Nearly a third of women stop using hormonal birth control due to disatisfaction, most citing side effects.

2016-11-02T22:52:05+00:00

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A_Weird_One · 2016-11-03T05:32:26+00:00

I am one of those women that stopped taking BC pills because of adverse side effects. I took it for years and eventually stopped because every few years it would suddenly make me bleed for over a month and they'd switch me to a different one. The third time this happened (they wanted to switch me again to another brand- this would be the 4th i'd try) I decided to "take a break" from the pill. That break has lasted years now, and at this point I would refuse to go back to it. After so many years on the pill, the side effects crept up and a lot of things I didn't even realize were caused by the pill eventually vanished after stopping.

I'm just one person, but the things I had experienced on the pill were:

Mood swings, acne, depression, decreased libido, general craziness.

When I say craziness, I mostly refer to just all around general bitchiness if I am being blunt. The problem for me was that it wasn't sudden or constant. It slowly crept up over the years I was on it. After I stopped taking the pill, and my body readjusted for a few months following, I felt like I had emerged from some sort of weird fog. I hadn't actually realized that so much of what I felt and my behavior and attitude in life was caused by such a tiny pill.

Even people I thought I respected highly have been dogging on the men in this study. Anyone who likes to formulate their opinions objectively and not from some 3rd wave feminism journalist should realize that a couple of upset men is not the real cause of the halt of the study, but I digress.

For what it's worth, hormonal mood swings and side effects aren't a joke. They can be debilitating and effect major areas of your life like your career and relationships, and I'd never poke fun of anyone who "couldn't handle it" because you just shouldn't have to put up with those kinds of side effects, man or woman.

BDMR_lurker · 2016-11-02T23:42:42+00:00

To be fair, the pill was a bad idea, that cannot be criticised because it's a Tool of Women's Empowerment (tm).

But I wouldn't have given 1st gen pills to my dog. Partly because it was male, though. Also because neither of us was born.

Current generation (4th) is not exempt of side effects, even to the point that some postulate 2nd was better. But too much politics there to have science.

I can't fault women for wanting to avoid this. I know I would too.

Title	Nearly a third of women stop using hormonal birth control due to disatisfaction, most citing side effects.
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Date	November 2, 2016 10:50 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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