Feeling depressed after stopping the birth control pills?

Im about 10 months off now! Only recently have i sort of put my feelings down to the pill! Had my bloods done an they were all regular- i was kinda hoping they would show something so i could take somethin to make me better :-( its affecting me most in my relationship- i too have lost my zest for life an feel like my love is forced at times! I get so angry with myself because my husband is being so supportive an he went through a really bad time before he met me an he always said i was his light an now im draggin him through the mud. I kno he loves me unconditionally and i jus wana be able to be there for him but im so depressed an anxious! Thinkin irrational thoughts about the future and retreating in to myself. He doesnt deserve it- says he misses the happy me- so do i :-( we arent long married either so i feel iv destroyed what should be the honeymoon period. Sometimes i feel like leaving cos he deserves so mucb better. I hate the person iv become :-(((

HI, iv been taking samE, vitex and oceans 3 for about a month to help with anxiety etc caused by going off the pill- my period is now 4 days late but tested negative. Iv never been this late before- have any of these products ever affected any of you in this way??

Hey guys. Not having too good of a day today. Feeling depressed and tired. The 26th will make 3 months of being off birth control. I've noticed a pattern. I feel way way WAY worse the week of my period and the week after. I feel my best during the week I ovulate. 

So far my cycles off the pill have been kind of regular. They've been 26, 26, and 28 days apart. Could my hormones still be imbalanced if my cycles are regular? I've been wondering that and feeling a little discouraged thinking maybe it's not completely my hormones and that something else may be seriously wrong with me. These have been the most trying 3 months of my life. I just want it to be over. 

 

Hope you all are well. 

 

Hi Faye!! I have a lot of the same symptoms as you. I also was only on birth control pills for 3 months but had the nexplanon in my arm a month prior to starting the pill. The first few weeks off for me were absolutely horrible. I lost 10 pounds in one week from not eating. I had to drink ensures just to keep myself going. I also had severe anxiety to the point I slept only 3 hours in a matter of 3 days. I'm now almost 3 months off and I'm no where near that bad but also no where near normal again. You're taking the right steps to getting better. Just hang in there. It comes with time. That may not help much but just be patient and take it easy.

*I feel way worse the week of my period and the week BEFORE, not after. Whoops.

Good morning ladies.
Iris I too feel the worse while on my period not sure why because I have always read that the onset of your period should bring you relief well not for me. This is when I get the most ocd thoughts and feelings of depression. And my cycle is 6-7 days :(
Mare...

Staying strong

Mare here.
I've been having a really bad period it started on tuesday and yesterday I was depressed until the early afternoon then the cloud lifted in the late evening today thursday Im in between anxios, ocd, depressed and my mind feels clouded at times making it hard to remember things. I pray for this to be over. The forum has been quiet too. Girls...?

Iv been feeling better recently about the issues i was havin with my feelins towards my husband etc! Im hopin iv turned a corner! I dont kno if its jus been time or cos im takin oceans 3!

Hi Ladies,
I've been reading pages and pages of this thread for the last day....I can't tell you how much it's helped. I stopped mid pack on 6/22, it wasn't intentional but I got married on 6/24 so in the days leading up to the wedding while trying to remember everything else I forgot about the pill. Everything went great over that weekend and I made it until 6/26 before almost all of the feelings you have all described came on full force. I had anxiety prior and was treated for it but had it under control and hadn't been on medication for years. This time I felt like I kept having panic attack after panic attack, I couldn't breath, palpitations, bad thoughts, nausea, vomiting, shaking, panicking about panicking, the whole works. We were supposed to leave for our honeymoon that day and needless to say, I just couldn't. I tried to tough it out, set up a doctors appointment for 6/30 but the feelings just wouldn't let up. I wound up at the ER 6/28 they gave me .5mg of Xanax which leveled me out pretty quickly. They also gave me a 15 pill script for it. My husband was the one to connect the dots with the BC and this happening, I googled it and wound up here.

Today at the doctor, I brought up the link between stopping the pack and this happening. It didn't seem that my doctor was on board with it. All I got was "it could possibly be that" then I was quickly written a script for Zoloft and Xanax. Just enough Xanax to get me through the start of the Zoloft basically.

I am terrified to take the Zoloft. So far, since 6/28 and the initial ER visit where they gave me .5mg of Xanax, I have taken 1-1/2 pills total to even out. Literally halves at a time. It really seems to help along with calming tea and keeping busy.

