Did birth control ruin anybody else's health?

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I started taking birth control pills at age 16 in hopes to get relief from severe menstrual cramps and it definitely helped. However, I knew nothing about the damages the pills were doing to me internally. I tried a couple of different brands and thought each one was better then the next. At age 22 I finally decided it was time to try going off the pill and face my cramps head on and it was the best decision I've ever made. I realized the pills were the cause of all the sicknessses I had been experiencing. It caused me severe anxiety, headaches, zero sex drive, and I believe depression. I hope everyone that takes the pill realizes how bad it is to put synthetic hormones into your body. I was tricked too. The pharmaceutical industry isn't looking out for our best interests. They are looking out for their best interest which is making billions of dollars off of us.

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Sounds like you were having a reaction to the oestrogens.

Also, please refrain from fear mongering. Birth control is not inherrently bad for you. If it was, it wouldn't be on the market.

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You're talking about big pharma but you're popping ibuprofen lol

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Love this post. Hormonal birth control is so bad for you. They just love $$$

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Yasmin almost took my life.  I've had general anxiety disorder, OCD, and depression since I was 13.  I hadn't been on birth control for about 3 years now.  Two months ago I started Yasmin after a friend recommended it.  Boy was that a mistake!  It made my anxiety so bad that I couldn't leave the house.  I couldn't go to work and had to take leave of absence.  It intensified my OCD and I've been in a deep depression with suicidal thoughts for the last 3 weeks.  I just had my period and it's over now so I'm started to feel better.  I'm still not completely myself but it's getting better.  It's so weird, the first month was fine and then boom, it was like it hit me like a ton of bricks.  I regressed so bad and my symptoms were at an all time high.  I do not recommend Yasmin to anyone with a history of mental illness!!!

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I've been on depo almost a year now and I'm just realizing it's seriously possible I'm dealing with depression and anxiety. Never had problems with either before.

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My first birth control was the depo shot and booooy it was terrible. I bled sporadically, went from 120 to 150 in weight, and I had horrible mood swings. So then I switched over to the Skyla IUD and it was the same thing as far as the bleeding goes.

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I've been on them since I was 14 because I would throw up for hours when I started my periods. I tried to stop taking them at 19 because they were causing depression and mood swings. The 2nd natural period I had, I ended up in the ER. The doctors gave me everything they had, and more than they had ever given to someone before and I was still unable to be released for hours. So now I'm left with the choice of depression or ER visits monthly 😒

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If you've never read Taking Charge of your Fertility you must read it. Every woman should and in a section it explains why hormonal birth control is pushed onto us by doctors and why fertility awareness is so out of the loop

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I had nexplanon fitted when I was 14. For the first few months it was great (apart from the super heavy periods) but about 6 months in I started my period and basically never stopped until I had it taken out 3 1/2 years later. It caused me to develop depression and anxiety as well as destroying my sex drive (because who wants to have sex when you're constantly bleeding down there?). The doctors refused to take it out until my 4 years were up and instead put me on the pill as well to sort my non-stop bleeding out (even though I told them about the multiple other problems I was having which I felt the pill just made worse). Even after having it out, it took about a year for everything to go back to 'normal'. It was the worst decision of my life and I wish I'd never got it. However, my cousin has the exact same thing and loves it, never had a period after the first few months and had it had it straight back in after it ran out, so I suppose it's not the same for everyone. I just wish I'd been told how common it is for all of these things to happen beforehand ! Now I'm worried to go back on any other form of birth control (besides condoms) in case the same thing happens 😣

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I was on BC for a hot minute before I got married. I wanted to start it early to see how it would affect me as my mom had a bad reaction. It was literal hell. Awful. Zero sex drive. I would get annoyed at my now husband for even trying to hug me much less try to kiss on me or anything. Then there was the anxiety and panic attacks. I would sit in the Home Depot parking lot and shake and cry uncontrollably. My depression worsened and I couldn't sleep worth a damn. I was a freaking zombie. It made me all moody and crazy, my mom told me I was mean and she wanted me to stop taking it. It was the worst experience. I wasn't on it for long but when I stopped taking it I think it took about 4 months for my period and my body in general to go back to normal. It's devil stuff. I hate it.