... when you start to bleed, take a couple advil. The prostaglandins in the ibuprofen will actually decrease the amount of bleeding that occurs, this works for when you get your next period too. ... (5 replies)

... our months, and was depressed pretty much the whole time. As soon as I stopped taking it, though, I felt a lot better. Unfortunately, I didn't know about the B vitamin stuff at the time, or else I would have stayed on it and took the B complex. ... (5 replies)

... iced a great amount of hair loss. It's mostly after I shower and as I'm styling my hair, but it's a lot of hair. A few years back I went through the same thing when I briefly stopped birth control. I ended up going back on it for this exact reason, too much hair loss. ... (12 replies)

... I think most people loose some hair when they quit the birth control pill.. ... (2 replies)

... You should do an internet search for "stopping birth control" and "symptoms" because there are other message boards with a lot of women discussing their symptoms. ... (5 replies)

... pill, but could also be something else. So, I went to the the encirnologist and had blood work done and my cortisol levels were through the roof. He said that birth control pills could not effect the results. ... (8 replies)

... Everyone is different after stopping BCPs. Some women have no symptoms and go straight back to 28 day cycles, and other women do have some symptoms. ... (4 replies)