Anyone come off the pill and see a difference?

[MamaMunro]

Hi everyone!
I wondered if anyone else came off the pill and seen a positive difference in their moods and em.. their libido? 🤦‍♀️🤣 Basically I am sick of taking the pill I just dont like how it makes me feel or I guess thats what it is so Ive come off it (again) I came off to get pregnant with my 6 month old but cant really remember or say if i felt much different as I got pregnant quickly after. I just want to hear others experiences and if im doing the right thing. Ive never used any other form of contraception as always found it worked well for me, any other form scares me incase it doesnt agree with me so we will just be using condoms! Thank you and sorry for my ramblings! 🤣

It's a big issue. You get put on the pill that makes you miserable and kills your sex drive. Then you need to try antidepressants, which further destroy your sex drive.

I came off it for a year; libido stayed the same, spots came back and my boobs shrank three cup sizes! I'm on the mini pill now –I love not having periods and don't feel it negatively affects my moods. Saying that, everyone's different and it's tough finding the one that works for you. Every other pill I've tried gave me hideous urine infections every time i DTD.

Yes, me! I was on it for about 18 years. Came off, three months later I turned into a sex maniac and within 9 months had lost 4 stone without changing my diet!

This is so reassuring hearing everyone else's experiences! Fingers crossed it works for me coming off the pill as I am a miserable moody cow and its unfair on my husband! Thank you so much for everyones comments. Its always good to know your not alone with these things and that I'm normal! Haha. I do hope coming off the pill is the right thing for me. My hormones have been all over the place- pregnancy, then having a baby it totally messes with your emotions without the shitty pill! Wish me luck! Haha x

I've just gone back on it after putting on about 1/2 stone recently. It seems to kill my appetite for carbs and keeps my weight down. It also means no periods - bonus!

Other way round...I wish I was back on Cileste. Mini pill didn’t agree with my mental health but I hate my skin now I’m not on the pill but have a Minera instead. And never had other side effects...came off it to have DS2 and in order to breast feed had Minera (which is great apart from the acne!).

I was on the same pill for years then got really bad skin. Nasty big patches of itchy skin everywhere. I came off my pill & it cleared up completely. Tried going back on it a couple of years later but my skin flared up again so gave up.

Yep on it for years.I didn't think negatively affected me. Since stopping, I'm a new person and frankly it's caused me some concern over that fact that quote young girls are on this stuff and women are taking them for large chunks of their life. I thought I was depressed and had been on anti depressants- nope just the pill. I thought I had a moderate to low libido- nope just the pill. I thought I was sensitive and grumpy because of the depression- no, just the pill. I thought that my periods were Heavy and 5 days long- nope just the pill. I thought was naturally fat- well, yes. Can't blame the pill for that, I eat too much .

But really- I started taking the pill at 14 to "cure" unpredictable periods and carried on until 28 when trying for a baby I had grown up with it and never ever questioned it. Nor did the doctors. I think women are often just expected to pump their bodies full of mood and life altering hormones without second thought. That said- I wouldn't advocate a widespread switch to condoms alone, just wish that there were more alternatives

Has anybody had the arm implant taken out and felt different? I've had it in for years and just feel a bit "flat" mood wise most of the time, low libido - not depressed but never excited about anything either, not very motivated!

I came off the pill and my libido skyrocketed (in a not entirely pleasant way), my moods were more stable in some ways but the pmt was horrendous, and my periods were debilitatingly heavy and painful.

I may well be in the minority but I quite like the even keel that hormonal contraception keeps me on in terms of mood and libido and the lack of excruciating pain is quite nice too.