Hi Anna
My first 3 months off the pill were the worst days of my life! All the things you listed down i have felt also. My agoraphobia is still present until now im on month 8! It's such a horrible condition we are all in and all we can really do is try our best to survive until our hormones balance out.
I too moved back to my parents house and quit my job when this all started.. i literally felt like i domt recognize myself and my life.
Let me know how Zoloft is for you. I personally did not take anxiety medications but i have a friend who took them and has helped her. She's now medication free and she can manage without it.
Are you taking any supplements?
Martha
My first 3 months off the pill were the worst days of my life! All the things you listed down i have felt also. My agoraphobia is still present until now im on month 8! It's such a horrible condition we are all in and all we can really do is try our best to survive until our hormones balance out.
I too moved back to my parents house and quit my job when this all started.. i literally felt like i domt recognize myself and my life.
Let me know how Zoloft is for you. I personally did not take anxiety medications but i have a friend who took them and has helped her. She's now medication free and she can manage without it.
Are you taking any supplements?
Martha
I am 4 months off of the pill and let me tell you, its been a rough ride. I have slowly gotten better over the past months but I am still at a lost. Currently, I am experiencing the worst anxiety over something that I can not change, it has my stomach in knots and it happened about 6 months ago. Today I had intrusive thoughts, a foggy brain. Im suppose to get my period in a week, my cycles have been off though, last time it was 3 days late. I am on bio identical hormones but just started last week (estrogen and progesterone).
Has anyone else had problems with their self worth since coming off? I feel so hopeless and like I'm a bad person.
Deep down I know its my hormones but I can't help thinking, what if this lasts?
Has anyone else had problems with their self worth since coming off? I feel so hopeless and like I'm a bad person.
Deep down I know its my hormones but I can't help thinking, what if this lasts?
You mean, you are suffering GI symptoms as well?
So anxious as well today :( had spotting 3 days ago. What nothers me the most is the GI upset.
So anxious as well today :( had spotting 3 days ago. What nothers me the most is the GI upset.
I get it all the time, sadly! Likes to worsen with spotting though and yeah I'll sometimes pass smaller stools. I've been eating fiber gummies for a few weeks but it only does so much.
-Dani
-Dani
Yup! GI issues as well and have been all alone, bloated, Diarrhea, queasy feeling. On top of my mind racing nonstop. SO MUCH FUN :(
Mine isbterrible constipation :(
My mind is racing as well and am scared. I keep on thinking something is extremely wrong.
My mind is racing as well and am scared. I keep on thinking something is extremely wrong.
Hey everyone,
I am in the week before my expected period and its all gone downhill again. I have anxiety constantly, brain fog, depression, and the worst of all, I have lost all my self confidence, feel worthless and keep beating myself up over it. Let me just note I have never felt like this before and this is so scary to me. Everything is scary to me. I cant keep going through this and the bioidentical hormones haven't done a thing even though its only been a week today since I started.
Please help guys, has anyone else experienced this sense of worthlessness in themselves?
Hello everyone, I hope all is well. I haven’t been on here in a while but just wanted to follow up and keep this conversation going. I can’t express how grateful I am for this forum and hope it remains active for years to come as I think that it has played a major role in so many other women’s journey to recovery. I am currently 1 YEAR & 1 MONTH off. I can’t even believe it. I don’t know where to begin but I do want to say it gets so much easier to deal with as the symptoms slowly start to diminish. The anxiety has been the longest lasting symptom for me and I can feel it slowly dissolving. It’s been a really strange experience for me to say the least but I do believe it has made me a stronger person and I’m saying this not fully feeling recovered so I can’t imagine how I’m going to feel once I feel I have really overcome this experience. It’s gotten to the point where the anxiety isn’t consuming my thoughts all day but I do still have bouts of anxiety which I am able to dismiss much quicker. Hope everyone else is noticing some slight improvement. Keep fighting, there will be better days. Be patient and kind to yourself! Sending lots of positivity your way.
-Kay
-Kay
Hi Kay!
Are your symptoms worse the week before your period ?
Are your symptoms worse the week before your period ?
