#lutera

Ok so. Before I started taking this birth control I researched the hell out of it, and of course all I saw were bad reviews which naturally scared me shitless. Thus I'm going to share my experience after completing my first month. Lutera is literally not bad at all. My first period on Lutera was slightly heavier with more cramps. I felt a little bit of nausea in the hours after taking it for the first week or so (which may also have simply been period-induced). I've been lightly spotting and cramping all month, barely noticeable. Maybe my appetite has decreased? Maybe my hair is shedding at a slightly higher rate? Maybe I'm just hyper alert to those things because I read they might happen? I've had no mood changes, no acne break outs, no uncontrollable hunger, no boob pains, no decrease in sex drive, no problems wearing contacts (because I guess that's a thing?), and most importantly, no baby. For sure as of today. Everyone is different, of course. And maybe my experience is less common. But if you're like me searching the Lutera tags the week before you start on it, take comfort in what I just said. It's a low dose of hormones. You've probably been prescribed it because you're super awesome and your body naturally functions perfectly on its own. It's probably not going to fuck you up as much as some of the other reviews say. And even so, the side effects are only supposed to stick around for the first three months till your body decides it's ok with you altering what your brain tells it to do.

Several months ago I got my birth control prescription changed to Mylan, and I didn't notice but it murdered my appetite. Ii got to the point where I was only eating one meal, or one snack, if that, a day. I didn’t realized what had caused this drop in my appetite until I got my prescription switched back to Lutera and now I am eating everything in sight. I have to say that eating everything in sight is so much better.