has anyone had any good experiences with birth control with low estrogen/progesterone symptoms if anyone is on birth control ?
For more context , I am not in perimenopause age or menopause either, I am 24 years old, always been severely underweight and trying to gain past the 90’s , and I’ve always had issues with libido, or feeling anything during sexual activity. I have dryness as well even in my entire body, and no arousal fluid either …, and have had painful heavy periods, but now they’re less heavy since a month ago . Idk if I had atrophy like symptoms before 2024, I just remember my hood always being hidden and not being able to see or feel my clitoris or any part down there barely.., and I do have thinning as well all the symptoms women experience much later , but I’m not there yet I am told vaginal atrophy is still possible even at my age tho give my Low weight… I am on low dose estrogen cream but I can’t insert it due to having vaginismus which I do pt for. But my gyno said it’s just as effective on the outside only too.
I’m just not sure about birth control pills because I don’t hear good things about them including for libido, and dryness, and I just want to be able to experience sexual experiences with a boyfriend for once… and get my life and hormones back… I feel really broken and just really miserable. I already tried the patch before but it kept falling off, and it didn’t seem to help any of my issues either much, and so I’m just wondering if their are any women who’s on birth control and if it’ll even help my vulvovaginal atrophy symptoms and other symptoms due to low weight and low estrogen ? if anyone at all can answer my questions I’d be very greatful! my endocrinologist thinks it will and my gynecologist I’m just always scared of trying birth control though, even the pills. especially since my experience hasn’t been great so far, but I hear it’s trial and error.
Posted Feb 23, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC