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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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Guest

My wife has been experiencing major depression when she stopped the pill to the point she cry’s almost daily . How can we help her while things adjust ?
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Guest

Help my wife has been crying every day and been expierencing major depression and thoughts since the day she stopped this pill how can I help her?
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Guest

I saw that you wrote this a year ago. How are you feeling now?
It has been 6 months since I stopped the pill and I am still recovering but I see improvement.
Thanks
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D.P.

I'm so relieved to hear everyone else has a similar experience. I was on Yaz for 10 years and stopped the pill 3 months ago. About 2 days every week, I get severely depressed, can't stop crying, and feel extreme fatigue like I can't move my arms and legs. I can't even leave my apartment some weekends. My boyfriend has a nickname for my crazy alter-ego and tries to avoid talking to me during my depression episodes because I become a crying baby or will try to break up with him. Other times I feel anxious like I'm having a panic attack. I work in the medical field but can't believe why doctors prescribe the pill like candy!! I wish they would take the time to read everyone's experiences on this site! I don't know how much longer I can tolerate these symptoms. Has anyone had a full recovery? Need hope right now.

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Guest

I can't seem to find your sight I would really like to read more I'm suffering from the same thing it has only been two and a half weeks for me off the pill though I don't know if I can deal with 6 months :( I can't believe what birth control does I don't want to get back on it I stopped because I started getting panic attacks on my period and now I'm just a roller coaster I'm either depressed having a panic attack or terrified with anxiety
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Guest

It’s been 10 days since anyone posted. How is everyone doing?
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Guest

Hi everyone was wondering if this is still an active board, hope everyone is doing better :)
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Just seeing if this works.
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Guest

how is everyone doing lately ???? Was hoping I wouldn’t have to find myself on these forums for this long. It’s been about 7 months since coming off the pill. I’m a few days late for my period which is normal because I’m starting to get back on my “normal” cycle. Today I feel very down. On days like these I find myself trying to remember the person I used to be. In the beginning of this process I noticed a lot of Changes! I wasn’t happy, I was depressed my anxiety was terrible and I just really didn’t want to do anything and doubted everything. 7 months later and I’ve gained a lot of my happiness back. I’ve found happiness in things I enjoyed doing once again. The only thing I am still holding onto is the loss of feelings towards my boyfriend. I’ve felt like this since March about a week after starting the pill. These feelings have definitely became less but are still here everyday. I really just doubt everything about us and about him and I don’t know what to do about it anymore. I’ve had different stages of fears. Some have stayed and some left. I question almost everything about him and I am a complete brat! I used to be very shy and super nice around my boyfriend as well as everyone else. Now I am a moody brat and lash out on him for EVERYTHING he does. I am so lucky to have this man yet I am finding it so hard to ever feel like I can fall in love with him again. I am losing hope. (Also, my right left right about my knee has been “numb” since July. It feels weird when I shave over it or when I rub it) help!
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Guest

Id like to read your blog but that url doesn't seem to point to the right place. After 2 months off the pill now, also yasmin, I'm strongly considering going back on it.

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Hi what does the feeling feel like?can't you stop your self?
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Guest

I’m not sure what feeling you’re talking about? I just described how I felt. & stop myself from doing what?
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Guest

The feeling of not inlove and being horrible to your other half
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Guest

Just wanted to give an update - I'm almost three months off the pill and I am seeing a lot of improvement from where I was when I quit it. I am finding more happiness in doing things, and I'm really trying to do nice things for people (like baking 35 cupcakes for my coworkers, weird).
The only thing I can't seem to kick is the depression I get during my period. I get these really negative thoughts and just feel like crying for the first 3 days of it. I wasn't like this before, but I think it wasn't as bad as last month, so maybe I'm getting there. Has anyone experienced that?

Either way, hold on tight ladies. This takes some time, but we'll be back to our normal again!
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Guest

Not feeling in love anymore sucks. It’s a feeling of loss of connection and distance. I am feeling a lot better than how I used to but the relationship basically just doesn’t feel the same.
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