Hi I am 17 and have been struggleing with anxiety and depression for about 30 days now ever sense my OBGYN put me on the pill along with my Nexplanon implant to help with mood swings. After I started getting suicidal thoughts and my mind won't stop thinking about just negativity I need help. Two weeks after taking the birth control pill I stopped because I started getting severely depressed . I now feel alittle better after stopping the pill but I just feel like it triggered something that won't go away. I talk to people everyday about it because it makes me feel better after getting my thoughts out to someone, usually my loving boyfriend who is supporting me and trying to be there for me I have been just having crying episodes everyday sense and I feel like I'm going to start pushing the people I love away... expecially my boyfriend who i have been with for 3 years and best friends with for 7 years , he is one of the only things I have that makes me happy and I feel like I'm not good enough for him anymore because of this I know it's just my anxiety that's making me feel this way and want to be able to over come this and be me again . Please help me I don't know what to do anymore and just want help getting my life back on track. Ps my mom keeps telling me I'm being a hypochondriac and that after my senior year of highschool the stress will be lower and I'll be okay (she doesn't want me going to a doctor because she thinks they're going to tell me I'm fine ). Thank you so much in Advance and if you have any tips or advice that you can give me please do.
Have you tried talking to a psychologist? I had the same problems my anxiety led me to being depressed and having crying spells. I just told my mom flat out I need to go see a psychologist because it hit a point. My mom was just like yours telling me I'm fine and don't need to see a doctor. She is right but I definitely think you should talk to someone about it and they may give you techniques to help. It takes a little bit to work but once it does you'll feel better!
Kay62848 I truly understand how you feel. I was around your age maybe a little younger when I first started experiencing issues with depression and anxiety. I felt as you do now, as if it was ruining my life. I agree try seeing a doctor and continue to join these support groups. It will get better with time. Even though I still feel this way from time to time.
Kay
Why did you see your OBGYN have you had any tests or did they feel the Pill would help your condition ? or was the Nexplanon given at the same time because of your period etc ? Are you ok ?.
Talk again with your GP and see if you could have further treatment with a CPN or Nurse who deals with problems associated with above. It is possible even a Nurse at the Surgery may be able to help you and that may help you.
You mention Suicidal thoughts, if this is the case I strongly advise a GP Appointment. If you really feel at a loss you can call NHS Health Information line they can advise and triage.
If you have been advised to take the pill, I would advise you take it, sometimes the pill can control several associated conditions as well as its original use.
If your Mother feels the Doctor will say you are fine, there is no problem, nothing to worry about although I feel you need that encouragement at this time so you can move on with Your Life. At seventeen in the UK you do not need permission to make a Surgery Appointment to see your Doctor or Practice Nurse
Keep a hold
BOB
Thank you bob I was put on the pill after I had been on my Nexplanon for a year, I was getting mood swing side effects from it so they decided to put me on the pill too to try to counteract the mood swings but it made everything worse than before. I have another appt with my doctor on the 15th so I'm going to tell her everything that's going on and see if she can get me any further help!! Thank you again
Kay
Always here, good luck on the 15th
BOB
Dear Kay
I'm glad that you are able to talk to people about how you feel. That is so important. I understand how that can also be worrying - worrying that you are pushing them away. It is so hard to have a good perspective when you are anxious and depressed. And it can feel so overwhelming. There is help out there. Is there any way you can find a way to talk to your mum so that you both agree that it is worth seeing the doctor?
Hang on in there.