"i had an intensely bad experience using chateal. the first few weeks of taking chateal were okay, i started to get more and more anxious as time went on and by the fourth week of taking this birth control i had a major panic attack/mental breakdown that sent me to the er, i thought i was having a heart attack. i had numbness in my legs, arms and face. my other symptoms were major mood changes including depression and anxiety, loss of interest in life/suicidal thoughts, tightness in chest, trouble sleeping, nightmares, sleep walking, and the irritability and anger/sadness. it was terrible. "