Zoely pill and vaginal dryness

How our community feel they have been impacted by vaginal dryness on zoely pill

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

75%

A bit

10%

Quite a bit

10%

A great deal

5%

Out of the 20 reviews for zoely pill, 5 people (25%) reported vaginal dryness.

Reviewers that reported vaginal dryness as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 1 - 3 mo
27 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  10th Feb 25

I took Zoely for 2 months and a half, it was one of the worst experiences of my life. In the first month I had such a bad nausea that I couldn’t eat much anymore so I lost 7kg in around 1 month and a half and got me very bad pimples. What’s worse is the effect on my mental health. I’ve always been a positive person even if in my family there are cases of depression, with this I started to have it, having always negative thoughts, I could never see the positive in anything, and I spiraled in a very bad anxiety, making me think that everything was going for the worse so I was crying so often for very stupid things. I was also very irritable for nothing while usually I’m a very calm person. I wanted to get to three months to see if the symptoms could get better but when my boyfriend broke up with me because he could no longer stand my attitude I decided to quit it immediately and I wish I did it much sooner. It took me around 1 month and a half to feel a bit normal again, I would never recommend Zoely to anyone, taking it was one of the worst decisions of my life.

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Very negative mood

3 more effects

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0 comments

Used for 1 - 3 mo
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
  •  23rd Jan 24

Had a horrific experience on this pill. Took for PMDD. Persisted for 6 weeks but ended up severely depressed and having suicidal thoughts (far worse than PMDD symptoms). Also developed awful insomnia. Insomnia lifted within days of stopping. Mood symptoms lifted within a few weeks of stopping. Coming off it was awful.


Very negative mood

1 more effect

1 helpful

1 comments

Used for 3 - 6 mo
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
  •  20th Nov 23

I have endometriosis and I'm mid-gynae referral so we're in the position of trying the pill to reduce my endo symptoms. I tried Millinette and it was awful (really anxious and bad headaches) so we switched to Zoely. It's not prescribed much near me so we had a real struggle getting hold of it. After I started taking it the first thing I noticed was there were no headaches and my mood/anxiety felt fine so that was really good. The downside was being unable to get through 2 packs without spotting, the intention was to take 2 or 3 packs back-to-back to keep my periods at bay, but my body just decided it was going to bleed when it wanted, so I ended up having to break halfway through every second pack. My periods on this were actually MORE painful, and I found that I had sharp cramps most days but just for a minute or so. I've persevered but had to stop because it's completely out of stock on the NHS. So now I'm switching to Lucette and I'm keeping my fingers crossed!


Top side effects not reported

1 helpful

0 comments

Zoely pill common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

35% of zoely pill reviewers reported period like cramps

30% of zoely pill reviewers reported nausea or vomiting

25% of zoely pill reviewers reported sweating more than usual

25% of zoely pill reviewers reported vaginal dryness

25% of zoely pill reviewers reported breast enlargement


Possible zoely pill side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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