This guy is telling the truth. The pill is horrible for you, no matter what they say. I learned the hard way.
Warning for TMI for you guys out there who get grossed out when hearing about "female problems."
Seriously, stop looking if you have a weak stomach... :-P
So, from the time I, ahem, started "blooming" into womanhood, I had problems. Bad cramps, really heavy bleeding with huge clots that felt like giving birth to tiny gross things, mood swings, etc. It made my teen years a pleasure. Not. At a couple of points in high school, I passed out due to the heavy bleeding. My mom, who had been through worse issues, told me to take baths (no thanks) and take it easy during the "bad" days. Flash forward...
It got worse and worse (endometriosis, I found out later). So I went to a gyn and they put me on the pill. My blood pressure had always been fairly low (105/60 was about average for me) and I had never really been heavy, either. In two months on that pill, I gained 30 pounds and my blood pressure went from low to 130/95. I was unhappy, went to the doc and she casually told me those were side effects of the pill. Like, wtf??? Then she tried to put me on a different pill. I told her no, that I'd rather have cramps than blow up like a balloon and have a heart attack.
Mentioned it to my mom when she pointed out that I looked fat and, when I told her, she told me that, after having a total hysterectomy (endometriosis that had grown all over her organs), they put her on hormones and had the same reactions. She quit, despite them warning her of dire consequences, and felt better.
I know some women swear by the pill, but I don't trust that shit. You don't screw with your body like that and, if you take something and feel terrible, stop taking it. I tried to tell my dad that when they put him on cholesterol medicine, but God rest his soul, he refused to listen and his health kept deteriorating every year he was on all those drugs they pushed on him.
This guy is telling the truth. The pill is horrible for you, no matter what they say. I learned the hard way.
Warning for TMI for you guys out there who get grossed out when hearing about "female problems."
Seriously, stop looking if you have a weak stomach... :-P
So, from the time I, ahem, started "blooming" into womanhood, I had problems. Bad cramps, really heavy bleeding with huge clots that felt like giving birth to tiny gross things, mood swings, etc. It made my teen years a pleasure. Not. At a couple of points in high school, I passed out due to the heavy bleeding. My mom, who had been through worse issues, told me to take baths (no thanks) and take it easy during the "bad" days. Flash forward...
It got worse and worse (endometriosis, I found out later). So I went to a gyn and they put me on the pill. My blood pressure had always been fairly low (105/60 was about average for me) and I had never really been heavy, either. In two months on that pill, I gained 30 pounds and my blood pressure went from low to 130/95. I was unhappy, went to the doc and she casually told me those were side effects of the pill. Like, wtf??? Then she tried to put me on a different pill. I told her no, that I'd rather have cramps than blow up like a balloon and have a heart attack.
Mentioned it to my mom when she pointed out that I looked fat and, when I told her, she told me that, after having a total hysterectomy (endometriosis that had grown all over her organs), they put her on hormones and had the same reactions. She quit, despite them warning her of dire consequences, and felt better.
I know some women swear by the pill, but I don't trust that shit. You don't screw with your body like that and, if you take something and feel terrible, stop taking it. I tried to tell my dad that when they put him on cholesterol medicine, but God rest his soul, he refused to listen and his health kept deteriorating every year he was on all those drugs they pushed on him.