LOESTRIN FE 1/20 Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORETHINDRONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 2.4 (1356 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LOESTRIN FE 1/20 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LOESTRIN FE 1/2 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Hormone imbalance/period 2x a mon | Bloating, headaches and rash on face and acne that developed the 2nd week | I have a hormone imbalance since a tubal ligation - having a heavy period every 2 weeks and one huge acne pimple that comes back in the same spot. My hair has atleast stopped falling out and I'm crazy horny. I did lose 2 pounds but the rash on my face hurts. I'm trying a few things to make sure the rash is not an allergic reaction and related to the pill. I also now have small white heads all over - I think I rather have a clear face with one pimple than this rash! | M | 37 | 2 weeks 1X day | 12/10/2012 | 1 | Acne, even out mood swings | severe depression, panic attacks, anxiety, left arm numbness, severe fatigue, acne | I'm 17 and got put on Lo Loestrin Fe to even out my mood swings and control my acne. It did exactly the opposite. I have a history of depression and have been taking Prozac since I was 8. Overall though, I am normally a very bright, awake, optimistic and grounded person. This pill has brought out the person I was when I was 8. I go to sleep so early at night (which is incredibly rare for me) and wake up feeling worse than when I went to sleep. I'm constantly tired, constantly dizzy, and always feeling ill. My arm will go numb at random points in the day and my mood swings are out of this world. I cry at least once a day, have on average three panic attacks a week and cannot focus at all, which has also produced anxiety. My school work has dropped considerably and I've missed more school in the past month than ever before. I My friends are seriously worried about me and have noticed the change in me. I do not recommend this pill for anyone who has a history of depression or anxiety. I am stopping this pill in the next two days because that's when this month's dosage will end and I'm counting down the seconds. This has been one of the worst months ever. Can't wait to get back to my old self! | F | 17 | 25 days 30 MG 1X day | 12/10/2012 | 2 | birth conttol purposes | No period, No sex drive, weight gain, no orgasm, moodiness, suicidal thoughts, extreme vaginal dryness - to the put it was painful to have sex. | I have tried many type of B.C. - the Nuvaring, ortho tri cycle, Implanon, Yaz, Yasmin - NOTHING has ever effected me as bad as this pill. I feel like I've lost my mind and a month and a half after stopping I STILL have no period! | F | 33 | 1 months 1X day | 10/5/2012 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy | massive anxiety, depression, hopelessness, fear of going crazy, hair loss, extreme fatigue, lack of concentration, paranoia, decreased sex drive, chest pain and pressure | I have been on this pill for almost two months. MY GOSH I am glad I found this website and I don't feel like I'm a lunatic anymore. Granted, I am going through a stressful time in my life and would consider myself somewhat prone to anxiety pre-pill but NOT LIKE THIS. since starting this I have fallen into uncontrollable anxiety, fear and depression. I feel down all the time, in the past my anxiety was limited to things that well, make sense (health issues, work, etc.) but on a beautiful sunny day I feel like I am LOSING MY MIND. seriously, earlier today I was practically convincing myself I was going to become schizophrenic and lose my family and boyfriend until I found this stuff. Omg. I think I am going to wait it out the one week I have left of active pills so I don't mess up my cycle too badly but that is it. This stuff is the devil. I have been resorting to xanax the past week because I have hardly been able to function..just crying for no reason and plagued by massive 'worst case scenario' routines running through my mind. Honestly, unlike some of you I do have a history of worry and anxiety but not to this extent. Honestly, I have never felt worse..and I have to say..about hormonal birth control in general..it makes sense that this stuff occurs...synthetic hormones inhibiting your body's ability to make its own..no wonder we're all such a wreck and divorce rate is so high. Good luck to you all... | F | 22 | 2 months 30 1X day | 9/30/2012 | 1 | Reg. cycles, prevent Endometriosis | Insomnia, eye dryness, upper respiratory infection, fatigue, mood swings, depression. | F | 36 | 1 weeks 20 mcg | 9/23/2012 | 1 | Prevent ovarian cysts | I was given Loestrin to prevent ovarian cysts...I would rather have cysts than take this medicine, it's horrible. First, this medication interacts BADLY with many other meds, and no one told me this