Dr. Jen Gunter

And maybe you are going to give them an estrogen prescription, but maybe also talk with their psychiatrist if they had one before, assess their risk of suicidality, all these other things.

it's very easy to make blanket statements when people are a lot more complex.

Well...

Yeah, you should spend some time on my Instagram.

That's why I don't even bother TikTok anymore.

So, you know, here's the issue.

Two things can be true and the internet's really bad at that.

Women can absolutely have their symptoms dismissed and a medication could be very beneficial for a lot of people.

And so if somebody doesn't feel good on birth control pills, okay, you don't feel good on it, let's try one of the other options.

Like, that's okay.

I mean, I don't take many medications, but I'm sure if I felt bad on something, I would say to my doctor, hey, I don't feel good on this, is there a different option?

So you have to, there's all this sort of right wing disinformation amplifying

and you're not seeing the women who say, I had incredibly, I was gonna kill myself from my premenstrual dysphoric disorder and being on the pill saved my life.

I have severe polycystic ovarian syndrome and being on the estrogen containing pill was the only thing that got rid of my acne.

and, you know, helped me feel better.

Women who are at risk for endometrial cancer and, you know, need also contraception, that can be a great option for them.

It's not the only option, but, you know, so there are reasons.

There are people that it's the best way for them to manage their pain with endometriosis or their heavy bleeding.

And so, you know, it can be true that a woman can come into the office when, and she wants birth control, to just have a prescription handed to her and she walks out the door and she wasn't given any information.

And that's wrong.