11th May 2005
So, hello. I have been looking around here since yesterday, but have yet to bring up my problem or introduce myself.
First of all, I am Tess. :) I am 21, female, college student majoring in Film.
I have always sort of delt with excessive worry and stress and things like that, but up until recently I have not experienced feelings like this. Lately I have been feeling completely overwhelmed and confused to the point of thinking I am going nuts. I constantly feel like something is not right, and worry too much about really unsolvable things, and work myself into dispair at least 3 times a week over things like "how big is the universe", "my uncounscious mind is vast and highly confusing and I dont understand it", "does my life mean anything at all?", "do happy feelings really exist." Blah. So yah, like that. And it's highly disconcerting.
Anyhow, though I partially blame those things on something else I did, but everyone I know says that wasn't really a real factor. The thing that most likely set all this hopelessness off is the fact that about 2 and a half weeks ago I started taking birth control pills, and I think they have been messing with me. I just started seeing a therapist too, and she wants me to switch brands, at least...
My question is, first, do my worries sound similar to anyone else... because I can't get anybody around me to quite get it... like they don't understand why I am letting those things effect me so much. My boyfriend particularly, who says he understands but keeps getting irritated with me... and I think if he ever truley felt that way in the past like he said, he would know better than to snap at me about it. -_-;
Also. Has anyone else experienced an almost instant onset of depression upon starting to take birth control pills? It's bizzare and disconcerting to suddenly feel like everything is different... usually when I feel overwhelmed, at least I can feel it coming, and kind of prepare myself... But this was so sudden.
Er, so the brand I am using appears to be "sprintec"... has anyone had adverse effects with it, or know a good brand to possibly switch to? Or know why these pills may be causing this?
First of all, I am Tess. :) I am 21, female, college student majoring in Film.
I have always sort of delt with excessive worry and stress and things like that, but up until recently I have not experienced feelings like this. Lately I have been feeling completely overwhelmed and confused to the point of thinking I am going nuts. I constantly feel like something is not right, and worry too much about really unsolvable things, and work myself into dispair at least 3 times a week over things like "how big is the universe", "my uncounscious mind is vast and highly confusing and I dont understand it", "does my life mean anything at all?", "do happy feelings really exist." Blah. So yah, like that. And it's highly disconcerting.
Anyhow, though I partially blame those things on something else I did, but everyone I know says that wasn't really a real factor. The thing that most likely set all this hopelessness off is the fact that about 2 and a half weeks ago I started taking birth control pills, and I think they have been messing with me. I just started seeing a therapist too, and she wants me to switch brands, at least...
My question is, first, do my worries sound similar to anyone else... because I can't get anybody around me to quite get it... like they don't understand why I am letting those things effect me so much. My boyfriend particularly, who says he understands but keeps getting irritated with me... and I think if he ever truley felt that way in the past like he said, he would know better than to snap at me about it. -_-;
Also. Has anyone else experienced an almost instant onset of depression upon starting to take birth control pills? It's bizzare and disconcerting to suddenly feel like everything is different... usually when I feel overwhelmed, at least I can feel it coming, and kind of prepare myself... But this was so sudden.
Er, so the brand I am using appears to be "sprintec"... has anyone had adverse effects with it, or know a good brand to possibly switch to? Or know why these pills may be causing this?