Hormonal Birth Control is Harming Women's Health

I firmly believe it does alter far more than we realize. No one sees their future when they take medications in their youth.

As a gynecologist, I think you did a great job covering this. Would love to come on your show talking about what women can do when they come off birth control.

Im so glad you addressed this issue. When I was 13 I was diagnosed with PCOS and was put on birth controll pills. I took those pills for more than 12 years to help with my symptoms. I was severely suicidal in my teens and 20s, I felt like I had lost my youth. Im 29 and have stopped taking the pill. I had an awful period that lasted 3 months, the bleeding and blood clots were traumatising. But Im so grateful to Jesus every day because Im still alive and Im no longer depressed. Im looking forward to my 30s and getting my life back.

I was laughed at by doctors for saying my period was gone and my hair was falling out after stopping birth control. My period took almost two years to return and it’s so light that I can likely never become pregnant. Which is ok because I don’t want to ever be. But it’s messed up and the medical gaslighting is the worst part

This is really sad. Imagine being a man madly in love with your wife and excited to have children, only to learn that in her natural state, she isn’t attracted to you. That’s crushing. As a woman who has been on BC for more than 10 years and recently got off it, I’m giving it a few months before formally dating anyone.

SO GLAD to see someone finally talk about this!! I have had my health totally wrecked by birth control and never really been able to bounce back, and I’m only 26. And my story is tame compared to many women I’ve talked to. THANK YOU FOR THIS!

As a 90's kid, somehow I heard just a few negative things about the pill, and was like, "Nope, not gonna do that." Luckily, I didn't have anyone trying to change my mind.

I'm a traditional Christian so I didn't have sex until I got married. Birth control therefore was not an issue until my late 20s. When I got married, since I had the dream cycle, very regular, my husband and I decided to use condoms 10 days a month during my fertile period with a generous buffer. It has worked wonderfully and two years after getting married, when we were ready, we decided to get pregnant with our first. After this one, God willing, we'll wait a year and then get pregnant with a second so the kids can be around two years apart.

I had a hormonal IUD since 15 until one day at age 19, out of the blue, I became very uncomfortable with the idea of temporarily hormally sterilizing myself, and got it removed. For the first time I was experiencing sexual attraction and the natural rhythm of emotions that come with having a cycle. Now I'm older and many of my friends and women I've followed on social media are struggling to conceive after coming off hormonal birth control, it takes them on average a year before they get regular cycles and their uterine linings aren't bulking up enough to support a pregnancy. I got pregnant the 2nd month of trying, thank the Lord for telling 19 year old me to get those drugs out of me!

Yep. Three months on the bc pill ruined my body. Never been the same. I was laughed at by my doctor when I went in with melasma all over my face, hair loss, suicidal, anger issues, facial hair....she said giggling "yea that can happen" now I'm stuck with all this for the rest of my life. It's been 8 YEARS and I'm not healed.

Thank you for covering this! I was encouraged to go on birth control at the age of 12 to help with painful PMS and acne. I finally stopped taking it in 2019 after having an anxiety attack and extreme mood swings among many other things. Within a month of stopping birth control, I felt like a whole new person both physically and mentally. That's not an exaggeration. I felt like I could think clearly, not be overly emotional, my cycles were ironically more predictable and less stressful - I was so blown away by how drastically different I felt that any time I get the opportunity I try to share my story with others. It's horrible that the medical industry pushes hormonal birth control so much...

When I was diagnosed with PCOS like 7 months ago ,the gynecologist really pushed me to take birth control pills to make it under control. I was like no I want to cure the condition and to not to just sugarcoat it . I eat healthy, exercise and my periods are regular and my PCOS is also under control naturally now . I'm so happy I didn't go for the birth control route ❤️

My life was truly saved by birth control. My migraines were eliminated, my debilitating period symptoms gone. I had cramps, headaches, low energy and vomiting I feel like I got my life back. I was no longer subjected to mood swings that harmed my already depressed self. Everyone reacts to birth control differently. If you have severe period symptoms I would say it's worth a shot, if you hate to go off. It's like any medication it has positives and negatives. Great video, listen to your bodies always.

I'm a retired health pro & have known this for decades. To me this was just common sense, but something that most people didn't (& still don't) want to stop & think through. My intuition always told me loud & clear that BC pills were VERY, VERY BAD.

The worst part is about this topic, the water treatment facilities do not purify hormones out of the water, only bacteria so anybody drinking out of the faucet is consuming these hormones, and even simple filters cannot get all them out, you would need a reverse osmosis charcoal filter to remove these hormones

I took birth control for two years (18 - 19) and I was severely depressed during that time. Could not figure out why. Had severe panic attacks, was super anxious. As soon as I went off the pills, two days later I was in a fantastic mood. Depression vanished. I am 24 now, and the anxiety only just left me last year. Birth control is not worth it. Still childless, but that will hopefully change after I get married in May! My advice is to not take birth control at all. It's not worth the risks.

Who would have thought that a substance meant to prevent the formation of human life would be harmful to humans.

Interesting theory. I never took hormonal b.c. because I saw how it made women who were on it gain weight, back in the day, and it also didn't make sense to me to change your hormones 24/7, when the possibility of pregnancy only occurs during a few days to a week at most per month. Even back then, there were, and still are, less harmful ways to prevent pregnancy.

Before birth control I literally could barely function because my periods were so debilitating. They impacted every aspect of my life in the worst possible way. I went to multiple doctors and none of them could give me a reason for my symptoms so I went on birth control and it has been nothing short of life changing. I would love to know what's wrong, but at this point I'm just happy I can have a normal life again. Side note I don't take the pill I have an IUD which is hormonal as well, but works better for me.

Before watching this vid I wanted to share my story. I started taking hormonal birth control pills at 21 and stopped at 29. It took me 8 months to regain my period. And the 2 months before that happened I had HORRIBLE cramps. I went to the doc and they found two small cysts on one of my ovaries. Thankfully I think they’re gone now bc that hasn’t happened to me since but it was excruciatingly painful I had to lay down and nothing helped the pain (ibuprofen, heating pad, weed) just miserable. The pill made me feel… not like myself for so long. Less grounded in my emotions. I’m looking forward to tapping into my natural self again and hoping that I can still have kids if my husband is interested. I’ve been using Natural Cycles thermometer based tracking since I went off the pill and that works well to determine when I’m ovulating and planning for when I’m getting a period. I feel super lied to. Everyone including my mom said they were safe and wouldn’t have negative side effects and definitely not long term nonsense. It’s not true. Messing with natural hormones is NOT OK.