anxiety attacks after stopping birth control

Does anyone feeling really disconnected during their period? I feel like i'm outside my body.. kind of like being on drugs. I haven't felt like my brain is working right since my hormones started changing.

Yes my symptoms started about a month off, you are definitely going through the worst of it, it is a slow recovery but i promise it gets a little bit easier every month!! I was exactly where you are, thinking of ending my life, but now that has gone completely and my head is clear again. I find it really helps to post on here and summarize how you feel, to talk about it and get reassurance that it's only temporary x

Thank you so much ! My period just ended but i'm still feeling really panicky.. so much so that I had to take an ativan to get through. I'm constantly asking myself if I will ever get a break from this, so coming here and reading these comments makes me feel so much less scared.

I think when my period ends is when i feel worse :( if you are like me then it will slowly get better over the next 3 weeks! But the first 2 months are so difficult... but it does come to an end and you will be your normal self :)

I seem to be the same. It's been so scary. I feel like i'm going totally crazy. I can't think clearly , i'm so weak and shaky.. i'm getting in with a therapist to help me through these next few months. I just keep telling myself "this too shall pass".

How long before and after your period did symptoms last? I felt fine in between periods, but a week before, during , and now two days later I feel worse than ever.

I have the worst symptoms from day 1 of my period until past ovulation. I get about 1 'good' week a month- and even then I still have symptoms every day.

I've had some awful days once my period has ended. No idea why but this is the worst time for me. The only thing I can say is, when i look back 4 months, I am a thousand times better! Even though it feels like I'll never recover!

Hey all. Wanted to update everyone also. So glad to hear alot of you are getting better as time goes on. For the newly off BC- hang in there. Your thoughts are lying to you. It’s not really you. It’s the hormones and you need to hold out hope because it will get better.

I am 10 months off the pill now. The first month off was the worst month of my life. Same things you all are saying. Panicking, scary thoughts, couldn’t eat. Worst of all no one understood or they would say ya I have anxiety too. No no no people, I had anxiety before this too. This is not normal anxiety. This is a whole nother level of screwed up.
Anyways I’m so so so so so much better now.
I still have the fear of the anxiety like some of you mentioned— the worry that it will never go away completely. And some days I’ll be super happy and then the next minute I’m depressed. But overall I’m so much more back to my old self and I’m so thankful. If we can get through this we can get through anything.

One thing I wanted to ask, I have developed more intense fears of things that used to scare me anyways. Like flying. I cannot imagine getting on a plane now becaus I’m scarednny anxiety will peak and I will have a nervous breakdown or something. Also I’ve developed a fear of getting pregnant. I really want a child but now I’m afraid because of these hormone issues what if they get out of wack from pregnancy and I feel like that again ?? I dunno it’s a really weird fear and also like a claustrophobic fear of pregnancy. Being trapped feeling that way for nine months. Hard to explain but just wanted to see if anyone felt the same way.

Don’t worry, I make a year off in a few days and I feel the same way. Much much better than the first few months off, but I still have some moments of lingering thoughts about “relapsing” during pregnancy and stuff. I think once we’re fully recovered we won’t even worry about these thoughts.

I feel exactly like this and, weirdly, flying and pregnancy are my two fears.
The weird thing is I went on holiday when my Nexplanon expired (it only lasts 3 years) and on the flight home I was so scared. I've always loved flying! But i kept having visions of the plane crashing and dying. Obviously at the time I had no idea any of this hormone stuff was about to happen. But my Bf was confused that i had developed a fear of flying over night!!

Having a child too, at my worst I was reading articles about women with post natal depression commiting suicide, I feel I would definitely get PND, and honestly sometimes wonder if I could survive with a baby to look after. I feel like this experience has made me question if I could ever become a mother. I have also developed health anxiety, so the thought of having frequent hospital appointments, giving birth in hospital... i just can't deal. Anyway, I'm 6 months off and having these thoughts xx

My biggest problem right now is brain fog. I feel like i'm trying to think through a really thick fog and i'm so out of it most of the time. I'm not sure if this has hormone related but it started about a week before my period and hasn't left since. Someone please tell me this is normal.. and if so, how do you cope?? I've had so many blood tests done thinking something must be off, but it all comes back normal.

I had this problem too, how many months off are you? I would mostly get it during my period but even at random times as well. I’m about to make a year off and the brain fog has mostly faded. The only time I ever really get it is when I’m sleep deprived. Trust me it’s normal

Has anyone else developed food allergies or histamine intolerance due to hormonal changes? I have moments where I have trouble breathing, cough, headaches and swollen sinuses.

Yes I’m a year and some months off and all of a sudden i can’t eat garlic and certain things i used to be able to eat and i have the worst allergies and sinus issues of my life. I also can’t eat a lot of candy like i used too but i guess that’s a good thing

Has anyone had bad depression?