I want to thank the earlier comment for calming me down and giving me hope. I took contraceptives for 3 years straight. Everything was great, except the random "heart hiccups" which started occurring in late 2013. It did not cause me any concern, I just kept taking the pill because it was effective and I was ok besides that. I had an issue early 2014 by missing about 2 pills and I had to stack 2 packs together (skip my placebo pills), which changed my regular cycle. Since then I have been experiencing 24/7 of derealization symptoms, not to mention the breakthrough bleeding I had for 2 months after that, and soon after I had a major panic attack, which honestly felt like my body and chest was on fire and i had to be hospitalized. Afterwards, for the whole year until now, 2015, I had a horrible summer, with new phobias popping up each day that i previously did not even dream about, and I had a few too many non-major panic attacks. I spent so much time at clinics and hospitals trying to understand what was happening to me, and kept getting no particular results. I tested EVERYTHING. This made me a COMPLETELY different person, the real me was still there, which made it scary: I knew there was something not right, my body wasn't letting me enjoy or letting me do anything I did in the past. For example, having a normal cup of coffee, black tea, or a glass of wine/champagne, going to the movies, going into trains or airplanes, attending long lectures at school, writing essays, reading books for school or even for pleasure, having a job. All of those things emphasized my depersonalization and anxiety symptoms and made my body feel like it needed to panic constantly. (feel like I'm in a constant dream state, and on-edge, which is scary as hell.) I DO NOT recommend the contraceptive pill to girls who are very young, or maybe even wait until your cycles regulate, and be sure to have a STABLE ENVIRONMENT when you do take it. I changed 3 jobs in 2014, 1 of which was not paying me on time and checks were bouncing and I ended up owing to the bank, I got expelled from college and spent 1 year studying my ass off to get into university this January, I'm also taking an LSAT for Law School, which is a long shot for me. Not exactly a stable environment. Today is day 1 for me off the pill, and I'm also seeing a psychologist this January. Wish me luck and all the best for you, reader! Your health and happiness above ALL, and never give up! xox
PS: I was on YAZ Drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol tablets 3mg/ 0.02mg
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I want to thank the earlier comment for calming me down and giving me hope. I took contraceptives for 3 years straight. Everything was great, except the random "heart hiccups" which started occurring in late 2013. It did not cause me any concern, I just kept taking the pill because it was effective and I was ok besides that. I had an issue early 2014 by missing about 2 pills and I had to stack 2 packs together (skip my placebo pills), which changed my regular cycle. Since then I have been experiencing 24/7 of derealization symptoms, not to mention the breakthrough bleeding I had for 2 months after that, and soon after I had a major panic attack, which honestly felt like my body and chest was on fire and i had to be hospitalized. Afterwards, for the whole year until now, 2015, I had a horrible summer, with new phobias popping up each day that i previously did not even dream about, and I had a few too many non-major panic attacks. I spent so much time at clinics and hospitals trying to understand what was happening to me, and kept getting no particular results. I tested EVERYTHING. This made me a COMPLETELY different person, the real me was still there, which made it scary: I knew there was something not right, my body wasn't letting me enjoy or letting me do anything I did in the past. For example, having a normal cup of coffee, black tea, or a glass of wine/champagne, going to the movies, going into trains or airplanes, attending long lectures at school, writing essays, reading books for school or even for pleasure, having a job. All of those things emphasized my depersonalization and anxiety symptoms and made my body feel like it needed to panic constantly. (feel like I'm in a constant dream state, and on-edge, which is scary as hell.) I DO NOT recommend the contraceptive pill to girls who are very young, or maybe even wait until your cycles regulate, and be sure to have a STABLE ENVIRONMENT when you do take it. I changed 3 jobs in 2014, 1 of which was not paying me on time and checks were bouncing and I ended up owing to the bank, I got expelled from college and spent 1 year studying my ass off to get into university this January, I'm also taking an LSAT for Law School, which is a long shot for me. Not exactly a stable environment. Today is day 1 for me off the pill, and I'm also seeing a psychologist this January. Wish me luck and all the best for you, reader! Your health and happiness above ALL, and never give up! xox
PS: I was on YAZ Drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol tablets 3mg/ 0.02mg
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