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

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 8, 2022

For Birth Control "I got on this almost a year ago. After reading the reviews, I was, by God, terrified, but I had a pretty good experience on it. I did gain a little bit of weight (5 lbs. maybe), but as for mood swings and acne, I did not experience much (other than the occasional). After a year or so, I have started seeing breakthrough bleeding again (the main reason why I have to switch again), but I would definitely give this pill a chance!"

• Lee...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 27, 2021

For Birth Control "I have been on this birth control since September of 2016. There were a few months in that time frame where I stopped, but mainly have been on it consistently. I’ve always been more on the emotional side, but over the past almost five years I’ve noticed it increase dramatically. I thought it was due to the relationship I was in and my state of mental health. But here I am, many months single, and things have been going great in life, yet I’m still sluggish, emotional, and extremely irritable. The times where I was off the pill I noticed I wasn’t as quick to get angry and I wasn’t so emotional all the time. I loved not having a period on the pill and how I never got pregnant, but that was all. It caused constant acne and has had me on an emotional rollercoaster. I have decided to stop taking it and not get on anything else for a while. Everyone’s experience clearly is different, but I recommend changing or stopping birth control the moment you feel off."

• Zrr...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 29, 2023

For Birth Control "I got on this birth control because Nexplanon was giving me too many issues. Ever since starting it, my acne has been awful. I’m talking like 10 new pimples a day. I’m tired constantly and can sleep for 16 hours and still not be able to get up. My breasts are huge and in excruciating pain. I didn’t bleed the second month I was on this pill but still had the most awful cramps, I thought my cramps on Nexplanon were at a 10 pain level, but I was wrong. I get nauseous, and if I go over 2 hours without eating, I feel like I’m starving. I’m so weak and nearly passing out during workouts. At night, my legs tingle and hurt and go numb. I’m having the darkest thoughts I’ve ever had, and I’m far out of puberty. I’m scared of things I may do and the way I feel if it gets worse. I cry upwards of 5 times an average day. I keep having trouble sleeping despite the extreme exhaustion. I’m going to the doctor today to see what can be done."

• 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."

• jay...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 29, 2018

For Birth Control "Am I pregnant? No. Do I hate my body? Yes. I haven't stopped taking this birth control yet, but boy, I am ready to stop. I'm solely taking it until I can get an appointment with my doctor and switch to something else and am trying not to get pregnant in the meantime. I went on Junel, and in the beginning, it seemed fine, but I got acne out the wazoo in my jaw area and started getting cystic acne around my face that hurt. I gained probably 5 to 10 pounds as well, and my nausea was so unbelievably horrendous that I had to resort to leftover Zofran I had from a prior stomach flu. I went off of it for a couple of months and tried Sprintec, but I had a full-on period in the middle of the pack and bled so much it was unreal, so I went back on Junel in an effort to get that under control and have needed to switch to something new ever since. This was the first birth control I've been on, so I know I still need some trial and error, and I'll be looking into something new."

• jay...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 29, 2018

For Birth Control "Am I pregnant? No. Do I hate my body? Yes. I haven't stopped taking this birth control yet, but boy, I am ready to stop. I'm solely taking it until I can get an appointment with my doctor and switch to something else and am trying not to get pregnant in the meantime. I went on Junel, and in the beginning, it seemed fine, but I got acne out the wazoo in my jaw area and started getting cystic acne around my face that hurt. I gained probably 5 to 10 pounds as well, and my nausea was so unbelievably horrendous that I had to resort to leftover Zofran I had from a prior stomach flu. I went off of it for a couple of months and tried Sprintec, but I had a full-on period in the middle of the pack and bled so much it was unreal, so I went back on Junel in an effort to get that under control and have needed to switch to something new ever since. This was the first birth control I've been on, so I know I still need some trial and error, and I'll be looking into something new."

• 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."