How to stop birth control (FREE tip!) 

What do you consider "scare tactics" that anyone is "pushing?"

​@@harringt100 Telling people lies or facts that were taken from context to convince them to get off hormonal birth control.

It’s a terrible option. That’s not scaremongering. That’s just a fact.

@solar0wind "Lies or facts that were taken from context" such as...? Seriously, if you actually have any clue what you're talking about, you must be able to come up with _something_ specific.

​@@thehousespouse It's not a fact.

This

That's more than a few!

I was literally feeling this!

Stopping birth control abruptly without supporting your body’s detoxification of the excess hormones and replenishing the essential vitamins and minerals we now know birth control depletes the body of can cause a lot of issues including, massive (up to 50% in bad cases) hair loss, cystic acne, and the start or resurgence of heavy and extremely painful menstrual periods. This video is not telling the whole story. Most people I know who have been on HBC particularly for a long time and then got off has experienced some side effects that could have been mitigated if they were better informed how to support the body’s transition off the pill. You don’t need a fancy course to obtain this info, just some research and proper planning.

Seriously it’s that kinda money grubbing that’s disgusting. And I’m sure their paid “advice” probably in some cases results in some unwanted side effects for people that went on the pill for a reason.

True, and in those cases where you take them due to ovarian cysts or endometriosis you absolutely should not be giving some weird scammer on the internet 99$ for "advice" on how to stop HBC but instead seek out your Obgyn for proper medical advice/care

I have endometriosis and I have not been offered any 'alternative option' I wish someone did, I would love nothing more than to stop taking the pill.

Same!

This! After my daugher was born via emergency c-section, my periods became extremely heavy (as in massive clots with not much liquid otherwise filling my menstrual cup within 6 hours) every 3 weeks, and lasted a week and a half each time. I was physically ill and nauteous, and often doubled over whenever my uterus contracted with cramping. On the worst days, two months PP, if I wasn't pushing through at work (I'm in the US), I was in bed. I would be fine for a week or so before the cramping would start up again and a week later, the cycle began once more. Pre-pregnancy, I had a very predictable and moderate period every 27.5 days (on the dot, alternating monthly every other day and night, the half day is not an exaggerated joke). This lasted for 8 months or so before I finally made the call for help. HBC put my agony at a halt, and the blessing of my periods stopping altogether soon happened as well. So grateful to be able to live my life again. I do want more kids, but I'm not quite ready to end my 7 years of "bliss" yet - part of me is terrifed to get off HBC out of fear of the agony potentially re-starting though, truthfully. My daughter is my only one thus far, but she was an unplanned, yet much loved surprise. 😅

My mom took it from late 30s up to 50. She cried when she had to stop because it helped her feel normal

Look into nfp, combination of temperature taking and one of two other signs you body gives. Side effect: you get to know your body. You identify the days od fertility and avoid encounters at those days or take physical barrier measures. I followed for many years while i was married but one thing in didn't like is that I got my periods, while on hormone birth control I skipped the breaks and never got periods.

@@derwinfater9156 that can be a great option for some people, but only works if you live a certain kind of routine lifestyle. My period has only been properly regular for about six months out of the over six years I had it before starting hormonal birth control, because I’ve had my period since I was 11. I’ve now been on birth control for just over five years, working with a great doctor, primarily to treat my extremely heavy and painful period that used to keep me home for several days a month (my iron levels got so low that I was almost anaemic, I would throw up or nearly pass out from pain, and I was on so many painkillers to manage it that it was only barely at a safe level and was slowing increasing my resistance to them). Only the last two years have I needed birth control to eliminate the risk of me becoming pregnant, and with the variety of health conditions that I have, and how much I struggle with routine in my life anyway, there is no way I could use the method you’ve suggested to safely avoid pregnancy (although I recognise that some people have found it works for them, particularly if they’re in a stable partnership with one person who they trust and if they aren’t 100% avoiding pregnancy, just trying to prevent it). More research and education is definitely need it! It is quite likely I have endometriosis, but even if I do, there isn’t much more I could do to treat it other than what I’m already doing. I would love if there were other options too, because I never want to be pregnant and I think I will suffer from this my until I go through menopause. I switch methods last year, and it initially had complications, but have since found it is probably the right choice for where I am right now. My iron levels are higher than they’ve ever been, I only have mild period pain, and I don’t need to stress about becoming pregnant at a time in my life when I couldn’t deal with that. I am also lucky that I live in Australia where these option are available to me and not prohibitively expensive

