Femcon symptoms and conditions

I was on Femcon for the past few months, and I recently went off of it because I just couldn't take it anymore. I always felt like I was tired, it regulated my period, but did not help with the pain which was the reason I was taking it in the first place. I constantly felt like I could not see straight, I have had the feeling of my mind not really being in the right place. And thats the least of my problems...I was severely depressed. I did not want to do anything, I was constantly fighting, getting anxious, always crying (for no reason at all), chest pain, paranoid, and so much more. I couldn't take it anymore. I have been off of it for only a few days, and already I feel more relaxed, and happier. Everybody reacts differently, but clearly hormones were not for me...especially this one!

I've been on the pill for a couple months without much of a problem. I initially started taking Femcon, along with an antibiotic (for acne) which caused me to contract a severe yeast infection. I then immediately stopped taking the antibiotic thinking that the problem would be solved. However, a couple months later new symptoms had arised. I found myself having painful cramps in the abdominal area, foul cloudly smelling urine, light brownish spotting, light white milky discharge, and slight itch/discomfort. I used an over the counter yeast infection kit on two separate occasions which seemed to be unresponsive. Are my symptoms normal or a possibility due to taking the Femcon? Does it sound like I have more of a UTI or a yeast infection? I don't have insurance so It's very difficult to run back and fourth to a doctor. Has anyone tried the over the counter yeast and UTI tests?

I am switching back to my old birth control yaz after being on femcon for 2 months. I have gained a significant amount of weight and that right there is a big issue. I don't know why doctors are so pushy with this pill. I told my doctor when he prescribed it to me 2 months ago that i would rather go back on my old pill (yaz) and he said that he would like me to try this one out. I feel like there is some conspiracy with this pill. I hate it. i am so done with it as soon as i possibly can.

I am reading all of these terrible side effects from Femcon and I cannot believe it. I have been on Femcon for two years and have had absolutely no problems. The only reason I switched to Femcon was because I was on the patch and kept having problems with it coming off (swimming) so I called my doctors office from out of town and they called in Femcon to the pharmacy. I have never had any problems with my period, even before I started on the pill. When I was younger I had some minor cramps, but that was it. I don't doubt that these problems that all of you girls have had are awful, but it looks like if you have any pre-existing problems from your cycle, that it could make it worse; but if you do not have any problems, this pill may work with no side effects.

I have been taking Femcon Fe for almost a year. I really didn't notice any bad side effects, except one. My hair started falling out during my third pack. I guess I didn't realize that it may have been from this, until my husband mentioned it. For those of you that had this same problem, once you stopped taking the Femcon, did your hair grow back??? I am planning to call my doc and switch back to my old BC.

My new Dr. put me on Femcon to alleviate extremely painful cramps and very heavy bleeding. I am in the 2nd month of taking it, and am experiencing many of the symptoms mentioned here. Extremely painful, swollen breasts, crazy insomnia for days and days, depression, leg muscle spasms, headaches, acne and weight gain. But flow is lighter and the cramps are mild. Trade-off worth it? Not at this point. But I'll go thru the 3rd month to see if things improve. Yikes.

I've been in different kinds of b/c pills. Femcon is my 6th b/c...and Femcon so far is working for me...i been taking it for 5 months now...it was rough on the first 3 months, breast pain and a little bit of acne on the 1st month, long periods on the 2nd and 3rd month, but on the 4th month it was totally OK...no nausea all the time...my ob-gyn gave me a nausea pill that works really good...i take Femcon at 8pm together with the nausea pill...give your body a little time to adjust on your b/c but if it's not changing then it's not the pill for you.

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this will be my fifth day on femcon, and i have been so dizzy, and nauseous..i cant stand it! i'm hungry all the time but nothing seems to appease to my likings..i've been very moody and irritable..little things that didn't annoy me, do now..i feel like i have a massive hangover when i wake up in the morning, and im always tired throughout the day.
i haven't had any experiences with acne before the pill, and im hoping i don't get any either.
my period is a lot lighter than it was before the pill also, but these side effects are killing me! i think im going to stick it out for 3 months and see if things get better..

