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Re: Can birth control pills cause endometriosis?

From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jun 15 00:57:09 2007

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Hi Annie! I just found this message board about a month ago and love it. There is a lot of info and support on here. I enjoy sharing what I have discovered over the years to maybe help others save time, money and frustration that I had to go through to finally get help. I was on the pill for 17 years, because doctors kept telling me it was the only way to lessen my cramps and stop the ovarian cysts from forming. Bullshit. I bled less, but my cramps were much worse on the pill and I had ovarian cysts every 6 mos! I have been off the pill now for 4 years and feel so much better and healthier. Only 2 days of cramps instead of 4, no more nausea and hair always falling out!

Being on the pill actually lowers your natural production of progesterone, which it did to me. If you are low in progesterone it can cause depression, chronic yeast infections, abnormal bleeding, which I was having. Getting off the pill and on natural progesterone was the best thing I ever did. It lessened more symtoms than any other drug I had tried over the last 20 years. My specialist told me that the pill slows the growth of endo INSIDE your uterus, that's why you bleed less, but the endo on the outside of the uterus reacts totally different to the estrogen in the pill, and grows like wildfire! Most people don't know that, and I just found that out. All those BC pills I took over 17 years......just think how much the drug companies make off all of us from things we shouldn't be taking. I calculated that I spent $6000 bucks over 17 years on BC pills and look at all the women that are on them! Now I worry that putting all those synthetic hormones in my body all those years may cause me to have cancer in the future, I hope to God not. I learned to not just trust any doctor and swallow just any pill anymore, you need to research it and make sure it is safe and that it is something you are comfortable taking. Now, I am on mostly herbal stuff and still take a few vicodin the first couple days of my period. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask! Take care, and good luck. Sincerely, Andrea :)

At Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Annie wrote: >
>Hi all, I'm new to the board. I learned I had ovarian cysts on both
>sides a year ago, and had them removed six months later. One of them
>was just a functional cyst, and the other was endometriosis. I had been
>on and off (mostly on) Orthotricyclin-Lo for two years, first as birth
>control and then for acne. I'd always had normal periods and no
>reproductive problems, so I was surprised by the endo.
>
>My sister believes she has endo (she hasn't seen a doctor yet to
>confirm, but she's been having bad pelvic pain for years), and is
>convinced that it was caused by her having used birth control pills. I
>have another friend who has ovarian cysts (she doesn't know what kind
>yet), who used the ring for years, and believes that was the cause of
>her cysts. So I'm starting to wonder if the pill could cause endo, and
>I was wondering if anyone else had the same suspicions. I know that the
>pill can do a lot of good for people who have hormonal imbalances, but I
>just wonder if those extra hormones ever get channeled in the wrong
>direction.
>
>I'm very eager to hear what everyone thinks about this.
>
>Thanks,
>Annie

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