one thing that would be helpful is if we stopped classifying hormonal treatments as birth control. Because in so many cases they aren't. We would greatly destigmatize the treatment of things like endometriosis and PCOS if we stopp calling it 'birth control'. I'm an asexual hermit, I'm not on birth control, I'm on hormonal therapy to treat endometriosis as an alternative to surgery. But everyone just calls it birth control. If I were employed, my employer would be able to deny pretty much every treatment available to me, on the grounds that me not being able to have periods is a sin. I already had to fight medicare, because they don't cover any birthcontrol beyond the combination pill, which made my endo worse- my doctor had to convince them that the $3000 rod in my arm was a life saving hormonal therapy, not to control my reproductive capabilities. all treatments, except endlessly repeated surgeries, for endometriosis will lead to temporary or complete infertility. There's no way around it, since endo is caused by estrogen.

I totally agree.... this is why I do not bother to visit ob/gyn for any issues. It's not even worth it. I went for a chronic ovarian cyst that was causing so much pain I couldn't walk or wear jeans/tight pants of any kind ( only sweatpants). They told me the only option was surgery and said it was too small for surgery, so I have to live with it!!! I put myself through a radical diet change that is recommended for people with PCOS ( I was desperate to try anything) and it healed....thank goodness. This among many other bad and unhelpful OB/GYN visits. I feel like research, treatments, practices, and even well needed sensitivity training (for example even dentists do a better job of making people comfortable for working in the mouth) is needed in the field of women's health. Most of what is going on there seems dated or lacking.

​@@derwinfater9156 Gynecological issues refer to medical conditions in the female reproductive tract. Does can't be helped through tracking of your ovulation. Heck, several conditions means you don't have a proper cycle to begin with.

For me, finding non-oral HBC (like implants or Nuvaring) was a game changer. Birth control irritates my stomach but stops my migraines.

@@scribbly2983 Always interesting to learn another use for HBC. I'd never heard of a connection to migraines, glad you found something that works for you!

​@@scribbly2983funny I had the opposite, went of hbc because of cramping, pain and loss of appetite but found that it caused migraines. Took a couple of years to find an option that worked for me without getting migraines.

​@@tamsel814 Human bodies are different that it's hard to predict how an individual will react to any given treatment. Especially because females are so underrepresented in medical trials

exactly I didn't even know they came in slightly different formulations that could make a difference until I had a problem and the doc considered changing mine to one with "more estrogen"

Careful, don't want to get sued for intellectual property theft XD

Ingenious, how did you come up with that?!😂

Tell us the truth.. who paid you to say this? 🤣

Did you have any issues coming off it? I’m considering stopping HBC but idk if I want to deal with the cysts I get without it 😢

did it change your appetite or anything else related to hormones? (just curious, not looking to freak anyone out or be rude about HBC!)

Don’t pay her $99 when I can teach you how for $25.50

If you work with your partner to find the best size/shape/feel condoms are really quite a bit better than I think most expect. I thought they were awful till I tried larger sizes.

don't listen to @@codename495 i'll do it for $19.99

​@@zebedeesummers4413Sure, but condoms aren't as reliable as hormonal birth control (implants, pills, or otherwise). It's easier to mess up with condoms. If you use them perfectly, then they only fail about 3% of the time, but generally people experience a 12% failure rate because there are more factors at play. I guess that's not the end of the world for everyone, but if you really don't want to get pregnant, better to go with hormonal options

@@phantomvamp5 there’s also Paragard, which is a copper IUD

I'd probably need that course as it's a constant struggle... Still not going to pay you for it, sorry 🤣

​@@durabelle here are some free tips: I figured that there are two different things that where responsible for me having trouble getting out of Bed in the morning. First problem was that I didn't like what I had to do that day e.g. school or work. That's a problem that might be hard to tackle, but as a way to solve this I tried to change my mindset and think of the positive things that would be that day or the reason why I have to do that (school for education and work for money to feed me and my cat etc) . The second thing are sleep cycles. If your alarm rings while you are in the middle of a deep sleep part it's harder to wake up. I think there is a video by asapScience where they covered that Problem. Hope that helps 😄

