“Just talking about it gives me a headache,” she added, reaching for an Advil.
And while a fewdobegin cycling regularly again and have minimal symptomsmany women arent so lucky.
The rundown on post-birth control syndrome.
Many women regulate hormonal imbalances with the pill.
This often causes the symptoms and issues to return when women come off of the pill.
If their periods return, they often become painful or heavy.
Symptoms may include:
it’s possible for you to restore balance after the pill.
For many patients, attempting everything at once or going it alone can feel like a herculean challenge.
But dont give up hope: Youcanrestore hormonal balance and cultivate overall health.
A functional practitioner can implement these and other tests.
Because of the burden those synthetic hormones created,your liver needssome major post-pill TLC.
Once your liver packages those synthetic hormones, your gut moves them out.
Or itshould,anyway.
Like many former pill users, Jennas gut was inflamed,disruptingher microbiome.
Altogether we needed about three months to treat Jennas symptoms.
4. cycle your hormones.
Like Jenna, many patientsexperience4menstrual-cycle changes and other hormonal irregularities once they discontinue the pill.
Like exes who no longer speak, the pill shut downs the conversation between your ovaries and your brain.
Mood swings and other symptoms spiked Jennas already-through-the-roof stress levels.
I help patients look for ways to find bliss and dial down stress.
For Jenna, that included deep breathing, going for a walk during lunch, and yin yoga.
