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Combined pill  
Used for 1 - 3 mo
23 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  today

Microlite pill  

Thrush constantly. Horrible.

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Somewhat negative mood

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Implant  
Used for 6 - 12 mo
30 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  today

Nexplanon implant  

Apart for heavy long periods, I Became mean and short fused. My sex drive is zero. I am less excited and feeling empty. Had the implant for 8 months, the behaviour changes are not settling.I am generally miserable and its damaging my relationship.


Very negative mood

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Progestogen-only / Mini pill  
Used for 1 - 3 mo
41 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2 days ago

Slynd pill  

I thought I would try this pill because it had some fairly good reviews and I cannot tolerate estrogen. The first week of taking this I had racing thoughts, felt extremely panicky and did not sleep well.. this settled down so I carried on. I strarted spotting a few days before the placebo pills which turned into light bleeding that lasted all the way through to pack 3 !!! It’s a great contraceptive because you can never have sex! My mood has been terrible. I have been tearful, very cranky and irritable at things that would never usually bother me. I have felt quite dizzy at times and almost “unreal.” I have experienced panic like never before. This pill is making me feel like I am going crazy. I’m stopping taking it as I would rather have period pains than feel like this! Awful .


Very negative mood

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Combined pill  
Used for 3 - 5 yr
25 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2 days ago

Yasmin pill  

My worst side effects have been the mood swings, I am crying a lot more for no reason than I ever did before, it definitely has made me more emotional. My period has gone from being 3 to 4 days to being 1.5 / 2. My breasts become really sore and hard before and after my period. I don’t feel as sexually active as before and I experience dryness more regularly than normal. My skin is completely clear with the pill. Everything bad is / has been fairly manageable, not ideal but haven’t had any pregnancy scares.


Somewhat negative mood

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Combined pill  
Used for 3 - 5 yr
25 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  5 days ago

Zoely pill  

I had very good experience for 2.5 years and then I got acne.


Worse skin

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Progestogen-only / Mini pill  
Used for 1 - 3 mo
28 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  6 days ago

Cerelle pill  

I went on for 2 weeks, my skin went so oily and congested week 2. Constantly felt tired falling a sleep in the afternoon and unbelievably hungry. Probably gained 7 pounds in 2 weeks. But my skin was the worst part, it became unbelievable oily. It did chill me out but provably too much, i dont like to feel tired every day.


Somewhat negative mood

3 more effects

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Combined pill  
Used for 3 - 6 mo
24 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  1 week ago

Microgynon 30 ED pill  

The “Nordette” pill was not much better than the Nur-Isterate injection. It just decreased my mood swings. I lost a bit of weight (went back to my normal size) my acne got worse . Libido was still incredibly low. And Vag still as dry as a desert


Somewhat positive mood

3 more effects

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Injection  
Used for 12 - 18 mo
24 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  1 week ago

Noristerat injection  

I had a very bad experience using this contraceptive. Bad moods, bad skin, bad body image, depression, sweating, low libido. Just bad.


Very positive mood

3 more effects

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Fertility awareness methods (FAM)  
Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
31 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2 weeks ago

Natural Cycles App  

I used natural cycles to prevent and plan pregnancy- worked fabulously on both occasions. After my daughter was born I wanted a more solid contraception (sleep does impact your basal temp guys, so with a newborn, not the one)- now she sleeps through I will be going back!!


Top side effects not reported

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Hormonal coil (IUS)  
Used for 6 - 12 mo
31 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2 weeks ago

Kyleena coil  

Kyleena was recommended with mr having Adenomyosis due to wrongly being given the copper coil before and bleeding for months on end. Kyleena had irregular periods to begin, the only sidr effect for the first 4 months were severe coldnesd/flu like symptoms the day before my period for all 4 months. As my periods stopped, my sex drive and mental health crashed. I'm on month 9 and awaiting removal.


Somewhat negative mood

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