Hey Chloxx,
I am unfortunately am way too familiar with these feelings you have mentioned. I think it has a lot to do with low moods. Negative thoughts are too easy to latch on to when you aren’t feeling so well mentally and it can really transpire into so many other aspects of your life. Self confidence is rooted from your feelings so don’t fall in too deep to these thoughts. I found myself letting myself go due to these low moods. It sounds so trivial but I stopped doing something as simple as doing my eyebrows or my nails (which are all things I just enjoy doing) and in turn started to really nitpick my appearance. I felt like I could care less how I looked and I’m not coming from a shallow standpoint at all. Granted I’m not the greatest at doing makeup or whatever but I do enjoying getting dolled up (or my version of that lol) but I found that I was criticizing myself like never before. It’s so easy to be hard on yourself when you’re just carrying this overwhelming guilt, shame and overall low mood but try to challenge those thoughts with something more positive. Retrain your brain into a more positive mindset.
Make it a point to do those things that made you feel good! Like I said in my previous post we have to be kind to ourselves. It’s okay to be a little “selfish” in that aspect :)
-Kay
I am unfortunately am way too familiar with these feelings you have mentioned. I think it has a lot to do with low moods. Negative thoughts are too easy to latch on to when you aren’t feeling so well mentally and it can really transpire into so many other aspects of your life. Self confidence is rooted from your feelings so don’t fall in too deep to these thoughts. I found myself letting myself go due to these low moods. It sounds so trivial but I stopped doing something as simple as doing my eyebrows or my nails (which are all things I just enjoy doing) and in turn started to really nitpick my appearance. I felt like I could care less how I looked and I’m not coming from a shallow standpoint at all. Granted I’m not the greatest at doing makeup or whatever but I do enjoying getting dolled up (or my version of that lol) but I found that I was criticizing myself like never before. It’s so easy to be hard on yourself when you’re just carrying this overwhelming guilt, shame and overall low mood but try to challenge those thoughts with something more positive. Retrain your brain into a more positive mindset.
Make it a point to do those things that made you feel good! Like I said in my previous post we have to be kind to ourselves. It’s okay to be a little “selfish” in that aspect :)
-Kay
Most definitely. I feel like I can really sense the onset of anxiety when I’m ovulating and when my cycle is approaching!
-Kay
-Kay
Hey Kay! I’m about the same about of time off as you are. I can totally agree when saying that the feelings and anxiety are more manageable as time goes on. What symptoms did you have ?
Hello Dani, just like to ask if tour GI ussues improved gradually? I am on week 2 of this GI issue - constipation (sorry, TMI) feeling so gassy, bloated, and uneasy. This also makes me anxious too! This all happened after my period. What’s weird is a week after, i also had bleeding (more of spotting). I don’t know what’s normal anymore - to wait it out, or go again and again and again to doctors. :(
Hi! It feels like it’s been a freaking decade going through this! At the very beginning I was so anxious I suffered from loss of appetite and naseous a lot of the time (to the point that I would throw up occasionally), I cried so much I literally wasn’t even sure how I had any tears left, I had intrusive thoughts galore it was like my mind wouldn’t stop it was not a fun time. Once things started calming down a bit there were moments where I just felt anxious for no reason at all it was terrible (I still get this from time to time. I’m so bad at explaining myself but it was like that nervous feeling I would get when I had to present in front of class except absolutely nothing caused it. And oddly enough when I faced situations that I knew would normally give me that nervous feeling I wouldn’t really get nervous. It’s all so strange! It has been pretty tough, I remember feeling like it was just never going to end but slowly things started to stop. It was very gradual and there were moments where I felt like I hadn’t made any improvement but I’ve just been as patient as I can be with myself! What about yourself? Happy to hear you are improving as well :)
-Kay
-Kay
I'm not getting as much gas as I used to but the constipation and diarrhea still can be a pain. To be honest as difficult as it may be I'd prolly wait it out a few cycles and if you see little to no improvement then go to the doc. Cuz sometimes stress can cause reactions like GI issues or hair loss and the body's reactions are delayed a bit.
-Dani
-Dani