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 | heavy blood flow and awful cramping | daily migraines, constant cramping and stabbing uterine pains | i have been on loestrin for a month and a half in order to slow down the bleeding and keep my cramps to a minimum so i didn't have to call out of work. for the first two weeks i went crazy with mood swings. no one wanted to be around me, including myself. for the whole week before i was to take the sugar/iron pills, i bleed on and off especially after intercourse. when period time came around, it was especially bad. i believe the cramps actually were WORSE than normal. a week after the period ended, here i am bleedng again. this is awful. i've never had any problems like this with any other bc. is this normal? | F | 22 | 45 days | 10/21/2006 | 2 | To postpone period for vacation | 9 days of spotting while on the first pack. Started cycling 11 days into the 2nd pack.It has now been 10 days of heavy spotting & still counting.Also, cramps every evening. | I spoke to my clinician & she sd to take 2 doses for 3 days. 1 in the morning & 1 in the evening, then restart the 1 a day. As I am over 40,she thought It wouldn't be safe to give me a higher estrogen dosage. | F | 45 | 45 days | 6/23/2006 | 1 | Regulate period, reduce migraines | Overly emotional, moody, anxious, cries constantly, severe depression, headaches. | This is the second time I have tried Loestrin. I have tried to stick with it longer regardless of the side effects to let my body get used to the hormones, but I can't take the severe depression anymore. I am normally a fairly happy person but I am so low right now. I cannot get out of bed. I have no energy to do necessary things except force myself to go to work everyday, which has been rough. I have been crying at work and having problems with friends and coworkers. It has controlled my period, although I do get light spotting but it has not reduced my migraines. I still get migraines the same amount each month. The depression and fatigue/hopelessness is the worst. I have to get off this today. I am thankful for this site. | F | 33 | 45 days 1X day | 8/22/2010 | 1 | regulate periods & avoid preggers | SEVERE insomina. uncontrollable crying and irritibility. thoughts of being completely alone and contemplating suicide. basically complete insanity. | from taking this pill i went without any sleep for 2 months & was going completely insane - finally i tried going off the pills on a whim, and within a few days i finally got some rest. i have been off them for over a month now and i finally feel normal again. this is the WORST birth control pill i have ever taken (i've taken 4 others in the past and all worked fine but then became ineffective over years). DO NOT TAKE THIS PILL unless you feel like becoming a psychotic zombie. :-((((( | F | 31 | 45 days | 6/24/2007 | 1 | ENDOMETRIOSIS | Depression....changed my whole personality. Crying about everything. Weird foggy thinking....couldn't concentrate! Felt like a depressed zombie! Bloated abdomen and really bad breakouts!!Weight gain. My period was the same as it was w/o pills..still had bad cramps too! Began having migraines 2 days before period started and continued throughout that week. I have just begun having pain in arm and my left-side so I am stopping this pill tonight. This is a really scary experience!!! Not a good pill to take for me!! | I have never had problems with depression or acne before this pill and can't believe how bad I look and feel after only 45 days on this pill. I can't emphasize enough how bad the side effects are on this!! I have never had problems with b.c. pill in past but, this is terrible!! Strongly urge anyone thinking of taking this one, to check out others that don't have such a bad side effect profile! | F | 44 | 45 days | 4/20/2007 | 1 | Birth Control | The first week I am completely drained or energy. For the 3 wks that I'm taking the active pills, I am tired, irritable, my breasts are swollen and very tender and heavy. I am nausious to the point of throwing up, I have headaches (I get the often and I never used to get them at all). Also, I tried this 3 mos ago and after 1 wk on it, I ended up in the hospital for 2 days getting an mri and cat scan of my head because I had developed left sided numbness. I hadn't put that together with this pill and started taking it again about 1.5 mos ago only to have these side effects now. I will be getting off of this