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 | prevent pregnancy & regulate period | mood swings, anxiety, bad cramps, very heavy periods one month, then extremely light the next, headaches, fatigue, food cravings 24/7, crying for no reason at all | I have been taking oral birth control for about 3-4 years all together. I was originally on Apri, but it gave me very bad headaches, so I eventually switch to Ortho Tri Lo. Thinking about it now, I would take my bad headaches from Apri any day over the insane side effects I get from Ortho Tri Lo. I used to the least emotional person on the planet... I used to never cry, never get depressed or anxious, and in the past year I've been on Ortho Tri Lo I have become an emotional basket case. I cry over NOTHING, and I'm constantly anxious. I also crave food 24/7. It goes back and forth between chocolate, chips & cheese, but I'm almost always craving something. I want to eat all the time! I haven't gained much weight since taking this (only about 3-5 pounds), but it's really annoying how much I want to eat all the time. Anyway, I'm going to stop taking this pill as soon as I see my doctor. I might stop taking BC all together and allow my body to naturally go through the cycle. I'll probably feel a lot better. PS: Thanks for all the posts! It makes me feel a lot better knowing that I'm not the only one having issues with this pill! | F | 23 | 1 years | 8/15/2009 | 2 | Acne & Birth control | I hate it!!! I am all messed up :/ | I tried this Birth Control after taking Yasmin for 6 years (I needed to change because it was making my cholesterol extremely high)I have been on Ortho low for about 3 months. My breasts are HUGE which is nice but they are extremely sore and sensitive. I am getting married this October and am working out like crazy and eating well and I feel puffy (like I have an extra thick layer added to my body, especially my belly and thighs). I have been moody and mean which is not like me at all. I have noticed my hair thinning and thought it was from my highlights but now I believe it is related to this birth control. I feel tired, nauseous, headaches, anxiety and dizziness. I am so thankful other girls posting their experiences...girl power :) because I honestly didn't realize these things were related to ortho low until I started doing research. It is so scary how this can affect your mind, body and spirit. I am stopping this birth control tom....Thanks! | F | 24 | 3 months | 8/10/2009 | 2 | Pregnancy Prevention | Decreased sex drive, fatigue, breast tenderness, weight gain, mood swings | The side effects outweighed the benefits for me. Obviously every person responds different to every medicine. If you experience these side effects, contact your doctor! | F | 24 | 19 months | 8/7/2009 | 2 | Do not want to have children | Too emotional | I started taking Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo when I was 22 and took that for 3 years and then took the generic Ortho Tri-Cylcen Lo for over a 1/2 a year. My new insurance and service provider didn't provide Ortho Tri-cylen Lo and I had to switch to Ortho Tric-Cyclen. I have given it a try for 4 months now and notice after I have my period, I am a complete emotional wreck. I nearly cried at work in front of people this week. This is not like me. | F | 26 | 4 years | 8/7/2009 | 2 | Contraceptive | Extremely extremely tired, loss of motivation, and loss of sex drive, so far. | I just started back on Birth Control, but I think I'm 100% done with taking it. I was on the generic version of Levlen which I was on from 18-22yrs of age. Never realized it made me a mean person until I was off of it, more importantly it might have caused me to have a servere blood disorder that prevented me from clotting. from 22 - 27 I have been off and on birth control with no success. Seasonique is HORRIBLE! I seems that the older I become the less torrible my body is to oral contraceptives. With Ortho Tri-Cyclen low, I'm having a hard time staying awake this week. I've gone to bed early and it doesn't help. I've been a steady work out regim which I've missed two days of because I'm so tired. I would like to give this medication a month or two to see if these side effects change but I'm scare they will prevent me from living my life. | F | 27 | 1 weeks | 8/7/2009 | 2 | Birth Controll, acne | Tired, low sex drive, depression, VERY EMOTIONAL,Nausea after eating, weight gain, breast size incress | I hated it I was always crying for NO reason whatsoever. I gained 4-7 pounds and I was never in the mood for sex. I hate it and I plan to get on something different. | F | 16 | 30 days | 7/20/2009 | 2 | Weight gain, depression, mood swings, panic attacks. | This pill made me a freaking lunatic! I took