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The REAL Reason You Don't Feel Good on Birth Control | Progesterone vs Progestin

20 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video by Dr. Tabatha Barber arguing that synthetic progestins (used in most hormonal birth control) are the primary cause of why many women 'don't feel good' on birth control. The speaker claims that if a compound is not natural progesterone, it is a synthetic progestin, and attributes anxiety, depression, irregular bleeding, and weight gain to these synthetic progestins.

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It is your job to understand what you're putting in your body. I believe synthetic progestins are way more harmful than even the conjugated equine estrogen. If it's not progesterone, then it's a synthetic progestin. And that's where the problems lie. That's why most women don't feel good on birth control pills. Most women have anxiety or depression, irregular bleeding, weight gain. Those are all side effects of the synthetic progestins.