Hello! I am going through the same thing. I've been on the pill for over 10 years and a few months ago I started having panic attacks. I was put on Zoloft and that wasn't the right drug for me so I switched to buspar which is for anxiety. From the very beginning I felt like this could be my birth control because along with the anxiety came irrational thinking, suicidal thoughts and just a downright "I'm crazy" feeling. I am taking myself off the pill after this pill packet is over. I really hope that this will make me feel better because like you, I have always been a very happy go lucky person who was excited about life. Now, I'm just a nervous wreck all the time and I often feel sad.
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Thank you for this this is exactly what I'm going through down to the irrational thoughts. I hope it ends soon.
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I'm about to enter my 5th cycle since the symptoms started. I feel more like myself. The buzz in my head is gone the cloud has lifted. The feeling I have is almost like my body knows what these pills did to me mentally and I feel like they are acting out of reflex. I still have a bit of anxiety but I can think rationally now and bring myself out of it. I still feel very little sadness but because I feel like I broke myslef or something. I have hope my body will restore to the way it was including my mind it's a scary experience and it's even scarier when your Dr doesn't want to do blood work and check your hormones. You start to feel like it's not your hormones. Some moments are better than others but i definitely feel way better considering how I felt. I'm also able to eat again! Rest when you can, be around people who love and support you,pray if you pray, meditate and get a therapist. I was lucky to find a therapist who is in agreement that there is some sort of hormonal imbalance and is seeing me through with out medication. It's a lot tougher but you can do it im doing it and I'm gonna see it til the end. Don't give up! I'm telling this to myself too! I'll keep posting updates as things change. 4-12-17
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Thank you for your story. I am going Thur the exact same thing. Your story is helping me stay positive. Are you now feeling 100% better and like yourself again?
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Update 4/27/17
Haven't had much anxiety lately but I have had some depression still. New Dr doesn't think depression is linked to it however agreed anxiety is. Still just waiting for everything to level out I was never a depressed person so I'm hoping this is the last of the last before I feel my complete self again. I do have moments when I don't feel down so I'm trying to stay optimistic. I'll keep updating as things get better. Stay hopeful!
Haven't had much anxiety lately but I have had some depression still. New Dr doesn't think depression is linked to it however agreed anxiety is. Still just waiting for everything to level out I was never a depressed person so I'm hoping this is the last of the last before I feel my complete self again. I do have moments when I don't feel down so I'm trying to stay optimistic. I'll keep updating as things get better. Stay hopeful!
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It will!! I promise!! Hands down the scariest experience of my life. Make sure you stay surrounded by positive people and keep reinforcing the believe that it will end and it WILL get better!
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I'm glad my story can help. The original poster helped me and gave me such hope, that I felt compelled to share my story. I feel as though it is something out of a movie and I myself have trouble believing the pill could be so dangerous and prescribed with such little care. To answer your question yes. I have recovered fully .. it took months I won't lie. But every month got slightly better and slightly easier. The hardest part is trusting yourself and knowing that you weren't like this before the pill... you won't be like this after!! You're body is going through serious changes and it takes time to do so. Just stay positive, I know easier said than done, but as you see you are NOT alone. This happens to woman all the time and is so quietly swept under the rug. My doctors were so quick to dismiss my birth control coausinf this. So trust yourself and do your research. Love to u
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Since my last post things had gotten a bit worse. I had a breaking point all of this becomes so much to handle while trying to be a mom to 2 kids and a good wife. My depression increased along eith my anxiety. I started taking st John's worth while it works I felt like I should've tried that a month ago and it would've worked perfectly. Then i went the the Dr. And he gave me a cortisolv which is another supplement to help reduce the stress hormones naturally. I feel like they both worked but at the point that I was at it was too little too late. My thoughts got worse and my anxiety made me feel like I couldn't trust myself. I keep telling myself it's going to get better soon and I feel like it's getting harder to believe but I'm hanging in there. With all this I started taking Prozac 10 mg. I feel like it's helping with the depression and anxiety it's still present but not as hard as it was. I still have bad thoughts but I can tell the difference of it being just a bad thought and not freak out that it could happen. It's still a struggle I'm not sure if the dosing is too low for me. Anyway I hope it continues to work itself out and I just feel normal one day. My skin has been super oily which I find a good sign. I just finished my 6th cycle since dropping BC I was only on it for 8 months so I'm hoping the end of this nightmare is near and I get my life back soon! Good luck to you all I'll keep updating as I go.
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Hi!
I was just wondering how many months you took the pill for and how many months it took for you to "fully recover"- i took it for about 8 months and am in my 9th month now (waiting for my 8th cycle).
Thank you so much for posting, girl!
I was just wondering how many months you took the pill for and how many months it took for you to "fully recover"- i took it for about 8 months and am in my 9th month now (waiting for my 8th cycle).
Thank you so much for posting, girl!
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I should have said I am currently in my 9th month of being off the pill right now* :)
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It's like reading my own post. Did the birth control went off went on Prozac well fluoxetine the generic thought was helping went off it this week and I got off pill in august of 2015 so it's been a journey I have made improvements compared to the first few months but I'm still far from 100% maybe half way there waiting on my hormone blood test I should get next month and I'm going to see a herb doctor that works only with natural medicine he's been recommended and talked about by several and my mom recommended she found out bc he cured someone cancer (either he was close to cancer or just developed it) he's currently doing treatment for my grandma cholestorsl and sugar etc and in few days we seen great improvement and drop in sugar so if he says what I should do and take I'll make sure to share here.
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Oh my gosh you guys I'm crying. I went through something so similar, I wasn't able to get my birth control from planned parenthood because they didn't have a specialist for a time where I live, so after being off of it for a month I went and got on something different that was prescribed by my new gyno. It didnt agree with me, I had panic attacks and felt crazy for about 5 days. I quit taking it, about 3 months later, I broke down. I had been taking birth control regularly for about 6.5 years, after I quit and after that episode, it was like i was on cloud nine. Everything was great! all the time! and then i started getting anxious and little by little it took over my life until one day I couldnt even make it to work. I spent 3 months away from my job, that thankfully let me come back due to the circumstances, and was actually hospitalized for a while. I did outpatient and group therapy for the majority of the 3 months I was gone. I was put on buspirone twice daily for the anxiety, and eventually the generic form of lexapro for the depression that followed and had a generic xanax prescription for the worst days. It helped. Im off of all of it now except for the xanax prescription that I never use. I've tried different kinds of birth control since then, all in vain, not realizing that it could have been the culprit all along. I'm off of it again after being on some kind of oral contraception for the last 4-5 months. Im afraid of what will happen next. I wish I knew then what I knew now about birth control. I would have found another alternative than something that will actually effect my brain. How come we didn't know that this would happen?
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I experienced the same and I tracked it down to being one of the three: PCOS, Hypoglycemia or hormonal imbalance (mainly estrogen dominance) I went to a natural asian doctor and he thinks me being on Birthcontrol caused hypoglycemia and estrogen dominance he is putting me on a special diet/supplements when I return from my trip June 12 and I will give it a go. He is also cleaning my liver since he believes it may be unbalanced. If it goes all well..I will post here again in July for update If it goes well I will share all the menu,supplements etc. all natural.
I quit birthcontrol august 2015: I developed anxiety,moodswings, irritability, twitching in my toes on my right foot, intrusive thoughts and ocd.
I quit birthcontrol august 2015: I developed anxiety,moodswings, irritability, twitching in my toes on my right foot, intrusive thoughts and ocd.
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