I had taken THE pill for only 3 months and since then i am having horrible depression.i am now 3 months off bc., but no improvements in My condition.
i am seeing a psychologist and she says that i should wait another 3 months and then only try for anti-depressants. I thought that being 3 months on THE pill is not long.
anybody with Same experiences? I feel desperate.please help....
Hello,
a good friend of mine had the same thing happen to her, even though she was on the pill for a bit longer (6 months). Which pill were you on? I
t's hard to deal with the depression no matter what the cause - it's possible that hormonal disbalance caused by birth control pill just triggered yours, but I have to agree with your psychologist's advice.
Give your body a chance to get back to normal female hormones production instead of taking anti-depressants immediately because they carry a tone of side effects all on their own. Not to mention that antidepressants also need few months to reach full effectiveness, and that is if your prescribing doctor finds the right one for your type of depression,
Hang in there,
Nicole
Did your friend take anti-depressants or she was fired on her own with time? I am from Holland and THE docter gave me ethynilestriol/lestradiol.something like that?
Thanks for THE reply.did your friend take anti-depressants or she got cured with time?i am from Holland and took ethynilestriol/lestradiol.
Yes, the longest I've ever been on the pill before was like 2.5 months and it definitely gave me depression while I was on it and then even worse depression after I abruptly quit it. It's hard to say how long it lasted or even how relevant my experience is to yours because I was already prone to depression in the first place and already going through a difficult time in life--but I will say that the suicidal depression i got from the pill seemed to slowly fade over the next 6 months and really, i think it only faded completely when I started making myself focus on other things and got out more.
The pill works by pumping your body full of synthetic hormones so that it stops making the hormones on its own (in order to halt ovulation and the possibility of pregnancy). The depression that you get when you quit the pill is due to the sudden drop in estrogen. I get that you were only on it 3 months but it can still take your body a while (a lot of people say 6 months) to start making adequate amounts of estrogen again so you're just going to have to wait it out.
I know it's hard but you gotta force yourself to participate in life again and get out more. Take it in baby steps if you have to, but force yourself to participate a little more everyday.
Thank you for your Nice reply.i am getting tired of this kind of feeling everyday.i had post natal depression 8 years ago.after taking anti-depressants,i was ok.last years i had no problem.i was also not taking any medications.
THE pill has made My life horrible.i am So afraid that this is never going to end.
Were you on medications When THE suitable thoughts receded ??
No, I wasn't on anything. I was in counseling though.
Thanks alot.you give me hope.i am also in counseling .
And how long did it take for your depression to go away? What symptoms did you have? I am depressed and down most time of THE day .worst is in THE morning.i have nausea .feel like crying and no interest in life.afraid that this Will never get over.thoughts like i can better die than live with this pain.
Like I said, it's hard to say as I was already depressed. I estimated 6 months, but honey, all I can tell you for sure is that you have got to STOP focusing so much on your various ills! Depression like this--whether it's from the pill or anything else--is NOT going to go away if you keep obsessing about it like this! It might be time to consider an SSRI because I would say that at this point, YOU are the main reason you're so depressed. You have to force yourself to participate in life and if you find that you simply cant do it then it's time to consider medication to get yourself through this rough patch.
I know what it's like to feel suicidal but please don't kill yourself over this! Sometimes life really sucks but you've just got to keep going to get to the good parts again--and I promise you it WILL be good again some day but it's not going to happen overnight and it's not going to happen if you allow yourself to stew in your unhappiness (in fact it can go on indefinitely if you do that).
I don't know what else is going on in your life right now but make a list of what you want in life and then make another list of some smaller goals to help you accomplish your ultimate goals. A goal can be as small as forcing yourself to leave the house every morning or forcing yourself to go to school, or call your friend or whatever. You'll feel better every time you accomplish one of these goals and it gives you something else to focus on.
Thanks alot for your advice.i am doing things what i can like looking after My family and going out etc.but that depressed and Sad feeling is always with me. Very hard in THE mornings.
Further i have nothing to complain in My life.as i told you,i had post natal depression 7 years ago.that was really bad.after that everything was ok.it is really since THE pill.
I have panic disorder but it is manageable. But this is not coming under control.i am very afraid to take SSRI's as they have all side effects.i am trying to fight this with THE help of My husband and psychologist.i am panicking that i Will never get out of it....WAR
I stopped the pill 11 months ago. I can't even describe how I felt. I'm speechless when it comes to describe the horrible months this horrid poison (the pill) made me go through.
First of all, I want you to know that your symptoms are 100% effects of the that poison, and second, that IT GETS BETTER. And if it did get better for me (and I was in a veeeeery dark pit), it'll get better even for you.
But please, DO NOT take antidepressants: they're a drug which will only worsen your recovery. You have to take supplemntes (the poisonous pill depletes the body of vitamins) and eat right (high good fat, high proteind, raw and fresh veggies).
Thanks for THE reply .problem is that My depression started While taking THE pill. Due to which i stopped in 3 months.i am now 3 months off THE pill,but My depression is very much there. most of THE people got it after stopping THE pill.
Your depression started while on the pill....so what?! Mine did too! I know a woman whose mood swings started the very first day of taking the pill and it took her 6 months to go back to her old self. The timing is really irrelevant. I advice you to surf on other website for the correlation depression/pill. You'd be amazed.
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