When I was in my twenties, I was involved in a serious car accident that damaged my pituitary. I went for years with major hormone imbalance even though I didn’t take birth control. I was told at one time to go on BCs to stabilize me but after multiple BCs, I finally stopped because I was frustrated that they created further imbalance. It was many years of trial and error before I found a practitioner who prescribed my Bio’s. It transformed my life and well being. I have been on them for years and have no intentions of going off of them. My insurance provider will not pay for them so I opted to pay out of pocket which runs me $800 per year. It’s well worth my piece of mind and me hormone stability.