-Brea
Loading...

Not sure if you are still posting here, just wanted to find out how you doing now?
I stopped the pill August 2018 and was ok for the first month or so I thought but in hindsight I saw the depression start, and I couldn't understand where it was coming from. And then about a month later I had a complete meltdown for about 2 weeks where I would wake up having a panic attack, that would last most of the morning and start easing in the afternoon. To cut a lont story short, I've been where you were, i'm at month 4 after this all started and I'm feeling better but not 100% yet. This month's cycle has been rough to be honest with depression and hopelessness and have had more nervousness in the morning again. The afternoons are better. Ive basically been using a lot of natural supplements, which are helping but I guess I just want to know that this wont last forever. I also have moments where I get so frustrated and wonder if I've ever going to be myself again..... of if this is now my life.... battling through each day. I was so looking forward to having children but since this ordeal, its the one thing that scares me now an no longer sure I want kids (till the good days come, then I want them again lol )
Loading...

Loading...
I get the awful nervousness when I'm trying to sleep, it keeps me awake just being restless and on edge. I have such bad vertigo and vision problems my GP has referred me to a neurologist. It's turned my life upside down and I don't know how long it will take to get better or if I ever will. I would love to hear from some of the girls posting on this forum a few years ago!!
Loading...

I also had vision issues, I already ware prescription glasses so it felt like my vision got more blurry. Not sure if you taking any supplements but it helps and so does eliminating coffee and sugar. Look up a lady. By the name Jolene Brighten on google she give a good explanation of what’s happening and what sups to take. For the anxiety maybe ask at a health shop for GABA or ashwagarn root that help tremendously. Magnesium
, zinc, b6 and b12 and vit c... up to 2000mg a day to support adrenals. Also try get and pre and pro biotic combo ....
Loading...
Loading...

Loading...
Loading...
-Brea
Loading...
Loading...

Thanks so much for your encouragement, and for shining hope that this wont last forever :-) Glad you are feeling much better, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy to be honest. I also struggle during ovulation with the thoughts. Had 2 really good weeks in December so when it started getting bad again I got worried that I was going backwards. Been feeling better the last 2-3 days again thank the Lord. I'm also doing what you doing and retraining my mind
Loading...

HI Brea, the intrusive thoughts stopped about 4 weeks ago... now its just TERRIBLE boughts of depression / hopelessness and I feel so exhausted at the thought of the future. Like do I really have to carry on. Then the "cloud" clears and I feel myself again. BUT in the beginning I was afraid to be alone with my husband (weve only been married 2 years next month)I felt trapped in my marriage. I started the pill tabout 2 weeks before we got married, and the week of our honeymoon is when I went into a state of panic about whether I had married the right person so I know that was hormones talking. so those thoughts stopped and then it became a case of "please don't leave me" was scared I was going to loose him so spent my days praying to the Lord for his protection. That still creeps up on me at times. Then I went through a stage where I felt like nothing was real, that everything was a dream, that freaked me out a lot and would set off major panic attacks. Then there was a time when the world seemed strangely shaped to me, I felt trapped and clastraphobic in it... unsafe, the only place I felt safe was at home with my hubby. everything around me triggered a panic attack and my body would just shake uncontrollably. I was afraid to sleep because I kept waking up in a panic. Even my dreams were weird.Anyways, I did a lot of research, still do and the info is all the same.... the pill depletes nutrients and amino acids and if you've already been running on too much stress , your entire endocrine system "breaks" for lack of a better word. I had a friend who knew before I did what was happening to me and why and started helping with as did my mom cause she went through this exact thing during menaupause. !!!! so the key is to give our bodies time, nourish them with good food, take supplements (magnesium , vit c, vit b5, b6, b12, omega 3, pre and probiotic combo, and maybe GABA were necessary. The literature says it helps with the racing thoughts and actual physical anxiety. I found I have to take high doses of Vit C (3000mg) per day and high omega 3 as this is anti - inflamatory which helps with your brian functioning better. Walking and cycling helped once I started getting stronger too.... (stopped training for 2 months)
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...

how long have you been off birth control?
Loading...