Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: I REALLY need all of your help, I can't handle this anymore...

Hi there...I am here to tell you it is not all anxiety (though of course anxiety doesn't help) - I lost LOADS of hair coming off the pill (was on it for five years)...it slows down once your cycle starts to resume - don't worry. Its going to be fine. Its very scary...I have quite thin hair and wear it down because of big ears and was so scared, the hair just kept coming out and coming out. Its stopped and returned to normal losses. The same thing happened to my friends. Don't worry.
The pill made me depressed, more anxious then usual, and has made many of my friends feel weird mood wise. The problem with the gynacologist is the she is basing the side effects on scientific studies, you are a unique individual and everything effects different people differently. Especially a sensitive person, like someone with IBS. The pill also creates deficiencies in B vitamins which effect the nervous system hence mood etc, so get yourself on a good multivitamin and get more omega 3 fatty acids in your diet, it will help you a lot. Your body just needs to come back into balance.
The very fact that your D has stopped with stopping the pill (you lucky lucky person, my IBS did not change at all!!) shows how much you were intolerant to the pill in the first place. Celebrate the fact that with every new day you are further and further away from the thing that was destabilising you and further towards stability.
I would encourage you to try natural methods of controlling your anxiety before popping the pills. Yoga, exercise and weights can do wonders for your belly and your moods and raise your self esteem to a great level. Plus, sounds to me like a lot of your anxiety is because of your belly problems, as they ebb away (which it seems like they will because they were mostly due to the pill) your confidence will grow and you will come back to your old self, just a lot wiser and very sympathetic to others with chronic health problems. It is totally normal to get hugely anxious with having IBS, it is life destroying. And because it is so normal, it means that if you get the IBS under control, then the anxiety is under control ie you don't need the pills because there is not a biochemical imbalance sourced anxiety occurring.
Be kind to yourself and remember, us IBS sufferers get to learn a secret about Dr's - they don't know everything! Infact, some of them are complete idiots. So take everything they say with a pinch of salt and educate yourself. Thats the key to winning. And trust your own vibes, if you feel that the pill did this all to you, you are right! It does it to a lot of women. The proof is in the fact that you feel better since going off, not in the double blind medical study that says there is no connection. There is a connection for YOU, and that is all that matters for YOUR life.
Good luck. Oh, and getting skin problems and depression is all part of the hormonal rollercoaster of coming off the pill - enjoy the ride!!!

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