@@anriund92 Thanks for trying to help 😊 Unfortunately neither of those hit home, as I love what I do (I'm my own boss and work with dogs on my own schedule, so couldn't be much better), and most mornings I wake up before the alarm. My problem is more that I don't ever sleep enough, and so never feel rested and full of energy in the mornings. But I also never feel tired in the evenings and rarely during daytime (unless I stop to sit down for too long), it just takes a couple of hours to fully get going in the morning. I manage it when I have to, but I still hate mornings 🤣

​@@anriund92 Love you for this. 💐

you are joking, but as someone with depression it's a real struggle to get out of bed in the morning and you could certainly make a living off of desperate people this way.

Isn't there a detailed note that comes with the medicine that explains everything to you? At least here in Germany that's mandatory, and I always read it before taking the medicine, independent of how much the doctor explained to me. Some people shouldn't read it though because it also contains possible side effects and their frequency, and a lot of people are hypochondriacs.

@@solar0wind In the US it’s squally stapled to the bag when you pick up your medicine, but people don’t read that or really understand it if they do anyhow.

​@@solar0windThere's a difference between knowing enough to use it and really fully understanding something... Like I know enough about Ibuprofen to make my headache go away but if someone gave me a pop quiz about how, exactly, it does that... I hope I can use Google. (Spoiler, COX-1 inhibitor, there were a lot more words after that.)

Thats grat if you have acsses to a GUM sexual health clinc . All the ones near myself have been closed down due to lack of funding . And the GP gets squeamish at the mention of womens health . Not all healthcare is equal in the UK and depends from region to region .

The problem is, even if you ask your gynaecologist, he/she won't explain it to you properly. About the birth control pills, the main problem, if you ask me, is that they won't emphasise that it may make you onfertile, and that they actually do that very often. And ypu are able to get on birth cobtrol pills when ypu are 14! (if you, for example, have acne). I think you are not old enough at that age to make such a big decision. I myself thought I don't want to have children up until 23 years old.

At that age, it’s usually just hormones needing to sort themselves out. You can talk with your doctor about going off of birth control for a couple of months to see if the problem comes back. You’ll have to use other methods of contraception if you’re sexually actively with a dude, obviously.

@@evilsharkey8954 unfortunately now as an adult I’ve developed pre menopausal depressive disorder and since I’m already on antidepressants the recommendation is just to skip your periods. Birth control is working really well for that! I schedule a period every three months to prevent breakthrough bleeding, which means I only have to do like four periods a year, rather than be stuck in bed for a week every month. I’ve been lucky with side effects and it’s made such a positive impact on my quality of life that I’m happy to stay on it now :)

@@mm-b8012 That’s what I did on the progestin pill. Not only did I only have 3-4 bad weeks a year, I could schedule them to not coincide with important events, and they were much less intense than without the pill. Now I’m on Depo-Provera, and I don’t have them at all. I’m lucky enough to have minimal side effects.

Very similar experience here. 14 or 15, had never ever had any regularity in my cycle before, would maybe have like, 5 or 6 periods a year. But then I got on my period, and it just wouldn't stop for nearly a month. I was prescribed alyacen and it was great overall, though the first month or two it made me effectively bipolar, according to my therapist...that and the constant paranoia about blood clots wasn't fun, but besides that it was nice to be on. Then my insurance stopped covering it and I wasn't provided with an alternative, and now I think I'm on my period even less frequently than before... Maybe 2 this year so far? And it's september. Honestly, I'm pretty sure I have PCOS, but my doctors have never had any interest in finding out. Sucks.

Same. It really made me myself after years of PMDD psychosis and removed so much pain from my life. My doctor was very clear about the risks and shortcomings, and I made an educated decision I don't regret. If anything, I'm afraid of the symptoms coming back. Some of us really benefitted from this pill and I'm grateful it exists as an option

I think the pill is bad only for people that have perfect hormonal balance and don’t need it. It’s logical that if you add something to your body that it has enough of, you are going to create an imbalance.

