Loestrin 24 Fe and pms

I just want to thank all of you on this blog and other blogs. I was going to start this pill for pms and pmdd. I feel like I have the flu when I have my period. I am so exhausted. Bleeding is not so bad, cramps could kill me but thank god for alive and Advil. I started to get headaches about 2 years ago during my period or a few days before and sometimes the aleve and Advil don't help it even though they help my cramps. I am a group fitness instructor and don't want to feel sick or be unable to teach my classes. But after reading the side affects that could happen forget it. About 20 years ago( i was 18 then) I was on pills and had severe panic attacks and was hospitalized for a week. They couldn't directly pin it on the pill but trying it a year later and having it happen again I never took them again. I was assured by my gyn that pills have changed and that I would be fine on loestrin24 but I just can't chance it. I would say to the people who have severe bleeding and prolonged bleeding, fibroids or other problems, find a pill that can maybe help you. But for those of you who just need it for birth control and are having these problems, find another method. It is not worth it if you loose you sex drive, have mood swings and depression or any other of the horrible things I read can happen. And if you are predisposed to panic and depression, I wouldn't take it after reading all these complaints. The bad is outweighing the good on all the blogs I have read. Thanks again and good luck ladies!!

I didn't have a good experience with it. I was taking it to get my period started because it suddenly stopped. And then I got a really strange discoloration on my thigh that came after my calf hurt. I have had an ultra sound done to test for blood clots and have found none. I have been to up to 4 different doctors. ALL have said they 'don't know what it is'. Besides that, some have said it's hormones. Others have said its a skin problem. One said it's circulation problems. My OBGYN didn't really say anything. When I stopped the medicine, I was able to have my own periods, but then at that same time I developed multi-nodular goiter. And then my periods stopped again. My OBGYN told me to start on the pills again but I am scared because I don't know what's going to happen and my OBGYN just told me to start it again like everything was okay. I'm thinking of going to a different OBGYN. I just wanted to share my experience..

I started bc about 4months ago and it sucks. Im always going through mood swings. Every month i think im prego. My boobs r sore. I need chocolate everyday. I have headaches. Im not get tn my regular periods. Before the pill every 28 days i would get my period now every 2months i get a period. But during the wait of my next period im going through bad pms. Im happy to hear im not the only one feeling this way.

Ok today I don’t have a migraine but I had another one last night. My Boyfriend came to my house yesterday and I told him to be good to me and to please let me know if I got out of control, but in a good way, he was telling me that he can tell that my mood was different than in the past 3 month (PMS) and that he didn’t like it, but that he understood that it was cuz of the pill (he wants me to stop them, cant blame him, poor him he is so good to me) Last night it was bad for me I could not sleep at all, I woke up every hour with some kind of anxiety but no sure what it was, it was a restless night, one of my nipples is itching a lot(maybe something bit me) and this morning I’m cramping very bad ( never had this painful cramps before, just the normal before a period), and lower back pain and blurry vision. I have 5 more pills to go and I’m coming off it. I wont stop cuz Im going on Vacation to the beach on Friday and I don’t want to have my period, (but Im thinking about it) Today going up the stair in my work I got very dizzy and I feel some how pregnant but I think is all part of the stupid pill, My friends are all joking with me about been preggo but I don’t think I’m. Shit they forgot to tell us that’s how it work…. you can get pregnant cuz you don’t want to have sex any more, or your significant other wont touch you cuz they are piss off at you for your mood swings.

This is my 3rd going 4th mo on Loestrin24Fe. The 1st month- it was great!! No PMS symptoms, got my period when I was suppose to and ended when it was suppose to. Onto the 2nd month, after being on it for a little over a week, I started to get PMS and all the other telltale signs that I was getting my period. And I did, it then lasted the entire month, ranging from very light to very heavy. At the end of the 2nd packet onto the 3rd the same thing happened only this time my "period" only lasted about 2 days and was very light. On Friday, I was suppose to start my "real" period and its Sunday morning and nothing. I had all the symptoms of getting it but nothing. I also feel like I am getting it. I am off to the drugstore to buy a pregnancy test, just to make sure!!! I took the pill on time everyday except for Thursday - the day before my period was to start. Has this happened to anyone else???

