ANNOUNCEMENT! My FB LIVE ON BIRTH CONTROL OPTIONS AND NIGHTMARES! In a little less than 2 1/2 hours at 7PM MST. Will also take follow up questions on fibromyalgia or IC. HERE’S A LIST TO PONDER:
KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH BIRTH CONTROL OPTIONS
For the sake of this discussion tonight let’s call these Modern Birth Control Options — I’m lumping ALL birth control pills, Depo-Provera, and the Mirena IUD into this group.
Modern Birth Control Options are super inflammatory so everything that follows in this list is related to or caused by that inflammation.
Modern Birth Control Options Increase breast cancer risk at least 250%
In girls 18 or under they increase breast cancer risk of death for lifetime 500%
(So don’t use for acne, PMS, or to regulate cycles.)
BCP do not regulate cycles, they just force you to hemorrhage monthly.
Modern Birth Control Options will cause someone with significant methylation problems (like MTHFR) to feel crazy or suicidal, or to be crazy or suicidal (they cannot break these down or detox from them).
Modern Birth Control Options will cause someone with genetic Factor V Leiden to clot — as in strokes, pulmonary embolism, or deep vein thrombosis.
Modern Birth Control Options will cause someone with genetic methylation problems (such as MTHFR) to clot — as in strokes, pulmonary embolism, or deep vein thrombosis.
Modern Birth Control Options do not protect from any diseases but do cause a lot of medical problems down stream.
My favorite option for long term birth control, the COPPER IUD, can even worsen fibromyalgia.
Modern Birth Control Options are very androgenic and usually cause a lot of weight gain.
Modern Birth Control Options are a common cause of women’s hair loss or thinning of hair.
So this leaves abstinence, condoms, or foams or vaginal condoms/caps as about the only viable safe and effective options. And the copper IUD if you don’t have fibromyalgia. Ugh.
