i want to go on it to regulate my periods and for when i'm ready to have sex but i don't want to gain too much weight because i have a hard time losing weight...
2006-10-16 10:04:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
Condoms are the best control to get on. Yes, birth control will regulate your periods, but wait till you see what it does to your a**. But, weight gain is the least of your fears. Heart disease and stroke, fun, are more common than you would ever imagine. Not to mention it tricks your body into thinking it's already pregnant. Which means having the mood swings of a pregnant woman becomes normal, real fun. So please look into the other side effects before you consider seriously altering your bodies chemistry.
What is that you say - What do I know, I'm a guy?
I would rather use a condom ANYTIME than risk B.C. and as romantic as most guys would try to sound - The mood swings are ....freaking.... Terrible....
Good Luck
2006-10-16 10:07:12 · answer #1 · answered by Dustin S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Any hormonal birth control is going to have weight gain as a side effect. You are putting synthetic estrogen into your body, and one of the symptoms of excess estrogen is weight gain.
Don't start taking birth control if you are only doing it to "regulate" your period. What a joke!
The lie is, the Pill will "regulate periods." The truth is the menstrual flow is artificial, occurring only because the Pill was withheld for one week per month.
Normal menstruation is the result of the cyclic dynamic between natural estrogen and natural progesterone. With contraceptives, the flow is just a result of a clumsy, sledgehammer approach to "managing" one small aspect of an imponderably complex bio-system.
Long term, such a course is foolish, as it has the same pattern of side effects as those for estrogen dominance: coronary artery disease, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, strokes, high blood pressure, liver dysfunction, respiratory allergies, digestive disorders, depression, blood clots, osteoporosis, and weight gain.
2006-10-16 11:37:11 · answer #2 · answered by A Healthier You 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birth control pills change where weight gain shows up, but they don't cause weight gain by themselves(except for fluid retention which is different) That means that you would have gained that weight even if your weren't taking the pills. The pills just mean that the weight shows up on your boobs and hips and *** more than it would have otherwise. If you aren't doing anything that is causing you to put on fat now, you aren't going to get fatter by taking birth control pills.
2006-10-16 11:48:20 · answer #3 · answered by Seraphim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was on the depo, its a shot you take in the rear every 3 months. I never gained any weight. Sometimes you do not have a period for the whole three months or maybe never. The reaction is different for everyone, some bleed for a week or two and hen no more! but hey, no period thats good for me.
2006-10-16 10:09:41 · answer #4 · answered by NIKKO & CHRIS P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 05:12:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well im on the typical yasmin. im not sure about other pills. i didnt gain any weight, but my boobs grew a lot within a year. I also went on it to regulate my period-i was first on a yasmin thats made to regulate your period, but doesnt stop you from actually getting pregnant, so its not actually REAL birth control.but it regulates your period which i think is why i didnt gain weight. ask your doctor for it-if your not thinking about sex soon.
2006-10-16 10:14:18 · answer #6 · answered by MyEyeZHypnoTiZe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well obviously condoms because it doesn't involve messing with your bodies chemistry, but i think you meant for females right? The pill works great for me I've been on it 4 years and I have noticed no weight change from my normal 115lbs frame. One of my friends take the needle and shes gotten huge. The patch is suppose to be good too.
2006-10-16 10:10:20 · answer #7 · answered by Jillie88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
abstinence and exercise is the only sure-fire solution. But the pill is the best way to regulate your cycle. That's what worked for me.
2006-10-16 10:07:23 · answer #8 · answered by midwestshorty75 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't have sex is one Method of Birth control.... From all the Birth controls would be the IUD!
2006-10-16 11:32:08 · answer #9 · answered by babigurl_1412 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am researching this myself, and so far i hear the depo shot is one that causes weight gain in most women, so i am avoiding that one!
2006-10-16 10:06:51 · answer #10 · answered by advicemom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