ALESSE Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; LEVONORGESTREL)Average Rating: 2.5 (179 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ALESSE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALESSE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | To prevent pregnancy | I was on minovrol before, but it caused weight loss so my doctor switched me to alesse. The first 2 days were fine, then I started bleeding, very heavy for almost 2 weeks now, lots of blood clots and its horrible to deal with. My cramps and headaches are almost unbearable, I stopped taking it for the second day now, my symptoms hopefully clear up. | F | 17 | 10 days Unsure | 9/12/2013 | 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 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy. | Headaches, fatigue, cramping, prolonged bleeding, skin rash, tingling in hands, dizziness. Before Alesse, I was on the Evra patch. I am waiting to have an IUD inserted and my doctor recommended I switch to Alesse while I wait. The first few pills I felt fine. I noticed on the 8th day, I had developed a rash all along my arms and legs. I started to get headaches in the front of my head which are incredibly painful and lead me to become dizzy. About two weeks, I started to bleed. I wasn't expecting my period. I have now been bleeding for thirteen days. It's very heavy and there are a lot of blood clots. I have no energy and all I want to do is sleep. Alesse and I are not a good match :( I've never reacted to a pill before. | F | 21 | 1 days | 8/24/2013 | 1 | birth control, lighten periods | Shortly after starting Alesse, I increasingly had high anxiety. Not long after, I had so much anxiety and irritability I couldn't sleep at night. I would have to take a sleeping pill just to get some rest. I had extreme mood swings, and itchiness down below. This sounds like a lot of women have had the same side effects as me and I can't believe this is still being prescribed. I basically went bat shit crazy on this birth control pill...stay away. | F | 26 | 5 months 1X day | 8/22/2013 | 1 | Heavy periods | F | 16 | 4 months | 7/23/2013 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy | Vomiting severe fatigue. Itchy and burning labia moody very depressed and lethargic | F | 33 | 4 months | 1/22/2013 | 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 | Skin and bc | I felt so numb emotionally! I felt the effects right away, 2 days after taking it. By emotionally numb I mean that I couldn't find purpose or joy in anything! I also get huge cramps and I have never had cramps before! Horrible, horrible pill! | F | 22 | 4 days 20 | 11/18/2012 | 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 | 5 | irregular periods | First few months I spotted but after that its been perfect. Better skin,regular periods for the first time in my life. Tried yaz but was switched to this because I smoke occasionally. Hated yaz but love alesse! | F | 30 | 6 years | 10/30/2012 | 5 | Regulate periods and birth control | No known side effects. Noticing now a lighter period and shorter which I will gladly take!! :) | F | 32 | 3 years 1 a day | 10/28/2012 | 2 | Contraception, heavy periods | Migraines, nausea, breast tenderness, very high libido | For the first two months I was nauseous every day, all day long, and especially right after eating. I have been on two other BC pills before this one, but had to stop because they gave me migraines (which i have never had when not on BC). When I was on Yaz I stopped because I got a migraines and the left side of my body went numb. After getting another migraine on Alesse, I've decided BC pills are something my body can't tolerate. I did, however, enjoy that in the second month of Alesse my libido was much higher than usual, and my boyfriend did not mind! | F | 20 | 2 months 1X day | 8/24/2012 | 1 | Birth control | At first this pill was awesome- like 1 yr x awesome. No side effects at all until my face got brown patches (melasma) everywhere that get worse with sun exposure. Not even SPF helps. I've been able to reduce the color by staying out of the sun as much as I can, photo facials ($$$), and daily SPF and lightening creams but it still remains!! I'm quite conscientious about it. Can no longer do my hair certain ways or go out without make up. Buyer beware!! Or if anyone knows of a cure - pls help me! | F | 30 | 2 years | 8/7/2012 | 1 | Birth Control/ Regulate Periods | Acne, Nausea, Racing Heart, Tingling/Numbness in arm and leg, Headaches, Dizziness (Hospitalized) | I had been on Yazmin for 6 years, but due to the warning my Dr said to try something else. She recommended ALESSE and said it would work well. WELL.. IT DIDN'T. After about the first week I noticed a lot more acne than usual. I figured I'd stick it out and see if it would get any better. During this time I noticed my mood starting to change and one moment I was happy/feeling like myself and the next I was down and anxious about everything. Things went downhill after the 17th day of taking the pill when I woke up with a resting heart rate of 125 and tingling in my left hand. After calling 911, an ambulance took me to the hospital and I was told later on to get off the pill IMMEDIATELY for I was having a severe reaction to the hormones (Most likely the hormone Levonorgestrel found in Alesse). After being discharged that day and told it would get better I had similar episodes of tingling/numbness in my leg and arm and the racing heart continued. I was back in the hospital within 24 hours. ALSO TO NOTE I HAD NO UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES AND WAS ON NO OTHER MEDICATIONS WHILE TAKING ALESSE. It has now been two days since I've been off the pill and I am out of the hospital. I have not had tingling or a racing heart in over 24 hours. I am slowly getting my appetite back. Also, my acne is starting to clear up. I will not be trying any other birth control pill for the next 3 months. I would NOT recommend this pill to anyone after my experience. | F | 20 | 3 weeks 1X day | 6/13/2012 | 2 | Birth control | I took these exact pills back when I was 19 for over a year with no problems. The I went completely birthcontrol free until I was 25. I went back on for 4 months ( no I did not use expired pills, i got new ones). First month into it and I developed severely itchy skin on my labia. No rashes tho. I couldn't even sleep at night... For 4 damned months! Yeast infection test came back negative. Then I realized perhaps there is a connection. I went off the pills and the symptoms were better within a week. It took bout a month or two to get back to normal. I've been Off of it for a year now but I find my skin gets sensitive now. I can't even wax my eyebrow without it itching for a few days after. And I've been waxing everything since I was 17 | F | 25 | 4 months | 5/3/2012 | 4 | contraception and PCOS | Short period, extremely lighter flow, fatigue | F | 22 | 4 months | 4/9/2012 | 2 | Contraception | The first and only side effect I had for the first 3 months was nausea. At the time, it was almost every day. I still have nausea for about a week every time I start a new pack, but it goes away and isn't as severe. On month 4 I started to get really sore breasts about a week or so into a pack, that would last about a week. Month 5, and currently month 6, I had the initial nausea at the start of a pack, followed by sore breasts, followed by extreme irritability and high emotions. I am having trouble dealing with my daughter (almost 3) because I'm so emotional. I find I'm getting angry at her and expecting things from her she can't do yet. I find that on top of this I'm obsessing on those things which makes me more angry and feeling like I'm spiraling out of control. This month, I'm noticing that my face is really breaking out. I haven't had acne like this since I was pregnant with my daughter, and before that, highschool. | At first I thought this pill was great, now I don't think I can stay on it. I don't want to end up harming my daughter or causing emotional scarring due to my inability to keep my emotions under control. The week before my period before Alesse I used to be able to step back, take a deep breath, and let an issue go. Now I seem to be unable to prevent myself from working myself up to the point where I break down in tears. I'm sure there are many people this pill works wonders for, but I don't seem to be one of them. | F | 27 | 6 months 1X day | 3/27/2012 | 1 | Period | Throwing up. Feeling sick after everything I ate. Heavy periods with bad cramping. Higher anxiety. | F | 18 | 1 months | 1/4/2012 | 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 |