Feeling depressed after stopping the birth control pills?

I am going through all the things described here. Help me see here what's the "light at the end of the tunnel", I've been reading all these posts and there seems to be no cure here?? Desperate for a change

This is how I feel right now, and its been scaring the sh*t out of me. My mind and body feel disconnected and depression hits on a basis. I went from being the most laid back and energetic person to just wanting to sleep all day and want to be alone. I don't want to feel this way anymore, I feel crazy, will it ever completely go away? I used to be the.happiest and cheerful person ;c your post does give me hope that eventually I shall feel better, it's just odd. I woke up feeling distant one morning and haven't been the same since.

Additionally, many fertility experts (including doctors) are concerned about the fact that women often are not informed that the birth control pill can cause an chemical abortion as well as prevent pregnancy. Despite the hormones’ ability to prevent the release of eggs, sometimes a “breakthrough ovulation” takes place.

A woman can still conceive a baby (embryo), who because of synthetic hormones cannot attach to the uterine lining and is aborted. The pill’s third mechanism is to change the lining of the endometrium, which creates a hostile environment for a newly created human life.

The similar and even worse mechanism works in case of IUDs (coils), like Mirena, where one of the mechanisms incorporates a physical intrusion to prevent implantation of already conceived baby (embryo).

Natural family planning methods are the best and the most healthy ones, we use Lady-Comp fertility monitor and it is a great, reliable natural method, more effective than invssive contraception...

Eva

Hi all,  This is a man here wanting to find out if any of you felt this way. 

My ex and I were I thought big time in love. It was real, fun and natural. she said she wanted to make babies with and how much she loved me.  So she took herself off the pill.  4 days after saying to me she wanted to make babies she suddenly says we need to take a break.  Being a little shocked i said ok take your time also this is a LDR relationship.  A week goes by she tells me she has been depressed and empty.  I ask her what is going on with us.   She ends the relationship and says she never loved and doesn't know if she can love anyone.  That she shouldn't have said those things to me...

Have any of you ladies done this to your man before?  And did you get back with him because you were in love?

thank you severly heartbroken 

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Hi, what is your website?? I was on beyaz for four years. I stopped taking it a month ago and last week my body went crazy. I was in the car with my boyfriend and experienced a panic attack for no reason. I started crying and i felt like my mind was going crazy. It has been a week and it has only gotten worse. I am anxious for no reason and walk around in fear for no reason. I feel like I need to go to a mental hospital. This is one of the worst things i have ever gone through. It is affecting my ability to hold a simple conversation. i dont even know who i am! seriously feel like im going nuts

It's true! I thought that I was going crazy but it turns out many women are in the same spot as I am. I guess I can be a reference as to what your body and mind will endure the first 5 days of being off of the pill. I found myself becoming very very anxious the first 2 days.I started having very irrational thoughts, ones that just didn't make sense at all; if my partner was cheating on me, life problems, when in reality I've been having a streak of good luck. Day 3 and 4 I felt very withdrawn and found myself getting annoyed with my friends, random people, and situations. Now on day 5 I have hit depression. I woke up angry and sad. Didn't even want to go upstairs to eat so I didn't have to talk to anyone. I've been in bed all day just trying to remind myself that it's just the imbalance of hormones and that I'm not alone and many women have experienced this. Please please please just remind yourself that you are not alone and that you are not going crazy! Talk to friends (even if you don't want to). Keep busy, exercise, and interact!! You will only fall deeper into the hole if depression and will start questioning yourself, when in reality you shouldn't! Good luck to women who have just weaned off of the pill. Your life will be restored in no time!

I can't locate your blog :(

Are you feeling the same way?

Yes and the doctor I see doesn't give much credit to the hormones being a cause. She says anxiety and situational changes like job changes for my husband and myself are more the cause. I agree that can contribute to it some but why then did my panic and anxiety start a week after I stopped birth control? Doctors are not giving enough attention to how stopping birth control can affect us and HOW LONG it will affect us. I'm going on two months off of it. I have started Zoloft (3 weeks ago) but it's not going to completely cure me bc I know it's mainly the hormones.

Arrrggggggg!!! Just stopped taking my yasmin about two weeks ago and I'm a hot mess!!! I feel so depressed and just want to cry constantly!!! I even missed work yesterday and have had to take quite a few breaks to regain my composure today. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

i dont mean to get in on this but my wife recently stopped the pill and has fell into depression crying alot feelings of over whelmed and has even said she doesnt love our family any more im worried for our marriage and our family i dont want to lose her and dont know what to do im a mess and am being pulled down with it any help would be great

Hi guys,

I was taking TriNessa for 4 years and stopped in March 2014. This entire year I've been experiencing severe depression, anxiety, and lacking motivation. I transfered to a university in January and it was stressful trying to find a direction I wanted to go in, so I can't tell if what I've been experiencing is from these changes in my life or from stopping birth control.

