Zestfullyclean87 t1_j2eykoq wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:40 PM

Reply to comment by CeeToTheZee in Use of hormonal contraceptives is not associated with sleep patterns in women, study finds by lolfuys

I don’t disagree that there should be more options for men, but it doesn’t “mess with” your hormones. This type of statement comes from the archaic idea that birth control is bad for us and damages our body, which is the same argument they made many decades ago (when they just didn’t want women having premarital sex… and also BC was a lot less safe back then)

Waterpoloshark t1_j2fusun wrote on December 31, 2022 at 11:38 PM

I mean I would say it messed with my hormones if anyone asked me (but that could be me conflating the way I felt emotionally with an actual hormone response). I was a very emotional and very angry wreck during my time on the pill (4 years). Like there was this weird underlying rage that I had, all the time. But maybe a different method would have worked better for me. After my mess of a time on the pill I wasn’t keen on trying a different hormonal method and I’m with a long term partner so I’ve been sticking with condoms. Of course that’s my anecdotal example. I know plenty of other women did completely fine with it.