ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORGESTIMATE; NORGESTIMATE; NORGESTIMATE)Average Rating: 2.8 (1491 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ORTHO TRI-CYCLE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | pregnancy prevention | weepy, irritable, increase in appetite, decrease in sex drive, very tired, unable to sleep due to anxiety | I have only been taking it for about a week and I am a TRAINWRECK!!! My hubby said that he would rather have another baby then for me to be a psycho b----. Possibly might try an IUD. | F | 29 | 4 days | 11/24/2009 | 1 | Endometriosis | Depression, anxiety, irritability, feeling awful all the time and not being able to do anything about it, no matter how much I wanted to | I would never recommend this to anyone. At first I was on Yaz for endometriosis and that made me really nauseous and irritable, so my gyn put me on OTC because it's such a lower dose, but after two months of taking it, I felt so bad that I didn't know what to do. At first I thought I was going crazy--I was anxious for no reason at all and couldn't deal with school. I'm really not an anxious person at all and this pill really made me feel like I was dying. I've stopped taking it. | F | 17 | 2 months | 11/24/2009 | 4 | oral contraceptive | lighter periods, some spotting, LESS depressed! | I have an hormonal imbalance that makes me very depressed throughout the month. Ortho leveled that out--on Ortho, I am less emotional and more rational. | F | 25 | 2 years | 11/21/2009 | 3 | ovarian cysts | mild heartburn, decreased appetite, a little tiredness (then again I work and have a 2 yr old to keep up with) | So far, so good. I'm always reluctant to taking any type of pills, especially bc but with OTC Lo it's been going pretty well except for the on and off mild heartburn, but nothing Pepto can't control. When I was a lot younger I took bc for the same reason--Yaz, Lo-Ovral--and those pills gave me an overall bloated feeling and made me gain weight. I'm loving the decreased appetite with OTC Lo :o) | F | 27 | 7 days | 11/20/2009 | 3 | birth control | headaches, mood swings, depression, an empty sad feeling, the first and second day of my period I'm either crying or I want to hurt someone... and has anyone had high blood pressure and yeast infections??? | My periods are lighter and almost no cramping | F | 28 | 2 years | 11/17/2009 | 2 | Pregnancy prevention | Intense daily heartburn, constant severe yeast infections | The heartburn was so bad I had to stop taking it. And the yeast infections were getting expensive to treat. | F | 21 | 1 years | 11/17/2009 | 3 | acne, control hormones | breast swelling & extreme tenderness, weight gain, (5 pounds or more), and total lack of desire for sex - i mean total. i had no clue it could be due to this fucking pill until talking to a girlfriend today and she told me it was a common side effect | it seems to be helping my acne, but i gotta say, is it worth it? i hate tricking my body like this, i dont think any of us should be on this actually. if you are trying to control pregnancies, just use a condom. its worked for me for years and years. | F | 30 | 30 days | 11/15/2009 | 3 | birth control | I'M SO TIREDDDDDDD.............. i want to go to sleep... ALL the time..... and i feel like i'm about to cry for absolutely no reason at all. The first week i took it i was extremely moody and iritable and got so mad over nothing and had extreme mood swings. The second week i was ok and didn't really have any problems, and now the third week i feel really depressed and all i want to do is mope around my room and sleep all day. It has also dried out my skin but for me that's a good thing because i usually have extremely oily skin. I also lose my appetite really quickly and have an extremely increased sex drive. | I haven't been on it for that long so I'm going to give it a little more time and see if it gets better because I heard it's supposed to, but if it doesn't I'm switching. | F | 18 | 3 weeks | 11/10/2009 | 3 | huge depression, breast were hurting me at the beginning | F | 25 | 1 months | 11/7/2009 | 3 | Birth Control | helps with acne (my skin is nearly perfect), drys out skin though...i normally have oily skin. vaginal dryness | I've been taking ortho tri cyclen lo for about two months now, and the biggest issue I've had is with my sidden inability to self-lubricate. Sex is horribly painful, and this has never been an issue before two months ago. I've had no other issues thus far other then i was on my period for two weeks during the first month, but that hasn't been the case this month. I'm considering switching because I took it so that i could have sex and not get pregnant, but now i'm not having sex! | F | 20 | 60 days | 11/5/2009 | 3 | birth control | tiredness, vaginal odor, cleared up my acne, some bleeding the first 2 weeks. | So far I have been on ortho tri-cyclen lo for 12 days. I have surprisingly been pretty up-beat and not really had any emotional side effects. On the second sunday of taking the pill, however I noticed a strange smell. I have researched this pill and found other women have had the same problems but am still praying that it goes away. It gets a little less noticeable after a shower but I have never had bad odor down there before so I noticed it right away! It has seemed to clear up my acne and acne scars which I am thrilled about. I think I am going to stick with it for the first 3 months unless the bleeding or odor worsens. | F | 21 | 12 days | 11/4/2009 | 3 | Help reduce the size of a cyst | Change in body odor!! Stomach issues, nausea | I had not taken birth