I got off the pill about a month ago bc it was making me gain weight now having BAD side effects 1 month later

Question

I took my last pill on November 27. My withdrawal bleed started on the 29 and ended on the 2. All month I was fine up until about 2 weeks ago when I started getting nausea that lasted all day long and gets worse at night, I've actually had a couple of instances where I've run to the restroom thinking I was getting sick, painful, shooting type pains in both breasts, they are swollen as well. Weird cramping/ pulling/ aches in my abdomen and CRAZY mood swings. I've snapped on so many people and felt out of control with my emotions recently. Really bad headaches that seem to last for days. (And a stuffy nose, although that's probably unrelated). And a yeast infection, which I NEVER get, and no, I haven't taken any antibiotics that could make me get one.

I'm just wondering if this sounds normal? I thought that if I were going to experience side effects of going off the pill that it would have happened closer to the time that I quit taking them, not almost a month later?

Answer 1

Actually side effects a month later make perfect sense. Your body is used to having it's hormones regulated for it. Now it has to regulate them itself. It will take a few months to get things completely normal, but your symptoms are extreme.

I would go see a doctor. You just sound like your symptoms are awful...