Feeling depressed after stopping the birth control pills?

A bit.. but it comes and goes.. at the moment ok but the anxiety pops up at any bloody time..the ear noise and pressure in my head is very frustrating and contributes to the anxiety as well going to see a ear nose and throat specialist next week and hopefully get some answers on that. Dreading when my next period comes along with the emotions ..not that I even know when that is I'm so used to tracking it with the pill!!!!!

Hi, I'm wondering how you are doing now? Did you go back on the pill? Have you gotten any better?

Hiya
I do think it's getting better. Although the pressure in my ears and head and noise is still there...ent said it's muscle tension and hormones. Still occasionally have "off moments" but they aren't as regular as before and don't last very long..

Hi I have a question and would like to talk privately to someone about what I've been going through...

Did anyone experience extreme hypochondria with the depression?? I'm constantly worried something is wrong with me.

Hi
Yes.I'm the same

Thanks for sharing. I am going through this right now & there's a lot of pressure on me to take medication for a "mood disorder" but I experienced all the awful pregnancy symptoms while on birth control & I forget that this can be a factor that's being ignored. hormones..

This is my first time posting, but I rely heavily on this forum as a therapy of some sort. December 26th will be my 4th month off birth control. I was on the pill for close to 2-1/2 years and towards the end I started to feel strange, I also gained a lot of weight. So I decided to go off. I quit mid pack. The first 3 months were absolute hell being that I didn't know what was wrong with me, I had no idea the pill could cause everything I have been going through so I automatically assumed I was dying. I've had blood tests, MRI, car scan, ultra sound which all came back normal. Head pressure, headaches, back/shoulder/neck tension, food and medication sensitivity, anxiety, panic attacks, heart palpitations, and major depression from not getting better hit me hard my 2nd and 3rd month. I went through all this everyday for the first 3 months. I also had insomonia and was scared to go to bed because I though I would die in my sleep. Nothing like a little sleep paralysis and heart palpitations to scare the bejesus out of me. The doctors began to treat me like a hypochondriac and suggested I take anti depressants. But I had never had any issues with depression before I couldn't wrap my mind around this. I started to analyze everything I did or anything that changed that would cause this. It took 3 months of suffering but the bright light bulb finally clicked. I was feeling strange while on the pill and stopped taking them all together. I wish I would've put it together much sooner, it may have given me more peace of mind and I could've been taking supplements to ease what I am going through from the start. I said hell no to anti depressants because In my heart I knew/know this is hormonal. I take a Valium or zanex as needed which hasn't been as often lately. With the acception of today... my first major set back since I've started to feel less anxiety everyday. I was in a crowded store, it was hot, and I got stuck with the slowest salesman ever! I started to get heart palpitations, sweat, and panic.. mid transaction mind you, he had my card so there was but darting out the door. I hadn't had an attack that bad in weeks so I'm kind of bummed, but from what I've been reading other women's anxiety/panic/depression peak while ovulating and while on their period. I'm on day 4 of my period. I'm so angry that this has happened to me, I try to snap myself out of that mind frame but I can't help but be scared that this is my life forever.. I'm not the same person I was and I just want the old me back : ( I hope some of you start to feel better

This sounds so much like me. I've turned into a depressed hypochondriac. I'm two and half months off the pill. I'd stopped taking it because I felt super depressed the week before my period, then had some sharp scary headaches that sent me into full panic. Stopped the pill and just plummeted. I too had the head pressure, headaches and almost all the other symptoms you had. I had a head MRI, tons of bloodwork, and have been to about four different doctors. I feel completely insane and like I'll never recover from this. If I'm not panicking about my health, I'm depressed and crying. I'm curious what birth control pill you were on? I was on Minastrin for the last four months and Microgestin before that.

I feel your pain. I'm in the height of the depression part of it now. My case is different to most others. but it's taking a long time to recover. I don't know what to do..... I was offered anti depressants too but I don't want to take them because I know this is hormonal but my hormones don't seem to want to co-operate and balance out. My anxiety is preventing me from taking birth control because I don't want to go through this again. But I am 34 and I was on yasminelle (Yasmin, be yaz group). It's really upsetting. My life has changed so much. I used to be happy and had the odd bad day but nothing like this. I even thought maybe I'm in peri-menopause but I've had hormone tests that say my hormone levels are fine. This is a nightmare. I feel for everybody that is going through this.

Ugh, I'm so sorry. What a nightmare. I feel so sad for my husband and kids, like I'm ruining their lives. I started anxiety meds four days after stopping the birth control and it made me worse. Was on those for six weeks and finally figured out they were adding to my misery. So I'm very hesitant to try anti depressants.

I'm a single mom to a 7 year old and I too feel like I'm ruining her life. I've had no energy to do much and the anxiety was unreal that I couldn't drive for a while. I was going to try going back on birth control but I'm not even sure that would help. I'm scared to make myself worse. It's a terrible feeling...... I'm sorry you are going through this. It's truly awful.

I was on microgestin which I believe is the generic of loestrin. I also get the sharp pains or zings in my head or chest, but not like I used to when I first went off. When I'm under any stress I immediately get knots and tension which kind of freak me out. The first week I went off I was at work and felt like I had a mini stroke. I found it difficult to talk and grip anything. It was as if my motor skills weren't working.

How long have you been off of it? Is your anxiety super high? I was on Microgestin then switched to Minastrin in June, lost my ever loving mind first week of October. : /

I feel your pain. I have a 10 year old and it's been very hard to shield her from what I am going through. I've had panic attacks while driving and there are times where I have to fight through that uncomfortable feeling until I get to work or where ever I'm going. Along with head pressure I've had change in vision, my left eye only which seems strange. I also had a plugged left ear for a couple months. Now there's just popping along with occasional head pressure/ discomfort. I've read that birth control side effects can conflict with one side of your body so I don't feel so bad like I did. There were and are many days where I don't even want to get out of bed. Anxiety and random panic attacks are exhausting and I don't even have fun socializing let alone having a conversation. I think going back on birth control will mess us up even more. If there's anything I've learned from this is that synthetic hormones are not good for us. Ive literally spent hours reading other girls stories and the ones that go back on the pill stay the same or get worse. Of course the doctors urge women to go back on the pill or take anti depressants. Both my doctor and gynecologist did. Luckily I have help from my parents to take care of my daughter on my bad days, I don't know what I would've done without their help. What we are going through really is hard, it's the hardest thing I've ever gone through in my 31 years here on earth, and I honestly don't think anyone truly understands until they go through it. This is not in our heads and it's not a light switch we can click on and off or talk or calm ourselves out of. Guess we just have to ride it out... ugh all I can think of is how many more weeks or months until my body will balance itself back out