I stopped taking my oral birth control pills a little over a week ago and my life feels like it's finally back to normal. I have been taking "the pill" for about two years and it has caused some major issues in my life. I felt like I had no control of my emotions. Everything irritated me and made me mad. Sex drive went down the drain. I felt like I wasn't me anymore. My relationship with my boyfriend took a turn for the worse when all I would do is become upset with him. Everything he did irritated me and I couldn't understand why I had no control over my emotions. I knew this wasn't me. It all hit me one night when my boyfriend told me that I wasn't the sweet, loving, and nice girl he met. It broke my heart and I did some research. I stumbled across other stories online of other woman having the same effects as me. It all started to make sense and I realized that it was my birth control. What frustrates me is when these studies about how oral contraceptives don't effect woman's mental health prove that they have no real effect on our emotional state of minds. We are all different. Our bodies all respond differently to certain things. What doesn't effect her can surely effect me. Think about it: you're taking a pill daily every single day of nothing but hormones. Hormones can effect your mind. I also came across an article about how these birth control manufactures don't 100% specify on the side effects. If you are taking birth control pills now and feel like you are not the same stop taking them for a couple of months. See if you feel any different. I guarantee you will notice a change.
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I stopped taking my oral birth control pills a little over a week ago and my life feels like it's finally back to normal. I have been taking "the pill" for about two years and it has caused some major issues in my life. I felt like I had no control of my emotions. Everything irritated me and made me mad. Sex drive went down the drain. I felt like I wasn't me anymore. My relationship with my boyfriend took a turn for the worse when all I would do is become upset with him. Everything he did irritated me and I couldn't understand why I had no control over my emotions. I knew this wasn't me. It all hit me one night when my boyfriend told me that I wasn't the sweet, loving, and nice girl he met. It broke my heart and I did some research. I stumbled across other stories online of other woman having the same effects as me. It all started to make sense and I realized that it was my birth control. What frustrates me is when these studies about how oral contraceptives don't effect woman's mental health prove that they have no real effect on our emotional state of minds. We are all different. Our bodies all respond differently to certain things. What doesn't effect her can surely effect me. Think about it: you're taking a pill daily every single day of nothing but hormones. Hormones can effect your mind. I also came across an article about how these birth control manufactures don't 100% specify on the side effects. If you are taking birth control pills now and feel like you are not the same stop taking them for a couple of months. See if you feel any different. I guarantee you will notice a change.
January 2, 2015 - 2:22pmThis Comment
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