So...long story short I went off birth control last May. It had demolished my sex drive, it made my PTSD from trauma overwhelm my thoughts during sex, and TMI..... I couldn’t get wet, like at all.

Here I am now and I decided to retry birth control again (for certain reasons). I started my pack only a little over two weeks ago. And guess what? All of the issues from before are already back. I flinch at my boyfriend’s touch and get irritable from his advances/thought of sex, and don’t enjoy sex at all.

I know it hasn’t been even three weeks...but I’m SO frustrated. I feel stuck. I want to be able to have sex in my adult relationship without feeling the effects from my past teenage relationship.

I don’t really know what to do...

Have any of you done the fertility tracking method? I think hormonal birth control just might not be for me. Also the copper IUD isn’t an option for me according to my gynecologist.

Any of advice is appreciated. I’m tired of struggling with my sex life.

Yes- I’m alright and have a therapist who is helping me with my trauma.