Reviews for ALESSE26 ratings: (side effects include depression sadness)Edit Filter | Clear FilterCompare ALESSE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALESSE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | PCOS | I experiences no symptoms for the first three days which was good because Marvelon caused extreme stomach burning on day one. By day 4 of Alesse, I had pangs of pain on my sides (potentially kidneys or adrenal glands). Today (day 5) and yesterday I have been feeling depressed. Yesterday was more manageable but today was suicidal feelings and extreme unhappiness. I have been crying for the past 2 days. I have had depression twice in the past but have been depression free for 3 years. Sleep, exercising, eating healthy and stress management is how I have managed it, but since Alesse nothing I do makes a lasting difference. | F | 26 | 5 days 20 mcg e 1X day | 1/12/2021 | 1 | Severe cramps | Severe anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, acne worse, constant crying. | After 14 days of taking this pill, I had to stop, it is the devils drug, I have never been a depressed person but I was suicidal and felt hopeless. Please don't take this drug! | F | 16 | 14 days 1X day | 11/19/2020 | 2 | Birth Control / PCOS | Seemed fine the first month, but now that I am almost on the 3rd month the depression is out of control. I can't handle anything. Every little thing upsets me and sends me crying. I can't be like this. I have 3 children to take care of and remote learning to deal with still. There have been a lot of stressful circumstances, and I'm about to just have a complete break down. I almost smashed my son's chromebook, because I can no longer even take the demands placed on these poor kindergartners! I am currently fighting the urge at this moment. As I sat at the table sobbing about needing to be committed this morning, it was my husband who said maybe I needed to get off the pills! He said after 14 years together, he could tell when there was a hormone issue in me and not something else. | F | 34 | 60 days 1X day | 11/12/2020 | 1 | Birth control and period regulation | Depression, anxiety, significant weight gain, irritability | I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety about a year and a half ago. I've been on citalopram since. I started alesse in February, I've gain about 25 pounds since and about a month ago I started having the worse mood swings. My anxiety skyrocketed, I was always sad and I would be irritated by the most insignificant things. Just last weekend I got EXTREMELY mad because someone proposed they showered first even though I said I was going. | F | 27 | 5 months 1X day | 7/28/2020 | 1 | contraception/acne | depression, acne, anxiety, inability to sleep | I was switched to Alesse from Yasmin because I had switched GPs, and she felt that the Yasmin was too high in estrogen. Within a few days, I started to break out with acne (I haven't had acne in 5 or 6 years), and my moods were all over the place. I have had issues with anxiety and depression, and Alesse brought them back in full force. I would be set off due to little things that never bugged me before, and I was crying constantly. I also wasn't able to sleep at night. I'm feeling much better now that I'm off of it, but I will never take this pill again. | F | 25 | 45 days 1X day | 8/29/2014 | 2 | Birth control | I do not know if they are directly related but I have noticed depression hitting my life hard since about the time I started Alesse. Crying all the time, extemely irritable and sensitive and very very depressed. Other side effects which I believe are related are long lasting periods (sometimes 10 days early but it's only in small amounts until the real thing comes usually when it's supposed to). Very annoying however as I have to wear pads for 10 days prior to getting the heavy period flow. Extemely irregular period patterns. | F | 20 | 3 years | 1/20/2014 | 1 | Birth control | Extreme depression and irritability, complete loss of appetite, raging mood swings, within 4 days of taking this pill I have experienced 2 extremely bad anxiety attacks. | F | 18 | 4 days | 9/12/2013 | 3 | Heavy period bad pms | Had some spotting but helped with cramps. Gained 10lbs though and some anxiety depression started. Switching to Loestrin 1/20. | F | 42 | 1 years 20 | 1/10/2013 | 2 | To prevent pregnancy | Abdominal cramps/pains. Loss of appetite. Stinging during urination. Depression. Moodiness. Fatigue/Tired | F | 21 | 2 weeks | 12/28/2012 | 1 | birth control | Depression, irritablily, extreme exhaustion | This is horrible. I was previously on MinOvral with no problems. My ob/gyn switched me to lower dose estrogen - huge mistake. I was a mess.....when you go from being a normal person to wanting to stick your head in the oven - something is terribly wrong. Despite my ob/gyn (an elderly male!) telling me it couldn't be this pill, I insisted he switch me back. It's only been 4 days and I already notice a huge difference. | 46 | 3 months 1X day | 11/3/2012 | 2 | Birth control | Moodiness, depression, anxiety, lighter periods, no sex drive | I had been getting more and more depressed and anxious while on this pill, but I thought the cause was environmental. My boyfriend finally suggested I try going off Alesse, and I started feeling much more level-headed. I