Hi everyone....I wish I would have done my homework on Femcon before I started taking it. I have not had a period since my son was born....almost 3 years ago! My ob-gyn thought something was wrong with me and did every test known to man but everything came back normal. She prescribed Femcon to "help" regulate my period. I came on my period in the middle of taking my second week. I have been on my period,heavily, for the past 9 days! I want to pull my hair out! I am constantly cramping and bloated to no end! Not to mention my husband is getting irritated because we have not had sex in almost three weeks(he was out of town on business for two weeks)! I am going to call my ob-gyn today to see if she can prescribe a different birth control pill because if this is what it takes to regulate my period, I would have been fine not having one!

omg femcon has the craziest side effects it makes me type in extremely long run on sentences with no punctuation or capitalization thank god i am on birth control because i don't need to reproduce

I started to take femcon in November of last year and ever since then i have been through nothing but hell i have been sick and in a lot of pain most of the time i never wanna do anything when i take it last month i didn't take it and i felt sick a little bit but before i got my period i felt so much better i took only one pill this month so far and i fell really sick i don't want to do anything i yell at everyone and im never in a good mood like i was before i started it i was and i still am very depressed if anyone asked me about taking this pill i would say no cuz like i said every since then i have been through hell and i have been putting my family through nothing hell. my experience on femcon was nothing but hell even when i took the pill i felt sick even if i didn't take it. if you are or anyone you know taking femcon i would talk to them or if it is you i would stop taking it and ask your doctor to try something new because who knows what will happen next if you keep taking it. i mean i have red bumps i don't know if it from not taking it or what but i have not had sex in a year and tha last person i had sex with was a virgin and i have been checked for everything so i know im clean but i think its from not taking the pill. my lower back hurts all the time from not taking the pill but im happy to say im going to try something new and hopefully it works out for me =] and i hope the women out there taking this will understand NOT TO TAKE FEMCON. it messes up your life!

Hi Ive been on Femcon FE for one month now. I am 20, 5'1'' and weigh 100 lbs. I have not gained any weight at all, nor experienced any nausea. The first 2 weeks I felt like I had some mood swings, the third week I broke out in horrible acne... However, my period lasted about 4 days and was soo light I almost forgot that I had it. I never got any cramps either. Now, I am on my second month, first week, and my acne is starting to clear a little bit.. However, I have battled acne for a lil while and - as I have been told by doctors - it takes your body time to respond to all these hormones. If you are having problems with acne, just remember that usually things that are supposed to clear acne will break you out for about 2 months before it starts clearing you up. It's your body's response to the drastic change going on inside. I would suggest seeing a dermatologist and using some topical gel (Differin).. it has helped mine a little bit. I don't think I'll change BC because I would rather my body just get used to one type and just stay on it....
good luck ladies! Just remember, don't get too frightened by all these postings because every woman's body is different so not everyone will experience the same side effects.

I am on my second week of taking Femcon and I am nauseous all day. It seems to get worse after I eat, and I have lost my appetite. My acid reflux has gotten 5x worse than it usually is. I was given free samples from my doctor for my PCOS, but I'm going back next week-I'd like to stop taking these and try something different! I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels like this. Thanks for the posts.

Wow, am I glad I came to this site! I've been reading these posts for almost an hour now and I feel relieved! I am on my second pack of Femcon and hopefully my last! I've had a lot of success with Low-ogestrel for several years but my gyn. gave me samples of this. In the time that I've been on this pill I've experience ALL of these side effects-- I've gained about 10 lbs. (IN ONE MONTH!) even as I've been dieting and exercising. The mood swings have been horrible-- I thought I was just losing it! I feel like crying all the time, even though my life is really good and I am normally a very happy person. I feel bloated constantly, it's really become unbearable. I look like I'm 6 months pregnant now. I feel uncomfortable in my own skin. I'm hungry but I feel too full to eat (if that makes sense!) and I'm just miserable in general! I know it takes time to get adjusted, but I'd just as soon go back to what was already working for me.