it for 6 months and it completely changed the person I was. I would freak out over nothing at all and cry over the drop of a pen. It started to interfere with my work and relationship. I just dealt with it for awhile until I started gaining weight drastically. I have been on a strict diet for 2 years and lost 75 pounds and I was not about to let that go to waste by taking this psycho pill. So I've been off it 2 weeks now and feel totally great. My relationship with my boyfriend is 100% improved and hopefully I can get back down to my initial weight. After about the third month I also started having panic attacks for no reason. They would occur at least one a week and since I quit I haven't had a single one. | F | 19 | 6 months | 7/17/2009 | 2 | Birth Control, Weight Loss | Severe Cramping for days at a time, No period, Mood Swings, Crying for no apparent reason, Yeast Infection | I just switched from Depo-Provera last month to lose the weight I gained from the depo. 40 pounds with no change in eating on a different bc with my wedding coming up was depressing. Anyways, I went through the whole months supply and started to take the middle set of pills that are basically used to remind you to take your pills during your period. On the second to last hormone induced pill I started getting severe cramps I mean the kind where you lay in bed crying your eyes out thinking that any moment you may vomit the contents of your stomach onto the floor. I have had these every night for the past four days and I still haven't gotten my period. I also asked my fiance if anything had changed about me in the past month and he said I have gotten very emotionally unstable. I cry because of anyhting now it is pathetic. I really wish I would have stayed on the Depo shot because honestly I would rather have weight gain from the shot or even get pregnant by not being on birth control than be on this pill. It is horrible. I hate it. Honestly I would rather get pregnant. | F | 20 | 1 months | 7/14/2009 | 2 | I had ortho try-cyclen lo; Emotional changes -irritable Unexplained rash -on both arms in the same area, lasted for about 3-4 days -itching Breast tenderness -also small lumps Nausea Bloating Acne Headaches Cramps | F | 14 | 1 months | 7/13/2009 | 2 | birth control | spotting, light dizziness, headache | I just started taking ortho tri cyclen LO less than a week and a half ago. I took a generic BC pill for 2 years that worked fine, I gained some weight on that (was also in a new relationship though) and my breasts got bigger (which wasn't necessary) and other than that really had no complaints. My new Dr. suggested moving to a lower hormone Rx so I switched to Ortho tri-cyclen lo. 2 nights ago i fell asleep before I took my pill at the usual hour, woke up 6 hours later and took it...and then today I experienced spotting, which NEVER happened to me on my generic brand. Plus I've also felt a bit dizzy when standing up and have had headaches....it's been less than a week and a half so I dont know if this should be related to the new BC, but after reading some of the other posts I'm getting suspicious....also I am praying that I don't gain weight, because I'm trying to lose a few pounds for an upcoming wedding--yikes :-/ | F | 22 | 10 days | 6/24/2009 | 2 | regulate period | nauseau, depression, mood swings, random abdominal pain | I started this pill about 4 or 5 months ago and I feel like a totally different person. I go CRAZY about the smallest things. My boyfriend says I've been bitchy. This is not me, I use to be such a sweet girl and now EVERYTHING gets to me. Until I read the other comments I thought I was turning into a mental patient and needed therapy! I also am experiencing random abdominal pain all through the month, even when it's not time for my period! I also feel feel very depressed/sad/mad all the time and i have a great life and nothing to be sad about. I guess I will do some research and try to find another pill. | F | 18 | 5 months | 6/12/2009 | 2 | birth control | Can't sleep at night. Stay up all night into midmorning. Irritability and crying fits. Headaches and occasional nausea. | F | 21 | | 6/1/2009 | 2 | birth control | Moodiness/irritability, heavier periods | I'm very petite, and this is was lowest does they offer. It was pretty bad the first few months, but my body adjusted somewhat. Enter college, and everything went downhill. Stress + the pill just didn't work for me. Going to change it at the end of this month and pray the next pill isn't as bad. | F | 19 | 10 months | 5/22/2009 | 2 | Regulate periods, clear acne etc | Nausea, vomiting, increase in breast size, decrease in sex drive, breast tenderness, significant weight gain and hard to LOSE the weight once it's there, regulation