Withdrawal or pull out method vs Combination birth control pill
Withdrawal or pull out method ingredients
Combination pill ingredients
Main hormones in Combination pill
estrogen
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Withdrawal or pull out method reviews
2 reviews
Used for 1 - 3 mo
24 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 27th Mar 24
It worked but I was terrified I was pregnant until I got my period. I had no sex drive because of this and was incredibly stressed. It worsened my mood as well.
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Used for 1 - 3 mo
24 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 27th Mar 24
It worked but I was terrified I was pregnant until I got my period. I had no sex drive because of this and was incredibly stressed. It worsened my mood as well.
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Combination birth control pill reviews
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Used for 12 - 18 mo
Lowdown user
🇺🇸 US
• 1 day ago
Not bad but increased anxiety being on the pill, acne was better and cramps and more regular periods you’d know when they are coming which was good but being on it for awhile increased my anxiety.
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Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
34 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 3 days ago
This has been my favorite pill of all I’ve been on in my 20+ years of using birth control. I have clearer skin, controlled weight, minimal period cramps, 4-5 day flow (less than my prior flow time), better moods, positive sex drive, less anxiety than when on other forms of birth control, and overall a positive experience.
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Used for 12 - 18 mo
Lowdown user
🇺🇸 US
• 1 day ago
Not bad but increased anxiety being on the pill, acne was better and cramps and more regular periods you’d know when they are coming which was good but being on it for awhile increased my anxiety.
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Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
34 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 3 days ago
This has been my favorite pill of all I’ve been on in my 20+ years of using birth control. I have clearer skin, controlled weight, minimal period cramps, 4-5 day flow (less than my prior flow time), better moods, positive sex drive, less anxiety than when on other forms of birth control, and overall a positive experience.
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Used for 3 - 6 mo
34 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 3 days ago
I felt hungry all the time, gained weight (15 lbs over the 3 months I was on it), and had extremely elevated blood pressure which was not common for me — it was 140/96 at the highest, from the time I woke up to bed time. I had anxiety, high heart rate, and night terrors, again very uncommon for me.
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Used for 12 - 18 mo
24 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 4 days ago
While on the pill, Tri-Sprintec was amazing. I experienced zero side effects, prevented pregnancy, and had completely predictable periods.
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Used for 12 - 18 mo
23 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 2 weeks ago
I liked it for the first few months but I noticed that it was really affecting me negatively at around the 9 month mark. I started having heart palpitations and chest pains and my sex drive disappeared. I thought I was going crazy but I went off of it a few weeks ago and I’m already feeling more like myself.
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Used for 1 - 3 mo
23 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 3 weeks ago
I have been taking it for a month now and can say that my breasts have gotten a lot bigger than they usually did before my period, but they hurt and I have sore nipples most of the time, mood swings, a lot of brown discharge, but I will see if they will go away after the 3 months of adjusting to it, otherwise the effects are really not that bad. I find it quite benefic.
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Used for 1 - 3 mo
22 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 6th Apr 24
While taking this pill I have a great number of headaches since taking it. I also find myself going into depression. Thinking about a lot of negativities things. I also don't have a sex drive. The plus side about taking this pill, I have clearer skin.
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Used for 6 - 12 mo
19 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 20th Mar 24
This birth control really helped with regulating my moods but did make me gain weight significantly even when working out more because of major appetite changes be aware. My skin cleared up a lot and after 3 months haven’t had one breakout related to hormones. My first 8 months my breast grew 2 sizes with about a 8 pound increase in weight, my second round after taking a 6 month break my breasts did not change size but i did gain the 8 pounds back again after losing about 15 in the break period. I stopped getting my period and do not have even spotting when taking the iron pills. Lastly my sex drive almost disappeared and i find getting wet a challenge when i’ve never had that problem. My experience is about 50%-50% positive to negative.
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