Does taking the contraceptive pill affect your natural hormone levels if you are already hormonally balanced?
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When I started taking the pill, I ws hormonally balanced.  My hormones were fine while i was on the pill, but once I got off of it, that is when the troubles started.  My period became unpredictable and I spotted often.  I was irritable and I cried often.  I also have not been able to get pregnant for the past 6 months and my gynocologist said that it takes anywhere from 6 months to a year to concieve after stopping the pill.
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The pill mimics hormonal changes that you go thru when you are pregnant to prevent your eggs to release. During pregnancy, your body is "told" by the hormones to retain water. The weight gain is mostly water. Keep trying the different types and, yes, the lower dose hormone pills will have lesser side effects.
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The birth control pill regulates hormones. They might stop the periods or at least make them irregular enough to help you survive through the rest of the year.
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Studies have shown that it does not lead to weight gain. I have not gained weight by being on the pill ... and the light periods are a big plus! :)\n\n\nBirth Control Pills Do Not Lead to Major Weight Gain, Studies Find\n\nBy Kelly Griffin, Contributing Writer \nHealth Behavior News Service \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nDespite a common belief that birth control pills cause weight gain, a new comprehensive review of previous studies finds no evidence it is true.\n\n“There’s evidence that women may switch methods of birth control or stop using the pill because they think it contributes to weight gain,” said Laureen Lopez, Ph.D., a review co-author. “The good news is that this review found no evidence to support a causal association between combination contraceptives and weight gain.” \n\nBirth control pills containing two hormones (estrogen and progestin) are the most well-known form of combination contraceptives; however, women can also be given combination contraceptives by other methods such as skin patches or injections.\n\nLopez, of the nonprofit organization Family Health International, and colleagues analyzed data from 44 randomized controlled trials that compared a combination hormonal contraceptive to a placebo or to another hormonal contraceptive. All studies included information on change in body weight. While the evidence was not strong enough to rule out the possibility of weight gain with combination hormonal contraceptives, it did not find a major effect.\n\nThe review appears in the current issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of the Cochrane Collaboration, an international nonprofit organization that evaluates medical research. Systematic reviews draw evidence-based conclusions about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic.\n\nOnly three of the 44 studies compared a hormonal contraceptive to an inactive placebo. Two were trials of contraceptive pills, while one used a skin patch. None of these three studies showed a significant increase in weight in women using the contraceptive compared to those using the placebo. \n\nFor the 41 head-to-head studies that compared different hormonal contraceptives or different doses or regimens, most comparisons did not show substantial differences in weight. \n\n“Weight gain is a major problem in the U.S.,” said Lopez. “Over time, many people do put on weight, and some women’s perception about weight gain may be that it’s because of the pill.” \n\nFear of weight gain is one of the most common reasons that women don’t use — or discontinue use of — the pill. In a national survey of American women ages 18 to 45, published in 2000 in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, half believed that oral contraceptives cause weight gain, and one in five women claimed that fear of gaining weight was a reason they would not start or would discontinue the pill. \n\n“The myth that the pill causes weight gain is deeply entrenched,” said Carolyn Westhoff, M.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University, “and the most weight-obsessed segment of the female population just won’t take hormonal contraception at all because they think they’re going to gain weight.”\n\nAccording to Westhoff, myths about hormonal contraceptive-related weight gain are shared by many physicians and health educators. “Overwhelmingly, doctors have the same incorrect myths as the general population,” she said, “and sometimes the counseling that patients receive by health educators incorporates and deepens these myths.”\n\nCombination oral contraceptives have been available since 1960 and are the most popular form of reversible birth control in the U.S. Approximately 11.6 million American women use oral contraceptives, including 40 percent of women between the ages of 18 and 24. If used correctly and consistently,
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First off estrogen in the pill prevent ovulation.  The Progestin/progesterones will thicken the walls so the fertilized egg will not implant.  The combination pills are the more effective than the progesterone only pills.
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depends on your age and the type of imbalance.  If you are young and not trying to conceive a doctor will probably prescribe birth control.  If you are menopausal then hormone replacement therapy.  You may want to contact a holistic practitioner for advice if you are looking for holistic methods.  It really depends on what the imbalance is as to what to take.  Omega threes can help just do not get non-pharmaceutical grade fish oils.  Fish oils are often full of pollutants. Flax and Rose hip are a good cheap sources and expensive fish oils with pollutants removed is another option.
