Get Off The Pill!
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Contraceptive pills are prescribed to treat many health issues in addition to preventing pregnancy. It's considered to be a treatment for gynecological disorders, endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and it may help prevent uterine cancer, cervical cancer and ovarian cysts. Its used to mana premenstrual symptoms, irregular periods, heavy periods, painful periods, and acne.
The pill is great for those who want a sure thing and whose husbands are not huge fans of using condoms. But what you might not know is that your body can go into a frenzy as it tries to balance itself out. Remember, the pill was designed to prevent pregnancy – it flattens your hormones and disrupts the delicate dance they were designed to do.
Here is a list of its side effects that I have researched and how they affect me:
1. It KILLS your libido!!! I started with this one because for almost a year I believed that there was something wrong with me! This fact really affected my husband and my relationship in the beginning of our marriage and I have heard testimony from many woman ever since who have had similar experiences! Some had told me that their sexual drive returned a month after they went of bc but some have told me that it takes longer. For me personally, it took about three months to feel the spice again.
2. It dries up your hair and nails!!! I didn't understand why my hair had become unrecognizable and my nails would brake so often until I did some research on the pill. In December my mother, sisters, and even my husband forced me to cut off a few inches of my hair because of its sad state and I had become used to having short nails! It took only one month and several masques for my hair and nails to feel healthier. Now three months later I have silky smooth soft strong hair and LONG nails again!!!
3. Depression & Anxiety!!! Traditional hormonal birth control can exacerbate depression and anxiety because of the effect hormones have on the intricate balance or serotonin, dopamine, GABA, and norepinephrine. All "feel-good" neurotransmitters in the brain. Estrogen in particular plays a role in depression. Will too little, causes a dip in serotonin and once this happens, the ovaries produce less estrogen. This starts a vicious cycle of feeling bad. Then again, too little progesterone is connected with anxiety because the hormone gives you a calming effect.
From early on in my marriage, until two months after I went off the pill, I used to be overwhelmed with the need to cry my eyes out every Friday with precise timing! Wether I had reason to or not! I could be totally happy or out about town and out of no where this need for release through tears will come over me!!! Let me clarify that I am NOT a cryer and never have been!
4. Weight Gain! While most birth controls are actually proven to not cause weight gain in the majority of people, doctors acknowledge that everyone responds differently to different medications. Estrogen is known to increase inhibitory effect on appetite, meaning that having a lower estrogen level can make you hungrier. Progesterone, on the other hand, does stimulate your appetite at its highest levels in the two weeks between ovulation and your period. Which is probably why you crave chocolate while you are PMSing.
My gynecologist warned me about this, clarifying that its not the pill that makes you gain weight, but what you put in your mouth! Self-control, which I lack when it comes to certain food; so he recommend that I take the pill before going to bed. This reduced the tingling sensations the bc pill caused on my tongue, and thankfully I didn't gain weight due to the bc (just 5 lbs from my early attempts of cooking our favorite meals). On the other hand, a family member of mine had to go off the pill because in the space of one year, she gained almost 20 pounds!
5. Blood Clots!!! The FDA announced this week that Yaz, Yasmin, Beyaz, Safyral and other newer birth control pills wil soon have a warning label that details the potential risks of developing a blood clot after you take the pills. So, how would you know if you had a blood clot? The FDA says that symptoms include persistent leg pain, severe chest pain, and shortness of breath. You should call your doctor if you have any of these symptoms!
6. Delays Conceiving!!! If you have been taking birth control pills and are planning to become pregnant soon, its a good idea to pin a date you intend to start "trying" and then go off your oral contraceptive a few months before that date. Use a barrier method like condoms or a diaphragm as bc until you are ready to start trying. Since your cycle is controlled by the pill, you normally will receive your mentruation every 26-28 days. When you stop taking the pill, the contestant hormone level that surprises ovulation also stops. Your body has to start its own hormone production and may sometimes need some time to regain its normal rhythm. The overt itself hast to get ready so that an egg can mature and can be released. Even though there are several hundred thousand eggs in your ovaries that are ready to mature, they may need some time before your first new ovulations. You will want to conceive with a healthy strong egg produced by a clean ovary. Remember that the pill zaps your body of vital nutrients and minerals so you will need time and a healthy diet to rebuild them!
Several family members and friends of mine were trying to conceive and were thankfully successful last year; yet it took them between 6-8 months of trying due to the fact that then had been on the pill for several years. I had been taking the pill for exactly one year and went off it in February. The first month my cycle came 31 days later and for the last two months its has arrived exactly 22 days apart.
7. Constipation!!! I have always been regular to the point that you could set your clock to my bowl movements (sorry for the bluntness). Yet just a month or two into the pill I was extremely delayed. At the end of the first year I was getting desperate! I am almost three months off the pill and even though I am a great deal better, I am still not back to normal.
If I had to do it again, I might go back on the pill for the first year or my marriage, but I would choose a pill that had less hormones and researched its symptoms and the chances that it would cause my body. I am so relieved that I am off it now and am taking care of the amazing body that God has blessed us with!!!!
P.S. I had lazer removal treatments for my legs, pits and bikini areas. The treatments were working fine until I went on the pill. Its was not until MANY PAINFUL laser sessions later and after my sessions expired, that they informed me that the birth control pill contains hormons that over ride the lasers affectivness. I had lost the money, sessions, and will have to do them again after I'm off the pill. I regret this so much!
