Hey guys! Happy to report I’ve been feeling so much better the past few months. I still have my moments of anxiety and days where I feel a little more “off” than others, but generally I can live my life and feel okay, which I’m super grateful for! I do feel pretty crappy around ovulation still, but it’s honestly hard to remember if I’ve always felt that way, and now I’m just more aware of it.
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Hey ladies, how are you all coming along? In case anyone wants an update, I’m currently a year and 8 months off of the pill and lately I’ve been feeling my best. I’ve been taking metformin for my PCOS along with B12 and my anxiety has pretty much died down. It still lingers a bit (possibly because this started a year and 3-4 months ago so maybe I need even more time to heal), but overall I haven’t been obsessing anywhere near as much as I was when this first started. On the down days during my cycle and even days where I drink coffee, I tend to overthink about this experience and my mental health as a whole but I try my best to remind myself it’s not permanent and that it’s mostly just my body being out of whack. Does anyone else get really stressed on their bad days thinking about like “what if I’m going crazy” and stuff like that? sometimes my mind almost believes the thoughts and it’s so annoying lol. But anyways, overall I feel pretty good these past 2 months so hopefully it continues to get better and it’ll all be a distant memory at some point. I’ve been having more days where I forget about all the anxiety, so that gives me hope :) stay strong everyone
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Glad to hear everyone is coming along. I'm about to start my 6th period off the pill. My progress has been strange. My symptoms before & during my period have improved. I don't experience as much depression or mood swings as I did in the beginning, however after my period is over i'm suddenly hit with a wave of insane fatigue that can last for quite a while. I've also started having PVCs again that had gone away for a while. I recently started taking fish oil and it has helped my brain fog a ton. B vitamins are also helping too. I'm hoping to see a difference now that i'm hitting the 6 month mark.
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hi ladies how are you all doing? There haven’t been many posts lately, I hope you’re all powering through :)
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Hi Jennifer. It’s been a while since you’ve posted, but I really hope I hear from you. My daughter was on the pill for 8 days also and she is almost two months off of it-irritable and now telling me she is sad for no reason. I am so upset for her. Did it get better for you? Thanks :)
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Hi ladies, how are you all doing? In 2 months I’ll officially be 2 years off the pill, I can’t believe it’s been this long already. I’ve been feeling a bit off these past few days and I feel like it might have to do with missing a few days of my PCOS treatment (Metformin) along with drinking coffee which I need to stop doing lol. Setbacks like this make me worry a bit but at the same time I realize that I’ve felt amazing recently and this setback began during ovulation. So hopefully it’ll be over soon, I hate feeling confused about my emotions and worrying about the most minor irrational things.
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I feel you! I’ve been feeling so much better these past few months of taking my supplements. I almost feel like me again and I can actually live my life! But every time I have an off day I immediately worry that I’m gonna spiral down again.
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I’m glad you’re doing well!! I’ve been slacking with my supplements so I should probably start taking them again. My mind has been racing mostly when I’m not busy and it seriously makes me so anxious. And then I get anxiety about the anxiety lol this really sucks. I really hope I can get over this whole experience as soon as possible, because it’s been like a never ending rollercoaster.
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Hey all, I just posted a few hours ago and it’s currently 5 AM where I live. I’m not sure if I’m just anxious because I’m sleep deprived but I feel like a mess. I keep having racing thoughts about every little thing, and then overthinking about all of these thoughts. It makes me feel bad because I’ll be 2 years off in March and I was just feeling fully recovered for a few months. This makes me feel like I’m going crazy, like I’m developing something serious :( but the rational part of my mind knows that it’s just the anxiety and part of my recovery. I think it’s no coincidence that my period is coming in about a week, and these symptoms just came back recently. I hope they subside once it’s over because I really just want to feel like myself
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Recovery is a process! Some days/weeks are worse than others, but just remember, you’ve been through this before and it always ends. The anxiety won’t last forever. I’m two and half years off and I still have rough days, but that’s just part of healing!
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Thanks so much for replying! You’re so right. I just get so caught up in the moment and forget what it was even like when I felt normal over the past few months, but I have to remind myself. Today I feel a bit better, but for some reason I keep overthinking my past as well as my future. I was remembering this time in high school where I dealt with depersonalization for months (probably from stress/sleep deprivation/my hormones) and now I keep thinking like “omg what if I get back to that state of mind” and just overthinking all of my thoughts. I hate this lol I hope we can all recover fully as soon as possible
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I relate so much! Anytime I have an off day I immediately panic thinking that I’m going to revert back to my days of severe depersonalization/derealization and that thought terrifies me. But I’ve found that if I just try to focus on the tasks at hand and dont let my anxious thoughts control my day, eventually they just go away. I’ve mentioned this before on here but the book “At Last A Life” has helped me so so so much.
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Yes! Ugh it’s great to know that I’m not alone (even though I wish we didn’t have to deal with this anxiety at all.) you’re right! I definitely need to practice more mindfulness/grounding techniques. And thanks for the book recommendation, gonna check it out!
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I'm about to start month 8 or 9, i've lost track, and i'm having a bad setback. SO much anxiety. Do any of you have random twitching all over your body? I hate this.
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