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 | irregular periods | MOOD SWINGS, depression, headaches, nightmares, unable to sleep, dry skin, acne, nausea | It took me a year to finally realize I'm not nuts. I am close to losing my boyfriend, I find no enjoyment in things I used to love, I have become paranoid and angry and totally resentful of people and things that I shouldn't feel that way towards. THANK GOD I FOUND THIS SITE because I thought I had lost myself somewhere and turned into this person I hate. I don't know whether to quit taking this now or wait until the end of the cyle. | F | 25 | 1 years | 5/5/2008 | 2 | Birth Control | Fine for 1st week...then the period came...and hasn't left yet! Tired, moody and sad, but that could be something separate. | F | 29 | 3 weeks | 5/2/2008 | 3 | birth control | mood swings, decrease in sex drive, acne worsened, nausea, dizziness, headaches, low energy, wanting to sleep all the time, breast tenderness | I had no bloating. Cramps were minimal. Period lasted only 2 days and was easy to manage. I took it at bedtime to help with nausea and headaches and it worked. | F | 26 | 30 days | 4/30/2008 | 1 | acne and missed period | After only three days on Loestrin 20, my skin broke out into patches of acne across my skin which would dry up overnight so that in the morning my skin would be incredibly dry- like ecsma. Nausea. Missed period. | After two weeks, I went to see a pharmacist who recommended washing my skin with an oil free soap and moisterising with E45. He put it down to my body getting used to the hormones and said it would regulate by the end of the first packet, but it didn't. It's been nearly three weeks since I came off the pill and STILL have not had my period and my skin is STILL awful. | F | 22 | 21 days | 4/28/2008 | 3 | Endometriosis/Regulate my periods | Very tired all the time, cramping alot, headaches | I haven't taken birth control in 8 years and we have been trying to get pregnant for 4 years so my Doc put me on Lo-estrin FE to trick my body for only 3 months then we will try again for prego then. I started the pill on the first day of my period which just happen to be a Sunday and I have not officially stopped my period and today is day 7 and still have some spotting...very confusing. I am not sure how this pill will work but if it helps my chance of curbing the endo and getting us prego I will do it. | F | 28 | 7 days | 4/26/2008 | 4 | Birth Control | I was emotional and would cry for no reason the first two weeks of using the pill. After that I was back to myself again. Loss of appetite except for the week of my period. I read this site before taking the pill and it freaked me out, but I tried it anyway and so far it hasn't made me crazy or depressed. | I am taking microgestin fe 1/20 not loestrin | F | 22 | 2 months | 4/22/2008 | 3 | prevent pregnancy | restless unable to sleep at night, crampy (not during period), tired from not being able to sleep at night, mood swings (snappy), irritable. | F | 29 | 2 weeks | 4/21/2008 | 2 | Birth control | Spotting after seven days of use, Emotional, craving junk, tierd | This is my first birth control I ever taken. I found that it made me have the same emotional and phisical feeling as PMS just after one week of use. I just got done with my period and wasn't expecting to go through this again so quick. I mainly started to take it so my periods would be regular so I can have the Merena put into place at the time of the month my doctor says is most effective. I will try to stick with it for these two monhs but I'm about to just say screw it and throw them away. Who wants to have a period and be PMSing for 2 weeks straight! | F | 28 | 7 days | 4/20/2008 | 2 | REGULATE PERIOD FOR PCOS | SEVERE MOOD SWINGS!!! I AM HAPPY ONE MINUTE, THE NEXT I AM CRYING, THEN I AM READY TO KILL SOMEONE. I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING CRAZY. I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP WITHOUT DREAMS BEING SO REAL THAT WHEN I WAKE, I CANT TELL WHERE I AM. I FINALLY ASKED MY DOCTOR IF I WAS BI-POLAR. HE OF COUSE DOES NOT THINK SO. