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I am 18 years old and have been taking Loestrin 24 for about 7 mo...

Posted at 5:52 PM on Jul 14, 2008 by erinsarah, #32364
I am 18 years old and have been taking Loestrin 24 for about 7 months now. I started taking the pill because I was sexually active and was having extremely long and painful periods. The first few months of the pill were fine, I had some minor bloating. However, I was happy with the pill for the most part. The little acne I had cleared up and my periods were almost non-existent (12 hours of a light brown spotting at most). Now, for the past three months I have been struggling with depression and anxiety. I could not figure out what was happening to me because I had never had emotional problems like this before. Given, I am prone to depression (both my mother and father have been diagnosed). Nevertheless, I am starting to wonder if the hormones in Loestrin 24 have triggered my depression symptoms and made them worse since they were NEVER a problem until I went on this pill. Previously, I was on Ortho Tricyclen Lo and did not have any emotional side effects whatsoever. Also, I am pretty much fed up with this pill after today. A few days ago, I suddenly began having chest pains and a numbness/tingling on my left side (arms, legs, face). Feeling nervous, I went to the doctor today. They gave me an EKG which was normal (thank goodness). However, they have ordered me an MRI for tomorrow to see if I have suffered from a stroke! My doctor said that he thinks that then numbness pain is more likely caused my depression/anxiety. Depression and anxiety that I think were caused by this pill. I can't stand these pills and I refuse to finish this pack. Enough is enough already! Has anybody else suffered symptoms similar to these and if so, what was your outcome?
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Reply about 1 year ago on Nov 17, 2008 by equitygal, #14590

I had something EXTREMELY similiar when I was on Loestrin 24. I was on it for about 4 months and during those 4 months I had numbness in my left arm, the anxiety and I even had these dizzy spells where it felt like someone knocked me in the back of the head and threw off my equilibrium for a little while. I didn't at first put two and two together so I went to the doctor who told me to go to the emeregency room. After an EKG, MRI, MRA, cat scan, blood tests blah blah blah they found NOTHING. They also tested me to see if I suffered a T.I. (a minor stroke) I stopped taking the pill because I realised that the dizzy spells werent so strong when I wasn't taking the pills during my period. GET OFF THIS PILL!! I went on Ortho trycyclen Lo after and only a few side effects came along with that. Ive been on it for a little over two years and am happy with it. Good luck to you!

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