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 |
| 2 | Heaving Bleeding | Moodiness, Depression, diarrhea, heavy bleeding still, bloating and fatigue. | I have been taking this pill now for almost 4 months and still I have not seen any improvement. My period is still heavy when I am on the brown pills. Isn't the pill suppose to stop the bleeding. I think that I need a BC with higher estrogen even if I am petrified of taking a pill with a higher dose of estrogen. If my period is still rushing heavy for this month while i'm on the brown pills i'm off the pills!!! It's not worth it especially if it's not working!! | F | 27 | 4 months | 5/11/2009 | 2 | Period regulation, contraceptive | Weight gain, constant hunger, anxiety, mood swings, panic attacks, breast size increase | Okay I knew going into taking Loestrin, like any birth control, I'd have to deal with some side effects. Never did I think I would constantly be hungry, and even trying to diet, somehow not being able to lose weight, or even debloat. The bloating in my stomach is insane and no amount of ab workouts can fix it!! Also I am a very calm person but on this drug I have constant mood swings and a significantly heightened amount of anxiety. Oh and lack of sex drive too. One good thing I guess was my periods are now very light and my boobs went from a 32D to a 32DD? | F | 19 | 4 months 10 MG | 8/2/2017 | 1 | painful periods | vaginal dryness, painful sex, anxiety, EXTREME DEPRESSION, hopelessness, fuzzy/drugged feeling, no period | I started taking this and the first month was fine, then it was all downhill. I started to have extreme anxiety and depression, would cry over everything, snap at people for no reason, and did not feel the least bit attractive anymore. Sex was never painful for me before and now my vagina is always uncomfortably dry and itchy. i got my period one time after my third month, which lasted 10 days. Now that I am off of this pill after 4 months, i still have not gotten my period and the depression/anxiety/intrusive thoughts have not gone away. | F | 19 | 4 months | 10/3/2019 | 1 | PCOS, hormone therapy | Significant weight gain, sleeplessness, stomach pain, headache, acne | I have gained 20 pounds in the last four months. I have reduced my caloric intake, which is not much to begin with, and have increased my physical exercise. Can't stop the gain. Have headaches every single day. Wake up every single morning at 4:00 am. Exhausted during the day. I have given this medication a good try, and will be discontinuing immediately. | F | 46 | 4 months 1X day | 2/24/2015 | 1 | regulate period | Constant bleeding.. No sex drive.. | F | 32 | 4 months | 10/20/2014 | 1 | Irregular periods | extreme anxiety, panic attacks, extreme mood swings, depression, weight gain, crying a lot, suicidal, angry all the time | When I originally started this pill I was fine, but over the last month or so I have felt like I am going crazy. I cry for no reason at all and snap at people because I am angry all the time. I feel sad all the time and not at all myself. I have thought about suicide with this pill. This pill gives me massive panic attacks where I shake and end up not being able to breathe. After reading what everyone else has been through I now know I am not going crazy! I am getting off of this pill immediately. | F | 17 | 4 months 1X day | 7/19/2014 | 1 | Regulate periods | Mood swings intensified. Anxiety. Headaches. Weight gain. The only thing it did was stop my periods. | My periods have always been regular & mood swings were pretty normal. My periods became irregular & I had some bouts of crying just prior to being prescribed this pill. I've had anxiety issues so I was prescribed Cymbalta at the same time. My anxiety went away but I became depressed, had wild dreams, felt like I never got any sleep. Since I've been off the cymbalta, my anxiety has returned and my mood swings are really intense. I also get headaches now. I went OB/GYN @ 4 mo check-up and she said I need a Shrink. Slap in the face. I wish I found this sight earlier because maybe I should have quit the BCP and stayed on the cymbalta. I am seeing my regular family practitioner tomorrow & will update. I am going off this BCP today!!! I can deal with having a period - not all the other issues. | F | 45 | 4 months | 4/16/2009 | 1 | Painful menstrual cycles | Increase in heart rate, heart palipitations, difficulty sleeping, unbearable vaginal itching and terrible, constant lower back pain. | I have been on Loestrin FE for 4 months and am stopping tomorrow. My hear rate has gotten so high that my doctor sent me to cardiologist and they have me on a 24 hour heart monitor. I know that this is all caused by these pills. In addition, have been dealing with terrible vaginal itching that will not go away no matter what I try. I do not recommend this birth control pill. | F | 38 | 4 months | 