ranging from the doctor to the pharmacist. Please go online and save your life by researching this, since no one else gives a sh*&t about you except you. Second, I have had, from day 1, dizziness, light-headedness, fatigue, panic/anxiety attacks in the morning, nausea so I can barely eat at all, mood swings so bad that I can't get out of bed. This medicine is a perfect example of how the drug companies experiment on women. All I wanted to do after taking this is either puke, cry, or scream. | F | 40 | 10 days 20 mg 1X day | 8/29/2012 | 1 | birth control | mood swings, depression, low sex drive, no periods, hunger, tender breasts, breast growth | I've been on this pill a little over a year now. I have had all kinds of issues throughout the year. Most recently for about 2-4 months, extreme unhappiness. I have days where I don't want to talk to anyone. My boyfriend and I are having issues, I'm mad at him all the time for no reason. I have no sexual feelings. I have not had a period in a year, which my doc says is OK, but I think its odd. My arm goes numb on occasion. My breast are bigger, which is great, but they are very tender to the touch. I feel like I could eat all day long, and have slight weight gain. Once this cycle is over I'm getting off this pill. Rather not be on any pill, but I don't want to get pregnant right now. | F | 32 | 1X day | 8/24/2012 | 2 | birth control | Migranes, severe cramping, bloating, weight gain due to constant hunger, depression, mood swings, vivid nightmares, suicidal thoughts | I am a normally happy person, and I was depressed and contemplating suicide 4 weeks into taking this medication. I was also having emotional outbursts and anger issues, which are not common for me. Perhaps a good pill for others, but my body did not respond well to it. | F | 27 | 1 months 1X day | 8/21/2012 | 5 | birth control | Completely lost period, no spotting even, immediately, for TWO YEARS. MAYBE a decrease in libido. POSITIVE: eliminated mood swings, greatly eased anxiety and depression. | Previously, I had taken Ortho-Tricyclen Lo for a couple of years and switched to YAZ to help with bloating and mood swings. I was pretty happy with YAZ until my doctor heard about some of the increased risk for blood clots and refused to prescribe it any longer. The minute I switched to Loestrin FE, my period disappeared and I lost weight rapidly. I went to the doctor for a full checkup because I didn't immediately connect that with the new pill. After realizing I was healthy, I stayed on the pill for two years until the complete absence of a period began to make me and my husband nervous. So.... my doctor was going to switch me back to Ortho-Tricyclin Lo, but there's no generic, so I had to take Trinessa (regular ortho generic instead). And Trinessa has been miserable. My insane mood swings, depression, and anxiety as returned, my periods are all over the place. I gained weight and retain water. I want to go back to Loestrin. I don't think I need a period. :-) | F | 26 | 2 years 1X day | 8/15/2012 | 3 | prevent pregnancy | extreme anxiety attacks like never before, tinnitus, vagina dryness, continuous bleeding, weakness, confusion, hyper vigilance, increased breast size, completely cleared my skin of all acne, first 3 days taking it I felt very emotional and vulnerable easily brought to tears but then that subsided, heart palpitations, general zoning out... | F | 28 | 27 days 1X day | 8/14/2012 | 1 | regulate period | Palpitatons, chest pain, anxiety, nausea, fatigue, loss of sex drive | F | 32 | 4 months | 7/30/2012 | 5 | Prevent Pregnancy | No major side effects noticed. | This is the only BC pill that has worked for me (I have tried a few). No depression, no headaches, no anxiety at all. I LOVE this pill. I don't even know I am on it, except for the fact is has cleared my skin and caused me a little bit of weight gain, but we're talking maybe 5 lbs. | F | 34 | 2 months 1X day | 7/9/2012 | 1 | Cyst and cramping | Spotted the whole first month. Tender bigger breast, cramping, Back aches, no period after that first month, anxiety | F | 37 | 7 months | 7/7/2012 | 1 | Birth Control | Increase anxiety, panic attacks, depression, no sex drive, headaches, migraines, spotting | I just stopped this pill a week ago and feel MUCH better. I typically skipped the placebo's to not have a period, but one month decided not to and for that one week I felt great. I started taking the pills again for the new pack and felt horrible. I am so glad I stopped taking them!!! | F | 31 | 2 years 30 mg 1X day | 7/7/2012 | 5 | to prevent pregnancy | well not really had any othet that i stopped having a period and difficulty sleeping | 17 | 2 years 1 mg | 7/4/2012 | 1 | Contraceptive | depression, mood swings, paranoia, heart palpitations, anger, vaginal dryness, low sex drive, bleeding in between periods | I