Birth control meds may leave some women trapped in a self-perpetuating cycle of stress when they choose to take the daily pill compared to women who rely on their natural cycle, a new study suggests.
According to a paper just published in Behavioural Brain Research, women who were not on birth control and who were put in social situations designed to reduce stress like singing in groups and playing board games, saw their levels of stress-regulating hormone ACTH drop. Women who were on the hormone-infused oral contraceptive put in the same social situations, on the other hand, did not experience any reduction in ACTH.
