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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Noriday-review-id-28099

Terrible. I had the sorest breasts I have ever had. I work out daily and still put on weight even though I was carefully monitoring food. It went on so quick I went up a dress size in almost a week

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Noriday-review-id-22021

Only progestogen based contraception I've been able to tolerate. Allll others (pills, jab, implant, coil) made me bleed irregularly and made me moody. This one has been fine, over a year in use and though periods were a little less regular, they were about on time. I did start getting some extra bleeding around 9-12 months after starting it, but I think my body is just weird. I did still ovulate while taking, but it still prevented pregnancy. 
Did gain some weight but could have been a result of lockdown and inactivity rather than the pill. Did have some stomach issues, but was diagnosed with ins a long time ago, which has been okay for years now, so possibly related. 
Was getting a bit moody here and there, again, maybe not related to the pill. 
Overall I was satisfied with the experience, unlike the others I've tried. 
Stopped taking due to getting sterilised instead.

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Noriday-review-id-20955

Only two months in but my mood has significantly increased from my last pill which gave me a very low/depressed mood.

So far this has caused quite a lot of period cramps compared to what I used to have and I have had irregular periods. Let's see after a few months if it improves!

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Noriday-review-id-13552

I normally have the depo provera injection but due to covid 19 lockdown i was put on noriday, within the first few days of taking noriday i experienced nausea and headaches i also had really low moods as a few weeks went on i started getting quite severe acne which i have never suffered mostly on my neck and jawline! This hasnt affected my weight but curved my appetite alot as i had put a little weight with the injection! Im currently 2 months into taking this pill and i can say i cant wait to get back to having my injection! I taken micronor when i was younger which has now been taken off the market and is called noriday now i stopped taking that because it made my moods really low and i am currently finding it hard with my moods with noriday as some days i can feel quite low which is something i dont like as the injection balanced out my moods quite well!

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Noriday-review-id-13014

Generally over all it’s a good pill.
However the irregular bleeding has been nonstop pretty much. I’ll be making a doctors appointment after lockdown to review my birth control to see if there is a different pill.

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Noriday-review-id-11728

This pill worked well for me. My body seemed to go through the same cycle as I do when I'm not on the pill and my moods also reflected this. I only stopped as they had manufacturing issues.

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Noriday-review-id-10411

I have used this pill for 8 years and I believe this has a link to my mood swings and periods of depression and anxiety.

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In comparison to the other combined pills I've used, this one caused less noticeable effects on my mood. It still went down, but not to full-on depression.
The periods became quite irregular, coming after only two weeks and lasting a full 7 or 8 days, sometimes there was some spotting. On the last month my period disappeared completely and only returned when I stopped taking the pill.
My breasts grew about 2 sizes, most of the time they were quite hard and painful. I gained about 5kg from my normal weight, despite none of my eating or workout habits changing, and it has gone down since I stopped the pill.
Stopped taking it after 3 months as the side effects were not worth it, and will not use hormonal contraception in the future.

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Noriday-review-id-15057

I was put on Noriday after getting very bad migraines with aura was told it had become dangerous to take   microgynon  30. After taking it for yrs worked very well for me before i was told might kill me. Noriday seem okay but currently experiencing bleeding after a week of already bleeding i am about 1month and half through trying this pill. I was worried about taking a pill all the time. When i got my period i was okay with it. My mood is shit and snappy at the moment but i dont know if thats cause of the bleeding as it seems like its over then next morning comes back. I will carry on and see what happens. So mixed messages about this pill so far. Fist time i had to change it missing my old pill.  But doctors won't give it for the health risk

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Noriday-review-id-11441

I started Noriday having frequent migraines with aura, and they have now stopped with continued use of this mini-pill. I'm very grateful my migraines have stopped.

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Cerelle-review-id-27434

This pill broke me out in horrible acne & my sex drive became non existent. I had no period for 6 months (previously every 28 days for 3 days).

Cerelle pill-review-id-d5ecb3db-19ab-42ef-b8d6-cf976c934bfa

Have been taking for a month at the moment - previously took a few years ago and had no real issues. Periods have stopped for now which is brilliant as i suffer from heavy irregular painful periods. Nausea started a few days into taking but starting to back off now. A few headaches but nothing terrible. Vaginal dryness is quite noticeable. and period like cramping but no bleeding. Boobs have got bigger and are rock solid and tender. 