I think it's a combination of both, but maybe my emotions have been amplifed because of my hormone imbalance? I'm not sure. I did not think I could have a hormone imbalance until recently so I will be getting a test soon.

Within the past two months I've been feeling better and more motivated, so I don't know if I'm beginning to recover. 

Two questions I have:

My doctor told me TriNessa was a low hormone birth control, so is it still possible that a low hormone birth control could these side effects on me?

My past two periods have been more painful than usual, also lining up with the fact that I've slowly been starting to feel better in the past two months. My periods before this did not hurt at all even though I was off birth control. Could this be a sign my body is starting to recover? 

If anyone has any helpful information I would be really appreciative!! Links or books to this would also be helpful.

Hi, I wanted to thank-you for you online thread and blog. I stopped by birth control pills (zarah aka yasmin) 2 months ago. After 2 weeks of stopping it's been a nightmare. I had panic attacks, hot flashes, feelings of impending doom and depression. It's just terrible. I am going to see my gyn tomorrow about it and to get my labs drawn. I wanted to thank you for your support. It's good to know the first six months is terrible then it gets better after that. :)

I am beyond grateful to have found this page. I have been googling like crazy to figure out what is wrong with me. It's really interesting that these side effects we are all going through are not mentioned in articles regarding the consequences of stoping contraceptive pills. I was surprised and shocked that none I have come across have said anything about depression, weight loss, anxiety - even those posted by notorious organizations such as the Mayo Clinic. (Or maybe I have missed them? If I have please let me know!!) I was on Lutera for monthly periods. Lutera has the lowest dosage. I started the pill January 2014 and ended it in May 2014, did not take it over the summer months (June, July and August). I restarted the pill on September 2014 and ended it on October 2014. This passed summer was a hard one personally and caused a lot of stress on my body and mind. At the time, I would have silent panic attacks (by silent I mean in my head) and go through periods of very low headaches. I was okay other than that, slept fine and had no pressing and stressing headache. This was just two months off the pill. The third month, I lost ALOT of weight and developped mild anxiety. I restarted the same pill with the same dosage in September of this year and ended in October. Ever since the day I stopped I have been on an emotional roller coaster. My anxiety has increased significantly, I am continuously loosing weight and my headaches have become chronic. The one thing that gets me the most stressed out is the fact that I CANNOT sleep. I have always been a light sleeper, and over the past two months (October-November) I have been insanely sleep deprived. I can't emphasize my inability to fall asleep. It has led me to take 5mg melatonin pills (sometimes two at one time) and Gravol pills (Canadian anti-nausea pills that cause sleep). One night it was so bad I took 4 Gravol pills at the same time - the recommended dosage is 1 - and still couldn't sleep. Unfortunately for me, I don't have the energy or the time to focus on getting over these side effects for the next few months. It's a little unusual that I haven't been on it as long as you all have, but everything you have said on this thread page matches the side effects I'm facing perfectly. I will be going back on the pill, and will hopefully come off of it when I am in the right place and state of mind. Keep fighting girls!!

I'm so glad there is a forum that is still continuing! I thought I was going crazy when I was gaining a ridiculous amount of weight in such a short amount of time. I also started getting painful acne again and on top of that, I was much more oily than I first started OTC-LO. My breakouts were even worse before I started the pill. And my hair was so oily, which I never had a problem with before. I was also crying over stupid things like sad commercials and sad scenes--THIS NEVER HAPPENS TO ME. And on top of that I was so depressed, and it made me even more depressed that my skin was looking horrible and I stopped fitting all of my clothes. I'm pretty sure I went from 122-135 maybe even 140 some weeks. No change in diet!!!! I even started counting my calories after I gained 7-10 lbs and started working out but the weight would no budge. I never experienced this in my life.

I stopped taking zoloft and klonopin at the same time and I was thinking it was the sideeffects of stopping anti depressants and anti anxiety meds as well. But the side effects are different and they're long gone now.

I got off the pill in august and went back on OTC( I was on OTC LO) and after 4 months of being back on I no longer feel lethargic, tired, or moody. I'm starting to go out again-- I wasnt before because my skin was so bad and I felt so fat and didn't want to deal with the comments of the sudden weight gain. The weight is still here but my skin has improved, and I don't have to deal with oily hair anymore.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO GET OFF THE PILL. Someone PLEASE tell me how long it took for their body to regulate. That was such a dark place that I don't want to visit again but maybe I can stick it out if I know how long it will take for me to feel better after discontinuing the pill. Ive only been on it for a year and a few months...but the side effects of stopping were just too crazy for me. I'm a full time student and I have a job, and being in a bad mood + lethargic can really mess things up for me :(