Loestrin 20 (The Pill) and depression?

[DalbySun]

Sorry, posted this in multiple places as I'm unsure where it fits and I'm not thinking 100% at the moment so please go easy on me.

I'm not the kind of person that cries easily (before I started taking the pill, I'd cried once in 2 years) but my god, since I started taking Loestrin 20 about 2 weeks ago I have felt like utter shit and have beed reduced to tears 3 times in as many days. My hair is falling out, I feel hopelessly tired, hearing and seeing things that don't exist, crying over nothing, eating non stop and as a consequece but on 4lbs in two weeks - I am an emotional wreck.

Has anyone else had such extreme reactions to the contraceptive pill??? I'm going to have to come off it before I kill myself or someone else.

Was hoping to finish the pack but considering just coming off it now.

Dalby go and see your GP and get a different pill. Really sorry to hear you're having such a crappy time of it. Most people are ok on the pill but by no means everyone.

I reacted to Microgynon 30, and then to Loestrin. My reaction was to spend all night vomiting every 40 mins... and also to be totally nuts and insecure and miserable.

Apparently it was the oestrogen that caused that (combined pills like Loestrin have oestrogen and progesterone type hormones). Loestrin was a lower does of oestrogen than the Microgynon which was why they tried that, and to be fair it was a bit better.

I ended up taking Cerazette (progesterone only pill) which is a new mini-pill. It's a bit less reliable than the combined pill (98% rather than 99% from memory).
Also it doesn't control your periods. You can either have none, or they carry on as usual or they are totally erratic. Mine were erratic and seemed to be a lot more frequent than pre-pill. And it utterly destroyed my sex drive.

Some people also report that once they stopped taking Cerazette then periods took ages to return, which is really torturous if you are desperate to ttc.

Think long and hard about what you do take, but please for your sake chuck the Loestrin away!

Unfortunately contraceptive options aren't really that great. How disasterous would a pg be? ie. how reliable do you need your contraception?

I think I will use the Fertility Awareness method (i.e. nothing!) post ttc.