kls1013

I really enjoyed reading your post! For years now I've held a grudge against BCPs. I am convinced that they are at least partly to blame for my health problems. I didn't know in what way they were responsible but I did know that my symptoms did not evidence themselves until I went off my BCPs. Now I have my AF maybe 4 times a year on my own. I've had fasting glucose levels done and a 1 hr glucose tolerance test.. both of which showed no problems. However, I recently attempted a low carb diet and low and behold I had my AF exactly 30 after my last cycle (I was averaging 100 days before this). Unfortunately I haven't stuck with this diet as it was very costly for me to do it and I just can't afford it now. I don't think its a coincidence that I haven't seen AF since then. What I'm getting at is that it was really nice to see that at least in part my taking BCPs all those years could have been agrivating an underlying issue... insuline resistance. My father and maternal grandmother are diabetic so I do have a genetic predisposition for developing diabetes. I just have to thank you for posting! I finally feel like I'm not crazy and there could be more to it than just my hunch that BCPs weren't working for me.