Hormonal birth control almost ruined my marriage. My husband and I have been together almost three years, married for two. After our daughter was born I went on “the pill.” It was a gradual change but we began fighting. A lot. I was mad and sad and depressed all of the time. No motivation to do anything. I began to pick apart every little thing my husband did. He finally demanded I seek help & I was diagnosed with depression & PMDD. My doctor suggested I go off of my birth control for a little while as the synthetic hormones in the pill adversely effect over 50% of women on it. My husband agreed. I’ve been off of hormonal birth control for two months now. I haven’t felt this happy in ages. It’s like a fog has cleared in my brain. My sex drive is back, I’m motivated, I don’t pick fights anymore. I can see how I was spiraling, when I couldn’t see it before. TL;DR Never going back to hormonal birth control.