Personal stories

“When I first started taking it, [The Pill] I lost weight and my skin looked great, but about a year later I started having awful changes in my emotions and outlook. I felt disassociated and unresponsive. I became paranoid and experienced uncontrollable rages.” ^[1]…….. Holly Grigg-Spall

“Back when the Pill was released, it was thought that women would not submit to taking a medication each day when they were not sick. Now, the Pill is making them sick. The Pill is harmful, as is the sugar coating used to make us swallow” ^[2]…….. Holly Grigg-Spall

“In my own life, female friends and acquaintances have abandoned hormonal birth control for a variety of reasons. It made them nauseous, moody or depressed, caused unacceptable weight gain, paralysing migraines or breakthrough bleeding, put them at risk of blood clots, or drove their blood pressure to dangerous heights. Or they were just damned sick of taking pills every day...I was a crazy woman on birth control," says Dr. Basinski, who's had her own personal battles with the pill over the years. "Out of control emotional. I used it on and off for 13 years and really struggled with it." In her practice, Basinski sees patient after patient who wants off their pills. "Many women just don't feel good on them,"^[3]……….Dr. Cindy Basinski

“I hate the pill.
Hormonal contraception, which covers birth control pills and nearly every other highly effective method on the market, murders my libido. I say that with as much certainty as I can, given the murky, multi-variate thing that is the human sex drive. I've experimented with several pills, hoping that any slight variation in hormonal ingredients would yield a contraceptive that worked without neutering me. Each doused my interest in sex as completely as the other. Although a libido-destroying pill does wonders to lower your pregnancy risk, it's also done a number on my relationships, self-esteem and emotional well-being.”^[4]……. Geraldine Sealey