4/6/2009 | 1 | Period Pain | Extremely emotional, morning nausea, constant crying, nervousness, headaches, mixed up feelings, unexplainable sadness/depression | I have been on this for 4 months and things were going great with it. Then I start getting sad for no reason. I cry uncontrollably just simply thinking of things or even looking at my dog. One minute I'm fine with everything; parents, friends, boyfriend, etc. Then the next minute I don't want to see my friends, can't stand hearing my parents speak, and want to end my relationship with the sweetest guy. I wake up feeling nauseas and with a headache which eventually leads to me puking at least once. I asked my OBGYN about it and they said it was a virus and I would be fine in a week. It's been a month and it all just came on so quickly. Viruses have stuffy noses, coughing, some sore throats. Not extreme mood swings and depression. Plus it didn't even help the pain for my period. I have 2 day long periods which are nice but the pain lasts for those 2 days. I'm stopping this pill. | F | 17 | 4 months | 8/27/2009 | 1 | Contraception | Severe bloating, anxiety, IBS flare up, yeast infection, tiredness, tearful one minute then angry the next, resistance to contact lenses. | This pill is horrible! It is the 4th pill I've tried in the last year and I hate it! After changing from Yasmin; which gave me awful migranes constantly but with no other side effects. I have been taking it now continuously (tricycling because if I don't I get really bad migranes) and it was fine for the first 3 packets (some spotting in the first packet) but after I had a break with no period it's all gone downhill. I've been really bloated, feeling sick and had lots of stomach cramps. Along with massive anxiety attacks mainly due to worrying about being pregnant despite 3 negative pregnancy tests all well after when my period is due. I look 4 months pregnant by the end of everyday. I have gained 6Ibs due to huge sugar cravings. My contact lenses now annoy the hell out of me. My IBS has flared up; I think mainly due to all the anxiety to do with no periods and possibly being pregnant. I have been crying at the smallest things and getting annoyed really easily. I had a yeast infection for about a month when I started this pill then followed by cystitis for 2 weeks. Now that I have typed all this I'm beginning to wonder why I'm still on this pill! So I can guarantee I will be switching as soon as possible. | F | 23 | 4 months | 12/8/2009 | 1 | Birth Control | Really bad breakout on forehead first few months. Pain in my chest. Really really bad anxiety, all the time. Headaches. | Made me have anxiety at about the same time every night. Had pain in my chest. Stopped taking it 3 days ago. Hopefully I feel better. I think I'm staying off birth control for awhile. | F | 20 | 4 months | 12/14/2009 | 1 | fibroids | acne/cysts, moodiness | i was on this medicine last year for birth control for 3 months and felt weird so decided to go off since my husband had a vasectomy. i felt so much better off the pill. i then developed fibroids 3 months later and my doctor recommended i go back on loestrin. i was unsure whether to do it but decided to start again to try and resolve the bleeding caused by the fibroid. i hate this pill..3-4 months after starting again all my symptoms came back with a vengeance. cysts on my chin and back, horrible moodiness and temper and generally miserable. | F | 36 | 4 months | 10/15/2009 | 1 | PCOS | Loestrin raised my blood pressure to dangerous levels (160/110), I gained approximately 12 pounds, my facial acne was out of control, I was tired constantly and did not have a period for the entire time I was taking this medicine (over 4 months). | I am using birth control medicine to control symptoms of PCOS, and was diagnosed nearly 10 years ago. Due to my complications described in the side effects column, I have stopped taking this pill and am now awaiting the results of blood testing to determine if another kind will be beneficial. Prior to being on Loestrin, I was on Yasmin, and only changed because I was looking to have a shorter period. I would suggest to anyone looking to change medications (or to start one) that they stay in contact with their physician and keep them apprised of any and all changes, no matter how small. I ignored my symptoms and did not think that my problems were tied to the pill. I've now spent more time and money to fix everything than I'd like to admit, so please listen to your body. Good luck! | F | 25 | 4 months | 9/9/2009 | 1 | Birth control | Weight gain, stomach cramps, nausea, severe breast tenderness, abdominal bloating, spotting to full on periods that occur randomly, exhaustion, depression, anxiety, uncontrollable mood swings | This drug has changed me completely in the 3 3/4 months I have been taking it and I just threw the rest of my pack away. I can't