peanut0611
Well-Known Member
Original thread: http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=582335
Not too long ago, I posted a thread in the soapbox desperate for help. Not thinking anything would come from it, but just feeling like someone was listening to my story. Quite honestly, I hoped there was a pill I could take to stop my depression, anger, anxiety and insecurities - it turned out to be quite the opposite.
I stopped taking the birth control pill immediately after several H&H forum users suggested I might have an intolerance for the artificial hormones the pill contains. I instantaneously felt a change. I feel better than I've felt in the last 6 years that I've taken the pill. I'm happy, calm, confident and make rational decisions. I don't remember ever feeling better while the same stresses are still present in my life. The difference is just that now I feel like I can face them.
It's only now that I've realised just how depressed and low I've felt for the last 6 years. My temper destroyed friendships, relationships and my self-confidence. I was physically ill every couple of months. I had irrational crying spells and would throw chairs into walls out of pure anger and frustration - without a known cause. Anything and nothing could set me off.
I had an appointment with my doctor today. She was very understanding and was totally happy to go forth with the procedure of inserting the copper coil, a non-hormonal IUD form of birth control. She also named the Mirena and the Nuva-Ring, but said if I wanted to try zero-hormones, she was happy to go ahead. Seeing as I go back to university soon, we scheduled the appointment for this Friday.
I feel liberated. Like a weight has dropped off my shoulders. I have energy, strength and a smile on my face for the first time in years. If I hadn't decided to spill all my irrational, artificial-hormone-induced feelings on this forum, I would never have realised that the little pill I was loyally swallowing every morning could have caused a serious lasting depression. From me, my other half, my horses, my family and anyone else who ever had an issue with my temper and mood swings (God knows I did), thank you Horse&Hound. Thank you, forum-members who had the kindness to take half a minute to change my life with a few typed sentences.
Thank you with all my heart.
Not too long ago, I posted a thread in the soapbox desperate for help. Not thinking anything would come from it, but just feeling like someone was listening to my story. Quite honestly, I hoped there was a pill I could take to stop my depression, anger, anxiety and insecurities - it turned out to be quite the opposite.
I stopped taking the birth control pill immediately after several H&H forum users suggested I might have an intolerance for the artificial hormones the pill contains. I instantaneously felt a change. I feel better than I've felt in the last 6 years that I've taken the pill. I'm happy, calm, confident and make rational decisions. I don't remember ever feeling better while the same stresses are still present in my life. The difference is just that now I feel like I can face them.
It's only now that I've realised just how depressed and low I've felt for the last 6 years. My temper destroyed friendships, relationships and my self-confidence. I was physically ill every couple of months. I had irrational crying spells and would throw chairs into walls out of pure anger and frustration - without a known cause. Anything and nothing could set me off.
I had an appointment with my doctor today. She was very understanding and was totally happy to go forth with the procedure of inserting the copper coil, a non-hormonal IUD form of birth control. She also named the Mirena and the Nuva-Ring, but said if I wanted to try zero-hormones, she was happy to go ahead. Seeing as I go back to university soon, we scheduled the appointment for this Friday.
I feel liberated. Like a weight has dropped off my shoulders. I have energy, strength and a smile on my face for the first time in years. If I hadn't decided to spill all my irrational, artificial-hormone-induced feelings on this forum, I would never have realised that the little pill I was loyally swallowing every morning could have caused a serious lasting depression. From me, my other half, my horses, my family and anyone else who ever had an issue with my temper and mood swings (God knows I did), thank you Horse&Hound. Thank you, forum-members who had the kindness to take half a minute to change my life with a few typed sentences.
Thank you with all my heart.
