Girl Question in here... Birth control

To be honest, I was on a form of birth control and the cravings never ended. I did gain weight. About 6 months I switched to a different type and have had no cravings/weight gain. Every body responds to each set of hormones differently I guess.

That's just me though, perhaps it has subsided for other people.

I've been using BC pills for a couple of years now, and at first I also put on a few pounds. I also got worried that I would continue to gain weight but after a few months, it stopped and I returned to my normal weight I wouldnt worry to much about it, but if you do contiue to gain weight I would maybe ask your doctor. Hang in there!

Has anyone tried the IUD and how were they with weight gain?

I have been put on birth control to regulate my horomones and it has only been 10 days but already I have put on 2.4lbs. I have been tracking my calories but I do notice a craving for sweets and carbs. Is there any long time BC users out there that can tell me if this will subside? It's very frustrating, I feel like I just want to give up! I'm taking Beyaz
Thanks!

Quit giving in to your cravings. Period.

How do you think people quit smoking or doing other things that are bad for them?

she never said she was giving in to her cravings. rude.

I would give it another 2 or 3 months to see how your body continues to react. If you're still constantly craving sweets, I bet the estrogen is a bit too high and you may want to talk to your doc about switching. Are you having any other symptoms like mood swings, etc?

In the meantime, make sure you only have healthy snacks available, drink lots of water and exercise to distract yourself.

Ive heard birth control makes ya gain weight, but Ive been on BC since my 13 year old daughter was born! I actually lost all of my weight while on birth control. I always wondered would i just dry up and blow away if I stopped taking them. LOL, Wouldn't that be a nice problem to have? I do still take the old original(orthotricyclen)

I have been put on birth control to regulate my horomones and it has only been 10 days but already I have put on 2.4lbs. I have been tracking my calories but I do notice a craving for sweets and carbs. Is there any long time BC users out there that can tell me if this will subside? It's very frustrating, I feel like I just want to give up! I'm taking Beyaz
Thanks!

Quit giving in to your cravings. Period.

How do you think people quit smoking or doing other things that are bad for them?

Thank you mrsCon, you read my mind! I always have cravings, but I don't always give in to them, so although you might have cravings(due to BC), just don't move that cookie towards your mouth, Self Control! Good luck to ya!

I despise birth control. Seriously.... I think it is the worst thing in the world for womens health.

I have a copper IUD and I love it. No hormones for me anymore.. EVER!

I had an IUD for almost 5 years.... it was amazing. the weight I did gain, was due to my own unhealthy habits, but I don't htink any of it could be contributed to having the IUD. i recently switched to a low dose pill, Aviane, and so far so good. still losing weight, and in fact, cravings of sweets have actually stopped.

I take Ortho Tricyclen Lo because it's a low-hormone BC, and I did gain weight at the beginning of being put on it, but after a month or two, I was able to lose again. I've been on it over 2 years now.

I use to take BC pills, tried a couple of different ones (don't remember their names this was 10-12 years ago) and alwayshad something I didn't like about them - gained weight, always bloated, crazy mood swings, gave me headaches, and I jsut pain out hated that I had to remember to take a damn pill every damn day! When I got to college in 2003 the doctor there recommended the Nuva Ring - I have been on it since and LOVE it! If I gained weight I didn't notice, I feel like me, and its SOOO simple! Insert for 3 weeks and forget about it, then pull it out have your period, insert a new one a week later and start all over. I set 2 alarms per month, pull out and put in on 2 Sundays. They say it is more effective too because there is no "human error" of taking a pill at the same time. It's a constant 3 weeks of hormones all the time! FABULOUS!!!!

I've been on every type of B.C. for 10 years now... you don't gain much and if you have cravings you just have to fight them. I just find crave sweets the 3rd week of my B.C. ( week before my period )

I've been on bc for about a decade, you stop gaining weight after a few months (though I don't remember gaining much at the time, maybe 10 lbs or so)... It has a lot to do with your usual watching what you eat and exercising, don't slack! You'll be fine.

The myth that never dies.

Birth control does not by itself cause any gain in weight. Progesterone based birth control can increase your food cravings thus making you eat more. All birth control will give you temporary water weight gain that generally goes away after the first two or three months on its own.

As long as you're aware that your birth control can make you snacky you can control it. Log every single thing you eat, even just small nibbles and bites, drink lots and lots of water, more so then you might think you need and keep an eye on your sodium intake which can make water retention worse.

But there are many many many studies that have pretty much debunked the myth that birth control causes weight gain. The hormone levels in modern day birth control isn't high enough to do it.

Keep a journal during the first few months of taking a new BC of your daily moods and how you feel. If after three months its affecting your moods or you're extra snacky ask to switch to a different type. IE if you are on a combo pill ask to try a progesterone only, or vice versa.

And as someone who went the copper IUD route thinking it was the BC hormones making me crazy I was down right wrong. I like my copper IUD don't get me wrong, but the only thing that's helped to get rid of my horrible period related depression and symptoms has been depo provera and the complete lack of a period.

I've never known someone who gained less than 40lbs on Depo shot. DO NOT DO IT! I use Tri-Nessa (may be generic name for Orthotricyclen) and I've lost 34 on it. I'm taking it for treatment for PCOS as well and it has made my skin look great and my PCOS symptoms a little more calm. Dr. told me it wouldn't MAKE me lose weight but would make it a bit easier because of my condition.

I was my thinnest on Depo (5'6" and 99 pounds). Now you know one.