This is your brain on birth control. (an analysis)

My doctor put me on birth control to regulate my period at 19, I was on it for 2 years and turned into a different person. Anxious 24/7, reactive, insecure, depressed, terrible indigestion.. I stopped the pill, started doing daily work to regulate my nervous system, and started taking Macca root supplements instead and I've never been happier! :) I wish my doctor wasn't so quick to put a bandaid over the real problem, it would have saved me so much time. I Love this video!

How many of us have gone to our doctors to tell them our bc was making us break out, gain weight, dislike sex, feel sad, and our drs said “that’s normal”? 🤦🏻‍♀️

After the birth of my second child, doctors talked about birth control. My husband said you are not putting that crap into your uterus. So he diligently uses condoms. He has never complained about using condom being uncomfortable. He is a real man. I love him with all my heart.

It’s heartbreaking to hear how many women who know something is wrong with their body get gaslighted by their so called healthcare providers time and time again. The medical establishment is still so sexist, abusive and dismissive towards women. Thank you so much for shedding light on this topic!

I was on birth control for 7 years. During that entire time I was dating a man who was a narcissist & abusive … later after I had finally left him & moved to a different state entirely, I found out he was trying to trap me into pregnancy. I thank my lucky stars every single day that my birth control did not fail me during that time. After leaving & also during my 2 year celibacy journey, I got off birth control completely. My body skipped 6 months of periods & then finally settled into regularity after an entire year. I was at my sickest during the time I was on birth control & now I am more in tune with my body than ever before. With that being said, it I was not on birth control during the time I spent in my previous relationship, I absolutely would’ve gotten pregnant by a very abusive & toxic man. Informed consent is so important. I am so grateful I had access to birth control even though it made me sick but either way I was coming out losing in the situation regardless. Now I am with someone who treats me with respect & care & I am more educated about how my cycle works. I’ve been using the natural family planning method for 1 year so far & I absolutely love it. Knowledge is power.

Praying more young women find your channel. Even if we have a mother, it’s still good to get more info from our sisters because we can always learn something new. Godbless.

The Jadelle completely ruined my libido. I was on it for 5 years and had no desire to find a partner or do anything sexual (which is a good thing I guess) but a month after I got it removed I suddenly noticed men again and had a strange desire to have children. I felt like a woman again 😅

As a guy I never understood how it seemed so normal for women and girls to be taking regular hormone pills. I always thought I wouldn't want to take such a thing if I were a female, and I guess this video confirmed a lot of my doubts. My fiancée was on the pill only for a short time in her early twenties, hated what it did to her and never looked back since. Very interesting video, thank you very much for this!

This is so deep and well researched! I wish my doctor would've told me all this instead of putting me on birth control at 14!!! They tried to tell me I was overreacting when I told them HBC was changing me and making my anxiety worse. Even just doing progestin affected me. Please make sure you're informed when making these types of health decisions.

i am so glad my mother forbade me to go on birth control when i was a teenager. I remember being upset at the time because all of my friends were getting it and i kinda felt... left out. Well.... thanks mom.

I was put on hormonal birth control when I was 16 and continued taking it until I was 21. During that time I became extremely depressed and anxious (no one saw the connection), was put on a cocktail of mood-altering drugs, dropped out of school and began engaging in a variety of self-destructive behaviors. After switching to a different type of hormonal birth control at 21, I again experienced a dramatic and disturbing shift in my personality, moods, and behavior, so I started researching the impact of these synthetic hormones on mind and body health. The fact that what equates to potent and dangerous drugs are being given to children like candy without informed consent is unfortunately a recurring theme these days. To be clear, I (like many women and girls) was experiencing very real health issues that precipitated the administration of birth control pills, but the doctors made no effort to identify or address underlying issues and heal the root cause. Thank you for making this video.

I will say one thing, if you have a family history of blood clots do NOT go on birth control with estrogen in it (ie, the kind that helps prevent acne). It's dangerous and a good doctor will screen you for it.

I was on birth control at 19 in college and I’m 26 now. When I started taking it, I was moody, insecure, depressed, and anxious. I was so insecure I started opting not to eat because I didn’t feel pretty enough to go to the dining hall. I flunked all my classes because I slept during the day and stayed up all night. I had no interest in anything. I even turned to drugs, alcohol, and risky behaviors for comfort. I remember driving in a car with a friend at night, I purposely tried to crash the car. I also tried suicide by pills. I had countless ER visits because there were times I just couldn’t breathe (probably anxiety) Please, if you love yourself, just steer clear of this poison! Mind you, I was a pretty happy person before birth control. I’m still suffering the effects 7 years later.

I think I will watch this video and try to take notes, even though I've never used hormonal birth control. When I was 15, I went to my first gynecologist appointment, and the woman who checked me advised me to start using birth control even though I wasn't sexually active. She wanted to give it to me as "prevention". Luckily my mother told me that I don't need that nonsense 😅 Thanks for always producing high quality videos for us! Your calm voice is wonderful to listen to

Next you could do a video on natural methods for common problems that we are just told to cure with birth control like acne, heavy flow, irregular cycle, etc. I would really love to have your opinion on that. Love your videos so much! Have a wonderful day ☀️

I had the complete opposite experience while being on birth control for the past 15 years. It’s stabilized my mood, so I don’t get the PMS symptoms of sadness and depression before my period starts.

This needs to go viral. Every woman needs to hear this!

The Nuva ring was the worst for me. I became severely depressed for months. Took it out, and 2 days later my depression was gone. No exaggeration.

Hormonal birth control has been extremely helpful to my mental health, so I do want to say that sometimes the reverse can happen. When off the pill I am much more irritable, depressed, and unstable. I, however, have a hormonal imbalance go begin with.

my sister took the pill for five years as a teenager and young adult. She got very suicidal and thought there was something wrong with her until she stopped taking it and realized she was getting affected by the pill...it literally almost killed her