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 | Birth Control | Headaches, weight gain, break-outs, moodiness, cramps | I switched over to this pill from Trinessa because my doctor recommended it for moodiness. Although this pill definitely made my periods lighter and shorter, the side effects for the rest of the month are not worth it! I'm going back to Trinessa | F | 23 | 5 months | 9/18/2008 | 1 | Birth Control | hungry more often, very lathargic, breast tenderness, headaches or migraine since the very first day of taking it, lack of motivation. moody, irritable, and very mean | DOC SAID I WOULD HAVE LESS SIDE EFFECTS WITH A LOWER HORMONE DRUG. THAT WAS A BIG NEGATIVE! SAME AS ORTHO. I WENT A YEAR WITHOUT TAKING ANY BC. HOW I LOVED NOT HAVING MOOD SWINGS AND ALL ITS SIDE EFFECTS. THE WEEK I WAS SUPPOSED TO START MY PERIOD I DIDNT. I BOUGHT TO PG TESTS BOTH WERE NEGATIVE. I ALSO GOT VERY MEAN, IRRITABLE ADN BITCHY. MISSING A PERIOD IS JUST ANOTHER STRESS I DONT NEED. IM DEFINATELY FINDING ANOTHER CONTROCEPTIVE!!!!!! THEY DEFINATELY NEED TO ADD SOME OF THE SIDE EFFECTS "LIKE MAY MISS A PERIOD" ON THE INSERT!!!! | F | 26 | 21 days | 9/18/2008 | 4 | Birth Control | Mood swings, vaginal dryness | This pill I have to admit, it the best I've found. I haven't gained weight, it hasn't worsened my acne, and I've had minimal side effects. Everything is pretty much tolerable. Lighter periods are a total plus. | F | 24 | 4 months | 9/17/2008 | 1 | disabilitating cramps, long periods | There is no words to describe the hatred I have for this pill. I've been only been on it for two weeks, and it's horrid. It gives me the worst dreams, and if I don't take something to knock me out, I don't sleep. | My GYN put me on it for disbilitating cramps and long periods. I've woken up with headaches every morning since I started taking it (I take it at 9pm) and I'm always tired. I've noteiced I don't sleep well unless I go to bed near midnight, and theat gets me five or six hours instead of eight or nine, which my life demands. I forgot to take it one night, and took it the next morning--it was the worst day ever. I was exhausted, my mind was foggy, my head hurt, nuasea, you name it, i had it. I noticed my boobs started to hurt and had gotten harder yesterday. I've also gotten my first "breakthrough" bleed which is basically a regular period with bad cramps (thankfully, not the worst I've ever had). The one night I forgot to take it, I slept SO GOOD that night. I had no fatigue the next day, and before I took the pill (a whole thirty minutes) I could think clearly. I also meditate, and noticed I couldn't meditate last night--my body and mind were too heavy. The mood swings are dri | F | 18 | 14 days | 9/16/2008 | 1 | cycle regulation for IVF | severe anxiety and depression, insomnia, loss of appetite but WITH weight gain | The anxiety and depression started almost immediately. I wake up between 3am and 5am with severe anxiety every night. I couldn't understand why I couldn't just shake off those feelings. I'm supposed to take this for a few more days per dr's orders, and I'm counting the hours until I can be rid of this nightmare! The info I just read on this website will hopefully make the next few days easier. | F | 40 | 10 days | 9/16/2008 | 1 | ovarian cyst | depression, anxiety, loss of sleep, paranoia, constant sobbing, empty/lost feeling, numb, no motivation, racing heart | this is third pill i have been on, and it is by far the WORST! the first pill i took was loestrin 24, and the only problem with that was breakthrough bleeding. i switched to yasmin, and that's when i started to feel overly emotional. i asked my gynocologist what i could switch to so that i would feel less emotional, and she suggested loestrin fe. i started taking this pill 13 days ago, and i have never felt so empty and alone in my life. i am normally a very happy person, so this is a strange feeling. my boyfriend has been suggesting to me that my moods have been strange, but i didn't believe it until i found this website! i fought with him constantly, and was paranoid about different situations. thankfully, i have realized loestrin fe is causing it, and i stopped taking it 3 days ago. i'm waiting to return to my normal self. do NOT take this pill!!!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 21 | 11 days | 9/6/2008 | 4 | Birth control, lighter periods | Brief, light breakthrough bleeding | I'm baffled by some of these comments -- in general, it seems like these dissatisified folks just aren't good candidates for hormone-based birth control. I feel better about taking a low-dose birth control, even though it is much more expensive than my prior birth control. My weight and sex drive haven't been affected at all -- in fact, I'm having daily sex for the first time in my life. (But that's probably more about my fiance than my pill.) | F | 38 | 1 years | 9/4/2008 | 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 | 3 | Birth Control | Exhaustion, constant nausea, sleeplessness, breast tenderness/swelling, depression, emotional/unexplained crying, lack of motivation, loss of appetite, hot flashes. Always a bit depressed and emotional, but it is far worse now. | I took this a year ago and had no side effects. I was off it for a couple months and recently, at age 32, started it again. Now I have so many. I am going to try it longer, because it was great before. Maybe since I'm older, the side effects