Microgynon hell

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last year I stopped taking microgynon 30 as I felt so ill whilst taking it, it ruined my life. I felt like I was in a constant trance, I could not even cry, I felt frozen. I could not concentrate on anything whatsoever, I had severe body aches so bad sometimes I could not even get out of bed,and when I did I would pour with cold sweat and suffer splitting headaches which I never got before taking the pill, in fact I never had headaches at all before, I had burning pain like acid in my stomach all the time, and not so much mood swings but this horrible "suspended" feeling, I lost all my interests, my nose ran constantly (one of my pre menstrual symptoms) and I put some weight on, which has made me very angry and self conscious, I was on one of my five day breaks when my boyfriend commented on how much more with it I was, it took a outside person to get me to realize just how much this tiny pill was destroying me. I then stopped taking it and switched to alternative contraceptive methods. However I am still not free from the misery completely. I get severe pms, which resembles the symptoms I had while I was on microgynon, which I never had before taking it, I get headaches now which I never got before even between periods, my temper is much shorter now and I get angry over small things, I have much bigger body image problems and I feel that this horrible little pill somehow changed me as a person, I know it sounds stupid as I have been off it for so long now, about a year, and my periods are more or less back to normal, but for me it has been and still is a living hell. If there is anyone out there who could share this ordeal with me it would really be helpful.