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 |
| 1 | regulate period | extreme headaches, fatigue, depression - I do NOT recommend this product to anyone. I had to stop taking it. | F | 40 | 2 months 1X day | 10/11/2010 | 1 | birth control | depression, anxiety, low sex drive, breast increase, zero motivation | i used this pill years ago and promised myself i would never go on it again . Well, I did. I regret it completely. Ive been irrational and freaking out, non-stop crying. I feel like im stuck in my own skin. Today it hit me when my boyfriend and i are due to have a big talk about our relationship and out problems with it. This is the man i plan on wedding. I was at the point in my mind where i just wanted to give up and disappear when i remembered ive felt like this before. Im so glad i found this site when i googled "ortho tri-cyclen depression". it made me feel like i wasnt losing my mind. that this isn't me and i can feel better. i just need to get off of this horrible horrible pill. | F | 23 | 4 months 1X day | 10/11/2010 | 1 | To prevent pregnancy | I went on this pill 5 weeks after having my daughter. After experiencing some mood changes I woke up on the 8th day after taking it with extreme cramping from my abdomen to my chest on my right side. After a trip down to the E.R. I was admitted into the hospital when they discovered a blood clot in my right lung which I was told had started in my right leg and traveled up to the lung. The lung specialist informed me that he felt it was the birth control pill that I was on that started the blood clot. A nurse at the hospital told me that I was the 3rd case she had seen like mine. I am now on blood thinners for the rest of my life. | F | 41 | 8 days 30 mg 1X day | 10/9/2010 | 1 | Doctor wrote the wrong prescription | I've been taking Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo for a few years. No problems at all. No weight gain, acne, mood swings, cramps, NOTHING. Then when I went in for a refill, my doctor happened to be sick so I got a different doctor who forgot to write "Lo" on the prescription. I thought it would be fine to take just two months of the regular ones but these two months have been HORRIBLE! Cramps! I have not had cramps since HIGH SCHOOL. I've been super sensitive. Picking fights over stupid things with my boyfriend. Getting anal with my friends. Grumpy at work. Headaches. Diarrhea. I feel sad a lot of the times. I cry for no reason. I got so crazy (crying, screaming) that I just tossed all my pills out. I'm switching back to Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo ASAP! | F | 21 | 2 months 1X day | 10/9/2010 | 1 | Yes | Weight Gain, emotional instability, no sex drive, anxiety, overall craziness | I was on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo after being on Yasmin for 2 years and realizing all the side effects that I had from Yasmin, my doctor switched me to Ortho-Lo. Which for 3 months I was okay, until again at around 4-6 months it was all the same craziness. I am now officially off all hormones, using the diaphragm with condoms:) | F | 28 | 6 months 1X day | 10/7/2010 | 1 | birth control | bigger boobs, really clear skin, but horrible anxiety, no sex drive, depression, no motivation to do anything, always tired | I was taking the lo..and I am thanking God right now that I found this site and all of these reviews. I serisouly started to think I was going crazy. I have never had such horrible anxiety in my life. I would overthink and analyze EVERYTHING. I had no motivation to do anything...except go to the gym to work out like crazy to try and get rid of the anxiety..which worked at first but then didn't help at all. I'm normally a happy and fun person, but this pill made me the opposite and all I wanted to do was stay in bed. My self esteem was effected and so was my drive for life. I hate this pill so much I'm stopping mid cycle and NEVER taking this form of bc again. | F | 30 | 7 months 1X day | 10/6/2010 | 1 | birth control | headaches, emotional (want to cry a lot) , cannot focus, body aches, sleep disrupted, no sex drive, feel lost, bowels backed up, sad, no motivation, no energy, boobs bigger which is a plus | i have suffered from depression in the past but its been a long long time since i felt like this. I do not let a whole lot bother me but on this pill everything bothers me. I have no energy, no focus. I feel like a shell with nothing on the inside. I am stopping today. It's not worth it to feel like this. I want to feel that fullness of life I had before I took this pill. The real me loves life but on this pill i cant feel that love. | F | 38 | 8 days 28 day 1X day | 9/29/2010 | 1 | regulate periods, cramps, acne | major weight gain, difficulty swallowing, extreme i mean extreme SWEATING, very anxious all the time, not able to sleep at all but exhausted during the day, bad depression | I thought that these issues had nothing to do with the BC until I found this site, even though OTC helped clear my face completly and also saw a major reduction in hair all over my body which is awesome. But the sweating is making me feel insane!!! I never sleep, maybe a few hrs at a time and im exhausted all day long I have no appetite but i keep gaining weight even though i exercise constantly and have a strict diet!! Makes no sense. I am very depressed all the time feel like i'm dying literally. I am going to stop taking this pill and look for another brand. | F | 28 | 5 months 1X day | 9/24/2010 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | fatigue, migraines, chest pain, | Since taking this medicine I have experienced bad headaches. I am a constant BITCH to everyone. I get pain in my chest and legs. If I had insurance I would go get checked for other things that these pills can cause. I am definelty feeling changes in my circulatory system and I am a non smoker. Ortho Trycyclen sucks!!!!! | F | 27 | 48 days 1X day | 9/17/2010 | 1 | birth control | severe depression | wow, I've never been on birth control and my obgyn gave me a prescription for otc and it was fine, but by the 2nd-3rd week my mood took a complete dive. I'd cry a lot, sex wasn't even interesting and I rarely wanted to have it. I lost interest in my cell, my husband, my family, my coworkers..basically any communication with the outside world. I tried to stare at the sky and feel 'happy', but I couldn't even feel angry, like I was empty of any emotion and that's the worst! I