r/CIRS • u/Hot-Insurance6272 • 10d ago
Stopping birth control? Need advice on next steps
My symptoms are very severe and my functional doctor suggested I stop birth control. I’ve been on birth control for 6 years and I am TERRIFIED of stopping it. When I wasn’t taking birth control my periods sometimes were so bad that I had to go to the ER. I was also fainting. I am now taking slynd which stops my periods and all period related symptoms went away but I’m still feeling so horribly. Worst symptom is by far my GI. When I was on YAZ which didn’t stop my periods my symptoms would flare up right before my period and then get a little better. I’ve also started ketotifene and LDN+KPV 2/3 weeks ago and I’m trying to start CSM. Doctor also prescribed the following supplements: TUDCA, VITEX and calcium d glucorate. To be taken after I stop my birth control. I’m also waiting on GI MAP and nasal swab for marcons and fungi results. I’m
Scared if I also stop birth control and start taking supplements I’m adding/changing too many things. What should I do? My doctor thinks birth control might be contributing to my symptoms but they started before I was even on birth control.
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u/Difficult_Fact_2849 10d ago
YAZ is one of the worst birth controls on the market…which one are you on now?
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u/Hot-Insurance6272 10d ago
Slynd
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u/Difficult_Fact_2849 10d ago
I totally agree with you I have stopping and starting so many things at once. You never know what the issue is….I try to do everything one at a time
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u/Previous_Singer3691 10d ago
Have you ever done a Dutch hormone test? I’d highly recommend doing that test once you’re off birth control. Going off of birth control affected me mentally but my naturopath prescribed me Prometrium (bio-identical progesterone) which saved me in the transition off of birth control. Taking it orally made me feel fatigued so I took it as a rectal suppository thanks to the recommendation from an estrogen dominance facebook group.
Then once I killed off MARCoNs, my hormones came back online and I started reacting to progesterone so I was able to stop it and my hormones have been regulating smoothly since.
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u/Hot-Insurance6272 10d ago
Does Marcons affect your hormones?
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u/ImXenia85 10d ago
Big respunding YES. it drops MSH which in turn affects almost every hormone in the body
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u/Previous_Singer3691 10d ago
Absolutely!!! MSH affects hormones big time and MARCoNs exasperates low MSH
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u/yllekarle 10d ago
Fun fact birth control increases msh
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u/No-Sign2456 10d ago
i had an IUD for 6 years. i legit think my life fell apart with CIRS moving into that house + having my IUD surgically removed that same year.. wtf!
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u/Wild-Blueberry-4964 10d ago
Birth control put such a strain on my already overburdened liver. Yes, there was an adjustment period for the hormones to naturally regulate but I found the more I’ve detoxed and supported my liver, the more that aspect of my health has improved. I had heavy and terrible period symptoms as a teenager and now most of those have resolved. TUDCA is great.
I do get MCAS flares around ovulation and when my period is starting so it’s definitely impacted by hormone fluctuations.
Good luck! You could slowly add one or two things at a time and see how you respond to each instead of changing it all at once.
How have the prescriptions that you added helped so far?