I started femcon 3 weeks ago and have already stopped. On my second week, my boobs became extremely tender and enlarged comparable to when I was pregnant. On the third week, I broke out with severe acne, and I have never had more than two pimples on my face at a time. Also,on the third week I started having bleeding. I have never had this much trouble with a BCP in my life. I have already stopped taking femcon and will be switching back next week!

This is my third month on femcon and i am switching its the worst pill i have been on. I was on ortho tri cyclen lo for years and no problems due to insurance i had to change. this pil keeps my legs and ankle swollen it makes me look like i have elephant feet. I having my menstrual cycle now and im not starting the next pack im going to find a way to pay for my ortho tri cyclen lo. I also went up two bra sizes and they hurt.

I wish I had found this site before taking my first dose of Femcon. I had been on Loestrin, and then Loestrin 24 for years. The only side effect was a severe migraine 10 out of 12 months of the year. All of my friends that take BC recommended YAZ-what a nightmare!!! I bled every other week and was miserable.

Went back to the doctor, who prescribed Femcon. Until I read this site, I thought I was losing my mind. In three weeks, I've put on about 5 lbs. that i can't explain-no change in eating or exercise. Although a bigger chest is nice, tight jeans and pants and severe bloating are awful. I can't wait to be done with the pack-any recommendations for low dose pills without these awful side effects?????

Ugh. I'm so glad I found this list and that everyone has been so candid!!! I am in my 2nd pack of Femcon and the symptoms are only getting worse. Toward the end of the first week I began spotting and did so on and off for 2 weeks. When I took the brown pills, I had my classic day-later start of a true period, as I have done with the Ortho versions I used to be on. Naturally, the period was very light--actually it never did go to red, only icky brown for a whole week. Then I started the first 2 pills of the 2nd pack before seeing my doctor for the pre-op appointment before my Esure procedure. (He put me on this pill when I told him that I didn't trust condoms alone in the 3 month waiting period while the procedure takes--I don't trust the Divine Sense of Humor this close to finally being sterile.) He told me to stop taking them for 5 days while they put me on something else that would thin out my lining so they could better see the entrances to my tubes, then continue them like I had never stopped. Great. I did that and the procedure has healed nicely. I went back on the pills--much to my dismay. I'm back to all-month-long PMS, tender breasts and spotting. I have been baffled and attributing the constant headaches, cycles of insomnia & exhaustion, lack of motivation, depression, acne breakouts, weight gain, dehydration even though I'm guzzling water, bloating, mood swings, and decreased sex drive to the stresses of everything BUT this pill, because I have never had this problem before. In fact, previous ones helped alleviate mood swings, cramping, irregular and heavy periods, acne, and bloating, but I've been experiencing the opposite for nearly 2 months now. The other day, in addition to the cramps and spotting, I started having major stabbing pains in my lower abdomen--where the Esure could be possibly causing pain--except that they didn't do it on that side because my fallopian tube is blocked naturally. My breasts have been getting more and more sore, and tonight they hurt terribly without touching anything except clothing! The cramps are continual, as are the headaches, and I wake up with my hands completely numb. I haven't been able to get to sleep well for weeks (it is 3:05 a.m. now) and I'm dragging all day. Trying to wake up from a nap is like waking from the dead, and then I'm disoriented and out of it. I'm having dizzy spells too. I can't focus and every little thing sets me off--my poor friends and boyfriend! I'm up and down like a toilet seat!! I don't know if the sore throat I've had for the past couple days has anything to do with this, but I don't feel sick. Could be allergies...??? The last couple days I've had diarrhea and an upset stomach, and with how quickly the breast tenderness level rose to horrible, my insomnia and anxiety rose to an all-time high as I feared I was pregnant. So I bounded out of bed to start looking up pregnancy side-effects, only to see that many of them could be caused by birth control--particularly this birth control--and hence I found this list. THANKFULLY! Grrrrrrrr. Needless to say, I'll be making a phone call to my doc tomorrow. Thanks again for sharing your experiences. I hope mine helps others!