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i would assume so - it contains the same hormones as the pill. i'd use xtra protectin just in case until you talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
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Birth control pill use.\nThe effect of using birth control pills on a woman’s subsequent \nmenopausal period is in large measure an unstudied phenomenon, \nbut birth control pills – which work by suppressing your native \nhormones, can themselves lead to many health problems. Many of the \nproblems of estrogen dominance, including fluid retention, \ndepression, headaches, and urinary tract infections, are experienced \nby women using birth control pills. Everything we’ve said about the \nnegative effects for menopausal women of using progestins applies to \nthe progestins used in birth control pills. Having altered your \nnormal hormonal cycles when using the Pill, you are more prone to \nsymptoms at midlife as well as potentially more serious health problems. \nThis is because the synthetic estrogens and progestins used in the \nPill can interfere with the body’s own progesterone receptors. The \nprogestins are more potent and may inhibit the product of your body’s \nown sex hormones.\n\nNeed more info?\nE-mail me!\nBlessings~\nMichelle Jones
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Birth control pills use hormones that interact with the hormones already in the female body.  The pill changes the body chemistry so ovulation does not occur, as the body chemically "thinks" it is already pregnant.  Fail to take a pill or two and the body may ovulate and pregnancy could occur. You have to take every single pill without fail.\n\nAs for males and females and the way they act... hormones again are the culprit.  Differing amounts of various hormones cause all sorts of differences in behavior. Men have a little bit of the same hormones women have a lot of, and vice versa.  Change the hormone levels, and behaviors change, along with physical traits.  \n\nGive a male certain female hormones and he develops breasts. Give a female testosterone, and she grows a beard.\n\nMany behaviors are learned during childhood. Playing with toys is a normal behavior. Give a boy some dolls and a set of toy dishes, and he will play with those. Give him trucks and he'll play with those.  Give a girl a stethoscope and lab coat, and she'll play "doctor".  \n\nRaise a boy amidst only girls, and he will move his body more like a girl typically does.  Raise a girl amidst only boys, and she'll behave just like her brothers do.\n\nBut, add hormones to the mix, especially those that come at puberty, along with sexual attraction, and things can get interesting.  \n\nWhy does one person like to paint pictures to the point where they only want to do art, whereas another person is totally into mathematics and pursues physics as a career?  Some people can't get fashion out of their heads and live to dress up.  Some people love the fashions that society "says" the opposite sex is supposed to wear. \n\nBehavior is affected by things within the human body, and by external things such as peer pressure, societal expectations, family life, tradition.
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While hormone therapy will help, if you want to go totally natural, get yourself checked out for hyperinsulinemia.  Estrogen helps keep a high insulin condition under control - somehow.  Now that your estrogen producers are gone, insulin can go wild.  Are you gaining weight too?  That may be a symptom.  \n\ncheck out www.hufa.org regarding hyperinsulinemia and some of its other effects.
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Yes, there is a connection, based on treatment experience. The astham risk/difficulty is increased by reduced minerals in body, which also causes hormone imbalance, and reduced menses, delayed cycles. \nHormone balancing treatment was seen to benifit asthma patients.
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You actually gain weight. When I started taking birth control i gained about 15 lbs all in my boobs and butt. I went from almost filling an A cup to almost filling a C cup. And I went from a size 0 to a 3/5. My mood swings also increased during PMS. But the great thing is it increased my sex drive, especially right before my period.
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Birth control pills, or your menstrual cycle.
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I didn't have my period for 13yrs straight!!All injections of Provera,birth control pills,and painful tests,found nothing wrong,and didn't work.I resumed a normal cycle after getting to a healthy wieght and not worrying.It was found that I wasn't ovulating...my estrogen levels never fluctuated[which has you ovulate]Stress,low wieght,excessive exercise...can cause a woman not to ovulate.Do the tests to make sure there is nothing really wrong,pray[because it relieves stress and works]and take it from me...I have a 25yr old and 6yr old [born after my period resumed...41,and on the pill]My 6yr old is the most perfectly normal child in every way...but a definate surprise.God Bless.
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If you haven't changed your diet or lifestyle (exercise). And haven't started on the pill, vitamins or some medical treatment, the next probable cause would be thyroid problems or other hormonal imbalance, go see a doctor.
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Yep.  It's like the first time that you took them, you gained a little weight probably, and your period was a little messed up.  The pills make some changes in your body, and now your body is trying to get back to the way that it was before you were on the birth control.  If you keep spotting then you may want to see a GYNO just to get things checked out.  Good Luck!
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It may just be a reaction to the hormones.  Same thing happened to a friend of mine who is on the pill.