Health
13 Reasons Why You Should Quit Hormonal Birth Control
Quitting hormonal birth control was easily one of the best, most empowering health decisions I’ve made in my adult life thus far, and I want you to reap all these benefits too.
By Andrea Mew7 min read
This might not be the easiest thing to hear, but if you’re on hormonal birth control, you should seriously consider getting off it (and sooner rather than later). Listen, I get it. There are a number of reasons why you might be on it. You might be trying to heal acne, reduce period cramps, relieve PCOS symptoms, or you might be on it for its intended purpose: preventing pregnancy. Yep, birth control can do a lot for you, but with its laundry list of possible uses comes an equally long list of possible problems which no one is fully immune to.