MICROGESTIN FE 1/20 Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORETHINDRONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 2.3 (146 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MICROGESTIN FE 1/20 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MICROGESTIN FE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Pregnancy prevention | weight gain, depression, anxiexty | Helped prevent pregnancy, long periods, and acne. Caused me to gain 33 pounds and have depression. Not a happy camper with this one. | F | 21 | 9 months 1/20 1X day | 5/25/2016 | 4 | Acne treatment | Initial depression | I started the pill to try and manage my acne. At first it got much worst, but then after a few months my face is clear for the first time in years. I also experienced a bout of depression when I started the pill but that when away after about a month. I'm glad I stuck with this pill, it works for me. | F | 19 | 7 months | 4/26/2016 | 1 | Painful periods | Breast size increase and tenderness, fatigue, mood swings, Weight gain, extremely hungry | F | 43 | 7 days 20 | 4/26/2016 | 1 | Birth Control | Weight Gain, anxiety attacks, chest pains, severe depression, constantly hungry, bloated, fatigue, negative, irritated, angry outbursts, breakthrough periods, barely existent periods, no sex drive whatsoever. | I've switched birth control a few times due to problems here and there. These were the worst pills I have taken. Everything seemed to be fine at first. Then, I started getting moodier and irritated more easily than usual. I started getting mild anxiety problems, which quickly escalated into chest pains triggered by mildly annoying situations, becoming extremely anti-social and avoidance of all social interaction even with my husband. I started becoming tired all the damn time. Nothing I was doing to lose weight was helping. It would only prevent me from gaining more. I used to do strength training in combination of low carb diets and that worked wonders before. Overall I've gained about 20lbs since I've taken it. I'm irritable and angry at the world all the time. I feel completely hopeless. I used to be really cheerful and pretty positive with the exception of the occasional moody outburst around my period. I've always had lighter periods lasting about 3 days. On this pill, they are very light. I'll often have breakthrough bleeding and spotting and end up with two barely noticeable "is this actually a period or dark discharge?" periods. On other pills I've tried, my skin was very clear with the occasional pimple around my period. I used to have pretty bad cystic acne. The acne combined with the weight gain, none of my clothes fitting, and the anxiety makes me not want to leave my house. This is awful. | F | 34 | 10 months 1 1X day | 4/25/2016 | 1 | Figured I should take birth control | Before I had been depressed but then I started taking B6 vitamins and my depression was gone for a year. Then started this and I have never had such bad anxiety in my life. I have suicidal thoughts and panic attacks multiple times a day. I stopped taking it today and I'm praying that my anxiety goes away. I've barely eaten or slept in 3 months. I tried to wait it out but it just kept getting worse. Also to add to the problem my birth control completely canceled out my B6 viatimins that I continued to take so all that years worth of fixing myself is wasted. Senior proms in two weeks and graduation in two months and I can barely drag myself out of bed after my morning panic attack. I used to be a 3.7gpa average and no I have all D's. | This was the worse decision of my life. I wish I had researched it before I took the pill. | F | 18 | 3 months 1/20 | 3/23/2016 | 1 | Period flow and Pregnancy Prevention | The first couple days were okay, but by day 3 I was already having horrible cramps, and they just worsened from there. By day 8 I was having mood swing, and by 11 I was fully depressed. | I would NOT recommend this | F | 18 | 2 weeks | 3/10/2016 | 4 | pregnancy prevention | 3Weeks into month 1 and only side effect is nausea and loss of appetite . did have a little break through bleeding the first week nothing bad overall satisfied so far. | F | 26 | 1 months | 2/29/2016 | 1 | lighten period | I normally do not write reviews. But I must say this pill, made me feel depressed, angry, hopeless at times and extremely emotional with crying spells. I am not normally like that. Stopped pill and feel back to myself. Who knew a bc could cause such extreme emotional distress!! Don't take this pill! | Don't take it!!!! | 35 | 2 months | 2/28/2016 | 1 | Regulate periods/help with cramps | Weight gain, break through bleeding | Do not take. Gained 40 pounds in 10 monthes. Haven't changed my diet and I have a job where all I do is walk around. I also work out and still gained the weight. Also would bleed so much when I wasn't on my periods. There are better birth controls. The side effects are not worth it. Did not help with cramps. | F | 28 | 10 months 30 | 2/21/2016 | 5 | Severe cramps/ prevent pregnancy | -mild nausea during the first month -mild spotting during the first month -occasional breast tenderness -vaginal discharge | Personally love this pill. Cramps have significantly decreased and my flow is much lighter.less acne and pimple pop ups.also no pregnancies have occurred. Sex drive was not affected. No problems out of this pill on my part. | F | 18 | 7 months | 2/10/2016 | 1 | Horrible Periods, Prevent Pregnancy | WEIGHT GAIN, depression, short of breath, mood swings, no sex drive, headaches, acid reflux | Thank god for this website because i didn't even know that all this crap was happening to me because of my birth control. I started taking this about half way through my traveling career where i was constantly moving and sweating so the weight gain wasn't noticible but the mood swings and depression was always