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Cerelle-review-id-28169

I took Cerelle originally to treat heavy painful periods which worked wonders because it stopped my periods and symptoms all together. I did notice a substantial weight gain and had bad acne on my back which I’d never suffered from before. I am currently trying other contraceptive options mainly due to the weight gain, but would not be opposed to going back on this pill if nothing else suits.

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Cerelle-review-id-21131

I was originally on Loestrin ever since the age of 16 and randomly my periods stopped on that after a while, then after years they randomly came back and then I started getting severe migraines. I was changed to Cerelle and my head within a day or two felt clearer and I haven't had a migraine at all! My periods totally stopped, however I my breasts have grown quite a bit and I have had some strange pain on one nipple at first, which eventually went away, but now I get nipple discharge if it rubs on clothing or is pressed too much! I have also gone from having TONNES of discharge on the Loestrin, to VERY dry and itchy on the Cerelle.

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Feeling completely different already, better skin, increased sex drive and feeling better for it!

Progesterone only / Mini pill-Cerelle-review-id-21046

My skin got worse (was on yasmine before but had to stop due to headaches) I constantly had acne and it was so painful and just wouldn’t go. So embarrassing since I’m now 25. Fed up of 10+ years of bad skin so that’s my main reason for stopping the pill. 

Sex drive plummeted, unlike me to say no but I found myself constantly rejecting my partner! 

In the beginning I had terrible mood swings and was grumpy and emotional.

I gained a lot of weight! We gain weight as we get older anyway, but I definitely gained more taking this pill. Like 2-3 stone more!

I had spotting occasionally which would actually worry me. Sometimes it would be heavy enough to require a pad or tampon. And would randomly start (last two days maybe, sometimes three!) and be accompanied with period pains.

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My periods took a while to return to normal but I stopped taking it after I'd had to take clotting medication to stop a long period. My mood rapidly dipped in the two weeks after finishing up with Cerelle and my sex drive took a while to stabilise as well.

Progesterone only / Mini pill-Cerelle-review-id-20002

Was moved off the implant and onto this to help with heavy periods. Unfortunately on and off it would sometimes give me 30 days+ of bleeding where it was the necessary for my GP to prescribe me clotting medications.

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Bleeding stopped when I stopped taking it.

Progesterone only / Mini pill-Cerelle-review-id-19523

Erratic bleeding the entire time I took it.

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Cerelle-review-id-18746

I’ve been on cerelle for just under two years, and I have to say it’s been great apart from suffering a lot from thrush, bacteria vaginosis and the odd headache but tbh I don’t have a period therefore that makes up for it. I used to be on Rigivedon and I put on a tone of weight which I still have with cerelle just not as much. I had horrendous migraines with rigivedon and was advised to change pills. But I couldn’t recommend cerelle enough.

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Progesterone only / Mini pill-Cerelle-review-id-18524

This was the first pill I went on. My periods immediately stopped and I loved it for the first few months (apart from having more oily skin there were no side effects). But I then had extended periods of spotting/light bleeding (sometimes for months at a time) and when I did get a period it was much more painful than they were before I went on the pill. I now often uncontrollably sob the day before a bleed, and feel far more emotional than I was pre-pill.

Cerelle pill-review-id-b4cc7cba-6d4b-414b-89de-a6edfa544fc0

I’ve had a big increase in my sex drive which is great and I fee more ‘me’ in many ways. I have now been off this pill for 3 months and haven’t had a proper period despite spotting towards the end of my time on the pill.

Progesterone only / Mini pill-Cerelle-review-id-18253

I took this pill until recently for almost 5 years. For 4.5 years it worked ‘well’, I had no periods which I thought was great. In the last 6 months I have had constant irregular bleeding which has been very stressful and has resulted in me a stopping taking this pill. I didn’t realise it could change so suddenly, but it seems as though there are many women with a similar experience.  I’ve now realised it also really affected my sex drive and moods.

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