I am 18 years old and have been on Loestrin 24 fe for over a year...

Yeah I go through the same type of weird periods. I have been on Loestrin 24 for about five months now and I have been experiencing bad heart palpitations in the last month. I feel like my heart is jumping out of my chest. I am stopping this medication as soon as this pack is over. I'm afraid if I stop now that my hormones will go out of control. Did you experience any heart palps or problems? I'm only 32years old and have never had this before. This is the first BC I've ever taken. I'm calling my doctor tomorrow about this, but it seems like they could care less - all they'll do is put me on something else...

This is the first BC I've ever taken (I'm 41 and on it for perimenopausal symptoms). This is my 5th month. The first month, no period... I loved it. Second month, breakthrough bleeding on and off for over a week. Then period came on Placebo Pills but it wasn't 3 days as stated, it was about 6. Third month, breakthrough bleeding. Called Dr, told it was normal and to wait for my body to adjust. Period came on Placebo Pills as expected but again... not a 3 day period as advertised. More so about 6 days. Fourth month, was moving across country... stressed out like you can't imagine. Plus, my period was so heavy. The one day I was changing a super tampon every hour. And again, period lasted alot longer than 3 days. In addtion, there were a few days were I was late taking the pill, the one day I was about 4 hours late... moving was chaotic. Now, here I am in 5th month. Period dragged for close to two weeks and then two weeks later... got period again. I'm still bleeding, heavy clotting, the whole nine yards and yet my Placebo Pills don't start until NEXT Thursday. I am disgusted and frustrated. I don't know whether taking it late threw my body off or what? I don't know whether this is the right pill for me. I don't know what to do right now. In addition, I never realized until reading your posts that the heart palpitations I was experiencing is probably from these pills. And I have the same experience at my dr... I'm treated like I'm psycho, instead of being taken seriously. Don't know what to do right now....