Have any of you taken Zoloft during this? What is your experience with using the Xanax as needed?

Thanks~Mia

How are you girls doing with oceans 3 healthy hormones? Can I get some feedback?
Mare

Iv been taking them for just under a month mare an i think im improving. Dunno if its just due to time or whether they r helping but im gona keep taking them jus in case. I take 3 a day, morning lunch an bedtime. Im scared to stop them in case i go backwards again. Just want this rollercoaster to be over :-/

Anyone any feedback for 5htp??

Thought I'd give a quick update. I'm 8 1/2 months off. I've been taking the Oceans 3 for about a month, and def saw improvements once I started. Emotionally I am worlds better. Just finished my third normal cycle since stopping the pill last October. It's been literal hell but it's lifting. My head still feels foggy and cloudy and off much of the time, but I think my adrenals are shot from so much panic and stress, and that my brain is super sensitive. I imagine it just takes time. I wear my sunglasses a lot because my eyes feel super sensitive. I'm much calmer with them on. Stores are still hard but improving. Im slowly coming out, but my word, it's slow, you guys. I have two little boys and an awesome husband, and I cant tell you how much we have suffered. Praying it gets better with each cycle.

Shyla

Hey gals- man I just typed up this massive post and accidentally deleted it : ( so here I am starting all over again smh

I haven't been posting because there hasn't been much that I've been going through, which is a good thing, it's taken 11 months to get to this point. The first 5 months were hell. I felt dead but I was still alive.

I used to consider myself a strong and independent woman, until this BC situation broke me down. I had never felt so weak alone and scared. Looking back I don't see how I got through it. It's literally the toughest thing I've ever been through.

I've always been able to snap out of things whether it be a stressful situation or physical symptoms, but this was completly different, this post pill nightmare was something that I could not control. N that's a tough pill to swallow, literally.

I'll be off 1 year on August 26th. Although I've come such a long way, from having daily panic anxiety depression to now feeling normal more and more, there is still more healing that I have to do. Re programming my mind is one of them which had been rough.

Every time I start to feel unhappy or a little off, I remind myself that it's normal to not be happy or whole 24/7, and I remind myself that I had moments like this prior to being on the pill, it just wasn't as big of a deal because I never realized it.

Exercise really helps to balance my mood, jogging or going to the gym burns off any negetive energy that I have. So working out and eating clean is definitely key to helping ourselves feel better.

I'm still taking Oceans 3. I take 2 at breakfast with a probiotic and take 1 during the evening with another probiotic. I really like how Oceans has made a subtle difference in my healing process, for me it's worth the price, within the first couple of weeks of taking Oceans 3 I felt a difference.

I still have moments where I'm in limbo with how I feel about my guy, but it's manageable. I just feel bad because I'm still unsure of what I need and what I want.. that's not his fault, now I feel like time is running out. We don't spend as much time together and it doesn't effect me which makes me feel cold, like why don't I care?


seriously I feel so much better ladies, as I read in other gals posts, "it does get better." It's just a very slow process, please hang in there.

Shyla- if your sinus head pressure tinnitus is still and issue. Look up "lymphatic massage, also candida snd tinnitus or candida and sinus." I had a blocked ear, occasional ringing, lots of head pressure until I stared Oceans 3 and began to massage ear Area.

I read all of your posts everyday, just haven't had the time to give an update/post. I will check in more often. Ttfn

Hey everybody. Just got my 4th post pill period today and I'm feeling extremely tired and moody. But not as bad as I was afraid of, at least not yet  .This cycle was 26 days. Which makes my post pill cycles so far 26, 26, 28, and 26 days apart which is still irregular for ME. Before birth control my periods would be 27/28 days apart exactly every month. It's literally only shortened by a day which doesn't seem like that big of a deal but I can tell my hormones are still off. While on birth control my cycles ranged anywhere from 25-31 days. So I know my body is still adjusting. 

If anyone feels as though they may be going crazy and there's no way it could be hormones I'm here to tell you THERE IS. I just keep going back to the fact that I was completely fine before I decided to quit taking the pill and literally days after I was supposed to start my next pack is when this nightmare kicked in. So when I get discouraged I remind myself that the way I feel is completely hormonal and I am healing. This month will make 4 months off for me and in the beginning I thought I would never be better. But I am on my way. 

Hang in there ladies. Get through each day the best way you know how. There is an end in sight.