Birth control pill users are frustrated. Here's why.
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill, is newly FDA approved - making birth control more accessible than ever. But birth control pill use has declined, and a wave of women on TikTok have been using #PillTok to talk about the uncomfortable side effects of the pill and other forms of hormonal contraception. Joined by Ali Rodriguez (MD) and Sarah Hill (PhD), Sheena investigates how the sex hormones in the pill affect our body’s functioning, what other hormonal and non-hormonal contraception options are out there, and what researchers are doing to advance male birth control.
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Learn more about hormonal & non-hormonal birth control:
- www.plannedparenthood.org/lea...
- www.webmd.com/sex/birth-contr...
- www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a...
- my.clevelandclinic.org/health...
- www.plannedparenthood.org/lea...
The Pill, Its Side Effects, & Social Media
- ttps://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/pcos-pill-mongering-tiktok
- www.refinery29.com/en-us/comi...
- www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love...
The Pill’s Social Impact
- academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
- pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24988...
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Male birth control
- pharmaceutical-journal.com/ar...
- www.endocrine.org/news-and-ad...
- www.malecontraceptive.org/upl...
- www.acs.org/pressroom/newsrel...
Studies mentioned:
- www.kff.org/womens-health-pol...
- pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23743...
- jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...
- www.cambridge.org/core/journa...
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00:00 Intro: The Pill, Side effects, & Male Birth Control
01:49 How does the pill work?
03:18 Different Birth Control, Different Outcomes
03:48 The Pill’s Impact
04:39 Hormonal birth control: Why the side effects?
06:59 The pill and your mood/behavior
08:01 Other birth control options?
10:23 Male Birth Control
12:29 Outro/Sheena’s Story
My ex was on the pill for a long time and stopped taking it. She then proceeded to become an absolute psychopath with wild mood swings and extreme emotions. It was scary and dangerous. Needless to say, she got back on it real quick. Point is, I think there should definitely be a supervised weening process if anyone wants to stop taking any hormonal medication because hormones drastically effect so many physical and mental processes.
Won't that mean she got drawback . Body got use to those chemicals
Going on birth control did that to me. I kept being gaslit and told “it doesn’t do that” by doctors and nurses. I finally got fed up and stopped. Life is so much better for my partner and me after swapping to non-hormonal birth control.
@@stolenrelic I believe it, for sure. Because if going off of it can do that, then definitely going on it could do the same. It's so frustrating when doctors try to tell you that what you're feeling isn't real. I learned that you should always stand up for yourself in those situations and if necessary, go to as many different doctors as it takes to be taken seriously and heard. I had chest pain for years, which sent me to the ER several times. My primary care Dr eventually threatened to drop me because it made her look bad and also tried to put me on antidepressants for anxiety. Which was the last straw for me because I KNEW that it was real pain and not in my head. So I switched Drs and the FIRST time I saw my new primary care Dr. she figured out that I have Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. After years of BS from multiple Drs. the correct diagnosis took 2 minutes from a Dr who actually listened and knew her shit. SMH. I was able to see the right specialist and properly address the issue, avoiding taking an unnecessary medication and who knows what kind of wacked side effects. It was a real wake up call in terms of trusting myself and Drs.
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Please make those clips mono instead of stereo.
They're coming out of both headphones for me? And I'm definitely in stereo.
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I was on the pill in my late teens to help regulate periods and acne and was fine with it. After my son I got the IUD knowing I would not do well at taking a pill at the same time everyday. After having an ectopic pregnancy and my right ovary and tube removed, I started having intense pain on the left side. Dr said it was probably ovulation pain so when I wanted birth control we went with the pill. It made the pain worse, plus all the other symptoms like migraines, mood swings, and awful fatigue. I went back and said no way! and got another IUD, several months in and I'm doing fine. And almost no pain!
I've heard of Male Birth Control but I wasn't aware they had some come out nor did it have the same side effects as female birth control.
My sis was on the pill and became depressed, anxious and suicidal. She changed to an implant and it makes her gain a ton of weight and she looks swollen, but she likes it more because it doesn't change her personality and mood as much. Also, she only gets her period a couple times a year. When she was single and not on hormonal bc she lost all her weight that she gained on bc. Then she got it again because she entered another long term relationship and gained all the swollen weight back.
Important talk! I do think that some of the doctors are overeager to prescribe solutions without property stopping to discuss side effects. They sometimes are too good at oozing confidence and talk about averages and population stats (like BMI and side effect / complication occurrence), losing focus on the individual patient. For example, IUDs I heard are very unpleasant and can lead to complications but that is basically only formally discussed right before the procedure. Vasectomy is also great except in 5-10% of cases it leads to lifelong pain of various intensity or in other cases spontaneous reversal. I'm glad that all these options exist though. When my wife decided she wants to try stopping the pill I considered getting vasectomy first, but when I read the stories and the stats I decided using condoms is actually not that bad after all! I now believe condoms are way better than other methods in many respects. No need to put your health in harm's way, and there's lots of choices. You just need to get used to them. After you do it's quite ridiculous to agree to all the side effects of other birth control methods.
