Depression Is The Number One Reason Why Women Ditch The Pill
Breakthrough bleeding, weight gain, headaches, mood swings. As women living in a modern, first-world country where the majority of the female population uses (or has used) contraception, many of us are well-educated on the side effects of hormonal birth control. But there’s one potential side effect of the pill that barely anyone is talking about – even in medicine.
A 2017 census reported that roughly 64% of the U.S. female population (about 46.9 million women) uses some sort of contraception, whether that is female sterilization, the pill, an IUD, or male condoms. Another report showed that 10.7 million U.S. women use hormonal birth control pills. Given those numbers alone, chances are that either you or someone you know uses hormonal birth control. Therefore, the following discussion is critical to engage in and share with women around you.