I wish mine did that. Instead of helping PMDD I just got depressed all month

​@luciatat4084 I don't have a hormonal imbalance and have taken the combination pill for years a d am perfectly happy. No side effects. Don't fear monger especially when you don't have the education to speak on this.

Well I mean there are lots of things that are harmful for majority and good for minorities. So people must say what's true for most people first and then they can clarfy for the minority, remember that saying, exceptions do not make the rule.

There's unfortunately not a way to get off HBC if you need it for non-contraceptive reasons- short of removing the cause of the problem which almost always would require a full hysterectomy. Taking that route myself at the end of the month for a long list of reasons- PMDD; bleeding so heavily it drops my iron levels to the anemia threshold; literally crippling pain, cramps, and cysts (and I am on opioid pain medication because my joints dislocate multiple times a day and the damage that causes); bleeding for 21 days out of 28... *if not more.* I'm lucky I have zero desire for kids and even less interest in sex, but it was still over 15 years of struggling with medication that didn't work and caused side effects like horrible weight gain.

I got blood clots from Loestrin which was the lowest dose at the time. My Mom got diagnosed with cancer a few weeks after I just quit cold turkey. You may not be able to stop, but try to find an obgyn to help you discuss alternatives. This used to be really easy for me, but my state just passed an abortion ban. If you still live in a blue state, go to Planned Parenthood. They were my doctor even when I had no insurance. They will even pay for a specialist if you make below income requirements. That's your decision to make with a doctor who will listen to you. This is why I have gone through so many doctors because I won't be keeping one who thinks it's all in my head.

@@rachelsamuels8399 I'm sorry to hear about your struggles. Thankfully I don't live in the US

@@alchemysaga3745 I’m also thinking, even if you did decide you wanted a child in future after having the procedure done, you can adopt a child of any age or have your eggs frozen beforehand and then use a surrogate to carry the pregnancy.

I don't mean to be rude at all and i mean this sincerely. I want to ask you have you tried a diet change and regular excercise + supplements for your condition? Cutting out foods that cause inflamation ect? Im curious if birth control actually helps your condition or it just lessens the symptoms.

I tried 3 different kinds of HBC pills. They made me have bad PMS symptoms all month -- acne, bloating, breast pain, nausea, weight gain, and I also got pregnant while on them. A pocket ovulation microscope was a godsend for me. It's not officially recognized as birth control. It's considered an aid to conception. But wow, it kept me free from pregnancy for decades, more reliably than any other properly used BC.

Doctors are often just as clueless I am afraid . A pharmacist is much better in regards to medication aide affects and so on

That’s a bummer. Not having periods at all has been awesome on the shot. It sucks that so many women have adverse reactions and can’t take it.

Yeah it doesn’t work for everyone. Some people need to try different birth controls to find what works for them, other the hormone ones don’t work at all. Downside to every body being different is that sometimes what works for the majority just doesn’t work for some people

I threw up all the time too! And I got sick a ton. Also, made it really hard for my mood to bounce back when things were hard. For an extra bonus my periods were heavier and more painful than they'd ever been. I was on it for a year and then I never looked back.

You're so right, thats why I wanted to thank you for your comment. I've been taking it for 5-ish years now, and touch wood, everything has been okay with me! We need to have more people out there sharing their good experiences, too 👍

Same! I use it to skip periods (because mine is crazy short) and while I’m not crazy about my current brand, I know it’s the brand in particular and I’ll probably switch if I can, but if not, eh.

Same, all positives for me with my low dose combination pill. I've been taking it for years.

We don't talk about when it's beneficial to mental health problems too. I have a depressive disorder and my mood can go really low when I'm PMSing without birthcontrol, despite the antidepressants.

same! it helped me so much with my periods. before the pills my periods were so bad that i was literally fainting from the pain on the toilet. now the pain is much more manageable and i don't have any side effects!

Same here! I haven’t been diagnosed yet but my gyno says it’s very likely that I have PCOS and possibly also adenomyosis. I’ve taken different pills before but the side effects are really bad like severe depression, migraines, and fatigue, while only helping a tiny bit with crmaps

Don't get an IUD unless you are done having kids. No one tells you, but it can damage your fertility. One of the first questions a fertility specialist will ask you is if you have ever had an IUD. I don't know why doctors push them so hard, but I suspect it's drug company or insurance incentives.