as soon as possible. | F | 32 | 45 days | 10/27/2009 | 3 | ? ovarian cyst | bad menstrual like cramps (which defeats the objet, from one pain to another)no period, Occasional feeling of Nausea, Lack of lebido | i really am getting very fed up with the cramps, i love not having a period i have no worries of pregnancy as i also have a iud, I dont think its a bad pill as i have had worse contraceptives with nasty side affects that was the depo provera injection, i will speak to my gp about thease concerns but i will stay on this pill for longer. | F | 26 | 44 days | 4/24/2007 | 2 | birth control, endo | severe mood swings. did not affect my period at all. slight breast tenderness the entire first cycle. Gone by second | When I say severe, I mean severe mood swings. And I regularly have mood swings during PMS but these were bad. Clinical depression need prozac bad. If I wasn't wanting to kill my husband, I was crying all over him. My dog went out of the yard and once I got her back in, I cried for 20 minutes. She was only on the sidewalk!! I actually thought I had some idea that that kind of emotion was why people kill themselves. I have NEVER had those thoughts before. Hopefully, it works better for someone else. | F | 40 | 44 days | 8/8/2007 | 3 | perimenopausal symptoms | I have been on Microgestin for over a month now. Light cramping throughout the month. Improved hot flashes and night sweats. No period! Has helped with some rectal discomfort (due to perimenopause, I think) But, Jaw and neck stiffness. Sore back. Will give this pill till the end of the month. then I will see....... | F | 39 | 40 days | 4/30/2006 | 1 | Ovarian Cysts | Horribly headaches, bloating, weight gain, Unbelievable Mood changes, spotting. | I stopped mid pack because I could not take anymore of the side affects. I took it for a total of 1.25 packs & I have yet to get another period yet, so who knows. | F | 29 | 38 days | 3/20/2008 | 3 | Prevent Pregnancy | Nausea, breast tenderness and hardness like there is a lump, weight gain, mood swings, depression, irritability, anxiety, panic attacks when I get upset, easily annoyed, a lot of spotting, feeling pregnant, bloating, slight cramps, hip pain, headaches, acne breakouts (rarely ever got pimples before), tiredness,often food cravings, lowered sex drive. | This birth control is definitely not for me but it has made my boobs and butt bigger! Lol but I have experienced a lot of negative side effects. I want to get off of it but I am only on my second month and I want to see what happens after my fourth month. | F | 17 | 37 days 24 1X day | 6/11/2012 | 2 | Heavy periods | Nausea, Migraines, fatigue, depression, anger, lack of concentration and numbness in my legs, difficulty breathing | I wish I had found this site sooner. I could not put into words how this pill made me feel until after I heard other ladies describe their symptoms. I literally thougth I was going to die. The first month I was spotting after the first week so I did not feel like being intimate. After taking them for 1 more week and realizing I was TOTALLY OUT OF IT; I was shaking and being rude to my family...I just stopped. I feel 90% better, I am now exercising trying to get back to my old self. I would advise IF you do take this pill keep a journal of how you are feeling because obviously it is for SOME and NOT for OTHERS. | F | 40 | 35 days | 10/5/2009 | 1 | Shorten/lighten periods | IF THERE WAS A "ZERO" OR EVEN "NEGATIVE" RATING, I WOULD GIVE IT THAT!!!!! HORRIBLE! WHERE TO BEGIN?? YOU NAME IT--EXTREME FATIGUE, INSOMNIA, NAUSEA, DIZZINESS, ITCHY SCALP AND BODY, HAIR LOSS, DEPRESSION/MOODINESS, LOSS OF APPRECIATION FOR CERTAIN THINGS LIKE COFFEE, ETC... VOMITING FREQUENTLY BUT GAINED WEIGHT ANYWAY, FEELING OF SINUS PRESSURE/HEADACHE, GENERAL YUCKY MALAISE AND ILL FEELING (NO ENERGY), PAINFUL BREAKOUTS ON FACE, VAGINAL DRYNESS/STICKINESS, ACHY JOINTS, GOT 2 PERIODS IN THE FIRST MONTH OF TAKING... FINALLY STOPPED TAKING AFTER 1 PACK + 7 DAYS---IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT: I WAS FALLING APART. AFTER BEING OFF OF IT FOR 2 DAYS, I'M STARTING TO FEEL LIKE MYSELF AGAIN. THANK THE LORD!!!!! I'D RATHER SUFFER THRU THE LONG HEAVY PERIODS. | Not all women's systems are alike, and so this pill may help some people. But as far as I was concerned--every time I took a pill it was like putting POISON into my body. NEVER AGAIN WITH THIS PILL (Lo-Estrin 24). Good luck to all of you ladies out