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 |
| 5 | prevent pregnancy | I think its fabulous after I had my son I had horrible mood swings and crying all the time freaking out about stuff...anyway after I started taking the pill I think it balanced out my hormones..so, I am extremely satisfied until now and I don't have to worry about an unexpected pregnancy:)) double wham | F | 21 | 2 months | 4/14/2012 | 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 | Prevent Pregnancy | I wake up every morning with a heavy, pounding heart and have anxiety throughout the day including severe panic attacks. I find myself depressed more then I am happy and its put a toll on not only me but my relationship as well. I can not logically deal with situations since my hormones cause me to be overly emotional and moody. | 19 | 2 months 1X day | 4/8/2012 | 3 | Period regulation | Vaginal dryness which led to difficulty having sex...this is the only thing that has decreased my libido. Who wants to have sex when it hurts? And ky does not help. | F | 24 | 4 months 30 | 4/5/2012 | 5 | Regulate Periods | I have had no negative side effects from this medications. I have been on it for 12 years and have not had a period for 12 years! And yes I do take the fourth week off. | F | 36 | 12 years 1/20 mg 1X day | 4/3/2012 | 1 | Avoid pregnancy | Depression, uncontrollable anxiety, mood swings and severe breast tenderness. This is the second time I tried this with same result. | F | 24 | 2 months | 4/2/2012 | 1 | Regulate periods | In the beginning, I didn't have many side effects. However, about 6 months of taking the pill, I developed B6 and B12 defeciency. Then a month later I had a kidney stone. And about 2 months later I had extremely low levels of Vitamin D. I started to get really bloated and began getting large clots during the flow. | After going off the pill, for 5 months I had disgustingly huge clots during my period (up to 8 inches in length!) I developed weird skin rashes. Its finally back to normal now and I am never going to go on any hormone pill again. DO NOT TAKE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS IF YOU CAN. Find other alternatives. Synthetic hormones do long-term damage to your body and are incredibly dangerous. | F | 32 | 1X day | 4/1/2012 | 1 | Birth control | Severe depression. Crying constantly. Extreme fatigue. Wanting to be alone. Anxiety. Panic attacks. This has been the worst I have felt in my entire life. I will be calling my OBGYN tomorrow. So happy it isn't just me. | F | 36 | 2 months | 4/1/2012 | 5 | Cycle regulation | Absolutely no side effects, though it didn't make my period any less uncomfortable unfortunately. Would def recommend this pill to others! | F | 37 | 6 months | 3/31/2012 | 1 | Birth Control/cyst | OMG never take this!!!! I agree everyones body is different, however my side effects were so ridiculous I have to explain them all in the additional comments. | I was always able to control my weight. Calories in+Calories out=normal weight. On this pill I could eat 700 calories and never lose weight!!!! I should be 145 lbs. I went from 160 lbs (which I was on Mircette before for 10 years) to 200 lbs in a year and a half. I craved everything. My husband was ready to kill me because I had ZERO sex drive. Even though I had the cravings I was able to eat the correct amount of calories....AND IT DIDN'T MATTER. The pill messed me up so bad I stopped having periods until I would show up at my gyno exam!!!! I didn't realize the pill was making me depressed but it was. I feel 10000000% better and the doctor will have to pay me before I go an ANY Birth control ever again. This drug needs to be checked again. Too many issues just not worth it!!! This thing was so horrible. | F | 31 | 1.5 years 1X day | 3/29/2012 | 1 | To help regulate period | The first month that I took this medicine, I felt very sick to my stomach. Cramping all the time, bleeding for 2 weeks before my period which was very intense. I was told by my OB that the first 3 months would be the worst...He was right, however it was bad months after that! I felt sick all the time, Nausea all the time...I would have food and it would smell like cow poop. Severe mood swings. Feeling anxtious all the time. Feeling like someone was sitting on my chest because it felt so