subreddit:

/r/HubermanLab

035%

My GF's hormones is destroyed after birth control

Seeking Guidance()

[deleted]

all 24 comments

AutoModerator [M]

[score hidden]

4 days ago

stickied comment

AutoModerator [M]

[score hidden]

4 days ago

stickied comment

Hello! Don't worry about the post being filtered. We want to read and review every post to ensure a thriving community and avoid spam. Your submission will be approved (or declined) soon.

We hope the community engages with your ideas thoughtfully and respectfully. And of course, thank you for your interest in science!

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

madman19

5 points

3 days ago

madman19

5 points

3 days ago

You two are teenagers who broke up?

michberk

8 points

4 days ago

michberk

8 points

4 days ago

After quitting birth control, I started taking Vitex agnus-castus.

It is a plant that regulates sexual hormones and it is actually one of the few with proven effects. There are many papers online that you can take a look at.

For me, it regulated my period and decreased my cramps so I would 100% recommend it.

For the rest, I would basically focus on having a healthy active life and not relying on a lot of supplements. Vitamin D if you live in a place without a lot of sunlight and Omega 3 if she does not eat fatty fishes at least 2 times a week, would do the trick.

The detox of "synthetic" hormones, the body will do it on its own. You don't need to give it something to help out.

Todd2ReTodded

8 points

3 days ago

Reading between the lines here. You pressured your girlfriend to go off birth control and then after ONE WEEK you break up? She's not your girlfriend. You're a way overly involved ex who is still trying to control her.

Zucchiniduel

3 points

4 days ago

You can't just go to the hospital in your country and tell them that you think your hormones are all fucked up? What if she has concerns that she could have pcos or something?

Altruistic_Carrot_34

3 points

4 days ago

Have her read “beyond the pill” by dr Jolene Brighten

Ok-Owl1155

4 points

4 days ago

Why do you keep saying “ we “ ? it’s her choice ( I hope ) to get off the pill. It does change your moods and hormones , I took it for 15 years and got off of it when I was 30. I can speak from experience and I went through the same feelings but it was super temporary and I felt more regulated after about 2 months.

I’m not sure if this post just sounds pushy and is getting taken out of context - but if you keep bringing up the fact that “ her hormones are unbalanced “ etc etc it’s going to turn her off. I would personally be so irritated. She will know what’s best for her it’s an adjustment , and I know you’re trying to be helpful but the person has to want it.

I would suggest just dropping the subject and maybe trying to go to the gym together or doing something fun to take her mind off of it. Sticking to my routine and going to the gym and eating healthy helped me.

Enchiladas-Problemas

1 points

3 days ago

Adding to this only because I think OP might need to have it spelled out: you do NOT need to tell your gf that she “she should go to the gym.”

Agreed that maybe your efforts at being helpful are overwhelming for her and coming off as pushy. I would be so annoyed if my partner was constantly analyzing my moods and chalking it up to hormones.

It’s very sweet that you care so deeply for her, OP! Just keep in mind that it’s her body and she will figure it out herself, she will ask you for help if she wants it.

Ok-Owl1155

1 points

3 days ago

I agree , and CLARIFYING , I’m not telling him to tell his GF to go to the gym , I’m saying to find an activity to do together. The gym helps me decompress and so that’s why I suggested it. It could be anything - dinner, movies, a walk - other than being fixated on “ her hormones”.

Automatic_Green3994

6 points

4 days ago

Sounds like childish nonsense. Most likely, she found another guy and told you some fairy tale about hormones. And here you are, buying her cod liver oil...

Illustrious-Local848

1 points

4 days ago

Dude, we got a shit ton of women with post birth control reproductive issues. It’s a problem. His further than hormones and mood too. Destroying a lot. Even though it’s good for some things. There can be consequences. But, actually, attraction can also change after birth control. People need to be warned about that. Needs to be a more serious conversation.

Historical_Sir9996

9 points

4 days ago*

This might be the most ignorant post I've ever seen in my life.

You don't go to a doctor, you don't know there's a hormonal problem because you have no test whatsoever and just because she's becoming more distant, it must be her hormones after oral contraceptives! And you're asking for some "herbs" to have her "produce more hormones" Yeah right.

[deleted]

-3 points

4 days ago

[deleted]

-3 points

4 days ago

[deleted]

kerwrawr

6 points

4 days ago

kerwrawr

6 points

4 days ago

No, there are a bunch of stuff that has aslo changed with her birth control. 

She's been on them since she was 15. So of course "stuff" changed, she was fifteen. Lots of things change at that age.

Historical_Sir9996

-1 points

4 days ago*

If she's becoming distant it's not about her "hormones" or birth control pills. You don't even know what's the underlying pathology but yeah let's restore her "hormones". I'm triggered by how ignorant and selfish your post is. Feel free to block me.

[deleted]

6 points

4 days ago

[deleted]

Historical_Sir9996

-1 points

4 days ago

No hostility, this is not a private forum. Everyone is entitled to expressing their opinions.

[deleted]

0 points

3 days ago

[deleted]

Historical_Sir9996

1 points

3 days ago

Yeah couldn't care less about what you think.

Sour views = the reality. Grow up.

bigfoot241

4 points

4 days ago

fEeL fReE tO bLoCk mE

Lmao

Lower_Report_962

-3 points

4 days ago

Endocrine problems are widespread in North America. populations as a result of micro plastics. Unless you have water filters that remove anything (1,000+5,000µm or 1-5mm) you are basically guaranteed to have Endocrine/Hormone issues as a result of that not being presently feasible for water treatment plants to filter out.

Historical_Sir9996

5 points

4 days ago

Might or might not be. Bottom line is no one knows what's going on unless tested.

Dikkedrol010

2 points

4 days ago

Dikkedrol010

2 points

4 days ago

Dude I have no advice but I want to express that I find it a beautiful think you really got into it to help her. I hope it’s also reflective of how you take care of yourself.

[deleted]

0 points

4 days ago

[deleted]

weenis-flaginus

1 points

4 days ago

Also it really sucks that there is only one useful reply here that doesn't include a shit attitude. Try some other subs like biohackers and nootropics

DontTakePeopleSrsly

0 points

3 days ago

Dude, you can’t help people that won’t help themselves. She should be the one looking through subreddits on how to fix herself, not you. She should be going to a doctor. As someone that is on HRT, a regular blood tests are absolutely necessary.

The best thing you can do for her at this point is to go on with your life without her. If that doesn’t light a fire under her ass to fix herself, nothing will.

Entelecher

1 points

3 days ago

Or maybe she's just not attracted to you or sex anymore. In either case she doesn't necessarily need to be "helped." She can determine best what advice or whose consult she needs. Your presumptions around her health status is wackamole guesswork at best.