control for many years but after finding out I had a fairly big cyst on my ovary my Dr. put me on OTCLo for 3 months to shrink it. I am on my second month and I can't wait to get off of it. If it wasn't for this cyst I would not be on any birth control. I am always nauseas and I have such a foul odor when I sweat coming from my pits. I am a very hygenic person and I cannot deal with BO. I am not sure about weight gain but I have noticed that my stomach is always bloated. I usually suffer from depression even when I am not on the pill so not much has changed there. On th positive side, I do not get as many headaches as I used to get and I no longer have clotting during my periods. My periods are much lighter. | F | 31 | 2 months | 11/4/2009 | 1 | birth control | Nausea in the beginning, Migraines, Super long periods, spotting, random depression | I took this pill first when I was about 19. I had a lot of intermittent spotting then, but didn't think it was from the pill. I recently started taking it again. I am depressed once a month, cry for no reason. The first month, my period lasted 26days, full period-not spotting. Since then, I've had periods for 14, 16, and 8 days within 2 months. After a while, you lose count. The cramps are better, without the pill, my cramps make me want to rip out my insides. Slight vaginal dryness, no noticeable change in sex-drive, no weight gain - but it doesn't help clear my acne at all as it suggests. Overall, I'm miserable and got switched to Ortho Novum, but haven't started yet. After reading the posts, I may just stick to the misery from this pill. The depression only lasts for two days and since I know what it is and when it's going away, I can deal a little better. I don't recommend this at all though. | F | 26 | 5 months | 10/31/2009 | 2 | birth control | ughhhhhhhhhhhhh where do i begin! its been horrible. im nauseated all the time. Throwing up in the middle of the night, breast tenderness, cramping, and indigestion. | F | 31 | 10 days | 10/28/2009 | 3 | prevent pregnancy | I started on OTC in July of 2004. I didn't experience side effects but I stopped taking OTC and switched to ortho-tricyclen lo because the fill in doctor I saw at the time was concerned when I mentioned my mother had a blood clot when she was on birth control. So while on OTC-lo from 2005-2007, I noticed during most of 2006 my hair seemed to be either falling out or stopped growing. My boyfriend also complained that I tasted differently when he would go down on me, when I know there wasn't a problem before. I hadn't changed my diet and tried to think of what I was taking that could be interfering and the only thing I had been taking was OTC-lo. So I went off of it for a couple of months but couldn't stand the fear of getting pregnant. So after speaking with my gyn doctor, she switched me to Aviane in the fall of 2007. From September 2007 to Spring 2008, I noticed that every time my boyfriend and I would have sex, it hurt when he would first thrust in me and during intercourse it didn't | It may work for some women, but I guess my body isn't able to handle the hormonal changes it causes. I'm not bashing birth control. It's a great, liberating creation and allows women to have a life that they weren't able to before but if it's causing more negative side effects than positive, it's important to make sure that what you're feeling is being caused by it because after all it is your body and you have a right to live healthier. | F | 27 | 7 months | 10/27/2009 | 2 | Birth Control | This is my first month on this pill and so far it has made me feel like shit. The first week i started taking it i started to get nausea and tiredness. and so far none of theses side effects have gone away. if anything gotten worse. ive been getting headaches everyday and weird cravings! i basically live off of cheez-its. its horrible. the last birth control i was on didnt give me any problems at all! and if these side effect dont get better im switching!!! | F | 18 | 3 weeks | 10/27/2009 | 1 | Pregnancy Prevention | Mean, Irritated, huge mood swings, nauseous, plus everything else everyone has said. | Used it for 2 years and I got pregnant twice in six months after using religiously. | F | 23 | 2 years | 10/27/2009 | 1 | Birth Control | I feel like I am going crazy...moodiness, food cravings, high sex drive, tired alllll the time and i want to throw things all while holding a twinky... | Dont do it...i have no options besides this because I have high blood pressure but i am opting out asap. | F | 22 | 4 months | 10/27/2009 | 1 | birth control | I have only been on ortho tri for about 2 weeks and the last week I have cried like 10 times a day everyday. I kept thinking it was because of my boyfriend and I would snap on him for no freakin reason which I have never done. I'm cranky, sad, emotional, depressed, and my breast hurt so freakin bad. Do not take this!! | F | 22 | 2 weeks | 10/25/2009 | 3 | birth control, regulating my cycle | I've been on this for about 15 years,with the exception of going off twice with the birth of my daughters (and I lost weight when I did) I gained when going on Ortho tri-cyclen about 15 lbs, this was devasting seeing that I was only 105 at the time. Ever since I can not lose weight, even though I exercise everyday and eat well (except for a once and awhile treat) I can't lose the friggin weight. My Endocrinologist said it could be because of the male hormone in my pill and suggested going on Yasmin, but with everything in the news about the health problems associated with Yasmin, I don't know what the frick to think. | M | 36 | 15 years | 10/20/2009 |