I started on the pill in January. I've been on a few pills since due to side effects. I read that the pill can contribute to depression and anxiety and am wondering if I should stop it because I'm already prone to those things. How have your experiences been with the pill and mental health? Is there a way to be on it and manage mental health or is it I'll advised?

Before the pill I would have extremely painful periods and while I'm generally slightly depressed, around my period I would experience a deeper struggle. I'd consider jumping out of windows, I walked through school hallways like a zombie. In high school I began to realize that my self harm peaked the week before my period. I was my most depressed in 2012. I feel generally better now.

Since being on my current pill, I'll start crying over everything. My emotional outbursts feel more frequent but it's hard to tell because I'm in a different environment for summer (home vs being at school) and because I've been prone to temper issues, I can't tell when I'm doing worse. By far, I'm emotionally my worst on the placebo week. Could the pill impact my emotions on placebo week? Should I switch my pill? Or maybe the pill actually keeps my emotions in check but I go back to unstable on my placebo week?