JUNEL FE 1/20 Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORETHINDRONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 1.8 (281 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare JUNEL FE 1/20 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR JUNEL FE 1/20 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | avoid pregnancy | anxiety, depression, mood swings, loss of appetite, lacking motivation, weight loss, negative outlook on life | I have been taking this meditation for a month and a half and these are the symptoms I experienced: I had been crying almost every day, I do not have the energy to do anything except go to work and sleep, I lost the urge to eat meals.. and even after forcing myself to eat at least twice a day I lost nearly 10 pounds in a month, I noticed myself withdrawing from my usual support groups and lashing out at them more often, and my usual optimistic outlook on life is replaced with constant negativity. At first, I thought it was the stress of starting a new job, since I started the pill around the same time…but after reading the reviews from everyone else I am starting to realize everything I had been dealing with is a result from the birth control. I am so ashamed that I did not do enough research on this medication..My mental health has been in the gutter since starting the pill and I would NOT wish this feeling on anyone. | F | 23 | 1 months 1X day | 11/8/2023 | 1 | To prevent pregnancy | I was on birth control(the pill) from age 15-23 years old. No breaks. I decided I wanted to try the IUD. First Kyleena, then the Copper IUD. I was experiencing painful sex, recurring infections and horrible cramping not associated with my period. So I decided to give birth control a try again and wanted to be on a low dose of hormones. BIG mistake. I have been on this pill for two months, and within 5 days of taking it the first month I felt this horrible change. The middle of my cycle on this pill seemed to be the worst. I have had the worst anxiety I’ve had in my life, depression and overall feeling like I’m losing my mind. I will not be continuing this pill. If you are a sensitive person, (sensitive mind, and to taking medication) I highly suggest NOT taking this pill. | This should be off the market. | F | 25 | 2 days 1X day | 10/7/2023 | 1 | Heavy periods, prevent pregnancy | Heavy bleeding and cramping for 13 days straight, sore boobs, nausea, bloated, fatigue | F | 33 | 1 months 1 X D 1X day | 9/12/2023 | 1 | Heavy Periods/ Acne | Absolutely awful experience. I started taking Junel to help with my heavy cycles and hormonal acne. The first month i started taking it, my acne got extremely worse but i was told to wait atleast three months to see a difference, so i kept taking them. However, immediately it started to help with the heavy periods. On the the second month and i was doing fine until i realized i was short of breath easily. I decided to check my resting heart rate 120bpm and my blood pressure 132/100. This triggered a lot of anxiety and heart palpitations. I stopped taking them three weeks ago and im still dealing with heart palpitations and elevated heart rate. Currently wearing a heart monitor due to sinus tachycardia on the ekg. DONOT TAKE THIS PILL!!!!! PLEASE | TRY OTHER HOLISTIC METHODS. THIS IS NOT GOOD | F | 28 | 2 months 1X day | 1/26/2023 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy | The most terrible depression, anxiety, and panic attacks I've ever had. When I began taking the medication I was also on anti-depressants for my postpartum depression so I didn't really notice how bad the depressive episodes were but I stopped taking my anti-depressants about a month ago. Ever since I have had suicidal ideations, the most negative self demeaning thoughts of ever experienced. Today I haven't been able to get out of bed or too much and I have an 11 month old. So I started researching my medications and what possibly could help me feeling this way and I found the site. I am so shocked at all the women who had similar experiences. They need to take this medication and throw it in the trash. | Do not take this medication, way too many women experience severe depression, and anxiety. Ask your medical provider for a different medication! | F | 33 | 7 weeks 1X day | 12/14/2022 | 1 | Pregnancy prevention | Mood swings, cramps, anxiety, depression, random spotting | I have been on this pill for 3 months. I have had cramps the whole three months of taking this. I have also had random spotting for 2 weeks straight. Recently I have felt very alone and will just cry for no reason. I was about ready to make an appointment to see a therapist but doing the research it's because of the pill. | F | 31 | 3 months 1X day | 11/17/2022 | 1 | Contraception | After a week of taking this pill I started developing acne on my shoulders and back, bleeding and cramping, and then nausea and severe dizziness. I could handle the breakthrough bleeding and acne, but almost passing out in public and feeling so nauseous and lightheaded all day long was a big no for me. I used to be on BC pills a few years ago and never had any negative side effects, but junel fe 1/20 was HORRIBLE for me! | F | 30 | 11 days 1MG-20MCG 1X day | 11/4/2022 | 1 | Nausea, bleeding | I've had spotting for what seems like forever. It's like being on my cycle for a month & I hate it. It's genuinely stressing me out. I'm done with this. | F | 3 months 1X day | 7/27/2022 | 1 | Get rid of ovarian cysts | Experienced crippling depression, made