Junel Fe 1.5/30 and Mood Swings: What Users Say (Page 2)

• ell...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 7, 2022

For Birth Control "I took Junel Fe 1.5/30 for about 9 months. I originally was on Junel Fe 1/20 but experienced some breakthrough bleeding months in, so I switched to a higher dose. Everyone is different, and everyone’s body is different, however, this pill did not work for me. I have a history of anxiety and depression, and this pill made me insane. I cried so easily, I was so easily aggravated. I felt like I could never be happy, and nothing could make me happy. Like the smallest things bothered me. Probably the worst mood swings I have ever experienced, and my doctor convinced me that it was normal. But after 9 months, I had had enough. I switched to another brand and feel so much better and so much more like myself. I never experienced any nausea or other symptoms. My skin was pretty decent on this pill too, however, I care most about how I feel mentally. Also, I had been on birth control before this, so I’m not sure if that affects it either."

• CKC...
• January 7, 2018

For Birth Control "I am 27, healthy, and have been on birth control since I was 15. I had to switch off my old birth control as they don’t offer it anymore. The first month I took this, I had severe night sweats for two weeks. My period was beyond heavy and lasted 12 days. I am on my third month and have had recurring yeast infections since being on this. It is honestly awful. My uterine lining has also thinned out drastically that when I have sex, it is always pink after. And I am an emotional person, but I swear my emotions are even more out of whack using this. I cry all the time. I am not using this anymore."

• Jes...
• January 21, 2018

For Birth Control "I am 18, and this is the first birth control I went on because I had a very large ovarian cyst (at the point where I need surgery). I HATE this pill. I have struggled with acne, nothing too bad, but I still always have acne. Only after 4 days, the acne on my face got terrible, it was all over my face. Not only on my face, but then I started to get back acne (which I had never had before), that isn't even the worst part. I got acne all over my boobs, like huge pimples everywhere, it was just so gross. My mood swings were terrible. I would get too mad so easily, and once I got mad, I always just started to cry. After a week on this pill, I started to get really bad hip pain, and Advil wasn't helping much. For me, this pill was absolutely terrible."

• Anonymous
• July 30, 2017

For Birth Control "I do not recommend this birth control. I am a healthy 20-year-old with no previous medical history. A month into taking this new birth control (I changed doctors, and she changed me from Ortho Tri-Cyclen because she doesn't like it), so I decided to give it a try. Within the first 2 weeks, my face started breaking out badly, mood changes, appetite change (constantly hungry), feet started swelling, and then chest heaviness and palpitations along with shortness of breath. Needless to say, I stopped taking it, and now I feel fine. Do your research before starting a new pill."

• Anonymous
• January 20, 2021

For Birth Control "I started taking this birth control because I was bleeding when I was not supposed to be. I was on Junel Fe before switching to a higher dose of estrogen. At first, I loved it, never had any issues. Period was regular and overall was good for me in the beginning. I have just hit a year of being on Junel Fe 1.5/30, and the past few months I had noticed when I start my new packs of birth control after my period week, I am an emotional wreck. The tiniest thing would set me off and I would be in tears, and then 10 mins later I wouldn’t even understand why I was crying. Also, it would make my mood swings intense getting back on it from my period week. I also feel as if my sex drive has decreased, could just be the time of the month, but who knows. I personally think it is too much estrogen being put into my body once I start a new pack, and then when I start my period, I am like going cold turkey with no estrogen besides what is already inside my body."

• Anonymous
• January 20, 2021

For Birth Control "I started taking this birth control because I was bleeding when I was not supposed to be. I was on Junel Fe before switching to a higher dose of estrogen. At first, I loved it, never had any issues. Period was regular and overall was good for me in the beginning. I have just hit a year of being on Junel Fe 1.5/30, and the past few months I had noticed when I start my new packs of birth control after my period week, I am an emotional wreck. The tiniest thing would set me off and I would be in tears, and then 10 mins later I wouldn’t even understand why I was crying. Also, it would make my mood swings intense getting back on it from my period week. I also feel as if my sex drive has decreased, could just be the time of the month, but who knows. I personally think it is too much estrogen being put into my body once I start a new pack, and then when I start my period, I am like going cold turkey with no estrogen besides what is already inside my body."

• jmm...
• March 26, 2017

For Birth Control "I had a terrible experience on this - I was on a similar generic pill, and my insurance/pharmacy sent this instead. Within days of being on it, I had headaches, nausea, mood swings. I also have not been able to sleep through the night in the last few weeks. I have thrown up about 6 times in the 3 weeks I started the pills, and my boyfriend thinks I am insane from all the mood swings. I am switching back to the other generic pill - which I realize you shouldn't be able to tell a difference, but for some reason...I can. What a nightmare."

• bri...
• January 23, 2017

For Acne "I hated Junel Fe 1.5/30. Horrible chin acne and oily skin, and even worse mood swings. My sex drive stayed normal, and I still had a desire to have sex, but the pill is not worth it for how depressed it made me."