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That may be true. I was thinking about the very overt, not subtle effects which are clearly hormonal due to permanent alteration of hormones. My wife is one of those victims. She had no regular cycle after, and was unable to ovulate without introducing more hormone therapy (it took several years of trying different ones before it worked). She's had a plethora of endocrinological issues throughout her life as a direct result. Again nothing subtle.

It is becoming quite clear that many women are misdiagnosed as type II diabetic who are in fact insulin intolerant which is a malfunctioning endocrine system. It seems equally clear hormonal treatments messing with the endocrine system are likely factors. I've found some research that has shown connections, but this line of inquiry is unpopular. kind of a trend in medicine - explaining why things happen seems less popular than figuring out what drug we can use to treat the symptoms.

Still the hormone based BC is pushed hard by "the science". Google "side effects" and you'll find lot's of "advice" that going OFF birth control pills can be dangerous, and serious understatement of the risks of using it.

Gosh if I were prone to believe in vast organized conspiracies, I'd think this too was part of the culling of the human race conspiracy ;-). Of course I am not one of those "kooks". I know such levels of organization are unlikely from such a disorganized and chaotic race (humans).

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They give hormonal birth control if you just don’t like your period! It’s really bad.

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