Cerelle pill

I’ve started taking Cerelle mid December 2022 after stopping Noriday. I hadn’t noticed any negative change in first few weeks. I got my period couple of weeks after taking Cerelle and it lasted longer than usual. Since then my period stopped with sporadic spotting. I have had a few days of spots on my face but that has cleared up and doesn’t seem to pose a problem anymore. My mood is normal, when I was taking Noriday, my mood was low. I’ve seen a lot of negative reviews for Cerelle before I started taking it but I still wanted to give it a go, now I’m at the end of my third pack and it does seem like it was a good idea for me. I suffer from migraines monthly around my period and I had it only once at the beginning when I started taking Cerelle, and it was more of a low-key migraine and I hadn’t had it since then. My last period was very end of Dec/ beginning of January and since then I had spotting twice and it lasted few days. Personally, I do recommend it, but I know every body is different so you just have to try it for yourself. Unless you’re having severe symptoms, I would take it for good 3 months as I’ve had several symptoms and they all went away pretty quickly. I don’t think I gained any weight, but with Noriday I definitely have. Hope this helps!

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Recommended by Gynae for suspected endo (severe bowel pain during period). Note: if you are over 14st one pill may not be strong enough. When I started with just 1 I bled constantly. So I agreed with my Dr and took two pills and this worked better for me. Pros: stopped period completely. Cons: no sex drive at all, loss of attraction to husband, detached, low mood, massive weight gain, depression, hair loss, itchy scalp. Just coming off it today as I feel like I’m at the mercy of fake hormones. 

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I swapped directly from Cerelle to Cerazette so can't really advise on symptoms after stopping, sorry

Only took this one for 3 months I think before my pharmacy swapped me to Cerazette. Was generally ok aside from the headaches and mood swings. Stopped my period, and didn't notice any weight change or acne or tenderness.

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Cerazette pill

I was on Cerazette long term previously and had no side effects, it was great. However, since returning on this pill I am still getting irregular periods 8 months in. I'm not sure why my body is not as accepting of this the second time around. Recently I have lightly bled this month (March) for a couple of days and the last time was back in November. It has caused some concern with no diagnosis from my GP other than my body accepting the hormones again. I also suffer from sore breasts, I am considering going to the GP for this if it doesn't improve. I have noticed on my last refill that Cerazette is no longer available to those at my GP surgery in Bristol on the NHS which is a shame as the generic brand has a funny taste. I like the fact there is a 12 hour window and no gap in pills. I hope in a couple more months the bleeding will stop completely however the spotting isn't enough for me to want to switch methods.

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Once I stopped taking this I immediately felt as though my sex drive came back and after about 6 weeks I felt less anxious 

In the beginning this was great and had very little impact on me however i found I had absolutely no libido after about 2 years of taking this and once I stopped it almost immediately came back 

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Overall happy, minimal side effects other than complete loss of libido. Havent had a period for 4 years, took about a month or 2 for that to kick in. No acne no swelling no weight change no mood swings :) wanting to swap off bc of the libido issue and not remembering to take it on time every day but will swap back if alternatives don't work out

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Desogestrel pill

I've been on this pill for over a year now. The main disadvantage for me was the discharge that came along with Desogestrel. It's more frequent and a different texture, which threw me off as I thought it may be an infection but after going the doctors and getting the all clear, the pill was the only explanation for it. 
I originally went on it to help with cramps, however I found them to be even worse being on the pill. I still get periods, but they tend to be quite irregular. I noticed it did make me more anxious. 

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I’ve been on this pill for over a year now. I went on it due to bad cramps on my period and all month long. I did find out I had a cyst about a month after I went on the pill. At first everything was fine. First week had some bad cramps and bad moods but that was it. Changes didn’t start happening until about February of this year. So about 5 months in. My boobs started getting bigger (went from a 36b now a 34DD) I started getting spots all over my chest and upper arms which has led to scars. I gained weight. I was very small before, just above a healthy weight, now I’m about 9 stone. Which isn’t bad but it happened quite rapidly which led to lots of dark purple stretch marks on my hips, thighs, behind my knee/leg, on my boobs and arms. My mood hasn’t really been affected. Maybe pms is a bit more intense. From may-early July I had constant light spotting. My period comes every month but often comes a week late which didn’t happen before. It is usually a lot lighter though. I don’t get cramps all the time anymore, just ones when I’m on my period but they’re bearable. I had a pill check at the doctors a few months ago and told the nurse all the issues I was having but she said due to the fact I’m on it for pain, there’s no other pill that will help. Only the implant but it’ll give me the same side effects since it’s the same hormones. And seeing as nothing about my cyst or pain has been explained to me aside from slapping me on the pill, I’m kind of stuck with it now. If I had another option I’d probably go with it but I refuse to experience that pain again. 

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I wanted to go back on the pill as a reliable method of contraception but the side effects were too much. Skin outbreaks, loss of sex drive and darker hair growth were the main reasons for coming off this pill. I had always used the combined pill previously, so I may return to this in the future. 

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Zelleta pill

For the first few weeks of taking the pill I noticed I had a lot of mood swings and negative feelings as well as having quite sore/tender breasts, achne on my face and back, and continuous period cramps. 
I have not experienced any type of bleeding since starting the pill, but I do still have regular cramps and lower back pains at the time I would have been on my period. The period pains I am getting on the pill are significantly worse than before I started taking it, but they are manageable with prescribed pain medication. 
Before I started the pill I had never suffered with any sort of achne, chronic headaches or migraines but these are all now regular for me. 
I would recommend this pill if you would like to stop heavy bleeding but be aware that there are some not so nice side effects that could occur. 

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So far okay. 

I had mood swings and headaches in the first 2 weeks but that has stopped. I also got some spots on my chin. I am currently on a weight loss journey and have lost 14 lb since being on this pill (just under 2 months). My appetite hasn’t been impacted and my sex drive has improved since coming off the combined pill and going onto this 

Period wise, I had a light one after being on it for 7 days but I had just come off the combined pill so it was probably caused by a drop in Oestrogen. I haven’t had a period for nearly 6 weeks now but had cramping when it roughly due for about 4 days but no bleeding since the period at the start. 

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The first side effect I really noted from being on this pill was very low mood (felt very emotional in situations where I'd normally feel fine) and breast tenderness as well. When I had my first period on the pill, it lasted for 38 days before I had to stop taking it.

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Hana pill

I’ve had constant bleeding with it apart from that it’s been great after nearly everything else disagreeing with me spoke to a lowdown Gp who was amazing she has given me an action plan with what I should do going forward and different options to try etc. Giving that ago for the next 6 weeks to see if there is any difference with the bleeding. 

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I have been on Hana for the past 10 months. It started with a massive breakthrough bleed, and then as the months have gone on, my periods have become more irregular, later and lighter. This month my period has stopped altogether. 
Me and my partner use Hana, condoms and the pull out method as I really don't want to get pregnant. Having been on this pill, I've had a lower sex drive and lower mood. 

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Continuous bleeding. A few days of nothing then continuing again