Condoms have definite advantages as well as disadvantages. Good luck! p.s. 10% is a lot higher than other estimates for lasting post-vasectomy pain, but it's true a recent study found this side effect is more common than previously believed: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084350/
Of course it works well and generally lasts forever.
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I was on the low dose pill for a few years beginning in high school because of suspected endometriosis & related symptoms. It definitely helped those symptoms. My periods were lighter, & wayyy less painful.
After a few years, I started having breakthrough bleeding so we upped me to the regular dose pill and that was terrible. I already suffer with chronic migraine and anxiety (both onset prior to beginning the first pill, so unrelated), and both of those were made much, much worse on the regular dose pill. I then tried the nuvaring, which, if I’m understanding correctly, has a dose in between the two dose levels of the pill, and I LOVED it.
I’ve been off all birth control for a number of years now due to trying to conceive, and unfortunately all the symptoms the birth control had helped lessen are back. I’m definitely planning to go back on nuvaring once we’ve completed our family.
It’s important to find what works for you personally. If that’s hormonal bc, cool! If it’s something else, cool! Just find the thing that works best for you, your body, & your partner 🤗
Thanks for sharing all that. We appreciate you!
I really wish they could find a permanent solution to things like endometriosis.
@@janedoe6704 a solution to anything that affects only AFAB individuals would be amazing. Endometriosis, PCOS, uterine fibroids, etc.
It's very interesting the wide variety of effects birth control can have. I have a friend for whom it made her so depressed and anxious that she was suicidal; another who takes the pill specifically to help with anxiety - she says it gets WAY worse if she misses a dose. Another couple of friends have had a couple different birth control options cause CONSTANT bleeding for months on end. I myself realized my libido had been killed when I went off of it for a few months and everything changed, but I gotta put up with it. I take birth control to stop menstruation because I have stage IV endometriosis and my periods are extremely painful and the adhesions were causing damage to my organs. I've lost one ovary already, so we don't want to risk the other one going, too.
I started on Depo-Provera, but I changed gynecologists after about 7 or 8 years and found out that taking Depo for more than 2 years increases the risk of bone density loss. So the new gynecologist wanted me to change. Nexplanon (under the skin) isn't an option because I pick at skin defects, and IUDs just scared me too much. So now I'm on a pill - Larin. I was very worried about remembering it daily... and I was right, I had COVID last week and my medication routine got super messed up, so I forgot it like three out of five days and my period is back. 😑
I'm sorry to be cynical, but my immediate thought is that these common birth control side effects have been considered "acceptable" because women have always been given less consideration with regards to medicine... Maybe, between changing culture and the amount of attention this problem is getting on social media, maybe this means a change is coming. More research, more options. That would be great.
Epiiic video. Perfekt timing with everything that has been going around about birth control in social media. PBS Vitals seems to read our minds. I have been on birth control for about 8 years and whilst it has been a blessing to prevent a pregnancy, with time i do notice some side effects more and more now (headaches, nausea). I don't want kids but I hope to be able to get off it and use a different contraceptive method or hopefully men will be able to use new stuff too. 😊
Thank you. On the plus side it seems like there is more interest lately in developing more and better options. Good luck!
I was only on the pill for a few months in high school, but definitely felt like my mood and libido were impacted. I also didn't like needing to remember to take it every day and I just never felt confident about its efficacy given my habit of missing days. Fast forward to college when my periods got heavy and painful, and I was with a partner long-term, and I discovered hormonal IUDs and they have been a lifesaver (seriously, my period was getting pretty disruptive to my life and we had multiple pregnancy scares with condoms, and I've had much better experiences since having an IUD).
Thanks for sharing! Just curious, do you think your partner would have gone for the male version?
@@pbsvitals Not sure if my high school boyfriend would have gone for it (it was really nowhere on the radar at the time), but maybe. My spouse now...hmmm...if I set up the appointment for him (because he barely keeps up with his annual physicals without me nagging him) and there was a reason I couldn't or didn't want to use other options, then he probably would. We're considering a vasectomy for when/if I decide to get off the IUD and we're done having kids, so he's not really against taking on the responsibility of our birth control, but isn't going to go out of his way to do it if it's easier for me.
I was on birth control for years starting in high school, went off of it for a couple months and I was a complete nightmare to be around. Eventually went back on it but later realized we needed to change it because of my migraines. I knew I couldn't do pills that needed to be taken at the same time and IUDs make me nervous so I went with the implant. I've loved it ever since, I'm on my third one now
Thanks for sharing! Good luck.
