Combination birth control pill and migraines
How our community feel they have been impacted by migraines on the combination birth control pill
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
None or not sure
75%
A bit
12%
A great deal
6%
Quite a bit
4%
A lot
4%
Out of the 83 reviews for the combination birth control pill, 21 people (25%) reported migraines.
Reviewers that reported migraines as a side effect
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
29 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 2 weeks ago
This birth control made me have headaches, nausea, and very decreased sex drive, will be switching back to sprintec.
Somewhat negative mood
1 more effect
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 1 - 3 mo
19 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 6th Aug 24
I had one day of breakthrough bleeding, which was nice. At about day 9, I had sudden intense cramping, and I thought it was my ovary. Still haven't confirmed this, but I have not experienced that until I started the pill. I had cramps for the 6 weeks I was on it, and many days I was nauseous. I had a headache everyday, but I thought I could handle these physical symptoms since I felt it improved my mood some days. However, after having my first period on the pill (longer than usual, bad cramps, nausea), my mood dropped and I got very suicidal and had to stop taking the pill.
Somewhat negative mood
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 8+ yr
46 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 30th Jul 24
I’m on this pill to help with my migraines. While I don’t feel the pill prevents migraines caused by my chronic vascular and cervicalgenic migraines, it controls my hormonal shifting during the month to prevent hormone-caused migraines.
Improved skin
1 more effect
0 helpful
0 comments
Combination birth control pill common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Headaches
40% of the combination birth control pill reviewers reported headaches
Breast enlargement
34% of the combination birth control pill reviewers reported breast enlargement
Period like cramps
31% of the combination birth control pill reviewers reported period like cramps
Tender breasts
31% of the combination birth control pill reviewers reported tender breasts
Sweating more than usual
28% of the combination birth control pill reviewers reported sweating more than usual
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