Loestrin 24 Fe and stress

I have been on Loestrin24 since I had my six week appointment from having a beautiful baby girl... THIS PILL SUCKS! Its bad enough after you have a baby that you have to have a period for almost six weeks... but I haven't stopped.. Ever since being on the pill I will have like two days I don't spot then two weeks where I spot constantly. I have headaches, backaches.. I am ALWAYS tired which could be from the baby but I NEVER feel rested.. I have constant anxiety and there is too much going on to tell if its just stress or the dang pill! I have a doc appt in a couple of days and I am demanding to be taken off of this pill!

Oh yes not to mention that the faint leg pain has become chronic. I've even had to do an EMG and still no results on what's wrong with my leg. I'm very scared because my body is acting in ways I can't even understand. It seems the only way to get my period started again is with these pills. My OBGYN thinks it's just from stress but i don't know...

I have been on this pill for over a year and I have never had any bad side effects (sorry to those of you who have) my periods always come once a month for usually a day or two. I take my pills relgiously every morning I have not missed one in over a year. But suddenly my periods have just stopped (I'm 28 so it's not menopause) if I call my OB he'll just tell me to come in for a pregnancy test. My husband and I have three kids and I knew with each that I was pregnant right away, I really don't feel pregnant. It just doesn't seem likely considering how long I've been on the pill. But have any other long term users just had their periods stop? Any ideas?

I think it is interesting the symptoms that you mention here. I have been on birth control pills since the age of 19. I am now 28. Over the past year I have had similar symptoms. I have been on so many different BCP's that is is hard to keep count. They don't seem to work the way they claim to. The last BCP I was on was orthotryciclen. While taking these I began to experience severe heart palpitations. So bad that they would wake me up at night. Because I wasn't sure if it was an anxiety attack or just being in my head I decided to ignore it. Four months passed by and it seemed to get increasingly worse. I had enough and decided to go to my PCP. She wasn't really much help either. Although I was tested for Mitral Valve Prolapse, which I was told affects younger women my age. There was nothing found. What I thought was interesting is I really felt that it was the birth control pills, but I couldn't find it as a side affect on the information that was provided in the box. The tech who was doing my echocardiogram began to tell me she also experienced the same feelings and found out it was her BCP. Once she confirmed what I thought was right, decided to stop taking them. After three months the symptoms began to disappear. I figured it was just the particular brand. I began to take loestrin 24. I started to feel the same symptoms again, just not as severe. I would feel my heart beat when I would like down in my back and my stomach. My heart rate would reach 90 to 100 sometimes. I know this is not normal. When I visited my gyno yesterday she told me it was impossible that it was a result of the BCP. Maybe it was just anxiety and or perhaps I should get checked out by a cardiologist. That is serious stuff when you are talking to a young person about getting there heart check out. I think if there are any other women out there who are experiencing any similar symptoms should speak up. So these doctors won't keep telling us it is all in our heads and help to take care of this problem.

When I started this pill, originally, when I was about 15, I bled for 5 days, and then after that I began to slowly develop a stomach ache. Further more, my appetite not only vanished, but when I did eat, I had constipation / the runs.

I was on it for a year before stopping it for a few months, because I was becoming more moody than I normally am. For example, I would just start crying for no reason, or get very angry and hit people for no reason. Thought there's truly few good reasons to hit anyone.

I stopped the pills halfway through being 16. Stomach pain vanished, I began eating again, and having normal mood transitions.

When I started it up again, though, I bled for 18 days straight. Eighteen days of gushing blood all over the place. First 14 days was brown blood.

I stopped it after the 18th day, and got back onto it sometime in August. My everything seemed normal. Then the lack of appetite returned. And the stomach pain. The stomach pain actually got worse! I went to the doctor. Had to get a GI Series, drank a nasty barium solution, came up positive for... a stomach ulcer!

My doctor checked me for the virus, didn't have it. He chocked it up to Loestrin, though he said my stress probably made the ulcer worse. No less, he said it was all Loestrin's fault.

Recently, I stopped taking Loestrin 24 Fe again, with no intent of going back on it. And now, I have myself trouble breathing and some irregular heart beating, both which I plan to have checked out.

I do not plan to ever go back on Loestrin 24 Fe.

