Posted on 02/17/2019 7:21:17 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Kelsie Bryson says the excruciating migraines started around 2008, when she was 18 years old.
They would come about once a month and cause what the now 28-year-old Bryson calls “really terrifying side effects.”
“I would experience numbness in the right side of my body — including in my mouth, which would prevent me from talking for 15 or so minutes at a time — vomiting and confusion,” she told Global News.
“I would be at work, and suddenly, it would be hard to read words or speak. I would bump into things and then my body would go numb. I even went to the hospital once because the numbness on my right side lasted for about six hours.”
Finally, a doctor told Bryson that her symptoms were likely caused by the birth control pill she was on and advised her to stop using it. After taking the pill for eight years, she went off.
“The migraines stopped completely for a few years; I maybe get one every 18 months now,” she said. “My cramps definitely worsened [being off the pill], but it’s worth not having the migraines.”
Bryson is one of many women who have gone off the birth control pill in recent years.
According to a survey by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, the number of women on the pill has dropped. In 2006, 39 per cent of women over 30 said they used oral contraceptives; as of 2016, just less than 16 per cent said they did.
Reported side effects, paired with growing interest in non-hormonal birth control, are some of the reasons why fewer women are taking the pill today . . .
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That’s possible.
I have heard of that sort of thing in groups of women where they all synchronize.
I didn’t realize I was that not alone.
The only other thing that would help was 800 mg of ibuprofen every 3 1/2 hours and if I was late starting it, or missed the timing (more than 3 1/2 hours, like 3 hours and 35 minutes), it was back to square one.
I have low hormones naturally due to a pit tumor, so I’ve been supplementing (transdermally) for forever. Only recently they wanted to put in some t, and I told them please only 1/2 what you give to most women, and it is amazing; I’d never stop. Helps your workouts, your mood, your strength. And because I asked for only half, I have no “male” side effects. I think the standard dose that women get is why they don’t like it: too much! Acne, breakouts, lower voices, more hair. I don’t have any of that. Hormones add so much to the quality of life. But they should not be given orally or synthetically.
My mom was like that. I don't remember her ever even offering me a Tylenol.
Okay, you definitely had it worse than me. I’d just have cramps, vomiting, and passing out. LOL... I always knew that if I felt a prickling on the back of my neck, it was going to get very bad in about one hour. Then, after about 4-5 hours of vomiting and moaning on the floor, I’d be okay. Day One. It was always all about Day One. If I got through Day One, I was okay.
I went four weeks once, but I think that was just peri-menopause. I’m 53 now and I think it’s over. Oh, how I hope it’s over. It’s been nearly 40 years of misery.
The T count for a woman should range from 15 to 70, so the average supplement must be putting you all above 100.
Most people don’t even THINK about t for women.
One day is all you had to deal with?
Lucky ducks.
I had two days. Rarely passed out or vomited, but passing out would have been a blessing.
Two days of hell each month. I thought I was going to lose my marbles at the thought of dealing with that for 25-30 more years of my life.
“One day is all you had to deal with?”
All I can say is that birth control pills were a blessing, and then menopause was a blessing.
My dad was a hypochondriac and all he did was whine about some small problem he had, or thought he had. Mom would roll her eyes and say that she wished he could deal with cramps just one day.
I didn’t feel lucky at the time, but I guess I was! LOL
Men are wusses when compared to what many of us had to endure on a regular basis.
I agree, while I don’t appreciate the effects of the lower hormone levels and all the havoc it wreaks on the body, there is ONE thing about menopause that I will be forever grateful for.
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