She questions the modern day assumption that the menstrual cycle only serves a purpose when women are trying to conceive. Increased risk of developing blood clotsīy detailing the broad range of symptoms that the pill is responsible particularly in the emotional realm Holly is uncovering the true nature and purpose of a woman’s hormonal cycles.Fits of unreasonable rage that lead to arguments.Anxiety and/or paranoia, described as a constant state of dread or feeling like something terrible is always about to happen.Loss of libido or loss of interest in sex.Feeling detached from life, described as feeling like you’re living life behind a veil.Throughout the book many women describe their experiences while on the pill and below is a list of the some of the side effects they experienced:
This means that only when women go off the pill do they realize that the pill was at the root of their emotional and physical symptoms. This means that women can be suffering from these symptoms for years and the whole time be attributing it to their own inability to cope with life’s challenges instead of even considering that the pill may be at the root of their troubles. The side effects are so readily downplayed by medical professionals that women are virtually never properly advised about the very possible side effects of the pill. Holly highlights that the very nature of the pill is basically the “set it and forget it” approach, and as a result women who take the pill aren’t thinking about it. The scariest thing is that for the most part, unless the woman has an obviously extreme and jarringly negative experience soon after she starts taking it, she is likely to continue on the pill for several months or years before realizing that the pill is what is actually causing the problem. The most alarming aspect of this book is the devastating impact that the pill has on these women and the pervasive nature of those effects. The book is a well researched report about the birth control pill complete with numerous stories from women who have used the pill and had extremely negative side effects.
After reading Holly Grigg-Spall’s most recent book Sweetening the Pill : or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control I was left feeling like I had just read a cautionary tale.
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