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Should I Restart Birth Control After Stopping?

So many of us wonder if we should get back on birth control when symptoms don't subside

I totally get it. You had great intentions of ditching birth control for your health and you were excited to see how your life would improve. So you quit and were ready for the transition into your new post-birth control life. The thought of being on it for so long was worrying you and you were doing so well for those first couple of weeks off! And then things started going downhill... and then the snowball got bigger as your symptoms rapidly declined. And then all of a sudden you wonder if it's even worth it to continue pushing through, or just get back on the dang pill. It wasn't really that bad, was it? 

Here's my opinion, and with everything, take it or leave it! Remember that while you're on birth control, your hormones are flatlined. Nothing is fluctuating how it should and ovulation is prevented (that's how pregnancy is prevented). If you were on birth control for 10 years, your brain hasn't had to signal to your hormones to do their job for a decade. That's a LONG time, okay? When you get off birth control, your brain is having to relearn how to communicate to your ovaries to ovulate, raise certain hormones at certain times, etc. It can take some time! That's partly the reason I believe that some of us have seemingly regular cycles right off birth control and then they start to get wonky. Anywho, this relearning and rebalancing process can take some time. A lot more time that some of us realize. 

So when we get to our breaking point, it becomes very appealing to get back on so these symptoms go away. But what's really happening is our brain is becoming even more confused because you're telling it to stop controlling your hormones (when taking birth control), and then to start controlling them again (when stopping birth control). This back and forth transition can be too much for our brains to handle and it can be overwhelming to our entire body! We're prolonging this healing process by getting back on synthetic hormones that are doing more harm than good to our bodies. We're not allowing our body to do what it knows how to do, which is heal. Because guess what happens when you want to try and get off again? 

Your healing process starts all over at the beginning when you first tried to get off.. 

Do your hormones a favor and if you really want to optimize them and quit birth control, quit for good and don't get back on! I promise it's worth it in the end when you've fully recovered and healed. You'll thank yourself for pushing through the hard times, while also learning to love your body's magical healing capabilities, too. 

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I Felt Out of Balance

 

It all started with small rashes under my armpits. They grew bigger. They were fiery red. They burned. I couldn’t itch them since they burned so bad. They flaked. They were embarrassing. I didn’t know what they were. Then they showed up on the crook of my elbow and on the top of my right hand. I thought it might be due to a gluten or dairy intolerance, so I changed my diet. It helped temporarily and my rashes didn’t hurt as bad and weren’t as red. But diet changes weren’t enough. I was devastated. My rashes remained for MONTHS!

Then the "fluff" showed up around my belly and hips. Maybe the start of winter contributed as well; either way I swear my pants used to fit me way better…

My hair started falling out. In chunks! I’d always had some hairs come out when I washed my hair, so I was used to it. But not to this extent. I knew something was going on.

My acne became out of control, almost to the extent when I was in high school. Red, painful, cysts that I just couldn’t resist picking. And here I had spent all these years at the dermatologist “healing” my acne for it all to come back with a vengeance.

I was in tears at least once a week. I felt hopeless. I felt so alone. No one could relate besides one girl I followed on Instagram. My boyfriend was supportive, but how could he understand though? He had no idea what I was going through.

I took a deep breath, wiped my tears and trucked on. Then the next week would start all over again with a meltdown because I was fat, my hair was falling out, my acne was returning, and my rashes burned SO. FREAKING. BAD. I was angry, frustrated, confused & hopeless. 

I had heard that stopping birth control could come with some pretty gnarly symptoms. And I thought I was ready for whatever would happen. But I didn’t realize how mentally and emotionally challenging these symptoms would be.

Like many people, I started taking birth control in high school. I took it mostly for my acne, but pregnancy prevention was nice too. My hormones were manipulated for over 7 years. The birth control was prescribed by my doctor, so why would I ever question how it was affecting my body?

Turns out, I had NO idea just how much it affected me. All of me. It wasn’t until I read this book that I understood how much my body was impacted by these synthetic hormones that I didn't even realize were synthetic at the time. How hormonal birth control can be prescribed to “treat” certain conditions, yet it’s really only a bandaid fix. I didn’t want that bandaid fix anymore and I wanted to heal myself naturally. So I took the leap and ditched my birth control.

Aside from some of the challenges of getting off birth control, I noticed a whole new world of positives that came from it. For the first time in my life, I actually had energy! I no longer needed to sleep half the day away. The mental fog was gone! My mood increased, as well as my libido, which I swear was gone for good. I finally felt like I was in control of my health for the first time. Truly healthy and truly better.

My goal is to be that shining beacon of light for you if you are struggling with the decision to finally get off hormonal birth control. You are not alone in worrying how your body will react. You are not alone in this transition and your experiences. It might be challenging. But we are strong. We are healers. We are self-advocates. And only we know what’s best for our bodies.

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