Combined pill and period like cramps

How our community feel they have been impacted by period like cramps on the combined pill

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

57%

A bit

18%

Quite a bit

13%

A lot

7%

A great deal

5%

Out of the 2770 reviews for the combined pill, 1189 people (43%) reported period like cramps.

Reviewers that reported period like cramps as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 3 - 6 mo
30 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2 days ago

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Improved skin

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 1 - 3 mo
21 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2 weeks ago

Within the 1st month, I had terrible mood swings; I become angry and irritable towards my parent. I seemed to calm down but then pick back up again in the next week. From withdrawal from this, everything was ok, apart from having a few pains and it also made my periods light. I didn’t have any symptoms of nausea or vomiting but I did gain a bit of weight and had breast tenderness (i dont know if my breast got bigger). By the 2nd month, I ended up feeling really low and had quite dark thoughts; my headache got worse and I was crying a lot during the day/night. Because of this I’m no longer taking this pill.


Somewhat negative mood

2 more effects

0 helpful

1 comments

Used for 3 - 6 mo
19 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  3 weeks ago

Started on Gedarel due to having suffered with Pmdd for a long time , was fine at first mood was abit better , but then I noticed I felt numb and couldn’t feel any emotion , was irritable and angry all the time , also gained a lot of weight despite being very active , cramps got very bad during the withdrawal bleed and I feel like this has completely changed me as a person - would not recommend


Very negative mood

3 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Combined pill common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

52% of the combined pill reviewers reported tender breasts

48% of the combined pill reviewers reported breast enlargement

46% of the combined pill reviewers reported vaginal discharge

43% of the combined pill reviewers reported period like cramps

38% of the combined pill reviewers reported vaginal dryness


Possible the combined pill side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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