Thank God I found this website!!! I am completly at my wits ends and now I realize it's the damn pill!!! 3 months ago I came off using Nuvaring because I'd only used it for 2 months when I started bleeding and never stopped! Nuvaring was great for not having to take a pill every day, but it did something else to me that was worse. So the doctor suggested FEMCON FE. I continued to bleed for 2 months and was told to give it a full 4 months at least for my body to adjust. As I sit here crying and typing this to you all, it is an effect of Femconfe, I want to say "DON'T TAKE THIS MESS!" I will stop taking it today in my 2nd week of my 3rd pack of pills.
My symptoms are as follows:
My breast are killing me and I was already a DD!
I've gained 8 lbs after losing 20 previously!
I've have headaches constantly
I have cramping lightly, but daily
My anxiety is through the roof!
I am always depressed!
I've nausea to the point of vomiting a couple of times.
I have no sex drive.
and the worst of all, I have such severe dizziness, I can't function, much less focus!!! I'm a freaking' mess with this stuff!! I guess birth control isn't for me but this is by far the worst in my entire life and I'm 38 yrs of age!

To top all of this off, I read another ladies posting about having a touch of food poisoning and OMG!!!, I went through the same thing and wonder if it had to do with femcon as well. It was approx 3 weeks into taking my pills.
I had diarrhea for an entire week! I thought I'd die from dehydration! I'm actually hoping this was just a stomach virus. Who knows, but it just struck me odd that someone else experienced this as well.
Don't use Femcon ladies, and good luck with finding something that works well with your body.

Blessings.

I was on Alesse for about 10 months, which was great, I had no problems with it, but I wasn't having a period. I wanted to have one for reassurance, so my doctor switched me to Desogen. The Desogen was fine for about 10 months, then I started with breakthrough bleeding. So, the doctor is trying me on Femcon for a few months. The first month was okay, but I've noticed I've been more edgy. It's gotten worse and worse with the second month, and now I've been experiencing major anxiety. I'll just sit at my desk at work and my chest feels tight all day. Also, I was dieting and that has come to a complete halt and I've gained back 5 pounds. I think when I'm done with this pack I'm going back on the Desogen and will see what happens.

My experience with Femcon has not been good. I feel so sick and tired. And depressed as well. I'm taking these pills to regulate my period because from time to time they are really long and extremely heavy. And my sex drive is gone as well. I am glad to find this website. Thank You

I have been on Femcon since April and I have not had a period since taking the pill. I have had several pregnancy tests done, all coming back negative. No relief coming from my obgyn either. I was told to come back in another 2 months if i still don't start a cycle. Has anyone else lost or missed periods due to this pill? I just had a baby in January, but up until i took this pill, my periods were fine, even on the days i used to have them before getting pregnant? Any tips, or ideas?? I have also been throwing up and having sharp, not sore but, sharp stabbing pains in my left breast...which i told my doc about only to hear that it was related to not having a period!?!?!?!?!?! Help!!!

I have been on Femcon for about 9 months. I get my period a week early, which is very annoying (why be on the pill if you can't predict when you will get your period??). I also have had absolutely no sex drive. I have tried to blame other factors for this, but I really think it is related to this pill. I will stop using this pill and see if life goes back to normal! I can see why it prevents pregnancy! If women would rather have a root canal then sex, they sure aren't going to risk getting pregnant! Also, I also had an attack of what I thought was food poisoning. It was more likely a gallstone issue. I see a doctor this week about that. Thanks, Femcon...

My doctor just put me on this pill I haven't been on BC in 3 years but I have had my period since March and it's now June he thinks this will regulate my body so I will go back to normal. I have only been taking this since Tuesday it's now Sunday and last night I thought I was going to die. I couldn't sleep because I was soooo dizzy ever time I moved the whole room would spin. It's not as bad since I have been awake today but it's still there and I don't know if I should even take it today or not. Is anyone else dealing with this or is it just me?

Thank God, I found this site.

I have only been four days into Femcon and I have never been so miserable in my life. I haven't been able to sleep at night for days, the stomach pains have been excruciating and my period is heavier than ever...and this was supposed to slow to down!!!

To anyone who is thinking of taking this pill, read the experiences that I and others have had with it. Because of it, I haven't been able to function in my life and I am behind in everything. I'd recommend other pills besides this one and Loestrin. Yasmin, when I was taking it, was really good.