The pill is great for those who want a sure thing and whose husbands are not huge fans of using condoms. But what you might not know is that your body can go into a frenzy as it tries to balance itself out. Remember, the pill was designed to prevent pregnancy – it flattens your hormones and disrupts the delicate dance they were designed to do.
Here is a list of its side effects that I have researched and how they affect me:
1. It KILLS your libido!!! I started with this one because for almost a year I believed that there was something wrong with me! This fact really affected my husband and my relationship in the beginning of our marriage and I have heard testimony from many woman ever since who have had similar experiences! Some had told me that their sexual drive returned a month after they went of bc but some have told me that it takes longer. For me personally, it took about three months to feel the spice again.
2. It dries up your hair and nails!!! I didn't understand why my hair had become unrecognizable and my nails would brake so often until I did some research on the pill. In December my mother, sisters, and even my husband forced me to cut off a few inches of my hair because of its sad state and I had become used to having short nails! It took only one month and several masques for my hair and nails to feel healthier. Now three months later I have silky smooth soft strong hair and LONG nails again!!!
3. Depression & Anxiety!!! Traditional hormonal birth control can exacerbate depression and anxiety because of the effect hormones have on the intricate balance or serotonin, dopamine, GABA, and norepinephrine. All "feel-good" neurotransmitters in the brain. Estrogen in particular plays a role in depression. Will too little, causes a dip in serotonin and once this happens, the ovaries produce less estrogen. This starts a vicious cycle of feeling bad. Then again, too little progesterone is connected with anxiety because the hormone gives you a calming effect.
From early on in my marriage, until two months after I went off the pill, I used to be overwhelmed with the need to cry my eyes out every Friday with precise timing! Wether I had reason to or not! I could be totally happy or out about town and out of no where this need for release through tears will come over me!!! Let me clarify that I am NOT a cryer and never have been!
4. Weight Gain! While most birth controls are actually proven to not cause weight gain in the majority of people, doctors acknowledge that everyone responds differently to different medications. Estrogen is known to increase inhibitory effect on appetite, meaning that having a lower estrogen level can make you hungrier. Progesterone, on the other hand, does stimulate your appetite at its highest levels in the two weeks between ovulation and your period. Which is probably why you crave chocolate while you are PMSing.
My gynecologist warned me about this, clarifying that its not the pill that makes you gain weight, but what you put in your mouth! Self-control, which I lack when it comes to certain food; so he recommend that I take the pill before going to bed. This reduced the tingling sensations the bc pill caused on my tongue, and thankfully I didn't gain weight due to the bc (just 5 lbs from my early attempts of cooking our favorite meals). On the other hand, a family member of mine had to go off the pill because in the space of one year, she gained almost 20 pounds!
5. Blood Clots!!! The FDA announced this week that Yaz, Yasmin, Beyaz, Safyral and other newer birth control pills wil soon have a warning label that details the potential risks of developing a blood clot after you take the pills. So, how would you know if you had a blood clot? The FDA says that symptoms include persistent leg pain, severe chest pain, and shortness of breath. You should call your doctor if you have any of these symptoms!
6. Delays Conceiving!!! If you have been taking birth control pills and are planning to become pregnant soon, its a good idea to pin a date you intend to start "trying" and then go off your oral contraceptive a few months before that date. Use a barrier method like condoms or a diaphragm as bc until you are ready to start trying. Since your cycle is controlled by the pill, you normally will receive your mentruation every 26-28 days. When you stop taking the pill, the contestant hormone level that surprises ovulation also stops. Your body has to start its own hormone production and may sometimes need some time to regain its normal rhythm. The overt itself hast to get ready so that an egg can mature and can be released. Even though there are several hundred thousand eggs in your ovaries that are ready to mature, they may need some time before your first new ovulations. You will want to conceive with a healthy strong egg produced by a clean ovary. Remember that the pill zaps your body of vital nutrients and minerals so you will need time and a healthy diet to rebuild them!
Several family members and friends of mine were trying to conceive and were thankfully successful last year; yet it took them between 6-8 months of trying due to the fact that then had been on the pill for several years. I had been taking the pill for exactly one year and went off it in February. The first month my cycle came 31 days later and for the last two months its has arrived exactly 22 days apart.
7. Constipation!!! I have always been regular to the point that you could set your clock to my bowl movements (sorry for the bluntness). Yet just a month or two into the pill I was extremely delayed. At the end of the first year I was getting desperate! I am almost three months off the pill and even though I am a great deal better, I am still not back to normal.
If I had to do it again, I might go back on the pill for the first year or my marriage, but I would choose a pill that had less hormones and researched its symptoms and the chances that it would cause my body. I am so relieved that I am off it now and am taking care of the amazing body that God has blessed us with!!!!
P.S. I had lazer removal treatments for my legs, pits and bikini areas. The treatments were working fine until I went on the pill. Its was not until MANY PAINFUL laser sessions later and after my sessions expired, that they informed me that the birth control pill contains hormons that over ride the lasers affectivness. I had lost the money, sessions, and will have to do them again after I'm off the pill. I regret this so much!
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