#bc pill

[katvlad]

Not going to go into details bc of privacy but i've stopped taking the birth control pill last week and the changes i see in me as well as the research i've done about that pill online are eye-opening. So many women with the same symptoms as me, who like me trusted their doctor/gynecologists who said over and over that this pill was safe. I've read somewhere that more and more women are stopping taking the BC pill in my country. Good. Those hormones are wrecking us.

[miranova23]

Aviane birth control pill:

It might make you gain weight! Or lose weight! Who knows!

...

Did you mean "lose weight" like lose 5 lbs from laying in bed for 2 days sleeping & not eating, cuz it only let me sleep for only 6 hours over 2 days, then made my heart race for 8 hours straight, & made my eyes hurt & see shadows & lights out of the corner of my eyes that were not there???

😥

[miranova23]

Fave episode of us both!

But this was what yesterday felt like. Cuz besides the scary issues with my heart & eyes, there was also the emotional side of the effects to deal with.

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HOW on earth do girls DATE while on hormonal birth control?! 😨😭🥰🤬😒😝

I was only on it for 2 days & I flew off the handle! 😬

[miranova23]

Hunny came in to check on me, all proud that he’d gotten groceries, done all the backlogged dishes, idk what else:

Poor guy didn’t think my snippiness from an accidental phone call this morning could be persisting. (Texting was fine. Didn’t wanna talk. His phone called me but he thought I called him? “Talked” anyway but it was just me whining & him repeating being worried & please don’t freak him out WELL I WAS FREAKED OUT) Meanwhile this is just me all day today:

“Everything. It’s all wrong.” Not even just exaggerating the bc pill effects, cuz with my heart feeling crazy weird & KNOWING I’d only gotten 6 hours of sleep in 48 hours, I skipped my thyroid pill & all vitamins & antidepressant. So yeah everything’s just wrong. & if this is how I was gonna be emotionally on it if it physically worked, then fuck that.

[miranova23]

okay fuck no that's like 5 different things & 1 of them's my eyes, another my heart.

This isn't gonna work.

[miranova23]

oh so... took the 1st bc pill today at 12:30pm.

On the lookout for adverse effects, & I know it's only been 6 hours, but nothing yet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's Ariane, through NurX.com.

I'd like to make a big post promoting them, but other than being so great & easy so far, I don't really feel like I know much about it.

[nynehells]

i never fully realized how absolutely fucking ill taking bc pills makes me until having to take them for an emergency thing and now holy shit wow how is this considered even remotely acceptable for anyone to have to live their lives using????? I actually am so ill from the pill that I cannot function and my heart rate and blood pressure have skyrocketed beyond all hell

what the hell

[themidwifeisin]

Hello! I've been on the Pill (microgynon 30) for about 3 months now because my periods were incredibly heavy and left me anaemic and fainting. I'm a lesbian so don't need birth control. My GP never mentioned it but I have heard a lot about how imperative it is to take BC at the same time each day. Does this apply to me too, or is that just to ensure it works as a contraceptive? Thank you for your help!

Honestly, if you take a combined estrogen and progesterone birth control pill, you don’t really need to take it at the same time every day.  Even within the same 6 hours is really pretty ok.  And you don’t even need to start using back-up birth control until you miss 2 days of pills.

But yes, the more specific answer to your question is this: taking the pill at the same time every day is protective against pregnancy.  So if you’re not at risk for pregnancy, you don’t really have to worry about it.  However, you are much more likely to have spotting and bleeding in between periods if you don’t take the pill regularly.  That could be something that does affect you.

Let me say this: the birth control pill fails the people who take it.  It’s hard to take at the same time every day, it’s hard to remember.  It’s not a perfect method by any definition.  Don’t hesitate to look for other methods that are designed to suite your life style, such as the ring, the Mirena, the Nexplanon.