A U.K. study published by Cambridge University Press found that women who started taking birth control pills as teenagers have a 130% higher rate of showing depression symptoms than those who never took the pill.
Women who started taking birth control as adults had a 92% higher rate of showing depression symptoms compared to those who never took the pill.
Starting the pill as an adolescent “might increase the risk of depression later in life,” the study found.
After the first two years of using the birth control pill, the initial increase in depression declined.
Reporting from Just the News:
"Our findings support that OC use is causally associated with an increased risk of depression in adolescents as well as in adults, especially shortly after the initiation," the study's conclusion states before urging "further research to determine the cause of hormone contraceptive-precipitated depression are warranted."
