I take birth control mainly for pain control and mood stabilization. It has worked better than any of the SSRI's I've tried which have either done nothing for depression or made me more depressed, and one even earned me a trip to urgent care for a skyrocketing blood pressure and tachycardia!

I had one doctor prescribe Abilify but I never got it filled because for one, it was $400 WITH insurance and two, the pharmacist red flagged it because she thought it was too serious of a medication for me.