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS BEFORE TAKING THIS PILL. IF I HAD BEEN I MIGHT NOT HAVE TAKEN THEM. | F | 26 | 30 days | 4/16/2008 | 1 | Ovarian cysts, Birth control, etc. | SEVERE mood swings, depression, CANNOT focus, always exhausted, NOTHING where my sex drive used to be, slightly thinning hair, hungry one minute and naseaus the next, facial and body acne breakout when I always had clear skin, spotting for one day or missed period completely, cramps are more severe than any pill I've been on before. NOT A GOOD PILL FOR ME... CONVINCE YOUR DOC TO SWITCH OFF OF THESE! | TALKING ABOUT LOESTRIN 24 FE: Discussed absolute lack of sex drive along with other symptoms and she still has me on it... calling her today to switch off it... AND! the icing on the cake... they're approx $70/pkg for people who have to pay out of pocket. | F | 26 | 9 months | 4/9/2008 | 3 | Birth Control/ releive cramps | irregular bleeding, mood swings... hair loss??? | I feel fine, but i did start bleeding almost like an ireegular period about a week or so after use, granted i was not to good about taking it every day, but i think i would recommend it | F | 17 | 2 weeks | 4/4/2008 | 5 | Birth Control | Less nausea!! yay! | I was on Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo for about 1 year and a half and hated it! I thought that this what birth control was like. I had MAJOR mood swings whenever i started a new week of pills and had nausea all the time! I changed over to Loestrin b/c i asked my doctor if it was a good idea and he said yes. Ever since i changed over to it i was sooooooo happy!!! I didnt have those ugly mood swings anymore!!! I love it | F | 19 | 2 years | 4/2/2008 | 2 | Birth Control | Mood swings, depression, breast tenderness, total loss of my period, anxiety, HUNGER! | Most of the side effects I've experienced started just during PMS, which made sense at first. Now since I've been on it a while I don't have my period anymore (which isn't very reassuring sometimes) and my side effects are not limited to the week before my period. They are constant and very unpredictable. I plan on heading to the Doc next week. I'm worn out from all the ups and downs. Not to mention my poor friends, family and fiance! | F | 23 | 7 months | 4/2/2008 | 5 | regulate hormones | none | Reading the comments here it seems to work best for us slightly older ladies. I have always had problems with heavy and very very painful periods and had taken Microgynon 30 in the past but was taken off this in 1989 due to increase in severity of my migraines. Then following the birth of my children in 1994 and 1996 I turned into a screaming shouting monster, my husband and children could not do anything right, I have a 20 year history of depression anyway and I thought I was going completely mad. I attended a PMT clinic as I only had 2 days per month without PMT!! over the next 2 years they tried allsorts including HRT, antidepressants etc but nothing worked, finally my GP suggested Losetrin 20 due to its low levels of hormones as each time I had an Oestrogen test it was either on the floor or up to the sky. At that point I would have tried anything. It was the best thing I ever did - I have now been on this pill for 10 years and my periods are very regular I take my last pill on a | F | 43 | 10 years | 4/1/2008 | 1 | Birth Control | Bloating, Depression, ALWAYS exhausted | I thought I was depressed Im am so thankful for this site! All I ever do is sleep Im glad its not me! Not only that but if I even took the pill 2 hours late with in the next 24 hours I would be bleeding. | F | 29 | 1 years | 4/1/2008 | 1 | birth conrol | depressed, overwhelmed, horrible cramps, brown/black breakthrough bleeding, fatigue, nausea, dizziness, headaches | I have been on this pill for 2 weeks, and felt horrible. I am9 weeks postpartum,and feared I was experiencing postpartum depression until comingacross this site.I stopped taking this last night, and asked my dr to put me backon trivora. I took it for 15 years with no side effects, and became pregnant easily with both my children when I went off of it. I definitely do notrecommend thispill. | F | 32 | 14 days | 4/1/2008 | 1 | acne | bloating, weight gain | F | 29 | 12 days | 3/30/2008 | 1 | Bleeding, Birth Control | Major weight gain, anxiety, insomnia, depreseed, bloated, | I have never had a weight problem until taking Loestrin 3 months ago. Major insomnia and experiencing anxiety. Gassy, mood swings. Going back to the doctor and asking to be placed on depo again which I never had a problem with. My period was stabilized, no mood swings, and weight was not an issue. | F | 31 | 3 months | 3/29/2008 | 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 | 3 | Cramps and Heaviness/Birth Control | Severe Weight Fluctuations, Depression, Horrible mood swings, Crying for no reason, Irritability, Spotting, Severe increase of Libido, Vaginal Dryness, Insomnia, Constant Headaches, Dehydration, Menstrual Cramps... | wanted to take this medicine to regulate my periods, but for both packets i've taken it's been like a constant 3 weeks of on/off spotting, it's ridiculous! my mood swings are terrible, i can't help myself but i can't stop arguing with my boyfriend over nothing! luckily now i know it's not my fault! i can't stop crying though, it's getting me down not knowing how to cheer myself up... does anybody have any recommendations as to a different pill i could take which doesn't make me feel this terrible??? | F | 16 | 2 months | 3/28/2008 |