MAJOR OVERSHARE TIME...YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
I have been on the birth control pill since I was thirteen because my cramps were just so damn bad that I'd curl up into a ball and just sob like a baby and because my period would sometimes last up to 10 days. Since graduating, I'm no longer on my daddy's insurance and can't see my regular doctor without paying through the nose. So no doctor=no pill. I could always go to Planned Parenthood and get it for cheaper, but I'm afraid they're going to make me do a papsmear, which I absolutely DO NOT WANT because I was told that I didn't have to get one until I was sexually active and since I'm not, I don't want some doctor sticking something in me and just...ick. So the point is, I have to go off the pill.
And this scares me. A lot. I've been on it for nine years. I don't know what's going to happen. Will the cramps come back full force (and will I subsequently have to take Tylenol everyday for three weeks straight)? Will my period go back to lasting forever? Will my body go haywire? I'm already super sensitive. How is going off the pill going to affect that?
I looked up some symptoms online and the general consensus is oilier skin, unpredictable periods, mood swings. Am I ready for that? Should I just suck it up and go to PP? Should I sit out a month and then decide whether to go back on it?
On the one hand, I'm kind of relieved to be getting off of it. I already put so much crap in my body, taking the artificial estrogen out of my system will be a good thing. But I just don't know how it'll affect my body, especially after quitting cold turkey after nine years.
ETA: Omg, I just read this woman's comments about how her body has never been the same since she got off the pill and how much of a mess her body has been and I am TERRIFIED. I know this is the exception rather than the rule, but what if that happens to meeeee?????
And this scares me. A lot. I've been on it for nine years. I don't know what's going to happen. Will the cramps come back full force (and will I subsequently have to take Tylenol everyday for three weeks straight)? Will my period go back to lasting forever? Will my body go haywire? I'm already super sensitive. How is going off the pill going to affect that?
I looked up some symptoms online and the general consensus is oilier skin, unpredictable periods, mood swings. Am I ready for that? Should I just suck it up and go to PP? Should I sit out a month and then decide whether to go back on it?
On the one hand, I'm kind of relieved to be getting off of it. I already put so much crap in my body, taking the artificial estrogen out of my system will be a good thing. But I just don't know how it'll affect my body, especially after quitting cold turkey after nine years.
ETA: Omg, I just read this woman's comments about how her body has never been the same since she got off the pill and how much of a mess her body has been and I am TERRIFIED. I know this is the exception rather than the rule, but what if that happens to meeeee?????