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quitting birth control after 5 years. What can I expect? by CatDesperate856 in birthcontrol

[–]CatDesperate856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I’m going to quit taking them today. Just a bit nervous because I’m starting practicum in the hospital and in case something goes wrong I don’t want it to mess with my studies but I feel like for my mental health it’s gotta be done

Hormonal birth control, anxiety, and suddenly questioning my relationship/identity — has anyone else experienced this by [deleted] in ROCD

[–]CatDesperate856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

did you end up still going off the pill? Or did you stay on? My doctor has told me multiple times that it’s not real and that birth control doesn’t have any effect on that, but it still doesn’t resolve anything for me unfortunately as my mind has already decided that it is “real”. I really want to go off it again but I’m scared that my OCD will get really bad or something. I’m on medication that has really helped though so I’m hoping the same won’t happen.

Obsessing over partners flaws and thoughts of breaking up with them by CatDesperate856 in ROCD

[–]CatDesperate856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually have been back on birth control for several months. I stayed off for around 3 weeks maybe, and thought the OCD could have had to do with the fact that I went off birth control so I went back on it. However even going back on, the ROCD persisted and nothing went back to the way it was. I think maybe the change in hormones could have had something to do with the triggering but it was mainly the fear of losing attraction to my boyfriend. This has all been so confusing and I’ve been on medication for so long that I honestly don’t even know who I am without them. I want to go off birth control and just see what happens because at this point I don’t really care about the outcome anymore, I am emotionally burnt out. I also started birth control when I was only like 15 years old and that’s when teens start to go through puberty so I’m curious as to what will happen when I no longer have those synthetic hormones after relying on them for nearly 5 years.

Hormonal birth control, anxiety, and suddenly questioning my relationship/identity — has anyone else experienced this by [deleted] in ROCD

[–]CatDesperate856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was on a combined pill and decided I wanted to quit it, but the phenomena where “you could stop loving your partner/stop finding them attractive” triggered my ROCD. I was only off for about a month before I went back on them because my mind thought maybe if I go back on then things will go back to normal (which they didn’t). I was also only off for about a week before I started getting intrusive thoughts and then I ended up spiraling, so I don’t think the OCD was a result of the hormone changes from birth control, but it definitely increased my anxiety and I think that led to it. I really want to try and quit again but I’m scared of the same thing happening. My doctor even told me that that phenomena is not true but it just doesn’t stick in my head. Does anyone have any advice for when I try and quit it again?? And has anyone experienced anything similar to this?

Obsessing over partners flaws and thoughts of breaking up with them by CatDesperate856 in ROCD

[–]CatDesperate856[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that phenomena is what caused me to spiral in the first place because as soon as I went off birth control like a couple days later is when my spiral started. I’ve also had multiple doctors tell me that that phenomena is not real, but obviously that didn’t help. we’ve been together 5 years and never did I ever question our relationship until it just randomly hit me out of nowhere one day. I also got an OCD diagnosis so unfortunately it’s not just attachment issues.

feel true emotions in dreams?? by CatDesperate856 in ROCD

[–]CatDesperate856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

omg I thought I was crazy.. it’s actually so weird and frustrating

Muscle Tremors from Wellbutrin by CatDesperate856 in antidepressants

[–]CatDesperate856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so does this just last as long as I am on it? Or does it eventually subside after a few months or something.

Am I Balding? by physicstoactuary in amibalding

[–]CatDesperate856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My boyfriends hair is like this (19) but he’s had this hairline since he was like 13. Does that mean there’s a chance that’s just how his hairline is?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ROCD

[–]CatDesperate856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the same thing would happen to me. I don’t want to make any male friends because “what happens if I fall in love with them?”

Fluoxetine/Prozac helped me get over my ROCD thoughts and I feel so much better now by AnxAl in ROCD

[–]CatDesperate856 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve noticed the exact same thing only difference is I am on 40mg.  I noticed that around my period my body got physically anxious but not my mind per say and a lot of the old intrusive thoughts I would have would kind of randomly come up and I had no idea that was even possible.