SOCIAL MEDIA

Tuesday 15 May 2018

Why Coming Off The Contraceptive Pill Was The Best Thing I Did



Todays post is a bit of a long one so grab your snacks and get comfy. Just a little disclaimer before you read on... I have nothing against other gals that are on the pill and I'm not writing this to cause disagreement nor am I writing this to put people off going on the pill or that already are on the pill. Everyone and their bodies are different. This was my choice and my own personal experience.

I started my period back when I was eleven years old, a day before my twelfth birthday. It was just a normal girls period that happened every month. However, I noticed that my periods got more and more heavier as the years went on. At the age of just fifteen, they were extremely bad. I used to wear three pairs of knickers to bed but I still leaked through the pad, through the three pairs of knickers, through my pyjama bottoms and onto my bed sheets. This happened every month I came on my period for the first two nights. Throughout the day, I must have changed my pad every twenty minutes. Girls, I can't even make this up.

TMI - but once I changed it and stood up to pull my jeans up. GALS YOU KNOW, THE FLOW HAPPENED, every single time I changed my pad. 
There was one time when I was on my period for TWO WEEKS. I was pale and I lost a lot of weight and energy and that was the last straw for me and my mum. Mum took me to the doctors and they tested me for all sorts but everything came back ok. The doctor suggested going onto the contraceptive pill to help with my period flow so that's what we all agreed on.


I can't remember the name of the first contraceptive pill the doctor put me on but I was always incredibly tired and suffered with horrendous headaches. The doctor then put me on another one, and again it made me feel so unwell and also didn't help with my periods. So, another trip back to the doctors and he put me on Rigevidon and finally, I was settled with it and had no problems. I was on this certain pill for a good few years. I think I eventually came off of it when I was around 18 and a half. The positives to me being on the pill were that my period pains were minimal and my periods got incredibly lighter over time.

However, my sex drive was shit - I just weren't interested in sex at all. I was depressed and moody 95% of the time, I weren't happy at all. I weren't me. In the meantime, I had read a lot of horror stories online about the contraceptive pill - especially Rigevidon which of course scared me. I know it shouldn't, but it did. That wasn't what made me stop though. I know what you're thinking, 'but you went on the pill in the first place to help your periods??' I was still young and at the age of eighteen, I really thought about my choices to come off the pill. I was more grown up and I thought back to when I was on the pill, I was so young and no young teenage girl deserved to live a life being moody and depressed and that weren't interested in sex. I wanted to be like the rest of my friends, fun and sociable!

 I had used condoms before and they've split around three times I've used them for contraception. So whatever you use for contraception isn't 100% anyway - which I already knew, of course. I'm young and I'd rather use condoms and get him to 'pull out' than fuck my body up with meds - that's just my personal opinion. From then, I went back to the doctors and came off the pill.

Since coming off the contraceptive pill, my sex drive has increased and I feel like I'm myself again. I've also felt so much better about my body and been more body confident. Although, I haven't missed the horrendous period pains and yes my periods are heavier again but no where near as heavy as I used to be a few years ago, which I'm super lucky about!

Are you on the pill or thinking about going on the pill?

14 comments :

  1. I’ve been on and off the pill in the past couple of years and coming off was the best thing I did, it made me so anxious and depressed. They really fuck with your hormones x

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    1. I have never felt so down in my life - no girl at that age should be feeling like that! Wish I had come off it sooner xx

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  2. This is so interesting! I've been on the pill for around 7 years and I've been fine! Everyone really is different aren't they x

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    1. It's crazy how everyones bodies are really different! x

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  3. This was such a personal story lovely, and thanks for sharing your journey and your situation with us! I get really bad periods, and my flow is really heavy!!! I know the feeling! I'm glad you are in a comfortable situation now <3

    Serene XO

    http://www.surrealserene.com

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    1. Aw thank you! I felt like there has been loads of other girls in a similar situation with the pill, so I wanted to put my story out there too :) x

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  4. Such a great post.
    I’ve heard a lot of women say they felt better coming off.
    http://littlemissmelanie.com

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  5. This post was so helpful for me because I've been thinking for some time about coming off the pill. I've been on the pill for about 5 years now and I've been on 3 different ones. Each pill has had their positives and negatives, one made me suffer from EXTREME mood swings and caused me to have extremely low mood, and one caused me to have no sex drive at all, like you said which isn't good for any teenager and affected one of my relationships. I've also noticed its made me gain weight! But then again they have helped with the heaviness, pains and also has helped my skin to be super clean! I'm so unsure on what to do!
    Chloe X http://chloelxuise.com

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    1. Oh no, I'm sorry that it affected one of your relationships - how sad :( I've actually heard other girls saying they've gained weight from it too, I haven't personally though. There was just one day when I thought to myself, do I really want to keep feeling like this when I'm only 18 and still young and just keep putting this shit into my body. If you can cope with the pill you're on then stick with it. Or you could try other contraception methods? xx

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  6. Thanks for this interesting post! I'm on implant and as I would never remember to take the pill. It's crazy how different everyone's reactions are. Your story is really interesting! Monica @ www.thewongblog.com

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    1. I've never liked the idea of the implant, it scares me haha. My friend had one and she made me touch her arm and it always made me creep out xx

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  7. I used the pill when I was a teen to help with periods and to protect myself but I always find myself forgetting to take it, feeling like a completley different person and the same as you say, no sex drive. I've gone on to the injection for now as it doesn't affect me anywhere near as much and it doesn't affect my sex drive, my child getting in the way does haha! But honestly, it makes so much more difference not having periods and being on edge in case of a leak every time. I've heard quite a lot og girls coming off the pill at the moment. I'm happy your periods aren't as heavy as they used to be though girl!

    Lisa | Oh Luna

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    1. Aw thank you Lisa! I'm sort of glad you had the same experience with it - not in a bad way though. I've never even thought about going on the injection xx

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