I've been on hormonal birth control for around 10 years. In that time, I gained 50lbs. I was on nexplanon (hormonal arm implant contraceptive for those unfamiliar) for 3 years. I had it removed last year and decided to take a break from birth control for a few months and see how mu body handled a regular menstrual cycle (that was my primary reason for taking it). After 6 months, I had dropped from 174lbs to 158lbs. I went back on a different form of birth control this past winter and gained every bit of it back in three months. After having some insurance issues because of an incorrect spelling of my name on some paperwork, I decided to stop taking it again three weeks ago.
In that time, I'm down 5lbs, have noticed a huge decrease in appetite, have spent almost $50 less on vending machine junk food at work compared to the same 10 day time period for the past three months, and am having less issues with impulsive spending on non-food items. I feel better in a generally unidentifiable way. I have my annual physical exam next month with my family doctor and plan on discussing this with her, as I'm still struggling with the menstrual issues since stopping the birth control and with some executive functioning problems that I'm starting to identify.
I feel like I'm at least heading in the right direction now instead of spinning my wheels trying to deal with constant hunger no matter how much or what I ate.
Any of you fellow redditors who take hormonal birth control, don't let your doctor tell you that any weight gain from birth control is "just temporary water weight". For me, it wasn't, and switching to different types of estrogen, and even cutting out estrogen, did not help.
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