I have the Mirena now, but I was on the patch before this and I didn’t have any bad side effects (obviously everyone reacts differently though). The main thing I noticed was that for the first month or so of using it the spot I placed it on was a little tender, but that went away fairly quickly. Switching up where you place it each patch change day can help with this, I alternated between my right arm and left arm. I only switched off it because I was losing health insurance and wanted an option I wouldn’t need to pay for every month.
Before the patch, I was on Ortho Tri Cyclen (Tri Phasic pill that's also prescribed commonly to treat acne) before the patch and it made my skin seriously perfect, but increased my appetite soooo much and gave me really frequent awful panic attacks, which I had no previous history of. And for whatever reason I would be superrrr moody and sad on week 2 of my active pills. So I switched to the patch, and I didn’t really have any side effects. I haven't had a single panic attack since being off Ortho Tri Cyclen. My skin went back to how it was before I was ever on birth control, so the occasional pimple. But I never had a problem with severe acne or anything on the patch.
Things I liked about the patch:
•easy to skip break weeks because it's Monophasic
•don't have to worry about vomiting or diarrhea (since the patch is absorbed through the skin, not the stomach).
•no more panic attacks (yay!)
•moodiness gone
Things I don't like:
•can't put lotion on near patch at all
•sometimes gets itchy
•sometimes gets lint around the edge (but easy to clean in the shower)
•visible depending on what I wear and where it's placed
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