Evening Primrose Oil causing Depression?

[guitarbabe9]

Hi, I'm a 16 year old girl, and often in the mornings I felt unwell, which my mother decided was due to a hormone imbalance, so she gave me oil of evening primrose, which I took. About  week ago, I started to become very depressed - I have had mood swings before, and am prone to quite low lows, if that makes sense? However, it was much worse this time, and I had random crying fits, wanting to hide away, and very low self esteem. Sometimes I felt better again, but a simple, trivial comment fom my father like "no, cut the potatoes a bit bigger" would set me off again back into my depression, feeling like I was hopeless and couldn't cope, an could never achieve anything in my life.
I am not the sort of person who can really talk to my parents, i find it very difficult, as I do not get on very well with my mother a lot of the time, who just gets irritated if I am not my "normal, happy self" and struggle to expres my feelings even to my dad, who I am much closer to. [Both of my parents dismiss anything negative, such as concerns about my appearence, as "normal teenage stuff", but I feel I have it wose than I should.]
Friends as well are out of the question, as I do not really have anyone I trust and who I feel cares about me enough to listen [another thing which worsenes my depression, and vice versa.] So, my question is, is this connected to the oil of evening primrose supplement or my menstual cycle in general? Stupid question I know, but I have never felt like this before, wanting to just disappear and wishing my life would just end [although i would not do that to my family].
I started to improve over the last couple of days, and today I got my period, which has been the worst it's ever been, with awful back pain and nausea; is this also connected, and does this mean anything?

Apologies for the long post, and thank you to all who took the time to read it.

[Nancy5949]

I had the same results with taking Primrose Oil supplements.  I was fine and I started taking Primrose Oil and after about a week and the depression hit me hard.  I have been horribly depressed for over a week.  I stopped taking it two days ago and my depression is half of what it was before stopping.  I am menopausal for 10 years. I was puzzled how this deep depression came about.  I was researching the negative side effects of Primrose Oil and I came across your post.  Possibly there are a few people who have this reaction to Primrose Oil. I am stopping completely to see if my depression goes away.  Yes, you may be having hormonal reactions, but it seems quite the coincidence that you and I are having the same results after taking the oil.  I just noticed your post was from last year.  Could you please let me know if you stopped the P. Oil and how you are doing now.

[ILADVOCATE]

I strongly agree about seeing a psychiatrist but stop the evening primose oil. Its an unknown natural remedy and it could be giving you moodswings as it does have an effect in this regard. Sometimes natural remedies that are good on depression can make a person manic. Regardless natural remedies should be approached with caution and only under the care of a doctor. I am on some natural remedies but they are in government study and they understand how they work. As for the other condition speak to a doctor about it and perhaps they can see if something is wrong as well. Its not that natural remedies are wrong. Its just that you have to have an exact diagnosis, physical and mental and then whatever is taken should be under a doctor's care and there are certain natural remedies that knowledgable physicians will use with specific brands and doses for many conditions. The problem is they are unregulated so they are an unknown quantity.

[Cindee56]

Hi dear.  It's possible that your symptoms have to do with PMS, however, it does seem like they are extreme.  Any thoughts of *wishing life would end* is a serious problem.  I know you said you can't talk to your parents about this, but is there a friend or some other adult, like a teacher or counselor, that you can talk to?

I have a son who is 21 now, and he started suffering from depression and anxiety from the age of 12 on.  He has been on and off medications his whole life, however, he's in college and has done very well despite these problems.  He also has ADHD.  I don't know if you have that, but you should probably see a psychiatrist for an evaluation.  Is there any way you can do this?