I stopped taking the pill — within a month I was bisexual and dating women

An Australian woman says she suddenly found herself feeling frisky for the fairer sex after coming off the contraceptive pill.

Tessa Bona, 30, was first prescribed the birth control medication when she was 15 years old, with her doctor saying it would help regulate her periods.

The Melbourne brunette spent almost a decade and a half taking the pill each day and identified as heterosexual, having only ever dated men.

After a breakup with her long-term boyfriend last year, however, Bonna decided to quit the contraceptive — and suddenly found her eyes drawn to women, she claimed.

“I had never given women a go romantically; I never really thought that was for me,” the out-and-proud beauty told News.com.au. “But once I got off the pill, everything changed … All of a sudden, men were just not attractive to me.”

Bonna says it took her just three weeks before she started to develop feelings for women and she also noticed other significant changes.

“I felt like an entirely different person,” she explained. “I had so much more energy, I was excited about life.”

Within a month, she started going on dates with women. The brunette soon met Phoebe Chakar, 24, whom she has now been dating for six months.

“It was love at first sight,” Bonna cooed. “Phoebe is the absolute love of my life, I couldn’t be happier. It’s a totally different dynamic to being with a man. She is my best friend, and I love every second I spend with her.

“It breaks my heart to think this might never have happened if I was still on the pill,” the lovestruck Aussie added.

Bonna is encouraging other women to take a break from the contraceptive pill — and not just because it reportedly tweaked her sexuality.

“When I was on the pill and in relationships with men, I thought I wanted to settle down, have kids and get married,” she stated. “But since coming off the pill, it’s like my brain is so much clearer. That’s not what I want at all.

“I feel like the pill can turn you into a dull person if you’ve been on it too long. I think every woman should take a break from it, if they want to, and see how they feel.”

While Bonna still considers herself “a little bit bisexual,” she says she is now “much more attracted to women.”

“I hardly look at men anymore,” she declared. “It’s actually hilarious. The sexual attraction to guys is pretty much all gone.”

One women’s health specialist told News.com.au that it is “interesting” that Bonna’s sexual preferences apparently changed.

“There is research to suggest that the pill can change your choices of partner, but it is really interesting to change sex preferences,” Katherine Maslen stated.

However, she has noticed “massive personality” changes among patients who have gone off birth control medication.

“This isn’t really surprising since there are millions of estrogen and progesterone receptors in the brain,” she declared.