I took Plan B about two weeks ago, and I feel as though my mind and emotions are affecting my day to day activities. I don’t eat, all I do is cry and sleep. I’ve been this way since I took the pill I feel depressed and sad every time I’m up. Could the hormones have something to do with this and if so when will it stop?
I feel like I’m on an emotional rollercoaster. Could an it be the Plan B pill?
Question posted by Lys3067 on 9 Aug 2018
Last updated on 9 August 2018 by Anonymous
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Inactive
9 Aug 2018
My opinion is yes. Plan B pill can cause severe mood swings. Not only Plan B pill would do that, a lot of birth control pills can cause the same issue. Plan B pill has a high amount of progestin levonorgestrel which are very likely to cause mood swings.
LousArk
9 Aug 2018
Absolutely! Plan B has affected me in exactly the same way, on a couple of occasions! It was horrific. Severe depression.
I think it depends where you are in your menstrual cycle when you take it. Seemed to be the case with me. Sometimes I'd be worse than other times.
If you've used it more than once in a cycle, that can make the symptoms worse, too. Or for a couple of months running.
I never use it now. I use Ella if i have an emergency, & so far, only used it once & it was fine.
The worst of the Plan B symptoms tended to pass for me within 2 weeks, but everyone is different, & as I say, if you've used it frequently, things could be worse & take longer to resolve themselves. It is only meant for total emergencies. It's a huge dose of artificial hormone for your body to deal with.
LousArk
9 Aug 2018
The longest the worst depression from that pill lasted, was 2 weeks.
Lys3067
9 Aug 2018
Thank you! Could it also be because I started talking birth control and the plan b could this be a result?
LousArk
9 Aug 2018
Oh yes. Definitely. Huge dose of artificial hormone in Plan B, plus more artificial hormone in your regular birth control. Your body won't know what's going on.
We see that a lot on here, when women are using both, on occasion.
Lys3067
9 Aug 2018
So eventually these symptoms will go away. There’s no need to go to a doctor for antidepressants?
LousArk
9 Aug 2018
My personal advice, (as someone who was wrongly put onto antidepressants when it turned out to be a hormonal imbalance ((unrelated to the times I used Plan B, but same end result)), & then struggled for 22 years to finally get off the addictive things, & be ok), is to wait a bit longer to see if things settle down. If you can cope just a bit longer.
You should be over the worst of the Plan B hormone anytime now, & things should be getting easier really soon.
If they don't, I'd suggest coming off your new birth control, at that point, if things don't change. See if your mood starts to lift, then.
If you weren't depressed before these drugs, then it's not your mental health at fault, it's what you're putting into your body.
I honestly understand how horrendous this will be feeling. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone!
Hopefully you'll get some comfort from knowing that it isn't you. You're just sensitive to hormones, like me.
Checkin when you feel like it on this thread, & I'll do my best to help if I can. Even if it's just for reassurance.
If you end up coming off all artificial hormones, I know of a product that works to balance your hormones naturally. You can't use it at the same time as hormonal birth control, as it's so effective that it would work against your hormonal birth control, because they work by deliberately causing a hormonal imbalance, so you don't get pregnant, whereas this product works to balance them. In other words, you could get pregnant.
It's called Vitex, although it goes by other names. Do some research on it. It's really helped me when my hormones have been out of whack. I still take it daily, as it eases my PMS & keeps my periods light & regular.
It may be useful to you, to get your hormonal balance back, if removing the other things from your body doesn't work, or your body just needs a bit of support for a while, if/when you stop the regular hormonal birth control.
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