I tried at least 30 different kinds of birth control. A lot of different pills, two IUD's, vaginal rings, depo shot, the patch. All were horrid. Never lasted more than a year on any of them. I think the implant was the only one I didn't try. Finally got my tubes tied, only to find out that I have endo. Turns out, I never should have used most birth control, due to estrogen being bad for endo. So now I'm on a newer birth control that is specifically meant to keep the endo in check. Best thing that's happened to me! Haven't had a period for years now. Do not miss the week + of heavy bleeding and pain.
That being said, this was going on for 20 years before I was allowed to get my tubes tied. I'd complained to doctors about bad periods as a teen. No one ever took me seriously. Got to the point that in my 20's I just stopped mentioning it. Why bother if no one will listen. Wasn't till complications after my tubal that the endo was found.
If the copper IUD is so effective and has none of the possible hormonal-based side effects of other types of treatments, I don't understand why it's not the only one on the market anymore, or at least the most prevalent one prescribed and used. Why isn't it? What are the side effects and risks of using it? Seems to me like it should be the go-to.
It can make periods heavier and more painful.
Additionally the hormonal IUDs have the added bonus of stopping periods. After a few years 80% of users have no periods.
Male here, I definitely explored my options but they are, as noted, quite limited. I want a vasectomy but I’ll be paying out of pocket for it as my insurance doesn’t cover it. Luckily(?) I’m not in a sexual relationship or plan to be anytime soon. It takes two to tango, so why not share the burden.
That's very considerate!😊😊😊
I’m on the pill for half of my life and I love it! It keeps my androgenic alopecia at bay, pms is nonexistent, as are bleedings (almost). I take them every day, with occasional 7 days off, like 63-7-63. I’m not planning to have kids ever in my life, so I don’t care about possible infertility.
I started the birth control pill at 17, and over my reproductive life used contraceptive gel (with condoms), an IUD, and eventually had a tubal ligation. I can say that for me, a knowledgeable health care provider who takes the time to review options and is able to provide follow up care is key. Each person also needs to educate themselves using verifiable resources and be consistent in use. Ideally, sexual partners communicate well and work together to find a method that makes sense for them.
I'm at two women that as soon as they started taking the pill they developed PCOS
I've tried all of them except the main pill because of migraines and the risk of a blood clot. They all were awful for me, I just bled the whole time and had the worst underarm acne. Also just felt unwell, off it now and everything's back to normal.
I tried a pill with estrogen in it first and it made me extremely depressed, tired, nauseous, and gave me migraines. I’m on a new pill that’s only progestin and it doesn’t have as many side effects but it’s still causing irregular periods :(
Every time i went on hormonal bc i gained at least 40lbs and dropped it instantly when i came off. I ended up having a hysterectomy at 32 and don't regret it.
I'm on the pill because of my pcos like symptoms and I get zero negative effects from it. I'm happier on the pill than off of it because my hormones are naturally unstable, the pill helps stabilize my hormones. I do wonder when I'll be off the pill and will my severe acne, weaker immune system, painful periods, feeling of physically falling apart, and lots of weight loss will come back like how I was before the pill.
Wow, you have a great dad!
IDK who needs to hear this but the Progesterone only pill is the one most commonly linked to side effects of depression (8:44 when the OBGYN shares "other options")
Hey, progesterone and other psychs are readily accessible from this specialist I got hooked with he's super reliable and ship's discreetly to any location 💯
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Had a ex that had the implant in the arm it messed with her so bad with headaches. i felt bad and did not want her on birth control. The ones that don't get side effects are lucky.
When she says "the pill," is she only speaking of oral contraceptive or is she using it as a catchall for all hormone based contraceptives?
There’s a Vice report about a rapper who cut off his 🍆 while on pcp. He had 5 baby mommas, and kids he hardly knew. This is an extreme case, but it goes to show long term male birth control is a huge public health need.
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You guys make great videos, you just need to work on thumbnails and titles
Several of the interviews have no audio or human talking.
11:12 Awwwwwwwww, poor babies... 🙄
I am surprised condoms were not mentioned. And ejaculation control is also possible (I am a man without superpowers and if I can do it, most men can). Last but that defeats the purpose is abstinence 😅
Anything "hormonal" just screws up a tremendously complicated environment.
Ok, this is just so they can get clicks and likes. If you could check their pharmacy or medicine cabinet, they are probably still taking it. So highly influenciable women will feel “they get me” and listen to these hacks.
There’s the mom that talks of disciplining her children in fun ways. Turned out she duct taped them and starved them as punishment. How many moms followed her quacker?
many conservatard anti-birth control ppl are swallowing any bs about how the pill is bad online, without questioning it
What are you even talking about?