Portia and Cramps: What Users Say (Page 2)

• sam...
• March 29, 2012

For Birth Control "I have been on Portia for a year now, and this is my 7th brand of birth control pills. In the first couple of months I started Portia, I had crazy cystic acne, and not because of Portia, but this pill cleared my face to where my acne was nonexistent. I have always suffered with acne, and I have never felt better about myself. Well, now that I have been on this pill for a year, in the past month my cystic acne has come back FULL force. It's horrendous. I have no idea if it's the pill causing it or what because it actually cleared my face this whole time. On another note, I have always suffered with heavy periods and terrible cramps to the point of wanting to throw up from the pain. Now my periods are SUPER light, and I have little to no cramps."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 9, 2024

For Birth Control "I have been on this pill for the better part of 4 years, and I loved it most of the time. The first 6 months I started taking this pill, I had frequent spotting and irregular periods, but otherwise no other symptoms (that I can remember). After 6 months, I switched to SPRINTEC and absolutely hated it, as it made me bloated, made me gain 20 pounds, and gave me dry and painful periods. I decided to switch back to Portia after a couple of months and have been on it regularly for 3 years. Over the last 3 months, however, I started to get severe mood swings and depression the week of my period, and it got to the point that I had to switch it for the benefit of those around me (I would cry all the time and get easily annoyed with them). Other than the very recent mood swings, I loved this BC, and if the next BC doesn’t work, I will absolutely be coming back to Portia and deal with the mood swings."

• Med...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 1, 2015

"I had high hopes for this pill. I had tried Alesse, and it had made no difference to my very heavy periods, so I changed to Portia. The good side was that I didn't have any mood issues (which I seemed to have with Alesse), but the downside was it didn't help at all with my problem. My periods got heavier, lasting 10 days, with 3-4 days each time when I'd have to get up every 2 hours through the night. I also got really bad cramps and pain, and huge clots. Not pleasant. I did take it for 3 months straight when I had some events on, and had no problems, no spotting or anything. Shame it didn't do anything else to help! Have now switched to Minestrin, we'll see how that goes."

• Kay...
• March 14, 2018

For Birth Control "The only thing I can say positive about this birth control pill is that it kept me from getting pregnant. Even on days I had missed and doubled up I never had a pregnancy scare. The bunch of negatives. When I first started Portia my heart rate was high and I started noticing chest pain. My monthly flow was 4-5 days, and the flow got heavier. After being on it for a few months I started having cramps in my ovaries and intense periods with migraines that would last for the whole period. Moody, gained weight, felt bloated. I was always extremely wet down there all day, and during sex it was worse. I recently switched back to the depo and immediately those symptoms went away! In my opinion, it’s a good pregnancy preventive pill because I’ve gotten pregnant twice on other BC pills, but I feel this medicine was not compatible with my body at all!"

• Kim...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 14, 2017

For Birth Control "Had to switch to this from Levora that worked great. Even though Portia kept me from getting pregnant, I woke up every morning with cramps, nausea, and by week 3 I had purpura show up on my legs."

• Vic...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 21, 2016

For Birth Control "Awesome. Super short periods, no acne, no cramping. Been on for years. Highly recommend."

• Haz...
• February 17, 2016

For Birth Control "I've been on it for over a year, and it does work against pregnancy, but gives me overwhelming nausea every single day, and it doesn't go away. It also fixed my period, but gave me cramps."

• Gab...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 28, 2021

For Birth Control "I started this only a week ago and suddenly have huge cystic pimples, cramping, nausea, and bloating. I also have been so irritable. I do not recommend it at all."