had been feeling suicidal, crying all the time, unable to cope with stress--although I still get anxious, HBC was definitely contributing to how I was feeling. I switched to Alesse because my doctor thought the lower dose would be better than my previous brand (I forget the name). I guess it didn't work. | F | 25 | 4 years 1X day | 12/13/2011 | 1 | Birth Control/Period Regulation | Extreme mood swings, Depression, PMDD, Severe cramps, vision problems, Numbness in legs, Breast Sensativity, No labido, No self-esteem, Paranoia, Anxiety, Should I go on? | When I started Alesse last summer I had little to no side effects and was generally happy with it. As the months went on however I pretty much started to slowly lose my mind. When it came time for my period to start I would have so many mood swings that I was pretty much a different person. I could probably write a book on the problems I had with it. I don't recommend this pill, but that's just me, it effects everyone differently. | F | 20 | 1 years 1X day | 8/11/2010 | 1 | birth control | severe cystic acne, rashes, period every two weeks, binge eating, severe depression. | I was told by my doctor that this pill had the least amount of side effects. If you want to feel and look like crap while on this medication, take it. You will feel so great about yourself once the medicaiton settles in. | F | 29 | 4 months 1X day | 7/15/2010 | 1 | Birth Control | Significant weight gain, depression, complete loss of sex drive, moodiness, increase in breast size, rash when out in the sun, acne | The only positive side effect with Alesse is that it did regulate my periods. But it made everything else worse. I am in a committed relationship of almost 3 years, and ever since taking alesse my sex drive is non existent. I have also gained about 30 pounds at least. I made an appt with my dr. to change, and was prescribed yasmin. after reading horrible reviews about that i am deciding against taking either. im kind of at a loss. | F | 20 | 2 years | 11/21/2008 | 1 | birth control | Major depression, increased anxiety, weight gain, breast tenderness | I was on Alesse twice; the first time I went off it was because I started smoking again (lame), and the second time, I got severely depressed and my anxiety increased (I was previously diagnosed with both illnesses three years ago) | F | 28 | 1.5 months | 4/2/2008 | 1 | cramps, heavy period, acne | Pro: No cramps (first time in a few years!) Cons: constant headaches, chronic fatigueness, mood swings, severe depression, constant vaginal bleeding, decreased sex drive | Worst pill ever!After 2 days of taking this pill I noticed vaginal bleeding that didn't stop until after I was off this pill and I was upset a lot...almost like I would be before my period without birth control.As soon as I began having almost suicidal thoughts and my mom constantly seeing me cry,I made an appt with my dr and immediately took me off.The headaches and always being tired did not help in school as stress is the name of the game in college. | F | 19 | 21 days | 2/10/2008 | 1 | Birth control | Extreme depression, crying, nausea, panic attacks, sleeplessness | If I had the money, I'd be launching a lawsuit. I am in good health, eat well, exercise and am (well, was) in a great relationship. But for about two months on this pill I was a raving maniac. From day one I was crying every single day (and I am not a cryer) and getting into fights with my boyfriend over nothing. I knew it was the pills, but everyone told me to wait it out three months and these bad symptoms would go away. (Also, in the accompanying literature, while side effects like limb numbness are cause for emergency, the only warning regarding depression is for people who were *already* depressed before taking the drug, and even then the side effect is 'minor'). After crying at work and a near suicide attempt, I went to the doc who told me to stop taking the pills. Immediately. And guess what? I immediately felt better. No depression, no crying, and I got my appetite back. The odd part is I felt like a failure, not being able to 'tough it out.' I thought the birth cont | F | 25 | 60 days | 4/20/2007 | 2 | Significant weight gain, hair loss, loss of libido, moodiness, depression. | F | 23 | 1 years | 2/28/2007 | 2 | acne | lots of breakthrough bleeding/increase in acne and facial oil/decreased premenstrual depression | seemed to not cause the hunger and mood swings other BCPs do | F | 24 | 2 months | 2/15/2007 | 1 | birth control | severe depression, anger, emotional numbness, low libido | It took me almost 8 months to go back to normal after taking this pill. I should have known something was wrong when 3 days into it I couldn't get out of bed because I felt completely emotionally numb. But since I had unsuccessfully tried 4 other pills previously, I gave it a shot. Although it did shorten and lighten my periods, it worsened my cramps, I had very low sex drive, I was crying all the time and I was constantly angry, depressed or emotionally shut down, and managed to ruin a 2 year relationship with my boyfriend who could only put up with my insanity for so long. I went into therapy thinking I needed an anti depressant but more than a year later I know it was the alesse causing my problems and I will never be taking it again. | F | 22 | 5 months | 9/30/2006 |