my ovaries hurt and made me angry about random stuff. Boobs hurt very slightly, but I can't deal with this depression. | I'm actually trying to get pregnant, my Dr prescribed these to get rid of ovarian cysts. I can't do this, I'm just so depressed | F | 21 | 5 days 1/20 1X day | 6/14/2022 | 1 | Control heavy periods | Never had any mental or depression disorders until this third day I've taken the pills I started filling out of my mind out of my body a lot of things were making me very angry and aggravated constantly agitated for no reason starting to see also where my edges are starting to thin I will stay on at the remainder of this month to give it 30 days if no improvement I will be going back to the Depo or Nexplanon | Although this drug may affect everybody differently too much correlation related to depression is a no for me | F | 32 | 6 days 1/20 1X day | 5/31/2022 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy | Extreme swelling in legs/ankles/feet/hands and bloated. Severe nausea, headaches. Depression and anxiety. Heart palpitations and chest pain. | I just stopped this medication today and i cannot wait for this to be over. | F | 38 | 2 months 1/20 1X day | 5/1/2022 | 1 | This pill literally makes me want to die all the time. I do not recommend to be honest. I'd rather get pregnant than ever take this. | 0 days 1X day | 4/20/2022 | 1 | Birth Control | extreme heart palpitations, vaginal dryness, weird discharge | 10/10 do not recommend. Have never felt like this before | F | 26 | 3 days 1X day | 4/17/2022 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy, regulate periods | Weird ovary pain, no period, extreme mood swings, anxiety. I'm on my last week of my 3rd month and I'm not even going to finish it out. I had my period after the first month/pack but didn't get it after the second month. I have extreme anxiety already about being pregnant so this made it way worse. 3 negative tests and I'm still freaking out even though I am very safe. I recently started having frequent urination and I'm not sure if that's due to the anxiety or what | I wish my gyno would have warned me about missed periods and the anxiety that comes with this pill | F | 21 days 1/20 1X day | 4/16/2022 | 1 | Heavy period | Hair loss! Lasted 6 months | F | 41 | 30 days 1X day | 4/16/2022 | 1 | No period, acne , prevent pregnancy | Heart palpitations, night sweats, anxiety, depression, fatigue, stomach pains, mood swings | I've been taking this medication off and on for the past 4 years. Recently in the last few months I've been having all of these symptoms. I thought maybe I was having symptoms of an autoimmune disorder since it runs heavily in my family. I recently watched the Ricki Lake Documentary The Business Of Birth Control. That opened my eyes to research my birth control. My symptoms match up with so many others on here. I feel horrible and on edge because of this medication. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and I'll be stopping this medication and staying AWAY from birth control period. I'm hoping for better days because these past few months have been miserable. | F | 34 | 4 years 1X day | 4/11/2022 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy | I was diagnosed with Bell's palsy within 6 months of taking this medication. I was told I had no known cause for it. I didn't realize that it could have been from the Junel fe birth control. I started it in 2/2019 and stopped 5/2021. I didn't see improvement with the Bell's palsy until after I stopped the birth control. I was able to smile more symmetrical and started to look a little more normal. Being that this birth control can cause strokes and heart attacks I believe this was the cause of my unresolved Bell's palsy. | F | 41 | 2 years 1 mg 1X day | 3/22/2022 | 1 | Acne, regulate periods | I'm not a mentally unstable person. I can worry and I can get anxious etc but I usually am able to get out of it. The first month of using Junel I didn't really experience a lot. No awful side effects or anything. I did notice some anxiety but I just chalked it up to being under some stress and pressure. The week of the brown pills came and after a day or two on those, I felt like I had come up for air. I was happy and had a positive outlook. But then I started the second pack and I just finished the first week. The last couple days I have felt extreme anxiety, heavy chest, depressing thoughts, mind not stopping, pulse racing and so so negative to the point that I had to call my therapist during an anxiety attack. I've never had one of those. I'm going to to go off of this birth control and see if my mood changes. I'm really hoping this is the cause because I haven't ever had severe mental health issues and I feel like I do right now. Plus I still have acne. | My OB said that it takes 3 months for my body to adjust so maybe my acne would get better but it's not worth the wait for the sake of my mental health. I'll try something else. | F | 38 | 37 days 20 1X day | 2/28/2022 | 1 | Periods | Weight gain, depression, | F | 45 | 5 months 1X day | 7/26/2021 | 1 | Birth control | I just had my baby 3 months ago and was suffering bad postpartum depression/anxiety shortly after he was born. Once I got that settled down a little I got on birth control because I couldn't get the IUD at that time, well now I'm getting the IUD again. Intrusive thoughts occured again, thinking everyone dying, panic attacks, anxiety. Not fun! I stopped the pill yesterday. | F | 35 | 1 months 1X day | 7/24/2021 |