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Jan 25
15:49
So I’ve decided to stop taking my birth control. I guess I’m doing it cold turkey because I just finished my last pack and decided I’m not gonna take anymore after this. I feel like I’ve gained too much weight even while being consistent in exercising, etc. Any advice for me? And maybe some insight into what I’ll feel like now if anyone has also stopped taking it?
 
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Jan 25
15:49
I was on the pill. Alysena 28
 
Jan 25
16:34
It can take multiple months, up to a year, to fully adjust being off the pill. So you should expect side effects in that time such as irregular bleeding/cycles, mood swings, breast tenderness etc, similarly to how you adjusted to being on it. It's common for cycles to seem regular for a few months before becoming irregular again, there's really no way to predict how it will be for you. The only known form of birth control that has weight gain as a side effect is the depo shot/implant. It could be that it had nothing to do with your pill. Have you contacted your doctor about and investigated if you might be having some issues with your thyroid or something like PCOS? Depending on the age you started taking the pill, maybe your body simply matured into womanhood. Your body is still growing well into your 20s and you might not have even realised it. Many young adults don't realise how much less active and more sedentary their lifestyle becomes once they start their careers and your metabolism slows down with age. I could be completely wrong of course, but it's important to be realistic.
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Jan 25
18:13
You could be right. I really haven’t talked to my doctor aside from telling him I wanted to get off of it and he said ok. I personally feel like he hasn’t helped me much with anything health related so maybe I just never felt like talking to him about it before hand (I really want a woman as my family doctor but sticking to who I have right now). I started taking it right at 18. I’m gonna be 20 in March so it’s been just under 2 years on the pill. I do expect breast tenderness and mood swings etc. I know it’ll take some time for me to adjust to irregular periods if that happens just because I’ve been getting a consistent period on my break week for the whole 2 years. So we’ll see. Thanks
 

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