stopped taking it two days ago and I already feel better. I would say if you feel any depressive mood changes it's not worth it! | F | 21 | 21 days 1X day | 9/7/2010 | 1 | Prevent Pregnancy | WEIGHT GAIN!,Emotional wreck, Vomiting, Nausea, Increased appetite, Ect. | Ive only been on OTC for about 2 weeks and ive gained 6 pounds. I cry for no reason, im whiney and tempermental. I feel like a completly different person. I started taking the pill to prevent pregnancy but with all the side effects and weight gain its just like pregnancy minus the child. Ill be stopping the birth control tonight and switching to a different kind ASAP. I do not reccomend this to anyone. | F | 21 | 2 weeks 1X day | 8/25/2010 | 1 | Acne | Sick to my stomach all the time, vomiting, gas, sleepiness, sadness,headache, and acne not clearing up. You name it I have it. | This is the most horrible birth control I have ever taken. The other day I vomited and had stomach cramps all day, it felt like food poisoning. I thought I had ulcers in my stomach until I read all the side effects. I’m stopping this medication immediately. I never felt so sick in my life. | F | 32 | 14 days 1X day | 8/12/2010 | 1 | Regulate Period | SEVERE Nausea, Vomiting, weight loss, green stools, no energy, insomnia, acne, mood swings. | I've been in yaz and I thought that was horrible, this tops that pill! I have never, ever felt so sick in my life as I have this last week on this pill. I stopped it and got on Lo-estrin (spelling?) and already after a day I feel soooo much better. I can eat and keep it down, poop normally, clean, play with my kids, sleep and my acne is going away. DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE! | F | 29 | 7 days 1X day | 8/10/2010 | 1 | Birth control | anxiety, mood swings, lack of libido, anger | I do NOT recommend this. It may prevent a baby but it is not worth the strain it will put on your life. What man wants a nutcase girlfriend? This is what it made me -- for months I didn't cry until I took this. It made me feel unmotivated, easily ticked off, more likely to bicker with people, cry like 5 times a day (and keep trying to find something to blame it on). You get the picture. | F | 19 | 1 months normal 1X day | 8/8/2010 | 1 | Sex and minor back/face acne | Crying, negative thoughts, weighted down, anger | I have been on Ortho Tri Cyclen for a year and a half. Prior to taking the pill, I was the happiest person you could imagine.. never had negative thoughts and always felt cheery and lucky to be alive. Since taking Ortho Tri Cyclen, I have had so many mood swings. I am such a pessimist and cry all the time over things that never would have got to me before. I try to keep a positive attitude for my relationships sake, but even so... I can tell I'm different than I used to be - faking happiness rather than being happy. Looking outside at a beautiful sky doesn't give me the same rush as before. Instead I think about all the negative things in life leaving me sad. I forgot to re-fill my perscription this last time and went off the pill for a month. True story - towards the end of that month I was feeling better than ever and so happy (hadn't had that feeling in so long).. the weigh was lifted. I went back ont the pill again this month and yesterday (about 8 days into the cycle) threw a huge rage in my car and then this morning cried all the way into work for nothing imparticular. I can't focus on anything positive. I am going off the pill and will have to use a new method of birth control and get back on acne meds... but positive outlook is way better than feeling dumpy! | F | 26 | 1X day | 7/27/2010 | 1 | birth control | weight gain, depression, no libido, tired, general craziness | I've gained almost 35 in 6 months. I get intensely irritated at the littlest things and no longer have a desire to even move- I'm fine on the couch watching TV. I want to scream when my boyfriend touches me and have to talk myself into having sex- same as many others here, I just don't have any interest in it at all anymore. I feel like I gave this one enough of a try and now I'm SO DONE. | F | 30 | 6 months 1X day | 7/22/2010 | 1 | regulate periods | I started taking these pills because I had very heavy, long periods and these pills were wonderful for that. It sounds stupid but these pills gave me impatience. I would feel like I had road rage every time I drove and my family said I turned mean to them. | I'm so glad I found this site because I thought I was going through a personality change and I'm going to try a different pill now. I already made an appointment to see my doctor. | F | 18 | 8 months 1X day | 7/21/2010 | 1 | birth control | Dizziness, nausea, migraines, night sweats,frequent urination, thirsty, general ill feeling which leads to crying and thoughts of hopelessness like I am dying or something is seriously wrong with me. I have been on bc for about 10 years off and on. Recently I accidentally took only two weeks of the pills and thought I was already at the sugar pills. Turns out a missed a whole week of pills. Had my period, it was normal, but had migraines and dizziness daily. Then the phone nurse told me to continue with the pill as usual so I started a new pack. I went to the doctor that same day when I almost fainted due to dizziness and a tingly sensation all over my arms and fingers. I guess I was having a panic attack. Dr told me to try to sleep it off, and blamed it on benadryll that I took for allergies. Now ita been five days and I have had non stop headaches and will take my pill at night (dr's orders) and then wake up sweating, heart racing, and nauseated. I am not taking tonights pill, even i | F | 28 | 3 months 1X day | 7/19/2010 | 1 | Birth Control | I became moody and impatient. I cried and got angry over any little thing all the time. I knew I was acting crazy but I wasn't able to stop myself. I changed doctors and she put me on another pill and I went back to being my happy self again but I wasted a whole year thinking I was going insane. | F | 20 | 1 years 1X day | 7/18/2010 | 1 | birth conrtol | I do not reccomend this bc I'm laying in bed researching the side effects because I feel terrible. I'm always nausious when I eat I feel even more sick I'm surprized I haven't thrown up yet. I even thought to myself earlier I shouldn't be driving when I feel like this.. I feel weak and faint. Everyones diffrent but I don't reccomend this bc | F | 21 | 11 days 1X day | 7/16/2010 |