heavy. I gained almost 10 pounds in the 5 months I was on this pill... | I stopped taking this medicine 3 days ago. I was starting to feel these little flutters in my heart when I would do activities. I am now worried about everything, thinking I am going to die...thinking that my family members are going to die...I had to get off of this medicine and I would NEVER recommend this meds to anyone! It did nothing but mess me up! I am so glad to see that some other people are having the same things going on that I did. I just hope that I will soon feel better, Im starting to feel less anxtious but cant wait to feel like ME again! Is anyone else experiancing the flutter thing? My OB said no, this couldn't be a side affect but I didnt have them before I started taking this meds. My blood pressure went sky high. It was 160/90 and pulse rate was high...Now after being off of it, It is only high after doing an activity. But back to a resting number of 124/88. Never taking a BCP again!!! | F | 28 | 5 months 24/4 pills 1X day | 3/22/2012 | 5 | ovarian cysts/endometriosis | This pill is amazing. Helped me so much. Pain free for the first time in five years. | F | 36 | 4 months 10 | 3/19/2012 | 1 | to prevent pregnancy | -panic attacks -anxiety -depressed -mood swings -tired all the time -low libido -vaginal dryness -spotting -bleeding twice a month/messed up cycle -painful breast lumps -bloating | F | 20 | 2 years 1/20 | 3/18/2012 | 1 | pms/ cramps | Only been taking this pill almost two weeks now and already feel depressed, crying all the time, terrible mood swings and been feeling unhappy. I constantly feel tired and just out of it. This pill is making me feel like I'm going crazy especially in my relationship. Getting off this pill asap ! | F | 18 | 2 weeks | 3/14/2012 | 5 | birth cintrol | No negative side effects. Great pill | F | 37 | 6 months 1/10 | 3/11/2012 | 5 | 1 days | 3/10/2012 | 1 | To not get pregnant | Aggresive, alway's angry, hard time sleeping through the night, rapid hearbeat, anxiety. | I've been taking these pill's for about 6 month's, when I start'd Lo E slowly my pesonality start'd to change, I became moodey all the time, constantly startin' agruement's with my boyfriend and didn't understand why, also was aggresive toward's him, now I realized it was the Lo E, I'm not a perfect person but I was never like how I am now, I am goin' to stop taking these pill's because it's to much for me now. It took this long for me to undstand why I act'd like this but since I kno now I'm done with this BC!!.... | F | 19 | 6 months no idea 1X day | 2/29/2012 | 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 | Severe cramps/nausea | I became very paranoid with anxiety, insomnia and the inability to laugh at all at certain times. This is very unlike me. It was so bad I resorted to taking Zoloft once before I put two and two together. It's this bc pill. I also gained some weight, had bloating, and break through bleeding. My periods were still heavy, but it helped the cramping which is why I stayed on it for six months. I'd rather vomit onces a month than take this pill. That says it all. I'm done with bc pills. | F | 39 | 6 months | 2/24/2012 | 1 | birth control | stretch marks under my breasts, severe anxiety, panic attacks, depression, headaches, dizziness. | I am so done with this birth control. I thought I was going crazy until I read other women's comments about this birth control. I was on Yasmin for many, many years and didn't have any mental issues related to it. I got off of Yasmin once my periods became too heavy and messy. I was put on Loestrin 24 for a few months until I realized I would have to pay $25 month compared to paying $0 a month while on Yasmin. I then switched to Loestrin fe 1/20 two months ago. I now have stretch marks under my breasts, severe anxiety, panic attacks, depression, headaches, dizziness. The mental issues are so unlike me and it scared the living crap out of me because I've never had these issues before. The dizziness started just last week, the week before my period. I'm now in the week of my period and it has pretty much been non existent. The headaches often consist of a sense of fogginess/cloudiness in my head. I don't know how else to describe it. I'm quitting this pill as of today. | F | 35 | 2 months 1X day | 2/18/2012 |