of periods, decrease in normal acne, increase in cystic acne, extreme fatigue, bad mood swings, food cravings, constipation, back and forth loss of appetite, abdomen pains/cramps/spotting, increased depression, body aches, headaches, occasional vaginal dryness, etc. | I've been on OTC LO since I was about 16. I just got back on it again after a year hiatus...and it's been hell on my body this time around. I always went with the LO because it's a lower dose of hormones but I've had so many side affects that have never surfaced before that it's got me scared. I have been seriously considering quitting because of it. I am now 23 and have been on LO again for about 8 months. After 5-6 years of good experience I am sad to say this just isn't working for me anymore. Maybe it's because I'm entering the "child bearing" years where your hormones really begin to change so I need a different dose of hormones to regulate me. I don't know. What I do know is that I'm most likely going to talk to my doctor about a different pill or I'm going to quit all together. The side affects aren't worth what they are supposed to do in the first place... | F | 23 | 6 years | 5/21/2009 | 2 | bc | CRAZYYY mood swings | I thought I was losing my mind until I read the below comments. My boyfriend is a sweetheart and I completely just go crazy on him. This medicine makes me snap in an instant. Yesterday I got mad because he ate the last toaster strudel. It made me go ballistic. I ended up in a crying, shaking anxiety attack. I normally am a completely level-headed, easy going person. When I go into one of these "crazy" spells I can feel that it isn't me, but I can't stop it. It scares me so much. I'm glad I read what other women have gone through also. | F | 20 | 3 months | 4/8/2009 | 2 | cysts/ prevent pregnancy | I started the ortho pill 16 days ago. By day 5 my breasts have felt as if they have swollen ( the pain has woke me up so many nights ) Im a very small woman, Im 5 five foot two and bairly 100 pounds. But over the last week I have found myself eating every two hours or so ( dont get me wrong weight gain would be nice, that was my doc's plan with this med ) but the nausea that follows is god-awfull.... HELP!!! | F | 25 | 16 days | 3/31/2009 | 2 | Regulate period, birth control | Moodiness, nausea, premature bleeding, loss of sex drive. | The first two days I wanted to die. Was really moody, got in a fight with my boyfriend, physically I was extremely nauseous. After a couple days I calmed down, and now I have less mood fluctuations than usual. But at the same time I feel like my personality went away too. I figured out that the nausea goes away as long as I eat something beforehand. I have no sex drive, and flirt a lot less, which earns me less in tips at work. No decrease in blood flow during my period, and the first one was longer than a week. This month I forgot the first pill of week 3, and took it less than an hour and a half later, but I bled that whole week, and had my usual period the next week. Did clear up my skin. | F | 20 | 3 months | 3/23/2009 | 2 | birth control, acne | I went on ortho tri-cyclen lo, bled for 3 weeks, was on for 5 years before and didn't have that problem. Went off for two months then back on ortho tri cyclen, lightly bleeding. I am angry, sad, bloated, no energy. The pill is not for me, especially with my history of anxiety/depression. I am going off after this month, and getting fitted for a diaphram. My boyfriend will just have to deal. I don't think I could go on hormonal contraceptives again. | F | 25 | 7 days | 3/20/2009 | 2 | Endometriosis | Fatigue, nausea, both packs triggered a second week of bleeding when I'd start them, anxiety, insomnia | Trinessa taken exactly correctly, but nonetheless I had 2-week long periods each time. It also seems like it made me really sensitive to alcohol. Normally I'm very good with knowing my limit, but while on the pill only 2 glasses of wine would have me hung-over for a day. | F | 25 | 2 months | 3/16/2009 | 2 | regulate period, birth control | decreased sex drive, increased hunger-loss of appetite, pregnancy symptoms every single month: nausea, headache, increased heart rate, mood swings, fatigue, heartburn, weight gain, breast tenderness, frequent thirst-urination, breakthrough bleeding, bloating | These symptoms start either the first week or the third week of the pill pack, and literally every month of the past 5 I have worried I'm pregnant. I feel like crap all the time, not so much depression as just physical exhaustion and feeling ill all the time. As soon as I'm done this pill pack I'm moving on to something else...hopefully it'll work out better. I figure 5 months was enough time to make it work | F | 21 | 5 months | 3/8/2009 |