Femcon FE and exact time

I've been on Femcon for about 6 months and next month I will finally be off it. The first 2 months, I was constantly lethargic, depressed, nauseous, but I gave it a go since my doctor told me it would take a couple of months before the medication can do its thing. Around the 3-4 month period I thought I started getting used to it, but I couldn't lose weight even though I go to the gym 5 days a week. Then around the 5-6 month period, I started breaking out badly around my chin & cheek area. I've never had breakouts this bad. I thought it was because of my dog since he slept on my bed, but even after removing him from the sleeping area into another room, the breakouts continued and eventually got worse. I use topical acne medication that help but cannot stop the breakouts. It has been very frustrating. I've also experienced in between bleeding if I do not take the pill at the same exact time everyday, which never happened when I was on Ortho TriCyclen. I cannot wait to get off this medication!

I've been taking this pill for 6 months. In the beginning it was okay. I had break thru bleeding for a couple days but it would go away. If I missed the exact time to take the pill my period would come on early and I would spot for almost 2 weeks! I decided to look up reviews for this pill online and discovered this site. I never had mood swings and couldn't put my finger on why all of the sudden I became moody. After reading I am convinced that it is this pill making me moody. My poor boyfriend has been catching it for months. Going back to Ovcon

I have been on BC for about 4 years and was last on Ortho. So when I told my GYN I wanted to be back on BC, she said that FEMCON FE was just like Ortho and to take it the exact time everyday. I found it strange that she told me that I had to take it the same time everyday; something I did not have to do on Ortho. So after taking it the first week and still experiencing bloating and other side effects I thought nothing about it. However, when I took my pill later than scheduled two days in a row, I started bleeding. In addition to the bleeding I developed other side effects...same as mentioned by others. After various comments from co-workers about my complaints that were very similar to pregnancy symptoms, I became very concerned and decided to research this pill. After finding this site, I immediately stopped taking the pill. It's been close to 3 weeks now since stopping and I've seen a world of difference. I am done with BC pills, condoms will just have to do. I already suffer from migraines so that is the only debilitating, uncontrollable issue that I am willing to deal with right now.

I am also convinced that GYN's are making their pockets fat by pushing this BC with their patients...a theory that does not sit well with me, because I had a lot of respect for my GYN before she prescribed this packet of side effects to me.