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While at college, I went to the Dr requesting something to help me get through my cycle so I wouldn't miss days of student teaching. The Dr, in his zeal for abstinence, went off on a tirade about premarital sex and then gave me the pill. A few days later I had a migraine that lasted several days!! It also messed with my vision for months. When I was well enough, I read the package and called him! I asked him if he had intended to see if he could kill me with a blood clot, or what and told him what had happened. He told me to get off the pill right away! DUH!

I was blessed that all I had for the problem was that. It could have been worse. His zeal for a good thing kept him from asking for my medical history properly. Had he checked my files, he would have known!

God created women's bodies so unique that to use the chemicals in any form for contraceptives throws the natural balance out of whack. If any of you get a chance to hear Vicki Thorn's presentations, it is awesome!! She has an abstinence program that gets through to teens and adults and makes sense. If any are interested, I think I have a link...Freepmail me for it, if you like.

Tighty, how'd your friend do? Full recovery?

This thread appears to have attracted some of the FRiberals. As a Catholic, I know that it is considered morally wrong to use birth control. I plan to use NFP when I get married.

My mom’s cousin used birth control in the 1980s. She had to go off of it because it was giving her high blood pressure. This medicine is designed to make a healthy, natural human body process malfunction. I can see why it would have risks. Some, such as the risks mentioned in the latter part of this article, are downplayed by pro-birth control organizations like PP.

What puzzles me is that women talk about birth control and abortion as making them “equal” to men. However, what appears to be happening is that women aren’t accepted for who they are, with their life giving ability considered a beautiful gift. Rather, they have to change themselves to fit into this male (to an extent), sexually dominated culture. Real feminists would celebrate women for who they are, life giving ability and all.

Yes, she did. Before she had her stroke she complained of the same thing. Headaches, vision problems and also a problem staying awake but didn't link it to her pill use.

On a much different note, I've been on the pill since I was 19 - just before I got married and with the exception of going off of it to have my two girls - I used it continuously. In November, my husband switched jobs and I decided to stop it for a few months rather than paying $50 for the prescription. I had no idea how much the pill suppresses (if you know what I mean!). I always attributed it to work and kids and being tired but it was the pill.

I'm sure that's a little TMI but I was just so surprised. It should have been obvious now that I think about it (hello, hormones!!!) but I never thought I had a side effect. I don't think I'll ever go back on it again.