I did not enjoy explaining to people, at age 17, that the reason I couldn't eat spicy food or drink juice was because I didn't want to upset my ulcer, and needing to pop a Tums every two hours or so.

This is my story; if your stomach has been hurting, I hope you get checked for an ulcer.

I had taken Loestrin for almost a year until about two months ago when I decided to quit. I suspected that this birth control had something to do with my intense headaches, weight gain (I was a size 4 now I wear a 10), and a non-existent period. I also have eczema now and I think it might be related as well. Let me know if anyone else has encountered this problem. Since I have quit, I have noticed my eczema has improved and my face is not as puffy. I hope it will improve even more with time off from this drug.

I'm 25 years old and have been using Loestrin for a year now. At first I really enjoyed the shorter periods, but a couple months came and I never got my period which put me into panic mode. Not pregnant thank god, but i miss the reassurance of getting my period. On Loestrin I've noticed severe headaches, nausea and thinning hair. Over the past year I've also gained 10lbs.....never had a weight problem, work out 3-4 times a week, eat healthy....Can't wait to switch birth controls....this one is causing more stress than good! I never thought I'd say this, but I miss my period!

My 20 yr. old daughter was on Loestrin 24 Fe for almost a year with seemingly few side effects (except larger breasts). When her Rx ran out, the doc would not prescribe more until she had an exam. She ended up going off the pill for a couple of months, which was okay because there was no boyfriend or sexual contact during that time. She then got a prescription refill and went back on it. Within about 3 weeks she started experiencing random panic attacks including, headaches, nausea, rapid heart beat, sweaty hands and dizziness. At first she wrote it off as stress, but now they are happening ALL the time and are interfering with her life. She is a college student and is becoming paralyzed by the anxiety and the fear of a panic attack. She can't go to class, can't drive and is worried all the time. This is soooo unlike my happy-go-lucky daughter. She feels like she is going crazy. I talked to the GYN and she thought that the pill could definitely be enhancing these symptoms, but didn't feel they were the main cause. I now have a completely different opinion from her since reading all the posts on here describing the exact same symptoms while on this pill. My daughter has now stopped taking them (it's been about a week) and the doctor said it could take a couple of cycles for the drug to be completely out of her system. I'm praying that these symptoms go away after the hormones are flushed out....anyone have any experience with the anxiety going away after going off the pill??????

I just started my 4th pack a week ago. I missed my period and I have had severe nausea and I have been having panic attacks for almost 2 weeks. I thought it was stress, but nausea doesn't last this long and I haven't had a problem with anxiety before. I feel like I am going crazy - I took a pregnancy test and it came back negative. I have always had my period every month and I knew my cycle very well - it always started on a Tuesday. My mood swings and eating are out of control and my anxiety is keeping me from going in stores, restaurants and I have been having trouble going to work. I'm glad that I found this website and I can see that there are other people experiencing the same symptoms. I didn't know if I was pregnant or going through menopause. I have called my doctor and I am going to see him tomorrow...a shorter period is not worth all this hassle. I will say that when I was on the generic Loestrin Fe (not the 24 or the actual Loestrin) I did not have these issues.

I have been on Loestrin 24 FE since February. For the first few months I was very irritable, overly sensitive, and just plain moody. I hardly get any mood swings now, although they do occur sometimes and quite randomly. My contacts also bothered me a lot for the first 2 months, then they were fine, but recently they've been irritating me again. The thing that I don't like about this pill the most is that I get two periods. One at the end of the pack when I am supposed to (it lasts 6 days but is significantly lighter than before) and then another one two weeks into the pack (lasts about 6 days too, is very light, has a brownish color..quite frankly, just more annoying than anything). The second period comes with cramps too. The two periods started coming about 3 months ago, I am not sure if it's just from stress or something, because I started college or if other people are experiencing the same thing.
All in all I think this pill is alright, if the two periods continue to occur for another month of two I'm going to have to switch though.

i have been on this pill for one month...about 2 weeks into taking it, my breasts have increased at least a cup size and are pretty tender most of the time and i was spotting. The worst side effect is that it has triggered my acne to flare up. Im 28 years old and my skin looks horrible. Im hoping this side effect will subside...ill keep you posted! Ive been a little more emotional than usual...BUT other then that...things have been great. Im going to stick it out for a few more cycles to give it a chance - if the acne doesnt clear, im going to have to find something else.