The following comes from a May 2 Science World Report article by Michael Finn:
Research shows that contraception is likely to modify the function and structure of an adult woman’s brain.
28 young females were compared before and after the three months of a regular intake of contraceptives, with another 28 normally cycling women of the same age. The objective of this research was to examine the within-person neural change in females who are using contraceptives, Science Direct reported.
The comparison of the two groups of women indicated a lowered gray matter volume in the women’s left amygdala, anterior parahippocampal gyrus who are using contraceptives, compared to those in the control group. This region’s resting-state functional connectivity with the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex was altered from positive to a negative connectivity after the female subjects’ intake of contraceptives, in contrast to the outcome of those in the control group.
The data that were collected in this research study has led to the findings that offer the first insights into the effects of hormonal contraceptives on the female brain.
The brain regions that are affected could be associated with the woman’s psychological well-being, hence, emphasizing the significance of and the need for future research on the contraceptive-induced brain changes.
For the life of me, this chemist cannot understand how we ever could believe that every drug has side effects, unless its a contraceptive.
I was on the pill for three months many years ago. I quit after I noticed personality changes–changes that went away as soon as I quit.
Yeah, it’s anecdotal. Means nothing.
And part of the changes might have been your conscience warning you of the grave sin you were committing by using artificial contraception. Best for your body and soul to have stopped using them, a lesson to all the women out there.
I didn’t realize i needed a Phd in Bio Chemistry to comprehend Cal Catholic articles.
I get the point this stuff is bad for you. However, a paragraph in standard American English explaining the hypothesis of why its bad, what it apparently does to non technical names of parts of the brain, etc. would be helpful to those of us whose science education ended in high school.