Hi Ladies,
I am 35 and went on Loestrin to help reduce mood swings and horrible PMS and lighten my periods. We are done having kids and my husband had a Vasectomy, so we are not worried about getting pregnant. My OBGYN wanted me on Loestrin b/c she said Yaz was 'too strong' for me. The first month I had bleeding for 14 days straight and was really confused. But my DR said try it for 3 months. I am in my third month now and my periods are about 4 days now, and light, which is good. My mood swings are gone, which is GREAT. My sex drive is gone too, which is NOT great. My boobs are a lot bigger, which is GREAT...but not without my sex drive. I missed a pill one day and was very horny all day! That's when I realized I had the 'low sex drive' side effect. And I def have the munchies a few times a month as well. We are all going to have different side effects from BC pills, the trick is finding one you are happy on. And if you find it, don't switch!

I posted on January 31 about my side effects,and today I called my Doctors nurse to change back to ortho tri cyclen.
I am only on my first pack of Loestrin 24 and next week will be my period week, and I just hate the way the make me feel, I am a lot more moody, I have gained maybe a pound, and my face broke out a little, my legs have been hurting and every now and then I have cramps but no bleeding, and I just feel blah and not like my self. Maybe for some women these work and that is ok we are all different but this is not working for me, I am going back to ortho tri cyclen that I know and will just have to put up with the pms a week before and just take something for it lol, I would rather feel that then feel this.
Good luck to anyone else.
Jennifer

AS I WAS READING A COUPLE OF RESPONSES TO THE LOESTRIN 24 FE I SAID TO MYSELF OH MY GOD THAT IS ME. I STARTED IN DECEMBER LIKE I WAS INSTRUCTED. AFTER THE FIRST ROW FOR THE PILLS TO GET IN MY SYSTEM GOOD ENOUGH I STARTED SPOTTING, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS NORMAL FOR ME SWITCHING OVER FROM DIFFERENT PILLS, SO I DIDN'T THINK NOTHING OF IT .THEN I STARTED BLEEDING HEAVIER,AND THE CRAMPS STARTED COMING STRONGER WITH THE LOWER BACK PAINS IT WAS HORRIBLE. I HAVE BEEN BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDING FOR LIKE A WHOLE MONTH ALMOST WHAT IS GOING ON. LIES ALL LIES!!!!

I am 43 years old and I do have one child. I have been on Loestrin 24 Fe for approximately 7 months and I will discontinue after this pack. I took BC pills several years ago and resumed recently to help alleviate my increasingly long periods. I was a personal trainer for sometime and have always worked out, ate sensibly and kept my weight at a normal level...until now. I have gained approximately 10 pounds on this pill. I now have "muffin tops" as my daughter so eloquently told me and I feel like I am in a continuous state of pregnancy! I am bloated, irritable, depressed and I bleed at any given time. Not to mention lethargic! I have NO ENERGY. I would much rather have the lenghy periods and deal with PMS for 7 to 10 days per month versus feeling like this 30/31 days per month. It's bad enough getting older and realizing that my metabolism is not the same as it used to be...I just don't want any help!

I JUST started Loestrin 24 Fe (day one) and have been reading many articles and websites (anything from the literature in the research journals to the Mayo Clinic posts). I have just read through this entire site and took in all the feedback from the women who have shared the side effects. I have NEVER taken BC until now. I am trying it to keep monthly bleeding and mood swings to a minimum. BUT, I see some serious side effects (depression, acne, weight gain) - these seem worse than just dealing with the monthly symptoms and taking some pain relievers.

Should I STOP? Any advice from veteran birth control users?
Michele

I am one week into my 3rd pack. The first pack was great!!! No PMS, no cramps, and my period lasted only 3 light days(compared to 7 heavy days). On my second pack i missed a pill 1 week into it and got a light 7 day period and then a light 3 day period at the end of the pack. Now I am 1 week into my 3rd pack and again I missed a pill and have started my period again. Also, I have noticed that my breasts have become more tender and larger since I started the pill and my acne has improved so much!

I started Loestrin 24 Fe in September of 2006 and for a few months my skin was terrible but after two months or so it started to clear up completely. I've always had minor skin problems and i just had to wait a few months and these problems subsided. However, I stopped taking it because I was away from my boyfriend while at college and was not sexually active but I started a new pack about 10 days ago. All of a sudden, my skin has erupted in pimples when I had absolutely none last week. Also, I am extremely irritable and have been experiencing horrible mood swings. I know from experience that it takes awhile for my body to get used to the Pill, but I had already been on it for seven months. I don't understand why I am having such an adverse reaction and am considering going off of Loestrin for good. My gyno said that Loestrin is prescribed for people with skin problems and really bad PMS, but it seems to me that both these things are only getting worse. Has anyone else experienced anything similar?