Sorry. I wonder what components you’re allergic to? The hormones in them are already created by your body, but you absolutely can be allergic to the other ingredients in the pills themselves. Perhaps another form of BC with low hormones would be better for you? I was an emotional mess on BC pills but I did really well with the Mirena. The copper IUD wasn’t great for me. It I have several friends who have had great experiences.

@@slpmaterialgirl1 that’s obviously not the point here 🙄

​@@codename495 It's still very possible to have a reaction to the synthetic hormones. They are not completely identical to what the body's DNA has produced. It's also possible to have reactions to the inert substances involved.

I react badly to some "progesterone" pills but not others. Different brands contain different progestins (chemicals like progesterone) none of them actually contain progesterone. Some are OK for me.

This is like having a latex allergy. Yes some people may use that as an excuse to not use condoms, but it's really not an excuse as there are alternatives. But because others use it as an excuse people with real allergies are not taken seriously like they should. Other people lying and crying wolf ruining the credibility of honest people.

i tried to stop taking it once by just stopping. it was an interesting and unpleasant experience. it also reminded me that i was taking it for more than just the reproduction part. it was like stopping antidepressants for me. i dare to be different...when it comes to the effects of medication.

@@kindledragon2687 Do you want to share what happened? Obviously when I say the desired effects may not be achieved, that does include all desired effects, not necessarily just contraception.

@@conlon4332 it was a "super fun" emotional rollercoaster. I have a thyroid issue as well as bipolar fun among other things. I had been on the birth control way longer than my other medications so i didnt associate it with mood stability. Silly me for not thinking in advance that adjusting ones hormones would affect my mood.

Birth control depletes the body of essential vitamins and minerals, if you don’t beef up your intake before transitioning off the pill you can have a lot of issues. I know people who got off the pill and got horrible cystic acne and their hair fell out in clumps. Some people didn’t see their period again for many months. Others have heavy and painful periods begin or resurge. You’ve just been dumping synthetic hormones into your body for possibly years, there are likely to be some side effects from abruptly stopping without correcting the imbalances it’s created. And this is coming from someone who is very proudly on the pill but planning a 4 month transition off. I need to support my organs responsible for detoxification and hormone regulation as well as ensure my vitamin/mineral levels are good before coming off if I want the best results.

@bmartin4549 The cystic acne, hair fall, and amenorrhea are all common PCOs symptoms. Whoever you're talking about probably developed it while on the pill, but didn't notice because the pill is used to help treat PCOs and deal with all the symptoms described. HBC is not like steroids or antidepressants where you have to wean your body off gradually. They are stopped cold-turkey without issue.

but like... you just said you just went off it. didn't matter if you had side effects, the trick to getting off it is to stop taking it. it's that simple. side effects or not. you can get side effects from stopping anything you take daily, but there's no "tricks" to discontinuing whatever it is. you just stop.

@@RR-on4sk I totally understand where you’re coming from. For me personally, I wish I had had some help in balancing my hormones afterwards so I didn’t have to go through such a bad experience coming off it.

​@@RR-on4sk sure but calleeshea's course mentioned in this video is about balancing your hormones afterward to help with those side effects that come after lol

I also had the same issues with the side effects of oral hbc, either I got migraines or they did little to lessen my period pain (which was why I started hbc). So I also switched to an implant (implanon in my case). I'm on my 3th now and it's so much better. Altho, I do find that instead of the expected 3 years mine only last 2 years till my periods increase in nastyness.

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Talk to an ob/gyn, because they can provide options that are customized to you. Online medical advice are usually for the general population, so they don't work well for people who might have a more specific condition.

@JustABookworm You are right, and they have offered Nothing except pain medication. They decided that hormone medication can hurt me and will not be putting me on them.

It really depends what problems you've been having. If it's pain-related and not related to a condition like endometriosis then the only real options are the combined pill, hormonal IUS and painkillers in the form of paracetamol or NSAIDs. If it's heavy bleeding, then there are other medications such as tranexamic acid that can help. It's important to speak with your Obgyn to find what's right for you.

