Combined pill and sweating more than usual

How our community feel they have been impacted by sweating more than usual on the combined pill

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

72%

A bit

12%

Quite a bit

9%

A lot

4%

A great deal

4%

Out of the 2760 reviews for the combined pill, 785 people (29%) reported sweating more than usual.

Reviewers that reported sweating more than usual as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 3 - 6 mo
19 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  1 day 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

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Very negative mood

3 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 1 - 3 mo
22 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  3 days ago

Started taking this and within the first couple of days I started to get really dry which is something I’ve never experienced before especially just under my vagina it would get so dry my skin will have slight tears that will bleed and sting and I’m more itchy down there regularly and have had thrush symptoms twice after going 10 years without.


Worse skin

1 more effect

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 1 - 3 mo
15 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  1 month ago

honestly great pill and has stopped my periods completely but I’ve had ridiculous amounts of headaches and period cramps, I’ve also been incredibly sweaty specifically in the night to the point I’m waking up because I’m covered in sweat which has never happened to me before


Somewhat 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

37% 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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