On the pill for four ish years, no period, not active. Pros: My hormones are regulated enough that I usually don't experience emotional highs or lows. I'm constantly horny (I think the BC keeps one phase of the cycle and I happened to get ovulation, so that's unfortunate.) Cons: I've heard if you're on BC too long reproductive organs can be negatively affected. In the US, BC is on the list of things to be banned/restricted/limited/priced up. Everyone is affected differently, talk w/doc.

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I did it because I had super irregular periods and it definitely helps with knowing when you’re going to bleed which just gave me a lot of peace of mind. Side effect wise I lost all interest in sex until I switched to my new birth control and I gained ~30ish pounds? But I was underweight before so it might depend on that. It makes my periods so light I usually don’t use tampons anymore so for the first two periods I’d try to not use them to see what the new quantities of blood are.

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My first day I had symptoms of “morning sickness.” I was really nauseous in the morning and threw up. Other than that I’ve had a smooth sailing journey on BC

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I’ve been on it for about a year, the first couple of weeks I had an insane appetite (which is why I think some women gain weight) but I was able to get over that and now I feel perfectly normal. My periods are pretty light too which is nice

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which pill is it, like what’s the specific name of ur birth control? different ones are prone to causing different side effects

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Personally, ive been on continuous hormonal birth control for endometriosis for 3-4 years now, and i havent noticed any major side effects. My appetite wasnt really affected, my acne got somewhat better, and i feel much better overall. Though, like i said, mine was for endometriosis, a condition that messed my body up pretty bad as a baseline lol

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