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Feeling depressed after stopping the birth control pills?

By Jenny3481 | 3535 posts, last post
Robert Rister answered this The Pill And Depression (And Other Nasty Symptoms)
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How long have you been post pill? Also, if you have ROCD its very common after coming off the pill.
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Well like you just said "fear of losing him" , so your fear inside you is trying to make you run away before you could be "left by him". Even though he won't leave you!!! I also know OCD thoughts like about your relationship only hurt where you care the most... which is why we're all so devasted about our relationships..
-Nikki
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It will be 3 moths this period coming up! Which I do feel tremendously better each month, but I wish I knew a play by play of what would happen next instead of me breaking up with my bf every week, failing classes, unmotivated etc
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It’s been 7 months for me and I know how much it hurts to feel this way about our relationships. Nothing seems right during this time and nothing makes sense. Time will heal.
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How long were you on the pill for? I am hoping there is a correlation between how long someone has been on it vs recovery time..
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I’ve read so many things. I don’t think there is a correlation. The only thing would be if you met your SO while off the pill or on it. I was only on it for 3 months but as soon as it is supposed to start to kick in is when I started to feel weird. I think once something in your brain chemistry gets messed up it takes a while to return to “normal again”
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I was on it for 1.5 years and interesting enough.. my first two months of ever being on it I was on winter break and spent my days home alone every single day (i knew it was making me go insane).. And then all of a sudden while watching a tv show, I thought something about death.. which then spiralled into me pinning my anxiety on my boyfriend at the time, and i thought i had to be alone and i kept asking him "how do u know when u stop liking someone" ... These feelings came out of NO WHERE .. all because i was at home. Then i ended it and like i cried right after, i think the day after i was like f**k this thats not what i want RIGHT NOW. Still felt a little weird.. but then one day sitting in my university class I thought about this article i read about living in the moment.. and i left the class .. all the thoughts stopped.. everything quieted down.. and i was able to be normal and live normal for another 19 months.. So i decided to stop birth control because it never happened to me.. a couple months later i thought i can handle it again.. and now IM HERE. So i know i overcame it before.. but now its more twisted and complex for some reason. I have pretty major changes happening in my life so I know me stressing about change freaks me out ALOT. Sorry that was my rant that i experienced this before and it went away
-NIKKI

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I was on bc for 8 years. Been off 14 months now an still struggling- very badly this last month actually. Have been put on prozac which i really didnt want to do but had exhausted everything else. :-( surely it shouldnt take this long for hormones to regulate? I have my period every month but the length of my cycles differ from 25 to 34 days. Is this normal? Im worried that the way im feelin now has jus become a habit- how will i kno when im better?? :-(
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I think you should get your hormones tested! and no thats not normal! I think periods should be consistent when you are "normal" and only be delayed when you are stressed out.. So you aren't fully there yet! But make sure your being proactive about recovering, setbacks suck I have them right after my period all the time.. And im like okay back to square one

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I did get them tested an was told they were fine. But i dont actually know the results i was just told i required no further tests. I showed my doctor my cycle lengths an she seemd to think they were normal..... but they r like 25,27,34,29,26,30.....
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I was only on it for 3 months and I felt a change right when it started to kick in. Thought getting off would help but it didn’t. I was fine for a month or so and then it all kicked in. From what I read this is all normal. I just don’t know how long it will be before feeling ok again
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Haha I can't wait until we all feel better! I'm definitely going to come back to this forum and report it and jump for JOYYYYYYY!!!!!! Sometimes I can imagine me being normal again and AHHHH it feels so good
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I’m the same way. I just picture myself feeling ok again and I feel better for the moment. Idk why I have such bad ROCD though. My boyfriend means the world to me and feeling like this towards him breaks my heart. At least I have some good days with him and I hope you all can feel good sometimes as well.
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I believe they will get less and less each month... keep pushing and holding onto the good moments
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Another mornin waking up panicin anout my realtionship even though i know my husband loves me unconditionally. I was on the pill when i met him an now im off it and questioning my feelings!! Does this mean now im off the pill that i will always feel like this or will my worries disappear?? This is truely breaking my heart. I couldnt live without my husband but why do i no longer feel secure? Anyone any advice :-(
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