u/Happy_Cabinet_1839

*hormonal birth control, oops

So my anxiety has gotten far far worse since June/July 2025, and I started birth control in August of 2025. I went on birth control to deal with horrible periods and it’s been a blessing so far, but I’m suspecting it might also be making my anxiety worse.

At first I assumed that my worsening anxiety wasn’t a symptom of the birth control because it already was progressing before I went on it, but now I’m not so sure. I’m on Yasmin btw. Also I’m not taking any other meds at the moment.

Do any women here have experience with quitting birth control, and did it have any (positive) effects on your anxiety?

At least when I was depressed, it was just nothingness. Now it’s constant dread, sweating, nausea, exhaustion, and a heartrate that feels like it’s trying to kill me.

Depression made me not want to function but now with this anxiety I can’t even function anymore. I’ve been reduced to nothing but cortisol wrapped in human skin.