Birth Control Pill - effect on libido and mental health

[zaggahamma]

depot prov-era also slows my fiances libido

[PPC]

depot prov-era also slows my fiances libido

Note the word provera. That's included in counterfeit hormones big time. It was provera in the WHI study of female HRT in 2002 that was the main cause of all the dangerous side effects. The study had to be halted due to serious health issues rising in the women studied.

Actually it's probably one of the worst offenders for disrupting a woman's libido. It's not like I like being the bearer of bad tidings but here's a list of negatives depo provera causes according to Gyn Uzzi Reiss:

*Takes years for a woman to resume her normal menstrual cycle after concluding depot provera

*causes appreciable weight gain

*increases incidence of urinary tract infections

*increases risk of chlamydia and gonorrhea infection

*increases rate of acquisition of HIV infection

*increases rate of outward infection meaning a woman's ability to spread HIV is increased by the 'shedding' of the virus

Interesting that depot provera is used to chemically castrate sexual offenders to help prevent further sexual crimes as it is very effective at lowering male sex drive. But women are taught to take it willingly.

It does work to control bleeding because it is a mimic of natural progesterone. I'm stumped as to why docs don't prescribe the real thing for problems. Guess it's back to the system revolving around how much more money can be made with patentable meds.

[BengalWoman]

I just wanted to 'Thank' PPC for your advise on taking vitamin E for hormone headaches. It worked great!

I am still in the works to get off BC. I am going to have to find a specialized doctor for my hormones. My doctor has advised that they will only address estrogen and progresterine levels - nothing else.

Any one have a 'quick fix' for breast tenderness. Likely due to increased estrogen. Every little brush - just kills!

[PPC]

I just wanted to 'Thank' PPC for your advise on taking vitamin E for hormone headaches. It worked great!

I am still in the works to get off BC. I am going to have to find a specialized doctor for my hormones. My doctor has advised that they will only address estrogen and progresterine levels - nothing else.

Any one have a 'quick fix' for breast tenderness. Likely due to increased estrogen. Every little brush - just kills!

Glad your headaches are doing a little better.

So if you are still on BC and your breasts are very sore then I can only assume you are using one with a higher estrogen? Since the pill does not have progesterone, (only synthetic), natural progesterone is not able to balance out the higher estrogen levels. Your body does not like it's current balance. Is this the first month your breasts have hurt like this?

Of course only real progesterone can aid the breasts. You can supplement real Progesterone with an over the counter progesterone cream on your breasts even while on BC according to Dr Reiss. An otc formula will be a 2%. I'm not sure if it will be a quick fix but it may do a little good. Problem is, some women who do this find breast pain increases for the first month and then settles down after that.

I find taking vitex (chaste tree berry) really helps with sore breasts too. Takes a couple of months to feel the improvement though. I have studies somewhere for that. Let me know if you need to see them.

I hear you about the miserable sore breasts. When my sex hormones were imbalanced my breasts used to be shockingly sore. I could hardly hug my husband. Vit E is supposed to help this but obviously not yet doing that in your case. Mixed tocopherals of Vit E with atleast 200mg being of gamma form is important.

If your doc will start with E and P, that may be a place to work from. But I can understand you will want to supplement T since it will be needed. DHEA often swims downstream into T in females, (not neccessarily raising serum levels but expressing itself in the cells as T). It may be a start.

I added DHEA several months before I added T. It helped my skin be less dry and did make improvements in my libido.

[BengalWoman]

Hi.

Actually I am on the 2nd to lowest BC.

I just got 'The Natural Superwoman' by Reiss and have high hopes for all the knowledge he can pass on. He says that the tenderness is actually due to low Estrogen.

My doctor says in a month she'll run blood tests Estrogen, Progesterine & T. I guess there is no point to adding anything until I can get them done. I'll ask for DHEA too.

Thanks for your input!

[PPC]

Hi.

Actually I am on the 2nd to lowest BC.

I just got 'The Natural Superwoman' by Reiss and have high hopes for all the knowledge he can pass on. He says that the tenderness is actually due to low Estrogen.

My doctor says in a month she'll run blood tests Estrogen, Progesterine & T. I guess there is no point to adding anything until I can get them done. I'll ask for DHEA too.

Thanks for your input!

If you do get dhea tested. Test for dhea -s.


In a month, you will be testing while on BC or off?

[BengalWoman]

I'll be off BC for 30 days when I do the blood work.

It'll be really interesting how my body reacts in the coming weeks with no BC.