{"id":60793,"date":"2024-04-15T15:42:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T14:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=60793"},"modified":"2024-04-15T15:42:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T14:42:29","slug":"i-wish-i-had-alternatives-why-young-women-are-shunning-hormonal-birth-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/i-wish-i-had-alternatives-why-young-women-are-shunning-hormonal-birth-control\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI wish I had alternatives\u201d: why young women are shunning hormonal birth control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Florence Gibbs-Price started taking the contraceptive pill, she didn\u2019t have any concerns, but in the six months that followed, she began to experience \u201cextreme\u201d side effects.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 23-year-old content creator says: \u201cI was a happy person with no previous mental health problems, but I began experiencing massive depressive episodes and mood swings that weren\u2019t normal for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As soon as she stopped taking the pill, she began to feel much better, and now says: “My emotions and hormones feel more stable.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Cosmopolitan article<\/a> reported the death of Fallan Kurek, a 21-year-old teaching assistant who began taking the popular combined contraceptive pill, Rigevidon. She was deemed low risk, and when she began complaining about leg pain, was told by her GP that she was fine. When she started suffering from chest pains, Fallan was told by her local hospital that she was simply having a panic attack and that she would be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three days later, Fallan collapsed and died. She had a blood clot that had gone undetected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article stated: \u201cWritten in black and white, on Fallan\u2019s death certificate, is confirmation that her cause of death was the contraceptive pill”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An ongoing post in The Student Room<\/a> about Rigevidon started in 2015 and was still being added to in 2022. The user who initiated the thread said: \u201cThis pill is making me crazy. What I want to know is if anyone else has experienced this same thing on Rigevideon or any other pill?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you search \u2018birth control\u2019 on TikTok, the majority of videos focus on the negative side effects and weight gain, with posts detailing positive experiences in the minority. They primarily target young women, who are more likely to be drawn in by online content, with advanced algorithms feeding them a stream of content that plays on their vulnerabilities and lack of education on the topic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Searching \u2018birth control\u2019 on X (formerly Twitter) results in yet more negative posts, with one user stating<\/a> \u201cBirth control really is the worst thing that\u2019s ever happened to me. Why have I been suffering endlessly for 7 years just so I can have a regulated period?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another user <\/a>had stronger views, saying: \u201cWe need to move away from how normal it is to instantly prescribe birth control as a treatment for menstrual issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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birth control really is the worst thing that\u2019s ever happened to me like why have i been suffering endlessly for 7 years just so i can have a regulated period<\/p>— Kobi (@angelof8thave) April 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>