there--may you find something that helps you. | F | 43 | 35 days | 3/20/2007 | 3 | brith control | moderate anxiety, no period, acne | I have been more worried than ever before about missing my period, even though I have not felt pregnant - it is so good to read about all the others with that problem, I have been lucky to not have acne in general, but now it is flaring up, also unreasonable anxiety/panic attacks - never have had that before. I may see if things even out, but I am not wanting to lose my hair! I really feel for those who have had it worse. | F | 31 | 33 days | 10/14/2007 | 1 | perimenopausal | HORRIBLE DEPRESSION & TERRIBLE CYSTIC-LIKE ACNE! COMPLETELY CHANGED MY PERSONALITY!!WEIGHT GAIN MAINLY IN ABDOMEN. PAIN IN CALVES. SEVERAL BAD MIGRAINES LAST MONTH AND CONSTANT ON/OFF SINUS PRESSURE HEADACHES. EXTREME FATIGUE...THE WORST I HAVE EVER FELT IN MY LIFE!!!!! | I WAS ON THIS PILL FOR 1 MONTH AND 5 DAYS. STOPPING IT TONIGHT!!DO NOT TAKE THIS PILL. I WAS ON OTHER BC PILLS IN MY 20'S WITH NO PROBLEMS....THIS PILL SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET!!!! LOOKING AT OTHER FEEDBACK, IT SEEMS ALMOST EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS VERY SCARY!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS FDA APPROVED!!! | 33 days | 4/20/2007 | 1 | birth control | depression, tenderness of breasts that make me not want to do a monthly self-exam (it hurts!) and I had 2 periods one right after the other. | This stuff just messes up your body. Besides that, I just cannot bear the feeling like I'm making a decision only God should make by controlling my body with a chemical. I'd rather have a baby than fight it in this way. | F | 19 | 33 days | 4/9/2007 | 1 | regulate my cycle | I started getting daily headaches after taking this medication for a month. I also experienced irritability and mood swings. lower back pain and leg. weight gain. Nausa like being pregnant, really bad dreams. | Thankful for this site, I hate this pill. It is sad to find out that other women are feeling like you online, Thankful for this site. I am going off of this ASAP On my 2nd Month , The Doctor wants me on it 3 Months, No way, with these symtoms. | F | 41 | 33 days | 3/12/2009 | 1 | To lighten heavy periods | Leg cramps, chest pain, rapid heart beat, & numbness on left side. | I was put on Loestrin one month ago to lighten my heavy periods. I am a healthy mom of 3 kids. Within a few days, I started having leg cramps at night. I also was having difficulty sleeping and waking up frequently (didn't realize it was connected) Last night I woke up in the middle of the night and thought I was having a heart attack. My heart was beating out of my chest, I had a hard time catching my breath and my left arm started tingling. I have never experienced anything so scary in my life. I take no other medications other than these BC pills. I immediately stopped and have an apt at my OBGYN tomorrow. Be careful - these are dangerous meds. Very scary experience for me. | F | 39 | 33 days | 10/19/2009 | 1 | Heavy Bleeding on period. | Severe depression. Severe anxiety. Headaches. Extreme fatigue. Foggy Mind. | I felt symptoms when taking the first 21 day pack of loestrin. i.e. depression, anxiety, agitation but my period was lighter so thought I would persevere. The second pack the side effects got even worse. To be honest they were frightening they were that bad. I thought I was going crazy. The agitation and headaches were horrifying. Also, the "foggy mind" made me think I was actually cracking up. I was relieved to read this page. I am on day 11 of the second pack but am stopping them now after reading this page. I was worried about stopping mid pack but after reading this page and seeing that other people have stopped mid pack I have made the decision to to do this. I only hope that I get myself and my mind back. Dreadful experience. | F | 38 | 32 days | 8/18/2006 | 2 | Birth control, ovarian cysts | ACNE, mild but consistent yeast infection/UTI, anxiety, exhaustion | So relieved to see these comments and know the exhaustion & anxiety aren't in my head!!! Upside: my cramps & length of my period were much less intense than normal. Downside: the constant yeast infection/UTI burning, bad skin, exhaustion, and anxiety. Also made me insatiably hungry, and significantly decreased my wetness during sex. And I experienced prolonged, strange dreams while on this pill. | F | 36 | 31 days 1X day | 3/10/2011 |