Hi!
Yes, I had those weird intrusive thoughts about death probably started about 2-3 months off of the pill. Not suicidal, just curious about death...looking up online to see what happens when we die, what its like to die, etc... I would also not be suicidal, but wonder if dying would be better than what I was going through and they kind of came out of nowhere. I also had the foggy brain really bad for months. Apparently, that is a symptom of anxiety. It is really scary, but apparently all of it is just anxiety so it can't hurt you.
Yes, I had those weird intrusive thoughts about death probably started about 2-3 months off of the pill. Not suicidal, just curious about death...looking up online to see what happens when we die, what its like to die, etc... I would also not be suicidal, but wonder if dying would be better than what I was going through and they kind of came out of nowhere. I also had the foggy brain really bad for months. Apparently, that is a symptom of anxiety. It is really scary, but apparently all of it is just anxiety so it can't hurt you.
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Hi Anna,
I thought I was alone in having thoughts about dying/what happens when we die/where life came from etc. I’m a almost a year off and don’t have that as strongly and many of my symptoms have ceased. So that’s a plus!
Alicia
I thought I was alone in having thoughts about dying/what happens when we die/where life came from etc. I’m a almost a year off and don’t have that as strongly and many of my symptoms have ceased. So that’s a plus!
Alicia
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Hey Anna!
Martha here :) It's been a while since we talked and I posted on this forum.
How are you? I hope you are feeling better now than the past few times we talked. I have been praying for all of us here.
I'm 10 months off the pill and I'm feeling much better. I can start to see that I can have the life i had before all these. I'm 75% there.
I still get anxiety attacks and sometimes i can still feel the symptoms (hard to breathe, head pressure & fainting feeling) but i can manage it better.
I'm still taking Ltheanine everyday to calm me down.
Like you i feel like I have PMDD now :( i get this bad cramps when ovulating. Like i can lietrally feel the ache inside my abdomen. I get ligjtheaded and nauseous that doesn't help with my anxiety disoder.
What about you Anna? What symptoms do you still have?
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I have even tracking my temp everyday and even for an ovulation test just out of curiosity and I don’t think that I am ovulating :(
Anyone else ?
Anyone else ?
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Hello Anna,
The symptoms I struggle the most with is anxiety, depersonalization and Derealization. I think I developed a bit of a disorder with dp/dr. I am trying really hard to stay positive and believe I will get better. I already had underlying anxiety/depression before the pill, so I am pretty sure going off it just made my symptoms go crazy!!!
The symptoms I struggle the most with is anxiety, depersonalization and Derealization. I think I developed a bit of a disorder with dp/dr. I am trying really hard to stay positive and believe I will get better. I already had underlying anxiety/depression before the pill, so I am pretty sure going off it just made my symptoms go crazy!!!
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Hey girls!
Is anyone else having issues with getting UTI’s? I’m almost a year off and never got them and now all the sudden am getting them out of the blue!! I read they can have to do with Postmenopause or wacky estrogen levels? This is such a long journey....
Is anyone else having issues with getting UTI’s? I’m almost a year off and never got them and now all the sudden am getting them out of the blue!! I read they can have to do with Postmenopause or wacky estrogen levels? This is such a long journey....
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So I noticed that I’ll be good one month but the next month I’m bad... just wondering if I’m ovulating one month having my symptoms lighter or gone and then the other month I don’t and they are much more prominent.
Anyone else notice this ? Right now I’m facing horrible intrusive thoughts and anxiety
Anyone else notice this ? Right now I’m facing horrible intrusive thoughts and anxiety
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Ok so I am at week three of my cycle, almost on week 4 and I have been plagued with horrible panic attacks everyday. I don’t know why and everything seems so distant and numb. I am 6 months off the pill but I am usually not this bad. Don’t know what’s happening. Don’t know what I should do, if I should go back on the pill or try antidepressants again or what. I’m in bio identical hormones but those are not seeming to help right now. Please someone help me. I feel like I’m losing my mind.
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It’s been over a week and I have almost had a panic attack everyday. WHY. I am so depressed and getting intrusive thoughts and I feel like I’ve gone back to the beginning. Like I’m six months off and this is still happening ? I thought I was healing but it seems like I’m at square one again. I am so sick of this and just want to cry everyday.
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Hey, so I’ve been on this board for about a year and a half and I just want to say that I’ve improved significantly! Going through this has been such a miserable time and I truly hurt for anyone who is dealing with it. My biggest problem was ROCD but I did deal with depression & anxiety for the longest time as well. after a while those effects kind of subsided but sometimes I still get them back, like right now. I notice that about a week before my period I start to feel “odd” Weird towards everything, ROCD thoughts, tired, anxiety and just BLAH! so weird and frustrating to feel like I’m at square one again but I just have to remember that I felt good last week lol! hang in there
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Hey Hayles.. not sure if you are on this site still but I would love to talk to you as I am experiencing the same thing!!
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Hi! Would love to talk too.. I’m experiencing the same and it has me so afraid and throws me into a panic attack almost everyday for 2 weeks now. I hope there is a way we can talk, I’m so desperate
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Hey guys I’m having a really hard time. I don’t know if I’m seriously depressed or have harm ocd but it’s taken a toll on me. Went off birth control in feb. Never had any mental health problems before, no anxiety or depression. Now I do, I’ve had anxiety since I’ve came off the pill, some depression here and there. The past two weeks have been horrible with thoughts like “you want to die” “what’s the point” etc etc. I have my mom staying with me because I’m so scared and ruminating constantly on the thoughts . Does anyone else had this ? I’m six months off.. thought I would be doing better. I have made huge progress but now this has been a major setback. I’m not sure what to do and I cry about it everyday
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I'm so sorry for my delay in responding! Yes, I think the exact same thing happened to me. I never really experienced depression, but I did have anxiety at a very low and manageable level and once the thing happened with the pill I believe my hormones just went crazy and caused all of the symptoms. But the fact that all of this just happened to start after the pill...well that just goes to show that it is definitely what caused it. Now that it has been a couple of weeks, how are you doing with the Zoloft? Has it been helping you at all?
Anna
Anna
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Hi Martha!!
Wow its good to hear from you :) I'm sorry for my delay in responding to your post here. I'm so happy to hear you are feeling better now!
My symptoms and especially anxiety and depression got so bad in the start of June that I had to start seeing a new psychiatrist and was put on antidepressant medication that helps with anxiety as well. I have been doing a lot better. I am able to leave the house again, don't feel scared, can go to the gym, drive, live my life, etc... the medication has helped me a great deal. I still get some anxiety - like you described, the hard to breathe feeling but its a lot less now and I really only feel bad or not like myself before and during my period (which is the PMDD, I believe). During this time I feel really tired, sluggish, bad cramps, nausea, diarrhea, less motivated, sometimes dizzy, migraine, etc... Its just not a good time.
Wow its good to hear from you :) I'm sorry for my delay in responding to your post here. I'm so happy to hear you are feeling better now!
My symptoms and especially anxiety and depression got so bad in the start of June that I had to start seeing a new psychiatrist and was put on antidepressant medication that helps with anxiety as well. I have been doing a lot better. I am able to leave the house again, don't feel scared, can go to the gym, drive, live my life, etc... the medication has helped me a great deal. I still get some anxiety - like you described, the hard to breathe feeling but its a lot less now and I really only feel bad or not like myself before and during my period (which is the PMDD, I believe). During this time I feel really tired, sluggish, bad cramps, nausea, diarrhea, less motivated, sometimes dizzy, migraine, etc... Its just not a good time.
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