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 |
| 1 | birth control | Huge weight gain, depression/anxiety, crying all the time followed by anger/panic, NO sex drive | For the past year and few months I have been taking Microgestin Fe 1/20. I have gained 40 POUNDS in less than a year despite diet and regular exercise. I have never, ever gained this amount of weight in a year. I cry almost every night, and until now I just attributed it to my acute anxiety getting magically worse after 19 years. I feel guilty all the time because I have almost completely lost my sex drive. I started getting concerned when I missed 4 periods, and googled it to see if this was a normal side effect. Wow, I had no idea this many women were having the same problems and that some of mine may be linked to this pill. I am calling my doctor this weekend. | F | 20 | 1 years 1X day | 4/3/2010 | 1 | breast pain & emotional around per. | Breast pain got much, much worse, but my doc said to tough it out and it did go away after about three months. See right post for more... | At three months, I began to have joint pain, depression and anxiety, lots of fatigue. I had to drop some summer classes because I couldn't write. Then in January of this year (9 months in), I had more diffuse bone and joint pain, sweating, spider veins and petechiae all over my body and my vagina is dry like the Sahara. I saw a rheumatologist who can't give me an answer about how sick I've been feeling, but he recommended I go off the birth control for a while, which I'm doing. I'm also seeing a hematologist to rule out the more serious stuff. If this all was from the pill, I'm never, ever going on birth control again. | 24 | 1 years 1/20 1X day | 3/26/2010 | 1 | birth control | Severe migraine headaches, mood swings, anxiety, frustration, vision problems. | I took this medicine for about a year I started to have really bad headaches and were told that they were migraine but did not associate it with the pills. My attitude changed where you could say "hi" and get your head bitten off. Eventually I started to have vision problems along with the headaches. I became pregnant while on the pill and was unaware. I was 6 weeks pregnant when I got a positive. At eight weeks I had a stroke due to blood clots. I was told the blood clots were probably the cause of the headaches and the pregnancy caused things to go haywire. I am recovering from the stroke which fortunately was a venous stroke instead of arterial and in my 23 week of pregnancy. Be careful ladies and followup on those "migraines" they may be more. | F | 29 | 1 years 30mg 1X day | 12/17/2010 | 1 | Regulate period, prevent PMS | SEVERE mood swings, depression, nausea, suicidal thoughts, memory loss, irritability | I am SO RELIEVED after reading other ladies comments. I literally thought I was going crazy. I changed as a person after taking this pill... for the worst. I went from a generally happy, even-tempered young lady to a raging bitch for no reason. At first I just thought I was going insane... I even thought I was falling out of love with my wonderful boyfriend but slowly I am realizing it was this DAMN PILL! I am happier not taking it and will definitely NEVER take it again. I strongly advise against taking this horrible, horrible pill. | F | 20 | 1 years 30 MG 1X day | 11/28/2011 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | very emotional, depressed, no sex drive, waking up multiple times a night, water retention | I have always hated taking the pill due to side effects but this is the worst so far. I feel as though I am crying all the time! I feel distant from my Husband with often no desire to have sex. I am exhausted from lack of sleep and despite dragging my butt to the gym I have a few pounds that will not budge! I don't understand my Dr telling me the pill doesnt cause these problems when clearly it is not just me! Thank you Ladies for making me feel sane! I do not recommend this pill to anyone who wants to be normal. | F | 28 | 1 years 20 1X day | 7/29/2011 | 1 | Birth Control | suicidal thoughts (severe), urinary tract infections (everytime I had sex), no libido, migrains, moodiness, anxiety, scalp hair loss, melasma | This pill was evil. I realize that everyones body reacts differently to medications, but it was a complete nightmare for me. I quit taking it about a month ago or so & have had no symptoms. I feel like a completely different person. No depression, no UTIs, my libido is back & have not had the hair loss. My coloring in my face has even returned to normal. Its like this pill sucked the life right out of me. Honestly I have had issues with a lot of pills, but this one was the worst. I really believe that I would have been better off getting pregnant or using condoms! Suicidal thoughts, my mental & physical health are more important to me. Im sure a lot of perscription drugs cause more problems that they do good. You shouldnt have to take something to counter act something else you are taking. Very sad. Right now I feel awesome though without anything in my system. I regret the last 10years I forced myself to take the pill. | F | 33 | 1 years 1X day | 9/23/2011 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | I didn't have side effects in the first 3 months apart from breast tenderness and my period became a bit irregular. Slowly I gained weight and I became moody and I was worried about small things. After 6 months or so I am an emotional