>>81708268Here's a recent popsci article that goes into some depth / links other sources for a more indepth read.
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2025/04-05/birth-control-brain
APA is the american psychiatric association if you don't know.
>One troubling finding: Taking hormonal contraceptives during adolescence is linked to a higher risk of developing major depressive disorder in adulthood, according to research by Chen and her postdoc, Christine Anderl, PhD (The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2020; The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2022).----
>The group collected brain scans from a woman for 30 consecutive days during a natural menstrual cycle, finding fluctuations in the volume of her hippocampus that correlated with changes in progesterone (NeuroImage, Vol. 220, 2020).>"We then collected scans while she was on the birth control pill and saw no volume differences across the 30 days we scanned her. That suggests that the pill's control of her hormone levels was quashing the natural fluctuations of the brain," said Taylor, who is now conducting a similar analysis of the whole brain.>It is no surprise, then, that researchers have documented a broad range of psychological changes linked to birth control use. In addition to changes in stress response and depression risk, hormonal contraceptives can lower libido and impact sexual attraction.The tl:dr; is that, by and large, you really don't want to take ANY medicine / drug you don't have to.
I can give personal stories as well but it's probably better to just leave this post to be as objective as possible.