@XxSaruman82xX I did after going to the emergency room with fist size clods and pain compared to contraction. They say that because I have TMI'S, I could develop a clod to cause me a major Stoke, so no. They decided on 600 to 800 ibuprofen and just pain control. I have been having TMI'S for about 19 plus years. Lost my hearing 9 years ago on one ear. Bed ridden with chronic pain for other and now because of Pre-menopausal.

@@crybebebunny At your age, it might be worth getting a hysterectomy. The uterus isn’t going to do you much good at this point, and while they’re in there they can see if you have endometrial tissue in weird places and remove it. The recovery will suck but no uterus means no more period problems.

I have been in at least 6 different HBC in the last 12 years, and something to take into account is that the first 3 months or so can be a hormonal rollercoaster, but it usually gets more stable at the 4th. Obviously not always, so it's important to inform of your symptoms to your OB/Gyn.

Playing devil's advocate here, there's a reason solving an addiction to street drugs isn't as simple as quitting cold-turkey. I would guess that there could be side-effects when quitting hormonal contraceptives as well, and it's possible that what she's selling is a way to mitigate the side-effects.

@@carultch I'm 45 and have been on 4 different types of hormonal contraception. Stopping isn't a problem.

Hormonal or copper iud?

@@Boudicaisback I have a hormonal one, it's the 5 year one. It stopped all my side effects from when I took the pill and made my periods so much easier and shorter.

Don't. Birth control is a modern miracle and works for most people. If you don't have any issues, keep doing what you are doing.

I am sorry about the syntoms you are having 😢

@@anainesgonzalez8868 Thanks...Luckily I started off with really thick hair so walking down the street without knowing me you probably wouldn't know anything is wrong...But I definitely know, and those that know me have started to notice since I do look different because of it. I'm hoping that switching to some type of treatment or different birth control will result in my hair growing back, but honestly at this point my main goal is to make sure I don't lose anymore. I'm only 23 and ill prepared to cope with this much hairloss😅

I'm glad at least you're going to see a doctor for that! I hope you and the doctor figure the problem out

I ran into the same issue with the IUD (among other side effects). The good news is, once I had it removed most (but not all) of my hair started growing back about 4 months later (hair growth cycles take a while). It's stressful, I wish you the best of luck!

That happened to me. Get it taken out and the hair loss will stop. IUDs also cause infertility so often that it's one of the first questions a fertility doctor will ask you. Also, if you are losing your hair, your IUD is probably the progesterone one anyway, which is the same hormone in birth control pills.

Doctors often really want to find a solution and are genuinely trying to help, but aren't willing to be real with patients about the possible consequences of a treatment plan or listen to us about what we are willing to go through. I have some kinda menstrual issue causing painful periods, and recently I had a dr straight up lie to me and say a hormonal IUD couldn't possibly make my periods heavier for more than a couple days, to get me to schedule an insertion- I was repeatedly saying that anything with a chance of making my periods heavier was off the table, because the depo shot put me through hell last year. Luckily I googled it as soon as I got home and cancelled the insertion appointment 😓 but it's really not fair to patients when we're not given info or straight up lied to. (And of course this isn't the case for everyone with the depo or IUD, but in my experience I'm prone to getting increased and/or prolonged bleeding from treatments and I should be able to veto things that I think will harm me)

@@bogboybogboybogboybYES, I’m on the rod, had bleeding for 3 months straight and they wanted to give me the iud, which seemed just as likely to do the same thing, doctor didn’t listen when I told her I was apprehensive about getting the iud, and refused to take the rod out until I had the iud in, well now I’m being stubborn and just waiting till the rod needs to be taken out

@@eilishmclennan6546 oh yikes it's awful not to be allowed autonomy over that decision, doctors are in a position of power over us in that way and they abuse it too often. Hate that you're just having to stick it out but glad you aren't getting an implant you don't want. Like, my doc was vocally worried about abortion restrictions being passed and probably just wanted to get me on permanent birth control no matter what, but when I'm explaining that the depo shot flipped my period schedule (as in, bleed for a month, stop for a few days, repeat) for nearly a year which hugely messed with my ability to function, it's unethical to remove my autonomy by lying about the risk of that happening again.