live like this. The first month wasn't bad as I remember. I had a little nausea and spotted a little at first, but I didn't feel too bad. The second full month I had severe breast tenderness that got to the point where I couldn't lay on my stomach to sleep! I noticed my weight beginning to change a litte, and had a few mood swings but continued taking it. By the third month, my stomach was swelling and my clothes didn't fit right. I took 2 pregnancy tests and wasn't pregnant. Then the mood swings, obsession, and depression kicked in and it took a while for me to connect the dots. Then I started my 4th month, and got a period 2 weeks later and gained more weight, localized in my stomach, very strange. I have been exhausted this last pack, all the time, and my moods are so unpredictable, it finally scared me into stopping today- mid pack. I can't live like this | F | 30 | 4 months | 3/13/2009 | 1 | ovarian cyst/endemetrosis | First three months: fatigue and lack of initiative. Fourth month: severe mood swings, lack of affection, personal withdraw from people, decided to end my personal relationship (fortunately this changed after reading this site), creative blocks and inability to daydream/free associate (not good for artists). Blurred vision, migraine headaches. Worst side effect was that my internal monitor that would normally make me realize something was wrong wasn't working. It wasn't until I read this site that I realized I was actually experiencing side effects - I had been blaming myself for being lazy and thought my relationships just weren't working. It is scary thinking one can lose one's sense of reality so quickly. | Stopped after four months and the week after had terrible PMS and hormone fluctuations/uncontrollable mood swings. Now, my body seems to be leveling out. Still having trouble with my eyesight, but am able to control my moods and my creativity has returned and so has my natural affection for others. | F | 41 | 4 months | 6/10/2008 | 1 | birth control | I've been on it 4 months and have not had a period. Moody for no reason at all. Extreme vaginal dryness - inside and out. Constantly nauseous. | I am 5'1, 116 lbs | F | 36 | 4 months | 9/4/2008 | 1 | help regulate period | vaginal dryness, decreased to no sex drive [SO NOT COOL], tired, boring, hot flashes, cry more often, depressed, loss of appetite. | i absolutely hate what this pill is doing to me. i am going to get switched off this evil stuff at least in a few days. i am not at all happy with this pill. its made me cry so much more about nothing and my sex drive has completely diminished! someone on here said it should be banned from the country, and i have to agree. its brought nothing but misery to my life. | F | 19 | 4 months | 11/12/2008 | 1 | Birth control | HORRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS.... depression... no sex drive at all.. | I have been on the pill for 4 months now. I do not like this birth control pill at all. It has made me so sad and depressed lately. I haven't had a period in 2 months and it causes more stress than any happiness. I have no sex drive and the big reason to be on this pill is to have safe sex... well how can i have safe sex if I have no sex drive? :( I'm getting off this asap | F | 21 | 4 months | 3/29/2008 | 1 | Birth Control | Panic attacks, anxiety, depression, paranoia, breast tenderness, loss of sex drive, mood swings, backaches, headaches | I absolutely do not recommend this pill for girls as young as me. Panic attacks are prone in my family but since I'm so young it came on so strong and i thought I was going to die. I had fear of dying and fear of then everything around me. I was at a wedding for god sake and had to leave because it was so bad. after about a week of not taking it I feel so much better. Once in a while I still have bad anxiety thought. I was never like this before I started taking it. It was a gradual effect. Now I am practicing abstinence because I'd rather not have sex then feel like that again. It's the most horrible feeling in the world. I suggest not jumping right into taking any medication like anti-depressants.. you may not believe it but it will go away. Atleast it is for me. | F | 16 | 4 months | 8/31/2007 | 1 | premature menopause | Headaches, hair loss, weight gain, extreme breast tenderness, low libido, depression and crying spells. Had spotting if I did not take the pill at the same time every day. | My breasts were so tender it hurt to put a bra on and this occurred the majority of the time I was taking this pill. Lost a lot of hair which was depressing. I have never been so depressed or cried so much. I went back to my old birth control pill as the side effects from this one were just not worth it. I thought I was going crazy until I found this website and saw that other women were experiencing the same side effects. | F | 38 | 4 months | 3/6/2008 |