THERE are loads of different side effects you might have when going on the contraceptive pill, and some people experience changes when they come off it too. And one woman has left people stunned after she claimed coming off the pill turned her into a lesbian.
![[Amy explained how her sexual preference changed after she stopped taking the pill]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/i-thought-i-fancied-men-958153282.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
Amy May, from Australia, took to TikTok to explain how everything changed for her when she finally stopped taking the pill aged 28, after taking without a break since 15-years-old. Although she confessed to initially being hesitant to come off the medication, she thought it was the perfect time, since she's just come out of an eight year relationship with her boyfriend.
![[The Aussie was in an eight year relationship with a man before she stopped taking the contraceptive]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/i-thought-i-fancied-men-958153281.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
Amy thought she might experience some common side effects like weight gain and acne, but was also intrigued after some friends told her 'you find who you are when you're not on the pill.'. "I didn't think it actually would [change anything] and I definitely didn't think I would be attracted to women," she explained in the viral video.
![[There are many possible side effects that come with taking the pill]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/close-woman-holding-contraceptive-pill-943754165.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Nothing much changed at first, but Amy said she did feel "lighter" in both her mood, energy and thoughts. Then Amy noticed she started thinking about her ex boyfriend "with disgust", something she put down to coming off the pill. "It could be a coincidence, could not, who knows, but it could have been a combination between me coming off the contraceptive pill and coming out of a toxic relationship, but the way I started to view my ex was kind of disgust - which again could be the person that he became," she said.
