For me, i started taking the pill back in May 2015, during my senior year of high school because i was having irregular cycles. While on the pill, i started to feel nauseous, really sensitive and insecure, spaced out and detached and as if my mind was fogged. I finished out the pill in June and stopped taking it after the end of June. That's when all hell broke loose. I developed really bad anxiety, everyday i felt detached, some times i even felt as if i were in a different body. I developed this really dark and hazy feeling in my head, I felt completely depressed, lost, and confused. All of a sudden I couldn't remember or recall anything. It felt like my entire life was wiped away. Over time the panic attacks decreased significantly, i pretty much only have racing heart beats when i think too hard, the brain fog decreased significantly (compared to how bad it was) but its still there and still unbearable. And also my memory has improved, but there are things I still have trouble recalling. I now have social anxiety, and I developed really bad anxiety, everyday i felt detached, some times i even felt as if i were in a different body. I feel like I developed body dismorphic disorder due to me becoming overly sensitive and insecure. I've kept a mood journal since the past few months. I have all these obsessive, negative thoughts. I've turned into a pessimist and I'm never happy. I was a very happy, bubbly and confident person but now i am scared to go out in public and speak to people. I haven't  legitemately laughed since before the pill. It is now mid March 2016, (month 7) and reading all of my old journal entries, i can say that i have improved significantly, BUT, i still struggle everyday with depressive episodes, heavy brain fog, social anxiety, this new BDD, and unhappiness, to the point where i cannot bear. Some weeks are worse than others. Some weeks my depression is at the highest, even to the point where I had thoughts of suicide, and I felt so hopeless of ever getting better. I have no reason to feel this way, I enjoyed my life. But I know its hormonal, because when my period comes, I have depressive episodes for weeks when I just feel horrible. I've also been getting lots of painful breakouts, which i never had before and an annoying dark shadow above my lip. Over these last 2 or 3 months, my periodhas been lasting about 3 weeks long with a week of heavy spotting in between then it starts back again for another 3 weeks.  After reading posts on this thread, many of the women say they've healed after 7-9 months but at this rate i don't feel myself healing in 9 months, if anything i feel like i may be getting worse in some ways. I still have hope though, i have came a long ways but some times I lose my mind and lose control of myself. I lost motivation, self will, strength, and confidence. I sometimes am very impulsive and eat or spend a lot for comfort. I can't seem to get myself to do ANYTHING. Some days I truly hate myself, and that's not at all who I am. It's a living hell and I've tried herbs and vitamins and they don't seem to help. All I can do is share my story and let you women know that it's not you, its your body, your hormones. You aren't alone and even though some days feel like the end of the world and out of control, you are improving.