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 |
| 3 | Birth Control | I was on Trinessa the generic for Ortho Tri-Cyclen. Headaches, CONSTANT Nausea, depression, anxiety, shortness of breath and no sex-drive. It has taken me a year to figure out that it could be my birth control that was causing all these problems! I looked up the manufactures listed side effects and every simgle thing I have been dealing with is listed! Why didn't my doctor tell me this!? | I had no idea that Trinessa could cause all of the problems I have been having. I have had at least 5 pregnancy tests in the last year because of the nausea, I have never been pregnant, but none of my doctors told me it could be my birth control that was making me feel that way. The anxiety/depression is what has really been driving me nuts. I have felt like I was going crazy. Since finding this forum I have stopped taking my birth control and the nausea has almost completely stopped, the anxiety also seems to be decreasing, I have actually had some good days lately. I have been off the pill for two weeks now and am hoping I will continue to feel better time passes. | F | 24 | 1 years | 12/30/2006 | 3 | Prevent Pregnancy | I have been on Trinessa for about 1 year. I have had constant nausea, headaches, and no sex drive. I have also been experiencing anxiety and depression - some days I can cry at the drop of a hat, other days I feel like I am going completely insane as everything makes me anxious and I have had several full blown panic attacks! | I found this website about a month ago and since then have decided to go off birth control pills completely (as I have had problems with two others - EstroStep and Seasonale) and use condoms/FAM to prevent pregnancy. In only two weeks my nasuea has almost completely vanished,I actually have a sex drive and I haven't felt AS nutty as I had been! I am hoping that as time passes I will continue to feel better. | F | 24 | 1 years | 12/29/2006 | 3 | birth contrl | I'm not sure if my side effects are based on OTC but I started taking the pill a few weeks ago. Recently I don't feel myself, I get headaches often and little things seem to bother me alot more. My mood is constantly changing. | F | 18 | 12 days | 12/24/2006 | 3 | Regulate my Period | Weight Gain, slight pimple action, naseua, increase in appetite, breast tenderness, i think change in eye sight (with contacts), moodiness, anxiety, nervousness, tiredness, etc. | I'm actually taking Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo...And at first I started to eat more and gained weight little by little. And then I started getting more pimples than usual; however, i thought this was all in my head...then i read this site and i guess not...I'm also currently going through mood swings from happy to quiet/anxious/tired and nervous and such..I feel like i have an anxiety problem or ADD or something but i hope it's just the pill or in my head...this is my 2nd month taking this ish...and so far it did what i wanted it to do (regulate my period) but are all these side-effects really worth it...someone give me some advice 0.o? | F | 20 | 29 days | 12/16/2006 | 3 | birth control | was on name brand from age 16-21.. switched to generic TRINESSA now at age 22 and the generic is now causing me to experience severe migrains wich resulted in me havin to be put on a perscription for them. i am switching to a different birth control. i am not satisfied with TRINESSA at all!! | F | 22 | 20 months | 12/12/2006 | 3 | I was prescribed tri-nessa a few days ago to regulate my period. I run college cross country and track and I rarely get my period, and I think it might be a reason why I have gotten so many stress fractures. I want to get my hormones working right again, but at the same time I don't want all these side effects! anybody else have any similar experiences? | F | 20 | | 12/12/2006 | 3 | menstrual problems | Positive: clearer skin, shorter duration or periods. Negative: Mild weight gain, increased anxiety and depression, migraines, break-through cramps and bleeding | I was put on Ortho Tricyclen-lo because consistent-dose pills (eg. Yasmin) were giving me major stomach problems, and I had flu-like symptoms for half the month. With the tri-cyclen, the "pregnancy" symptoms have, for the most part, abated, but I have had more intense anxiety attacks an very unpredictable periods. Sometimes the primary "menstrual period" comes in the week *before* the placebo pills. Sex drive varies from day to day and is negatively affected somewhat by anxiety and depression. | F | 28 | 3 months | 12/1/2006 | 3 | Regulate period/acne/PCOS | I had taken Othro-tricyclen for about 2years, and it regulated my period and helped clear up my skin considerably. It gave me confidence and made me feel like my old self. | Recently I have started taking birth control again, but I have been swtiched to tri-sprintec 28. I have not had a period in a while, so I am taking this to regulate. I have had a few breakouts and am on the 16th pill from the 28 pack. I am hoping my periods become regulated again, and it clears my skin up for good. I am unsure yet as of the effects it will have upon me. I may switch back to OTC if my period does not come back. | F | 22 | 2 years | 11/21/2006 | 3 | Acne, PCOS | 1st month of dummy green pills, terrible hormonal acne on my cheecks, chin, jaw line & back. This is my 5th month. I am getting painful nodule acne around my jaw line & chin during the 1st week of active white pills. Since 3rd month it is getting worst increasing from 2-3 pimples to 6-7 this month. Did anyone have similar experience? Please e-mail me at [email protected] I am also taking metformin 2000 mg even though I am not overweight for PCOS. | F | 26 | 5 months | 11/21/2006 | 3 | regulate periods, birth control | weight gain-around 10 lbs. | My first period on it was rough, but then it was ok. I got off it b/c i was no longer sexually active at the time. I also lost weight when I went off it. | F | 25 | 2 years | 9/28/2006 | 3 | birthcontrol | period irregularities | I just started taking OTC and in the month I've been taking i've gotten my period about six times, but they will only last for a few days. When I've forgotten to take a pill and took the 2 at the same time, I vomitted and felt absolutly aweful for the next 12 hours. | F | 19 | 30 days | 9/25/2006 | 3 | bc, regulate periods | I am currently taking otc-lo. the first 5 months I seemed to be doing well...I actually lost 5 pounds the first month but i am an athlete so it might not have been the pill entirely. Now I seem to be getting mood swings from severe highs to extreme lows, depression, nauseation, tired, and my heart rate goes up a lot higher than ever before. Any suggestions? | F | 18 | 9 months | 9/5/2006 | 3 | birth control | MOOD SWINGS!!!! no weight gain, still have bad pms symptoms | Ortho turned into hell for me after 2 years, i am moody, mean, tired, cry a lot, 2 weeks of my month is horrible, as the weeks go on and the dose of hormones increases then drops off to nothing so you get your period, my body just can't take the levels up and down, doctor tried to switch me to ovcon 35, wont take it....nobody seems to like it, i'm going for yaz next week, hope its good =) | F | 21 | 2 years | 8/31/2006 | 3 | Birth Control | The first three months of Ortho tri cylclen lo I experienced spotty bleeding or discharge non-stop, severe dryness and some nausea. breasts grew, no acne, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, YEAST INFECTIONS | The first three months of ORTHO TRI CYCLEN LO I experienced spotty bleeding or discharge non-stop, severe dryness and some nausea. My breasts grew and after a three months the acne that I had cleared up. I noticed some mood changes but not enough to make me too concerned, minor depression, which I shrugged off because i was too busy to think about it. Since then my mood swings, depression, etc... have become unbearable. I am in my sixth month of taking ORTHO TRI CYCLEN LO and i feel totally out of control. some days the depression, anxiety, and nervousness i feel is unbearable. On good days I feel okay. On bad days i feel crazy. Yesterday I had what I think was a panic attack, today i'm dealing. I just made an appointment with my doctor to switch pills. Hopefully that will stop the anxiety and depression. If not, I at least explored the option and know that its me and not the birth control. It seems that with all birth control pills/drugs there is a possibility of experiencing mo | F | 20 | 6 months | 8/24/2006 | 3 | birth control | 20lb. weight gain | cleared my adult acne and eased painful periods.at 1st,i had some bladder & yeast infections-took about a year to adjust.i went from 150 to 186lbs.in 2 1/2 years. | F | 31 | 2.5 years | 8/20/2006 | 3 | avoid preagnancy | s switched from ortho to trinessa, (by an idiot insensitive doctor,) and I started having longer, earlier, terrible periods with blood clots and awful cramps. I have also been tired and have no sex drive. | F | 25 | 3 days | 8/17/2006 | 3 | birth control | low libido, severe breast pain, change in menstrual cycle, breakouts, weight gain | change in menstrual cycle - before taking Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, my cycle was like clockwork every month but now I'm getting it twice a month at different intervals with spotting in between. Severe breast pain, very low sex drive (barely any libido whatsoever), weight gain, and breakouts. | F | 33 | 10 months | 8/12/2006 | 3 | Prevent pregnancy | pumps way too many hormones into your body! lactation, breast size bigger, moody, morning sickness, low sex drive! | first few months of takeing this pill I experienced what my mom said was "morning sickness". just horriable nausea then vomititng. then then next 4-9 months were great! i didnt get pregnant and only had a small gain in weight. my boobs even got bigger! now i have been takeing ortho tri-cyclen for a year and my skin is great but last night i noticed that my boob was pracically lactating! this form of birthcontrol is very good in symptoms.... but pumps way too many hormones into your body. | F | 16 | 1.5 years | 8/7/2006 | 3 | Birth Control / Painful Cramps | Scheduled mood shifts! | Hey there folks. I wanted to post here to ask for feedback as well provide my observations. I know I am just an onlooker however I have noticed a pattern in my girlfriend’s mood. As the pills are portioned as a 4 week, 3 on 1 off, I refer to this cycle. Starting back on the pills, week one and two are noted as a very positive and if you will happy ramp up onto the drug. Week three I begin to notice a more neutral and somewhat impatient mood. And for the forth week is filled with irritation, frustration, unease and confusion. I have dated a women both on and off birth control. I am curious as to whether OTC is creating this predictable mood schedule? Are these states of mind typical of women off of OTC, namely confusion? And if these states of mind are typical of a woman’s cycle is OTC helping to regulate these moods, i.e. improving their predictability? My hope is that not everyone on OTC has this predictable mood schedule mood, and we can explore alternative birth control | M | 24 | 3 years | 8/3/2006 | 3 | acne, birth control | loss of sex drive!!! depression, anxiety, mood swings | I am on Trinessa, after reading this forum I am switching to Ortho on my next trip to the pharmacist! After being on Trinessa for almost a year, I have ALSO been diagnosed with depression. I am on wellbutrin (to help with the sex drive, but it doesn't help), I am on clonazepam to help with anxiety AND i was given a stomach neutralizer because I had horrible nausea. Hmmm, shouldn't the doctor have realized something was off?!?!? | F | 23 | 1 years | 7/20/2006 |