TW: rant about mental health and lack of knowledge on women’s health from doctors In June 2024 I got back on BC and that following October I spiralled and had probably 15+ panic attacks within a month. It was brutal, I was highly paranoid, anxious, scared, my heart was racing and I wasn’t sleeping or eating. I felt a similar way when I went on BC for the first time 8 years ago so it clicked that it might be hormonal. I spoke with a gynaecologist and she said that it’s not possible that the pill was affecting me this way and was adamant that I stay on the pill and seek other options. This was honestly a horrible and ridiculous response from a gyno. I didn’t listen and got off the pill and all those intense feelings subsided within 2 weeks. I had to claw my way back to a sense of normalcy but that experience was so scarring that I still don’t feel 100% normal. Im almost there but it was pretty traumatic. I HATE how doctors don’t take us seriously. I want to scream into the void lol.

Yeah that doctor definitely should know that any hormonal birthcontrol can affect your mental health and was definitely very dismissive, although I do know that side effects like that can subside after 3-6 months but if you were having it that bad that you had to get off she should’ve listened right away

Wow, I’m so sorry you were brushed off like that. Doctors like that are the reason that birth control legally has to have pamphlets, women’s health concerns have been ignored way too much for way too long. If you can, please please consider reporting that gyno to someone. Hopefully that might prevent the same thing from happening to other women.

So sorry this happened to you. Obviously this is an extreme/unusual reaction, but unusual reactions can and do happen and it was really wrong of your doctor to dismiss you. I’m glad you’re doing better, if you haven’t already I would recommend getting professional to help you work through this tough experience