I feel you. Personally none of the combined BC methods worked for me. I had to try like 4 different types before I got Nexplanon. Honestly endo makes living a normal life almost impossible for me so I was happy I found something. If you can live with it tho then being birth control free sounds great. This is just a mild warning to look out for, if you’re not on any form of hormonal management your endometriosis could get worse over time making your periods more painful. It all depends on the type you have and what not.

I dont mean to be rude please dont read into it that way, i want to ask have you tried taking anything else for you anxiety? If you havent i recommend B vitamins daily, and when you're anxious you can take more than one-you cant overdose on vitamin B. I take 3/4 vitamin B (b-complex) when im anxious and my anxiety goes away. Sometimes the brain attacks us because its starved from the things it needs. Pyrydoxine (B6) is especially good for anxiety and you can take one also with the 3/4 b-complex vitamins. Also for the cramps maybe try taking magnesium? I hope this helps you

Have you discussed a different form of HBC? They’re not all the same. Some people do great on one kind but constantly throw up on others, or worse.

Same. I also have this issue. I have the Mirena IUD. So far it's the only HBC that hasn't really messed with me in some way. But if I go off the IUD my periods are hell. There's no alternative other than pain killers. Period medication doesn't really work for me. I can only take ibuprofen. Which doesn't remove the pain. Just makes it slightly less unbearable. There really needs to be more options for women with painful heavy periods who have bad side effects with HBC.

That’s why we need more funding and research into female specific pain/bleeding/hormone disorders. HBC doesn’t work for everyone.

@@evilsharkey8954 Agreed.

maybe you just had messed up periods though that got normal with age, regardless of what you were taking. no one can say, but what's more likely? that you suffered a decade from stopping it or that something else was going on?

Not always. How long can you wait? I tried for 4 1/2 months. My body was still so screwed up hormonally, I needed the stability and predictability of being on the pill.

Yes, it will take between 3-5 months/cycles to get back to a more normal baseline. However… there are some things that seem to have changed permanently since I went on BC that have not gotten back to normal. For example, I had never gotten cramps or any pain at all during my periods before BC - I actually remember thinking “Hey, this isn’t too bad. Why is everyone always complaining about periods?” It was always smooth sailing. I went on BC at 18 (at that point, I had had my period for six years) for acne/skin related reasons. I stopped taking it after a year. After I went off it, my periods got intense and painful. Cramps are now my new normal, at least for the first 12 hours of my period. I also get headaches, light-headedness, and sometimes nausea, all related to the onset of my period. Every single cycle. NONE of this had EVER happened before BC. My periods are now also noticeably heavier - WAY heavier. It’s been four years since I got off BC. I really really wish I had never been on it in the first place. Just feels like it’s made everything worse. I hope you have a better experience going off it, and I hope your TTC journey goes beautifully!

After getting off birth control, It took me about 8 months to get pregnant. It takes time but your body should get back to normal as long as you didn't have any issues with the birth control in the first place. Sending baby dust 💗

@@mcgheebentle1958it may not be BC related I have a family member who never had cramps growing up but started getting them randomly at 22 Im not saying it‘s 100% not BC related but it can be just correlation.

I tried to go off it, but went back on because my hormones were so screwed up, i had hypermenorrhia! The reason i went on in first place had zero to do with birth control, more to do with balancing excess male hormone. To the point of needing to shave my chin.

Same, hbc is the worst you can do to your body

Im sure the $99 course won't really go over those risks though

@@anayarey Bull! HBC works wonders for millions of people. It gives us our lives back so we don’t have to spend a week every month curled up on the floor in agony. Now that I’m on the Depo shot, not having periods has been amazing. I wish every woman’s body allowed her to use HBC, but, sadly, it doesn’t work for everyone. Some women have adverse reactions. Personally, I wouldn’t call lack of a period an “adverse” reaction.

​@@evilsharkey8954 it kind of is an adverse reaction though. If you're going off birth control to try to get pregnant, that's a BIG problem if your cycle doesn't resume. For me, my doctors get REAL nervous when i go more than a couple months without a period (if they don't have me on a medication that was supposed to do that) because of an increased chance of cancer.