wreck. I feel lost and I feel like I am not worth of anything. Plus I cry for no apparent reason. Also I am feeling sleepy most of the time. I can't wait to be normal again. | F | 27 | 1 years 20 1X day | 4/8/2012 | 1 | To prevent pregnancy | Anxiety, panic attacks, dizziness, loss of appetite, numbness in head, pounding heart, ears, head. I just stopped taking it a few days ago and already feels little better, but not completely...I have never felt this bad before, I am a very happy go lucky girl...does anyone know how long it takes for the hormones to get out of your system and feel back to normal? | F | 26 | 1 years | 2/28/2012 | 1 | 1 years | 12/7/2011 | 1 | Pregnancy | I was taking this for a year and it was horrible. For an entire year, my period came on every two weeks, the cramps were horrible, and I was always very bloated and tired. I was always angry or upset and tired and lost my sex drive. The only good thing was that it was the only thing to help with my acne. | F | 18 | 1 years | 5/21/2014 | 2 | Weight gain, thinning hair, depression, anxiety, low sex drive, tired. | I took the generic brand of Loestrin called Microgestin. For the first year or so I had/or didn't realize any negative side effects. My face couldn't look any better, not that I had bad acne in the first place. I had my period the same time every month (during the brown pill) so my period was predicable, small flow, and lasted only 2-3 days. It was great. Until I realized a year later...I was probably in denial. I gained almost 15-20lbs. I was always moody and I didn't know why. I would get depressed easily and I had no more sex drive at all! I am now getting off the pill (yesterday) and already my body is reacting. I started my period and got incredible cramps. I guess this is the way your body is suppose to "heal" after being on the pill so long. I can only hope for positive outcomes of throwing my pills in the garbage. Keep your head up girls. | F | 22 | 20 months | 7/30/2009 | 4 | birth control | I hardly ever had a period which scared me at first. After I got used to it, I thought it was great. | F | 31 | 18 months | 1/17/2008 | 2 | pregnancy prevention | breast tenderness, decreased sex drive, missed periods | I took this bcp for so long that I did not realize it was the cause of my decreased sex drive. I thought I had just changed emotionally over time, until I read that loestrin can cause decreased sex drive. Three months ago I quit taking it and now I am back to normal. The breast tenderness went away after a couple of months, and I actually didn't mind the missed periods very much! The decreased (almost non-existent) sex drive, though, is not acceptable. | F | 23 | 18 months | 5/3/2009 | 5 | Birth Control | none - | I've tried Depovera - skin like sand paper,lots of bleeding! loestrin 21 -- fatigue - but it worked! Patch -- chest pains, abdominal pain - hated it. With this 24 day loestrin: I HAVE HAD NO SIDE EFFECTS!!!! Periods last 1 1/2 days and very light!!! More exspensiv --- but worth it. | 31 | 15 months | 8/15/2009 | 2 | birth control | weight gain, moodiness, very emotional, hungry, breat tenderness | F | 35 | 15 months | 2/26/2008 | 1 | to not get pregnant | periods were irregular, headaches, but most of all I GOT PREGNANT! | 15 months | 5/21/2008 | 3 | Heavy, long periods and bad cramps | Only problem was that MY hormones broke through the pill hormones so I had my period at random times and sometimes not in the seven day gap!!!! | Completly emitted pain and my periods only lasted about two to three days. I am now on Loestrin 1/30 because it is stronger I don't have the previous problems anymore. | F | 14 | 14 months | 8/10/2006 | 2 | heavy period & cramps/birth control | Since I began Loestrin my period has been much lighter and lasts only a few days, unfortunately i have begun to have yeast infections constantly. At the very beginning my yeast infections were occasional, but now they just do not go away. | I have decided to change my birth control because of this. It just isn't worth it. | F | 21 | 14 months | 11/13/2006 | 4 | birth control | scalp hair loss, weight loss | PROS: prevented pregnancy, extremely short and light periods, no cramping. I was very happy with this birth control. It did its job. I had no emotional side effects. I also lost 15 lbs from the moment I started this pill. I thought it might have been casued by something else but my blood tests all checked out. On the negative side, my hair noticeably thinned out at the top to the point where you could see the outline of my skull in my scalp. My gyno told me this side effect is very rare, but it may be due to the extremely low hormone levels. Honestly if it wasn't for the hair loss, I would have stayed with this pill. I have switched to Ortho-Tri. | F | 24 | 13 months | 10/31/2008 | 4 | PCOS, irregular periods | Headache, overly emotional, cry easily, mood swings | This is my first bc pill and it has helped regulate my periods, improved my skin and have been an effective method of birth control. I experienced no weight gain and it made me feel a lot better. Recently I put two-and-two together that the pill is responsible for my extreme emotions and frequent headaches. I have no feelings of depression, just occasional withdraw. But I manage the headaches well and other than the crying easily i like this pill. Dont really want to try others, unless emotions become unmanageable. | F | 22 | 12 months 1/20 1X day | 1/30/2011 |