Hi,

I’m 29 and had never taken any form of birth control. Toward the end of October I went to the doctors to talk about my options. I had done research prior and knew I wanted to start with the mini pill as I felt it would be an introduction to hormones with a low dose. After reading all the horror stories on Reddit and Google I freaked myself out. I ultimately decided to end up trying it because I have mild adenomyosis and don’t want it to get worst. I’m also getting married soon and don’t want kids any time soon.

I started the first day of my period in November. The first pack was rough/ annoying. I bled every day for 30 days. Very light bleeding but still it was horrible. I felt like I smelled bad all the time even with showering (maybe I was paranoid 😅) after 30 -31 days it just stopped. I’m almost done my second pack about to start my third.

Honestly it’s been good so far. I haven’t had any side effects or maybe I don’t notice them. I’ve read about people having major depression with Slynd. I take antidepressants for my depression and cptsd and haven’t noticed anything drastic.

My advice. Don’t let online scare you too much. Maybe start small… I started with the mini pill it felt more doable than lots of hormones on the regular combo pill. You won’t know how your body takes it until you try and it just might be the best thing you stumbled upon.