LOESTRIN FE 1/20 Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORETHINDRONE ACETATE)

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 1  Heavy Periods, Hormonal Imbalance Anxiety, Depression, Paranoia, Insomnia, Sadness, Empty, Lethargic, Hair Loss, Problems with Vision and Wearing Contacts, Foggy Thinking, Trouble Concentrating, Anger, Lack of Sex Drive, Can’t Orgasm, Heavy Feeling and Pain in Legs Occasionally, Fatigued, Hungry All the Time, Sudden Headaches, A complete nightmare! This pill is the absolute worst. It has made me a completely different person mentally, emotionally and physically. It made me feel horrible. I tried to give it a chance but has kept getting worse. My husband, mom and stepdad told me I didn’t seem like myself at all and noticed bad anxiety. I’ve had really low depressed feelings like everyone doesn’t want to be around me, Feeling like something’s wrong with me, feeling unloved and alone/empty, like no one cares. I’ve also had really bad insomnia and waking up each night this past week every night like clockwork around 2-3am wide awake for hours. Paranoid about situations and easily angered. I am normally happy, fun loving and confident friendly person but this made me want to be away from everyone and overwhelmed at the thought of meeting up with friends or family. I highly recommend you stay away from this birth control. My acne cleared but I can do other things to combat this and not have to go through hell for it. Thankfully my family was informed Iwas trying something new and felt the need to tell me I seemed like a different person. Getting off immediately!! Afraid of what to do next...Praying that God gives me wisdom and strength in my future health decisions. F 36 7 weeks
10/30/2017
 1  Regulate periods Feeling out of control. Illogical. Bloated stomach. Weight gain. Spotted every day for 2 months. Painful breasts. Rash. The worst burning scalp you can ever imagine. Hideous drawing pain in the womb. Toilet issues. Am coming off today F 46 2 months
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9/17/2017
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 1  Regulate periods Feeling out of control. Illogical. Bloated stomach. Weight gain. Spotted every day for 2 months. Painful breasts. Rash. The worst burning scalp you can ever imagine. Hideous drawing pain in the womb. Toilet issues. Am coming off today F 46 2 months
20
9/17/2017
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 1  Prevention of pregnancy Headaches weight gain irregular periods increased depression I hate these pills and I've been on several others, but this is by far the worse F 33 5 months
9/8/2017
 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
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 1  To lighten periods Constant crying, breakdowns, anxiety, irritability, depression. also continuous spotting and breakouts (although I do suffer from breakouts anyway). I started this pill to lighten my periods and during day 5-8 I was constantly crying, my breakdowns initiated anxiety. I was constantly tense, irritated and I have never suffered from anxiety in my life. I also think I experienced one panic attack on day 6 although I've never had one before so can't be sure. I felt so low and depressed I had scared myself of my own emotions. I've come off of it today after reading this thread hoping its this that's making me feel so low. F 20 8 days
4/7/2017
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 1  Hormone Replacement for Estrogen Unexplained itching. To wear I have sores on my legs. Unexplained anger and depression. I am on depression and anxiety medication and I feel like I am taking them for no reason. I've been on depression medication for a year and a half and I feel like it is not working. I am such a negative person on this birth control and I feel absolutely crazy. F 28 7 weeks
3/2/2017
 5  Birth control Breast tenderness, mood swings, and break through bleeding the first few months(normal for any hormone change) I love this contraceptive. It works great for regulating my periods, lessening pms symptoms, and as a contraceptive. Like all hormonal contraceptives, there were some mild side effects the first few months. Don't let negative reviews by people taking this for a few weeks to a month or two scare you. Every hormonal contraceptive takes a few months for your body to adjust. F 24 2 years
11/3/2016
 3  Regulate period Very sensitive breasts, light bleeding before period, more emotional than usual, night sweats, and I experienced one, (what I believe to be a paid attack). I understand during your period breast tenderness is common, but the pain I have endured is not. Also, as any woman around one time a month I can be more emotional than normal. Although, this frequent and at this level is pretty excessive for me. I've had life changes, long commute, more demanding job but I handle stress well usually. Also, have been noticing night sweats. I believe today I experienced a panic attack for absolutely no apparent reason. I think because this is so far from normalcy I'm contributing this to the only medication I take. I could not breathe or stop crying for the life of me over nothing. It was stupid, I'm making an appointment this week. Let me know if this has happened to anyone else. Thanks. F 24 3 months
9/3/2016
 5  Endometriosis/period regulation None I'm so happy I found this pill! I was on too high of a dose before finding this one and was getting migraines all the time. I've never dealt with migraines before and became very depressed and anxious. So my doctor switched me to this one and I haven't had a migraine since starting this pill. My periods are very regular and predictable and the cramps are manageable. I also have less of an appetite and have lost some weight. I'm absolutely thrilled. I'm posting this so others can see a POSITIVE comment among so many scary ones. F 27 4 months
20mcg
8/28/2016
