Jen Gunter Instagram – A huge red flag for me is people claiming that there is a post birth control pill syndrome. This has never been described in the medical literature, so this rapid development of supplements, books, and courses about it is alarming. You can’t claim something is understudied and then turn around and designed untested therapies for profit. I mean, you can, but then you are a hypocrite. When you stop the pill the hormones are out of your system very quickly, often within 7 days. Fertility returns very quickly as well. And there are no robust studies showing any link between the pill and nutritional deficiencies. While it is true that there are aspects of how people feel on the pill that have been understudied, you don’t help that by selling unstudied supplements or courses, selling unstudied therapies is profiting from gaps in the system, not closing them. The birth control pill often treats many conditions, for example acne and PMS. It is even possible that people start the pill before those conditions have emerged, for example maybe they had very heavy periods at age 13. And so when they stop, they experience these conditions because they are no longer being treated by the pill. If you want to stop the pill, just stop. You do not need unstudied supplements or coaching for a condition that has yet to be described in the medical literature. And if you have symptoms, see a medical provider for an evaluation.