thought that I was going completely freaking crazy!! The heart palpitations came first. They were so bad there were times I was sitting down and I thought I was going to die; and after countless trips to the hospital the only diagnosis I got was "Chest Pain with Unknown Origin." On top of that I am usually a really upbeat person but a few days after starting this BCP I wanted to kill myself and everyone around me. I was crying at least 3 times a day and when I wasn't crying I was cussing my fiance out over the stupidest things and my kids were barely around me because I was afraid of what I might do to them. Then I was always paranoid, at the slightest sound I thought someone had broken in and was about to kill me. A bad trait for an armed security guard to have because I could have accidently shot an employee who came into the building over night to redecorate their office. (That actually almost happened because I was so paranoid. Finally, I was having vaginal dryness and I had a period basically all month long (I went through 3 boxes of tampons and 2 boxes of pads in one month). The only time the bleeding stopped was the week I was supposed to have a period! How ironic is that? Plus I had the worst cramps I had ever experienced everyday while on the pill. All the bleeding, extreme cramping and vaginal dryness led to a lower sex drive which drove my fiance crazy because I'm usually a sex fiend. I stopped taking the pill 2 days ago and my symptoms are al | F | 25 | 2 months 1X day | 7/4/2012 | 1 | Regulate period | hair loss, panic attacks, visual disturbances, heart palpitations, insomnia, weird feeling in one arm, anxiety | My daughter was about 6 months into this pill when she noticed her hair was falling out. Then when on way to Aruba, she had her first panic attack on the plane. Thought it might just be anxiety about flying but then she had another one on the beach!! After that she started saying her eyes felt weird, and her arm felt weird (kinda numb). Then it was heart palpitations, insomnia, and high anxiety. Of course the doctor told us probably not from the pill because she tolerated it for 6 months but I think it took that long for her body to adjust to the drug. A trip to emergency, countless calls to doctors, visit to an opthomologist, cardiologist, and a psychologist, I am just so thankful that we found this website. After a month and a half or so she was back to normal. This drug should definitely be recalled with all these women experiencing these terrible side effects!!! | F | 19 | 7 months 30 mg 1X day | 6/27/2012 | 2 | birth control/period regulation | severe depression, anxiety, mood swings, difficulty sleeping through the night, headaches | Thank God I found this site. Since starting Loestrin Fe I've been lashing out at all of my friends and family for no reason, been extremely irritable and depressed almost constantly. My boyfriend and I are fighting daily about nothing and my constant crying and hoplessness is making him crazy. I'm so glad that I'm not alone, I won't be taking one more pill | F | 19 | 3 weeks 20mcg 1X day | 6/23/2012 | 1 | Birth Control | Severe Depression, Anxiety, Paranoia, Hopelessness, Severe breast tenderness, Crying every day, Inability to be happy, Vision problems, Suicidal Thoughts. | I began taking Lo Loestrin FE when I first got engaged to my fiancé. I wanted to get on a schedule so that I would not be on my period for the Wedding/Honeymoon and also as a form of birth control. I have never been regular. I was only on it for 2 weeks. Within the few days I started taking it I had rapid heart beat and achy legs. The next week I was depressed and crying. They took me off of that pill and switched me to Loestrin FE 1/20 thinking that the higher dose would balance it all out. The rapid heart beat stopped and so did the achy legs...but I have never been so down and depressed in all my life. I am currently planning my wedding to the man of my dreams and love of my life and I have been unhappy the whole time and have cried ever since I have taken this pill. I have not been able to enjoy all the little things I have planned for my wedding because of the depression. A feeling of hopelessness that never ends. The depression is so deep that I have even had thoughts of suicide. I am currently 4 days off of the pill and am already feeling myself again. For the first time in 3 months I haven't cried. Praying that it gets out of my system quickly. The pill may work for you, but it definitely didn't work for me...Not worth sacrificing my happiness over. | F | 19 | 3 months 75 1X day | 6/22/2012 | 3 | Prevent Pregnancy | Emotional ; bleeding between periods ; depression ; gave me vaginal itching later found out I was a yeast infection had to take a pill most uncomfortable thing ever.! ; also making me dry during sex | F | 21 | 3 months 24 | 6/18/2012 |