After being on the pill(low dose) for almost 10 years I think I am getting to the point where I want to stop taking it and do a detox. I’ve talked to my doctor and she said since it’s a low dose I can stop whenever. I do want to ask if any of you have stopped, what’d you do to naturally balance your hormones or help with side effects?

I did nothing. Personally the only side effects I had was irregular periods for a couple of months but my natural periods were always slightly irregular anyway and there were other factors that could have caused that at the time. Other than that I didn’t notice any other changes.

You can’t really do anything to balance out your hormones, you’re just going to have to give it time and it can take up to 9-12 months. It’s best to put any expectations to rest and let things happen as they do, as you can experience any side or withdrawal effect during that time. You could bleed regularly for a few months and then not have any bleeding for the next half year, it’s entirely unpredictable and affects everyone differently.