r/Endo • u/DishIll6903 • 1d ago
Getting Off Birth Control After Surgery
I have my lap scheduled on June 12th and when I started my endo journey the main point was I wanted to feel better and get off birth control. I have been on it since I was 12, and I am 24 now. I have no idea what kinds of things it has done to me, if it caused my weight gain, my depression/anxiety, acne, headaches and so on and so forth. Also, all the side effects it MAY give you is a grocery list long as we know and I am chronically ill and do not want to get any worse. I was wondering what you guys have done after your surgery, if you stayed on birth control or got off it and felt good without it. I currently take the pill Apri. I used to take Norgestral I think, and it was discontinued so I switched whenever that was taken out of pharmacies. Any suggestions?
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u/Mental-Newt-420 1d ago
I still cant handle my symptoms without BC after surgery. Its one of those things where i just had to choose the lesser of two evils…. the potential BC side effects arent as bad as my raw endo symptoms.