Birth control pills were literally a lifesaver when they came out. Some women had their health run into the ground because they couldn't prevent pregnancy. I love BCP. Just not for my body. It's a mess if I take it. I'm so glad it exists though!

everyone should read it, gynecologist don't tell you those things

@@ladyg19312 School doesn’t. Your momma doesn’t. It’s heartbreaking the lack of knowledge we have about our own bodies!!

@@KaraB1353 true. I stopped hormonal birth control 3 years ago and have only use the fertility awareness method. When i had a bleeding problem the gynecologist told me : take the pill. I responded that i didn't want and didn't need it, she got mad. I had to diagnose myself with low progesterone and ask her to prescribe me hormonal exams... I was right. Hadn't i not read the book I would never have known

Aren’t periods worse with endo? It can take a while for the menstrual cycle to go back to normal just like how it can take a long time for HBC to really reduce periods.

Yep

It's a high dose of hormonal BC so that it can last through the time between shots.

Yes. It’s the one I use with almost no side effects. For some people, it can cause really serious stuff, like temporary psychosis.

read 'taking charge of your fertility' it's life changing.

I had a whole host of blood clots in my early 20s from a condition that we didn't know ran in the family. It took me years but I got someone to prescribe the mini-pill which has a much less risk of blood clots.

I’ve been on birth control since I was 16. I don’t even remember what the true pain of periods felt like, just that I almost passed out sometimes. I guess we are very lucky that HBC works so well for us

You may love the effects of it but it’s not how your body is supposed to work so you may want to consider that and the fact that you can’t take it forever without creating some health problems.

@@luciatat4084 could you be more specific? What health problems? And why is it bad that it’s not “how your body is supposed to work”? Why is it important to feel pain?

@@luciatat4084 lol, whats next? your against opiod use for crippling pains? yeah there *might* be health problems, but the benefits (less cramping, pms, tender breasts, bloating, constipation, diherrea, lower risks of 3 cancers and more obviously birth prevention) are clearly outweigh whatever bull your about to say. Yeah, pain is natural, so what? sometimes nature is shit, so we curve it to our benefit. willingly suffering is still suffering; it doesn't really put people on a pedestal xD

I assume you're talking about vasectomy. The reversal isn't 100%, some men will suffer permanent infertility so there are significant risks. Another thing you forgot to consider is women who sleep with different partners, and that's what the majority of women do these days.

@@kristijan8518 Yes! That's the one! Thank you 😁 Yes I thought of that too, I knew the reversal wasn't 100% but thankfully it's still mostly effective, and in the case of women sleeping with several partners, then obviously they need their own methods XD was just talking in the case of individual couples, tho I still wouldn't know what to do if my partner cheated with someone with an std... That would be messed up fs 😬

the reversibility of vasectomies is very often exaggerated BUT condoms are still extremely effective when used correctly

She has made videos on the side effects of birth control before. She’s been consistently “education good” for many years

@@averycheesypotato Not quite. She’s laid doubt on the idea that the HBC messes with mood and that it often changes a woman’s se*xual arousal. She straight up denies that women on HBC are often attracted to different kinds of men - despite the plethora of evidence to show that this is indeed the case.

@@mcgheebentle1958 We have minds of our own, we’re not just blindly following hormones. If a woman is in a relationship with someone, that’s her choice on who she chooses to be with. Studies saying otherwise are definitely questionable in their results. To claim that birth control pills have so much influence as to affect long-term relationships is utterly demeaning

@@averycheesypotato No… no lol. The studies showing that a woman is attracted to different kinds of men at various points in her cycle has been repeated with the same results. This is currently taught in all biopsychology classes (including the one I took at my university last year). These studies (note the plural; as in more than one) are currently considered to confirm the current hypothesis that a woman’s hormones clearly DO play a large role in s*exual attraction. Of course, studies in the future can find out something else, but currently that’s where the research stands. These studies are extremely accessible, feel free to look this up.

Ooh what are the plant- based options please? I didn't know they existed.

Well duh. Zoloft is an antidepressant/anti-anxiety med. While there are a lot of people with mental health issues, there aren't a huge chunk that have it bad enough to be treated with meds/who can be treated with meds. Meanwhile, ~35% of the entire human population could theoretically require HBC, if you don't count those who are too old or too young to require it