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'Schitt's Creek' star Annie Murphy blames wrong birth control pill for her mood swings

Source From: ENT 2022-07-29 10:25:22

'Schitt's Creek' star Annie Murphy suffered from mood swings after being given the wrong birth control pill.

Starting to take a version of the contraceptive pill as a teenager, the 35-year-old actress, who is known for her starring role as Alexis Rose on the popular show, said she was left with "ups and downs" as a result, reports aceshowbiz.com.

"It was like, 'Here's the pill, this is the thing that you use. So kind of no questions asked, my young 16-year-old brain was like, 'I trust this doctor, they want what's best for me.' And I started on the pill," she said.

"I would have goblin days where I just didn't even recognise myself; I was feeling really, really sad, really down, really anxious," she further explained. "Slowly I started putting two and two together and realising that it was the pill that was causing these really big ups and downs."

However, the Emmy Award-winning actress, who has been married to rockstar Menno Versteeg since 2011, has these days switched to a different product and urged women to speak up for themselves when being prescribed something at the doctor's office.