are different? | F | 32 | 90 days | 9/3/2008 | 1 | Birth Control | Fatigue. Severe Depression, acne, spotting | This drug is making me crazy. I have felt like I am losing my mind for the past several weeks. I vacillate between extreme depression and anxiety. I am so glad to have found this website. I was afraid that I was losing my mind. | F | 36 | 18 days | 9/3/2008 | 1 | birth control | MOOOOD SWINGS. . tender breasts, nausea, headaches | i noticed my mood swings after 2 days of taking it.. and i thought i was going crazy. im on the 6th day but im done taking it. i would go from happy, to crying histerically, to being angry then crying again. horribleee i hated it if anyone has similar symptoms or others i recommend you stop taking them | F | 18 | 6 days | 9/3/2008 | 4 | birth control | no side effects, other than no period for the first 4 months of taking the medicine. | I Loved it, I didn't gain any weight and i had no symptoms that usually came with my period. | F | 19 | 7 months | 8/5/2008 | 1 | Heavy periods and cramping | Breast pain, constant nausea, extreme lethargy & muscle weakness, anxiety, unstable moods alternating from explosive rage to sobbing tears, constipation and intestinal gas. | By day #2 I had this uneasy nervous feeling coupled by out of control moods. By day 5 I couldn't muster enough energy to leave my house and had convinced myself that my husband was cheating on me. I spent 24 hrs sobbing. I quit taking the pill on day 6 and by day 8 I finally started feeling like myself again. Wow--- a 5 day nightmare----careful ladies!!! | F | 36 | 5 days | 7/28/2008 | 2 | Birth Control | Nausea, fatigue, breakthrough bleeding | I used to take this pill when I was about 17, I can remember switching due to not getting any periods and I didnt think that was right. Very recently I switched back to this pill and I have experienced heavy breakthrough bleeding for 2 weeks and I am now due my period, so it will be 3 weeks of heavy bleeding (thats if the bleeding actually goes away). | F | 24 | 1 months | 7/24/2008 | 1 | Birth Control | nausea, vomiting, dizziness, bloated, vaginal dryness, decrease libido, depression, increase in acne, moodiness, weight gain, lethargy, insomnia, stomach ulcer, mild circulation trouble, on time but unusual periods, and pregnancy! | I started this pill when I was 14. Huge. Mistake. My troubles persisted all the way through the pill. Some periods I wouldn't get my pill, but I'd have the cramps. Some periods, I'd have my pill for the four days I was supposed to. Sometimes, my old 7-days long. Though, I couple of times, this has made me have my period for _18_days_. Within the course of a month of being ON the pill, when I started, I gained 20 pounds and constantly had food cravings. My doctor had said my pregnancy rate is 200% (which is great!) and that Loestrin Fe would lower my chances of getting pregnant *without a condom* to .01%. Recently took a pregnancy test, and am pregnant. I'm happy to be pregnant, and I guess it means it was fated... but I really would have preferred the pill to work! Will never take it again. | F | 18 | 4 years | 7/12/2008 | 3 | heavy menstrual bleeding | headaches, dizziness, moodiness, exhaustion, diarrhea, nausea | I am 43 yrs old and taking it for heavy bleeding issues. I have been on it 2 weeks and I have had breakthrough bleeding every day. Not horrible, but tiresome after 14 days, but better than the heavy bleeding I had. Can't wait for the other side effects (stomach issues, headaches, fatigue) to end...hope I can last 3 months (side effects supposedly end then). I feel pretty crappy...we will see.... | F | 43 | 12 days | 7/11/2008 | 2 | birth control | Severe depression, weight loss, skin cleared up, 2-day period | I switched to this pill because I experienced terrible mood swings on my period when taking ortho-tri lo. I wasn't moody on my period this month, but I've felt bad overall since I started taking Loestrin. I'm glad I found this site. My doctor didn't mention any of these possible side-effects | F | 21 | 1.5 months | 6/27/2008 | 2 | To regulate my period | I have been on the pill for about 2 weeks now and i have been spotting mild cramping and very emotional. EXTREAMLY DEPRESSED im a very up beat person and i have become very emotional and depressed bcuz of this pill. i weigh 115lbs and im eating like ive never seen food before my brests seem a little tender also. | I am going to try and go off this pill i do not like what it is doing to me i never wanted to go on the pill from the start but i needed to. If you havent started this pill then don't. | F | 20 | 12 days | 6/25/2008 | 5 | Birth Control | Slightly lethargic. | I was orginally on Ortho Tricyclen, however I experienced constant headaches and switched to Loestrin. Since then I have not had a period for 5 months and I love it! Would reccomend to anyone looking for a low dose pill. | F | 20 | 5 months | 6/23/2008 | 4 | Heavy periods/Severe cramping | Acne, actual increase in sex drive | this is the only brith control I have ever taken. It seems to be working pretty well. I take it every night at the same time and my periods have been lasting 3 days. Downfall is that I breakout a little more than I used to. I also find that I don't sleep as heavily. As far as weight gain goes, I haven't really seen a difference in my weight or my appetite. Other than those things, Loestrin has been doing it's job! | F | 21 | 2 months | 6/22/2008 |