Used for 1 - 3 mo
Lowdown51806
🇺🇸 US
• 13th Jul 23
I will preface this review by saying I haven’t hit the full “3 month waiting period” for Junel yet, but so far I hate it. I’m so moody and angry all the time. I feel depressed and low. I have never felt these feelings before and the only thing in my life that has changed? My birth control. I’ve heard terrible things about the pill and I would not recommend Junel to anyone. Also I’m covered in hives and I swear they are from starting this birth control. The only thing I’m my life that has changed: birth control, but the doctor’s don’t believe me.
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Lowdown85894
27th Jul 25
Hello, I’m 48 years old and I think I’m perimenopausal. No medical diagnoses, following my own body. Anyway, I wanted to say that I am on Slynda mini pill for 6 months and I still have breakthrough bleeding and bleeding every other week but it has helped with water retention. GP prescribed me 3 different mini pills to try to regulate my bleeding. Slynda still hasn’t helped to settle my bleeding but definitely treated water retention, heavy legs. I will skip 4 non hormonal tablets this current packet and will start the next straight away and see how next month will go. Fingers crossed. I hope it helped someone.
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Lowdown85894
27th Jul 25
Hello, I’m 48 years old and I think I’m perimenopausal. No medical diagnoses, following my own body. Anyway, I wanted to say that I am on Slynda mini pill for 6 months and I still have breakthrough bleeding and bleeding every other week but it has helped with water retention. GP prescribed me 3 different mini pills to try to regulate my bleeding. Slynda still hasn’t helped to settle my bleeding but definitely treated water retention, heavy legs. I will skip 4 non hormonal tablets this current packet and will start the next straight away and see how next month will go. Fingers crossed. I hope it helped someone.
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