Birth control - PPD

If you experienced PPD what birth control are you on? I’m really scared to get pregnant (4mo PP and started my period) but equally scared to get a more severe form of PPD because of birth control. I was on the pill before for maybe 1 year and had to stop because I literally felt depressed crying all day.
Have you used a successful contraceptive and not felt your mood worsened on it?
Also, probably impossible, but my libido is pretty low overall so scared of getting to a place where I would not want to have sex never again

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I'm bipolar and birth control pills literally made me suicidal back when I tried them. I was on mirena for over a decade with no issues with mood. More expensive, but also good was neuva ring.

Copper IUDs have no hormone component, but I never tried them since I had too many friends who had had terrible periods/pain/bleeding on them. But they work well for some people.

I haven’t gone back on to any contraception for that reason. I ended up on antidepressants twice in the past from hormonal contraception.
Midwives / Drs suggested me going on the copper coil after I had my little girl so it’s non hormonal but I am just going to let my body do its thing for a while and get back into its own cycle.
Your body is still recovering and your hormones will still be all over the place - give yourself some time, there’s no rush 🫶🏼

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