Coming off the pill

[Slj2019]

I am looking at coming off the pill, I have been on different pills for 10 years now and I’m looking to come off. I’m not doing it to become pregnant but more so because I don’t want the side effects of the hormones anymore. I was told I probably have endometriosis about 18 months ago but they didn’t want to do any investigations due to me not having a family yet. Does anyone have any advice for coming off the pill? Does it make you have more mood swings? Feel more down than the pill? I’m not so worried about the periods or the pain at the moment it’s more the moods and ups and downs

[mariaL0L]

I came off my pill earlier this week and have been in so much pain since. Taken time off of work and had to just lie around most days. As you can imagine this has lead to a lot of tears aha but i’m not sure my mood has been directly affected by coming off this pill - it’s hard to say. Maybe you could come off your pill, see how it goes and you can always go back on it? Personally, my pill helped with my pain tremendously so coming off the pill was quite a shock. xx don’t know if this helps?

[Kitty404]

I’ve come off the pill to try and conceive and the pains are absolutely unbearable. That has hit my mental health hard. I think the pill (was on desogestrel) kept me level, and I can’t wait to get back on it!

[Aurora20 in reply to Kitty404]

I’m going to come off in April to try and conceive and this is exactly what I’m worried about! Life before the pill was not great. Good luck