http://www.medications.com/se/Desogen Recent side effects for Desogen Mon, 05 May 2008 14:01:24 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30204 Was fine for the first two months...a little spotting/some breakthrough bleeding, but nothing really awful. About three months in, I began experiencing terrible anxiety with such terrible panic attacks that I was pretty incapacitated as a mother (my poor http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30204 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:55:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29751 I've been on Desogen for 9 months. Since then I've had so much stress and anxiety. I thought this was due to a major life change, but after reading this I'm sure it's from the Desogen. There's days I won't even get out of bed, and when I'll cry and scream http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29751 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:08:06 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29566 I had posted this question a few days ago about Desogen.....or birth control pills in general. I wanted to know if there was some association with birth control pills and cholesterol. I reciently had a cholesterol test done and one done eight months ago http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29566 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:23:59 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28243 I HATE desogen. It's the pill sent directly from the devil himself. I have never felt so lazy, tired, sick, bloated, gassy, disgusting, in my entire life. I have only been on it for not even a full month yet, and I am ready to kill someone. I don't want to http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28243 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:33:53 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27749 For five years, I did fine with Apri until drugstore.com stopped carrying it and started sending me Reclipsen (another generic Desogen). Now I'm getting nausea, PMS and hot flashes. At first I thought the change was because I'm getting closer to forty, b http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27749 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:16:41 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27466 After reading all of these comments I no longer feel crazy. Since I've started Desogen in January, I've had mornings where I wanted to roll from my bed right through the window. I've felt suicidal for no real reason. I would wake up thinking, "I can't do t http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27466 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:21:35 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26784 I have been on Desogen now for about 8 months. At first I started noticing that I would get terrible PMS which I had never experienced before with any other pill and I have used Yasmin, Alesse, and Orthotrycyclene. My side effects seem to change each m http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26784 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:25:44 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26156 brown discharge, very moody, spotting, http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26156 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:39:02 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25013 I also am rare and love this form of birth control. It reduced my anxiety giving me a more stabilized feel, no depression, took away cramps and pms cravings and symptoms (which I had a spectrum of) all my acne is GONE, and I've gained maybe just a few poun http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25013 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:11:43 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24963 I thought desongen and apri were the same? I got switched from desongen to apri 3 weeks ago and I feel horrible http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24963 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:09:27 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24962 I just got switched from desongen which I had been on for over a year to Apri and was told they are the same that one is the generic of the other,. I had never had any noticeable effects from desogen, my sex drive was down but definitely existent. But I fo http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24962 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:24:46 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24183 I have been on Apri since July 07' and the first 2 months were terrible. I have never had such bad mood swings in my life, I would cry if someone looked at me wrong, and the urge to scream at people is crazy, I have a 7 year old daughter and a 10 year old http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24183 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:13:25 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23935 I started taking Apri in March of this year...at first everything was pretty much okay...this was the first pill i had been on so wasnt quite sure what to expect. Although, it was only a short while until i started having bad mood swings, i started feeling http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23935 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:07:50 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23867 Dear reader I write this as a warning and as a way to seek help. I was put on Desogen when I was 23 years old. I was on this drug to control my periods. I suffered all of the side-effects. During my first year on this pill I fractured my foot. Why ment http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23867 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:04:35 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23657 I have previously been taking Desogne since 1991. It was a mracle worker for me. I suffer from endometriosis, and it took a while to find Desogen. I had no weight gain on Desogen, my cystic acne evened out and so did my anxiety attacks and mood swings in g http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23657 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:54:27 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23556 I just missed two days of apri due to some prescription issues, but when I went on it again I woke up the next day with nausea and dizziness. Could this be a related side effect? http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23556 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:56:09 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23179 I went on Apri almost a year ago and had no weight gain, no breakthrough bleeding, virtually no side effects until this summer. I started having anxiety and panic attacks during my spring semester (I'm now a senior in college) and although I usually deal w http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23179 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:29:07 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22515 I have been on Desogen for 6 years, within the past 4 months i was switched to Apri. I just now realized that maybe all of these emotional problems i have been having are from this pill. i was somewhat depressed in highschool when i started taking it. s http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22515 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:27:18 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21373 i have been apri for 2 months and i hated. i have mood swings. my periods 10 times worse. i feel lazy since i have been on the pill. i have gained like 7 pounds in 2 months that really suck. i am more hungry. i feel so depressed all the time. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21373 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:36:50 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21356 I just went on the pill and I started my 3rd week a day early because I lost a pill. So far I have noticed that I want food more, I feel bloated, and I have to keep running to the bathroom. It feels like I am always full with liquid. I am scared after read http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21356 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:04:24 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21355 I just started on Desogen about 2 weeks ago. I already lost 1 pill but I am keeping on taking it. I noticed that I am eating a more, or it seems like it because I am eating 3 times a day instead of 2. My pains feel increased in some places of my body, and http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21355 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:03:40 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20647 I have had many symptons lateley I can't explain so I have begun to start research on the internet. It appears after reading the many posts that it is DESOGEN, I will be exploring different options. I now now why my HAIR IS FALLING OUT, NO SEX DRIVE, MOOD http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20647 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:21:23 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20633 Reading through these postings, I am surprised that so many women out there have had negative experiences with Desogen. I have had an extremely positive experience with Solia (the generic). It got rid of my preexisting, extremely painful premenstrual cra http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20633 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:16:43 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20368 It was fine for first 4-5 months. Then the sex drive went downhill until there was nothing left. I stopped the pill for last two months and the sex drive hasent returned. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20368 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:03:39 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20275 I have been on Desogen/Apri for years and have had zero problems with it and appreciate the short, light periods. But lately I have wondered if my sex drive (or lack thereof) could be a side effect of the pill. Found this site and am relieved to see it cou http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20275 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:29 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20198 I have been taking Desogen for about 2 months now and I know there has got to be an easier way for my body to ajust to a pill. I am constantly hungry (even after I had just stuffed my face), tired, spotting, acne, bitchy, & I have constant headache's. I fe http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20198 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:07:57 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19771 I took Desogen for two months, and my cramps during my period were worse than they ever were without the pill. I was doubled over in pain quite a few times. Also, I ended up being on my period for almost the entire two months I was on it. So, I had to deal http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19771 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:18:19 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19401 Also increased yeast infections every time I take an antibiotic even if I eat yogurt and take extra acidophilus. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19401 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:14:54 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19399 I have been on Solia, a generic for Desogen for about a year and a half. I just finished up my last pack and am never taking it again. It is horrible. Weight gain, extremely moody, irritable, depression, nothing positive on this pill other than it kept me http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19399 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:40:00 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19388 Previously on Desogen for 6 months. Good news and bad news. For 2 weeks out of a month I would be up and down with mood swings. Very terrible in which I would become irritable over the slightest things and have huge crying spells. No sex drive until after http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19388 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:49:23 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18893 I am so glad I found this site. I just go finished crying about my lack of sex drive with my BF. He is very dissapointed and I tyring to ensure him that it is this darn Apri. I have been on the pill for a little less than a year. I have NO sexdrive what http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18893 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:53:56 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18799 I was on Apri for 3 months. I suffered horrible mood swings, weight gain, and a total lack of sex drive. I thought I was going crazy until I stopped taking that pill and saw this website. I am now taking Jasmine. It is French, but there is an equivalen http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18799 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:20:51 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18787 I started Apri on the first day of my period. I had a regular 7 day period but am now starting my 3rd week and have been bleeding every single day. The nurse calls that breakthrough bleeding..an unfortunate side effect of starting the pill, huh? Everyda http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18787 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:12:41 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18717 I have decided to stop taking Desogen starting today because I am so sick of having absolutely no sex drive.. and now that I think about it, my appetite has definitely increased! That's not good for somebody who has had gastric bypass surgery 3 years ago! http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18717 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:14:18 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18275 I just got married a few weeks ago and I didn't want to have sex with my husband on our wedding night!! I did for him, but I had no interest whatsoever. I couldn't understand why until I came to this site. I came here because last night was the final st http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18275 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:51:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/17213 I have been on desogen for about 3 days now and the only side effect i have seen is the nausea and i am bleeding alot more. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/17213 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:46:16 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/17109 I have been taking Apri (generic) for 2 months now. I will not be taking it anymore, as it has caused me to have trouble sleeping, anxiety, and severe mood changes. I have also noticed a lot of bloating around menstruation, enough that my clothes won't f http://www.medications.com/effect/view/17109 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:38:04 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16994 I started my daughter on Apri in May of 2004 to help extreme period cramps & cysts building up and causing pain. During that time she developed severe headaches, gained 20-25 lbs weight, awful mood swings, depression. Hair loss, not much help with acne http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16994 Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:57:59 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16767 I have been taking Apri for 11 months. I have had so many side effects I thought there was something seriously wrong. My major concern was major hair loss, I felt like I have PMS all of the time, extreme bouts of anger, swollen hands, jittery eyes, skin http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16767 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:52:51 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16641 I'm so depressed on Desogen. Moody, angry, feelings of doom, and no energy. I also have weird freckling/darkening of my face, which I'm told is called "melasma". Fabulous, I not only feel bad; I look bad too. Can't wait to ditch this evil pill. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16641 Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:40:02 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16222 I have been on apri for less than 2 weeks for pcos and I am cramping bad and its not even time for me to start. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16222 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:51:07 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14719 glad someone else experienced abdominal cramps with desogen--I thought I was going crazy! I've also experienced nausea. Do these side effects subside? http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14719 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:26:52 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14284 I have been on Desogen for 6 months now, and I love it. I'm on it because I normally have really bad cramps, but on this pill, they are like 10 times better. Also, every month I'm on Desogen, my period has been getting shorter, which is great. I haven't http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14284 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:31:42 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14165 I've been taking Apri for about 3 weeks now. I previously took Yasmin, which was great. Unfortunatly I've had terrible side effects with Apri. I've gained about 5 lbs, even my feet and hands are swollen, I'm irritable, I've had anxiety, depression and my m http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14165 Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:42:10 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14145 I've been taking Desogen for 8 months. I don't like it. The major side-effect I've had with this medicine is severe constipation and abdominal cramps. Usually the week before my period is the WORST! I've been stuck in the bathroom for 2 hours at a time. No http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14145 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:00:17 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12629 i have been on apri for about a year, everything is okay with it except i'm more moody and i have NOOO sex drive AT ALL. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12629 Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:26:33 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/11807 I've been on Apri for 3 months now and have been severely depressed the entire time. I cry over the slightest things. I thought it was just stress, but now that I see others have had this problem I'm going to stop taking this drug immediately so I can ge http://www.medications.com/effect/view/11807 Fri, 04 Nov 2005 04:18:55 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/11534 terrible insomnia http://www.medications.com/effect/view/11534 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:15:02 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10293 I have been taken apri for about a week now. I started it the day I got my period because that is how I use to start desogen and I havent been on the pill for about 2yrs but I have such bad cramps from apri, it feels like the cramps you get if you have you http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10293 Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:23:38 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9567 So moody...about 1 week before my period, I feel 100% depressed. I cry for no reason, my mood will change from happy to angry/sad at the drop of a hat. I've been on desogen for about a year and my boyfriend has said there has been a noticable difference http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9567