01/05/2020

Desogestrel

Progesterone only / Mini pill

 2/5

About the reviewer

Age

26-30

Time used

1 - 3 months

Had children

Yes

Height

5'5"/165cm

Weight

50kg - 55kg / 7st 12lb - 8st 9lb

Currently using

No I've stopped using it

Experience

Started taking this pill as all the previous ones made me crazy and angry. As always hoped this would be the one for me. On the day when started yelling at my kid for no apparent reason, understood that it’s happening again – I’m getting mad angry and can’t control the rage that takes over me. Felt depressed, anxious, disturbed sleep, sad and unhappy. Can’t remember how it feels to be ok. No sec drive for the last 2 weeks whatsoever. It’s been 2 days since I’m not taking it and I feel my sex drive creeping back bit by bit..

Impact whilst taking

Mood

Very negatively

Weight

I gained weight

Periods

Spotting / light bleeding between periods

Sex drive

Loss of sex drive

Side effects whilst taking

Dizziness

Headaches

Issues wearing contact lenses

Spots or acne

Increased body hair

Enlarged breasts

Increased sweating

Tender breasts

Cystitus

Thrush

Vaginal discharge

Vaginal dryness

Impact after using

Mood

Very positively

Weight

I don’t know / can’t tell

Periods

I don’t know/can’t tell

Sex drive

Increased sex drive

No effects

Better skin

Tender breasts

No effects

Experience after taking

Sex drive coming back, anger is gone, feel better already.

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Desogestrel

Progesterone only / Mini pill

About the reviewer

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Impact whilst taking

Side effects whilst taking

Impact after using

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