 1  Birth control Huge mood swings, nausea, digestive problems, exhaustion, breakthrough bleeding, increased heart rate, problems sleeping and anxiety. I went on this pill as I have a copper coil which has dislodged and I am currently waiting for safe removal and possible re-insertion. On day 2 of taking this pill I started experiencing side effects - mood swings and irritability much like PMS but intensified and much harder to regulate. I am usually very stable, happy, and positive but building across the 6 days of taking this pill I experienced huge periods of anxiety, irrational panic and stomach/throat-clenching fear in response to usually normal and day to day issues. On top of this I have felt a massive dip in my sex drive. I was amazed that I could have had such a strong reaction to it in just 6 days but reading all of these comments have made me feel a million times better. My partner has been amazingly supportive and I'm just going to come off it right away - I am just hoping it doesn't take too long for the hormones to leave my system. This has been really scary for me - I haven't felt like myself for a week, and struggled with moments of total terror and an inability to relax or feel normal. I have never had mental health problems before but I have felt like I've been sharing headspace with a completely different person for the last few days. It's been horrible. F 25 6 days
1X day
8/10/2016
 1  Period regulation Depression, extreme mood swings, Suicidal thoughts I have taken loestrin for 1 month and I have had suicidal thoughts and depression after the first week. I am paranoid that everyone hates me and thinks I'm crazy. The suicidal thoughts just kept creeping up and up more. Be very careful with this medication. F 21 1 months
1XD
7/17/2016
 5  Migraines due to perimenopause Swollen heavy breasts for first few months. Love this pill. I was experiencing migraines 15 plus days a month due to decreasing estrogen levels. This pill has eliminated the migraines completely and has boosted my sex drive. I have gained about 10 lbs on this pill but well worth it. F 41 1 years
20 MG
6/30/2016
 1  Regulate periods Nausea, vomiting, weight loss & gain, stretch marks from weight changes, fluid retension, hair loss, loss of sex drive & ability to orgasm, depression. I've never experienced side effects until I started this medication. My period was very irregular before I started loesterin fe (3 weeks straight, cramping the whole time). It stopped when I started taking loestrin. When it was time for my period again, it came back as expected. Although this time it came back for 8 weeks. Along with this, I didn't want to have sex, or even be touched. I had mood swings. I've been off of this medicine for 3 months and everything is backnowledge to normal other than having stretch marks. F 19 2 months
6/12/2016
 1  Lengthy periods with short cycles I have a history of depression and take 20mg Citalopram which keeps my depression under control. But since i started this pill, I've felt so depressed, weepy and been having suicidal thoughts. I asked my sister if she thought I'd been more depressed in the last month and she said "definitely - you're not yourself at all - this isn't you". I also felt nauseous and have been badly constipated. I'm stopping taking this as of now - it's awful. F 44 1 months
20 mg
5/7/2016
 1  ease cramps and lighten period. I had to be put on blood pressure medication as a result of high blood pressure from this pill. I also have spells where my vision will turn to like a strobe light, flashing lights with flashing lines and dots, which ends up causing a migraine. I went to 3 different doctors and had 2 friends I talked with, who had similar side effects from this pill. I have been on the pill for a little over a year and have gained 15 lbs since starting this pill due to increased appetite and lack of motivation. I also have spells of depression. I called my doctor and will be switching to IUD next week at my appointment, the side effects of this pill are too much to handle for me. It did, however, do what it was intended to do and that's about the only positive comment I have regarding LoEstrin FE 1/20. F 26 2 years
1/30/2016
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 1  irregular periods Depression, Weight Gain, Bloating, Gas, Nausea, Can't Stop Crying, Starving All The Time I hate this drug! I feel nauseous all day long. I've never been so hungry, but everything makes me bloated & feel sick. I'm constipated too. And I cannot stop crying! It's like post-pardum depression all over again. Awful. Not worth it. I'll take irregular periods over this hot mess. F 40 2 weeks
1X day
1/25/2016
 1  heavy periods/clotting I've been on this for 3 months. At first I thought it was great, much lighter periods with no clotting. But then itchiness everywhere-arms, legs, vagina, face. Extreme vaginal dryness and can not orgasm at all! I just started a new pack but after finding these reviews I think I'm stopping these pills immediately to see if I can get my sex drive back. I'd rather have heavy periods than not be able to orgasm. Vaginal dryness, itchiness all over, inability to orgasm F 43 3 months
1 X a day
1/9/2016
 2  Severe endometrisis pain Got my period 2 x in a month and the pain is unbearable. Also started getting really bad leg pains almost to where I can't walk so I am calling my doctor tomorrow morning my legs feel like Charlie horses and weak. I'm aggravated this happened I really hoped it would help with the endometriosis pain blood clots and heavy bleeding..its also given me more anxiety and anxiousness irritability n Moody then I was before .back to the drawing board ... I'm not recommending this to anyone F 33 10 days
30
10/19/2015
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 1  Birth control I wouldn't recommend this pill to anyone. It made me gain weight, lose my sex drive and become depressed. After I stopped taking it my menstrual cycle wasn't the same. I was 18 days late, had extreme bloating and discomfort. It has been about a month and half now since I stopped taking it and I still feel discomfort in my stomach and bloating. F 34 4 weeks
8/11/2015
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