there. and now that i have a desk job, even a year after i quit moving around as much i didnt sit all day and i have successfully gained 40 pounds. I have never ever in my life been this big and its not like im 35 and my body is starting to slow down. I have been extremely depressed and had no desire to even do my hair and make up which was never an issue for me. This pill is horrible. I had to start taking prilosec because my heart burn has been so bad. I have had the worst PMS, i was to the point last month were I felt like I was literally going nuts and i had to talk myself out of it. And even when i'm not hungry, i'm still hungry. I just stopped taking it about 2 days ago and i found this site. I'm so done and i'm so excited to see what this pill has been doing to me. | F | 26 | 1.5 years 1X day | 2/8/2016 | 2 | Regulate hormones | Extreme bloating huge stomach swelling | This makes me feel 8 months into caring a child swelling wont go down in stomach , going to stop taking ! | F | 49 | 6 days 20 mg 1X day | 2/6/2016 | 4 | Preventing pregnancy | I haven't been on this pill for too long, but I have had no pregnancy scares, sex drive fluctuates, no acne, pretty significant increase in appetite but no weight gain yet, & little to no mood swings. If I miss a pill however, I instantly have breakthrough bleeding. That is annoying, as is my increased appetite. Other than that, the pill seems to be working well. Lighter periods and no cramping. Which is great because I usually am bed ridden & in tears on the first day of my period every month. | F | 21 | 3 months | 1/14/2016 | 5 | Regulate period | I was given microgestin to help regulate my periods. I've read horror stories surrounding this particular drug and I was very worried. I take it at night before I go to bed and I have experienced no ill effects. The only "side effect" I've experienced is an extremely heightened sex drive. Which is unfortunate considering I'm single. Oh well. | F | 22 | 2 months | 1/7/2016 | 4 | Birth control | I am not normally a reviewer, but I was so nervous about weight gain and side effects before going on bc that I wanted to get my experience out there. I have experienced no weight gain whatsoever, no mood swings, no breakouts, no fatigue. Also this bc has made my periods light and I've had no cramping issues. It's been great. Just wanted to get some positive affirmation out there | F | 25 | 3 months | 12/8/2015 | 2 | Hormonal control | Weight gain, decreased libido, acne, breast growth | I started taking this birth control due to mild breakthrough bleeding. Here's the thing: microgestin did help with that, but the weight gain is really problematic for me. The first month with this pill was hell. My chest grew overnight, leaving me with stretch marks and a need to purchase bras a cup size larger. My moods swung between anger and extreme sadness, I broke out (which almost never happened before), I gained about five pounds, and my breakthrough bleeding got worse. Things started to stabilize about a month and a half in. My moods returned to normal, and the pill actually helped with my premenstrual sadness. The breakthrough bleeding stopped. The acne and the weight problem got worse though. I am working out now more than I ever did before the pill and I'm eating healthy foods. I've started cutting out inflammatory foods like dairy and sweets. The weight just keeps piling on and I can't seem to stop it. I gave this pill a decent chance, but after four months, I think I'm going to finish out this round and stop. | F | 18 | 4 months 1 mg | 12/3/2015 | 3 | To regulate periods | Bloating...gas...unrelenting nausea...and yet, happiness. | I feel very strange on this pill. I can't say that I completely hate it. The side effects are 100% digestive/GI related. Stomachaches all day long. Someone said it feels like being pregnant with no baby. I second that, and would like to add "like you just ate Thanksgiving dinner, but you haven't." I feel way happier and balanced emotionally, which is the reason I'm hanging in there. | F | 39 | 3 months 20 mg | 10/26/2015 | 3 | Regulate cycle | High blood pressure | I was put on the pill to regulate my cycle while taking iron pills to overcome anemia. During week 2 of my second pack, I noticed a spike in my blood pressure. My BP was usually within normal range and would elevate to 130's/80's temporarily on high stress work days. However, my blood pressure has been all over the place for the last week with the highest being 173/113 which caused me to go to the ER. My BP came down on its own while I was there but it hasn't been stable. Of course I've stopped taking the pill and I'm hoping my BP will go hack to normal without me having to take meds. By the way, I had no symptoms to indicate my BP was high. I just happened to check it. As for my cycle, there was no change the first month, but my second cycle was a lot less painful, shorter, and lighter. I'd rather deal with uncomfortable cycles than suffer with the side effects if these pills. | F | 40 | 2 days | 10/12/2015 | 5 | Headaches/BC/Acne | A little bit of nausea. | I guess that every woman has its own reaction to this and any other pill. For me it has been a blessing. My period got much lighter. My face is clearing up. Headaches almos gone... My previous pill was just not working for me. The headaches and loss of focus were unbearable. This pill is just perfect for me. Happy I changed. | F | 33 | 30 days 1X day | 10/4/2015 | 1 | Pharmacy ran out of Junel | Anger issues anxiety lost a friendship and thought it was my prescriptions for mental illness was off but the whole time it was bcp ! Gained weight in a shot amount of time , not able to have orgasims either ! | They should write about the anger issues this causes in their side effects because it's severe it's more than just mood swings! | F | 46 | 2 weeks Fe 1-20 1X day | 9/22/2015 |