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Could high dosages if birth control pills eventually change your personality, permanently?

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Dr. Brian Nguyen answered

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Unlikely: Although we do not know exactly what the pills' effects are on the brain, I do not suspect that the dose or the hormone would ever be enough to completely and permanently affect one's personality.

Dr Rhoads and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/10/2015

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