Femodene pill reviews

Overall good but think it affected my sex drive

this is the best pill I've tried! I did experience a little itching (feels like I have thrush) but it's only minor and is no where near as much as it was with other pills and after 4-6 months it seems to have disappeared. my periods are lighter and the pain is less but still painful. it is manageable though. no emotional side effects that I can notice. my skin is the same as it was when I wasn't on bc but that's okay.

After having 2 children in my late 30s my monthly cycle was really bothering me and affecting my ability to be a good mum. My premenstral week each cycle was wrecked by low energy, low motivation, low self esteem and banging headaches that left me laying on the floor with my two small boys climbing on me wondering why mummy was being so useless. We don't want to have any more children so I decided to go on the pill to try to even things out a bit. In order to break the monthly cycle I take the pills in a pattern where I take 3 packets back to back without a break, then have a break for 3 days and then start taking the pills again. I am currently on my third type of pill and I'm quite happy with it. It's called Femodene/Millinette (ethinylestradiol, gestodene). On this pill I have a bit more sexual response compared with the others I tried. I feels like it's working with my body rather than against it. I generally feel more normal, with no negative side effects while I'm taking the pills. During the break I have some womb cramps on day 1 and light bleeding that continues for a couple of days after I restart the pills. I can feel a bit hormonal on day 2, and on day 3 I have a headache which is manageable with paracetamol.

I've used this pill now for many years and have had no problems at all. It definitely helped clear up my skin, and think I may have gained some weight, however this could be down to many other causes.

Good contraception but side affects get worse to deal with after years in my opinion. Very easy to just go along with the side affects.

I was on this lol for many years. It was ok, Then I had a break and realised how much better my mood and headaches were. I had a break of around a year then started taking it again, the headaches, weight gain and mood change were very noticeable. I’m going to stop taking it and change to the mini pill.

Have been using this pill for almost 3 months and I have decided to switch to Yasmin at the end of this packet. My chest was really sore for the first month or so but it wasn't unmanageable, I went up a few cup sizes and my periods were much lighter and I had little to no cramps! However, the bloating and persistent low mood have put me off this pill, people also said how different I had acted since being on it and I experienced mood swings quite a lot. Felt like I had permanent brain fog while taking the pills then during the 7 days without taking them I felt like a completely different person and was way more emotionally stable.

2 day into this pill I experienced such terrible mood swings and depression. crying a lot and having very little motivation to do much. I knew this was entirely hormonal since things made me cry that normally wouldnt. I had been on a mini pill previously and didn't experience this, the only change in my life was this pill. The majority of my days I am now extremely sad and depressed and am currently looking to come off this pill. This is making me give up hope a bit as have tried many different pills in the past, and I was very hopeful with this one, but unfortunately feeling how I do on it is not worth it.

I switched to Femodene after about 4 years of being on another combined pill (can’t remember the name) as I had convinced myself it was causing me to gain weight (inconclusive although I do think it contributed). I was sold Femodene as a ‘new age pill with less side effects’. I didn’t really notice any side effects straight away but over the years of being on it I realised my sex drive was ever decreasing and it generally made me feel very flat and almost like I had a brain fog when I was on it. I would get a headache at the start the pill free week and light periods but my mind would feel clearer and I was more in touch with my emotions. My skin was also pretty clear throughout. It took me a couple of years to convince myself that the side effects for my mind and libido were worth switching to something else even though I was apprehensive.

Been on this pill for almost two years and I am changing. I have gained 2 stone since being on it - it is the only thing in my life that has changed. I also have random emotional outbursts every few months and get VERY hot and sweaty often. Only positives are that it drastically improves your skin and no babies.