of side effects are there?

strand3d · 08-16-2003, 10:49 AM

I'm not sure if antidepressants make birth control any less effective. I'd suggest researching it on the internet and see what you come up with. I think you should be okay, the only things that really interfer with birth control is certain antibiotics.

normorcrazy · 08-16-2003, 01:14 PM

I take both and from my understanding it's ok. I don't take BC to prevent pregnancy cause I can't get pregnant anymore, so make sure it won't affect your pills before taking both.