I received this email about a topic that is of great importance to any woman who has taken a hormal birth control pill.
I just didn’t know this affected so many women. Or that so many of the women I love might be at risk.
In a recent conversation with my friend Dr. Jolene Brighten, I learned that every woman who has used hormonal birth control is at risk for Post-Birth Control Syndrome.
PBCS is defined by Dr. Brighten as ”the collection of disruptive symptoms women face once they’ve concluded the use of hormonal birth control.”
Women may struggle with any of the following since starting or getting off birth control:
Headaches
Hair loss
Libido loss
Mood swings
Insomnia
Depression
Anxiety
Chronic yeast infections
Chronic UTIs
Cystic acne, outbreaks, and rashes
Irregular or nonexistent periods
Painful or heavy periods
And the most heartbreaking part? PBCS can make it impossible to have children on your own once you’ve stopped birth control. Know anyone struggling to conceive? This could be why.
To help women everywhere, Dr. Brighten is hosting Post-Birth Control Syndrome Awareness Week November 5-11, 2018.
During this special week, you can take online classes (without paying anything) to learn more about PBCS, how to heal it and how to avoid it.
Because this is so critically important and because over 90% of women will take birth control at some point in their life, I’m going to ask you to do something I rarely do: share this.
Together we can put an end to the silent suffering women face and we can let women everywhere know that it’s not “all in her head.”
Learn more and sign up for Post-Birth Control Syndrome Awareness Week here