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 | Birth control | Got a blood clot that travelled to my heart. So I had a heart attack at 25 healthy non smoker. They said it was the pill...I am not saying don't take it but think before you leap...heart attacks and from the pill happen. | F | 25 | 5 days | 12/31/2009 | 1 | Birth control | Weight gain, sore breasts, depression and lack of sex drive. HATE THIS PILL! Going back to Levora! | I have had overall bloating and weight gain - it's been disastrous on that front. And I have no sex drive and am teetering about the depression front. Levora was a life saver compared to this! | F | 35 | 3 months | 12/28/2009 | 1 | birth control | swore breast, EXTREAMLY irritable, not motavated and sad | I have only been taking this pill for about a week and a half and all my friends tell me to wait it out and let your body get use to it but i feel like if i wait any longer this pill will ruin me!! i am so irritable and everyone around me bothers me!! i really cant stand my boyfriend and every more he makes irritates me!! I love him and never felt this way about him. i feel like this pill it targeting him!! i normally am a veryhapppy person and i am irritated, mean, bitchy and nervous all the time now | F | 22 | 1.5 weeks | 12/14/2009 | 1 | Regulate period, cysts, BC, acne | Nausuea, vomitting all night. Loss of sleep. | F | 18 | 1 weeks | 12/13/2009 | 1 | birth control | Less acne, sore breasts, ZERO sex drive :( , crazy depression taken out mostly on my boyfriend, feeling completely empty inside, crying nearly all the time for no reason | I went on OTC Lo 3 months ago. I used to be on Loestren, but switched to OTC Lo due to breakthrough bleeding. WHAT A MISTAKE. This Birth Control actually ruined my life. It made me extremely depressed...I cried myself to sleep about 5 out of 7 nights per week over NOTHING. I also had absolutely no interest in sex with my boyfriend, in fact I was repulsed at the thought of it. We used to have sex every single day about 2 to 3 times a day. After this pill, we did it about 5 times in 3 months. He broke up with me last week because he couldn't understand why I was so depressed and he was exhausted trying to figure it out. He said it was a problem that I couldn't communicate to him what was wrong with me. He was scared about what my nonexistent sex drive meant about our relationship.Then I talked to a friend about it and she asked what BC i was on. all of the sudden it made sense. She was on this drug too and it messed her up in the same ways. DO NOT TAKE THIS. IT RUINS EVERYTHING | F | 21 | 3 months | 12/8/2009 | 1 | Birth Control/Acne | Depressed, tired, bitchy, mean, irrational | I started taking OTC at the beginning of my new school semester. I had transferred schools and moved away from home. I thought that I was just dealing with a lot of changes, instead I finally figured out my birth control was driving me to be a huge bitch, I felt like breaking up with my bf all the time (i love him to death) and i eat ALL the time. Im usually a really healthy eater but now I like don't give a damn. It hasn't done a thing for my acne either. i also have negative sex drive. and im usually wanting it everyday and minute. i also cannot become lubricated whatsoever which has NEVER been an issue in my life. | F | 22 | 4 months | 12/6/2009 | 1 | ovarian cysts | weight gain (6pnds.), bloated, fat tummy, bleeding daily, cranky and I'm usually VERY mild mannered, YEAST INFECTION followed by a bladder infection. | It's the worst BC I've ever taken! | F | 42 | 4 weeks | 12/1/2009 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Pregnancy Prevention | I honestly don't know why I didn't think of this earlier, but many women have posted side-effects that make them feel exactly the same I do everyday...Tired, extremely moody, constant hunger followed by obvious weight gain, did I mention moody? Along with dry eyes, dry skin, acne, crying for no reason, biting people's heads off, OMG the list goes on and on! I had been taking Ortho-tricyclen for about 3 years previously and the side effects were tolerable, but I have recently switched to the tri-lo sprintec because of insurance...I have experienced almost every side effect listed on this site. I'm not usually a person who overanalyzes things, but I get so flippin irritated for no reason, then I get sad because I feel guilty for yelling at either my boyfriend, my best friend...I work as a receptionist and I swear I thought it was just stress from my job wearing me out. I feel so much less crazy now that I know other people are feeling the same way! | I will be calling my doctor for an appointment right away to change my prescription! I'm so glad that everyone is sharing their experiences because like I said I would have never thought to attribute my symptoms to my pill. I came across this site because I was trying to research why I was spotting brown discharge at odd times during the month, along with cramps, weight gain around my stomach...it is so noticeable that people have even begun to ask me if I was pregnant! That is followed by extreme depression because I look like a fat pig! My boyfriend has spent many nights on the couch or in the spare bedroom because I refuse to let him touch me which upsets me even more because I just end up thinking he's going to cheat on me anyway! | F | 26 | 5 months | 10/19/2009 | 1 | birth control | crying about literally everything, extreme mood swings, bleeding mid-cycle, increase in acne, did not help cramps, did not shorten or lighten period at all, anxiety, restlessness, etc, etc, etc. | First birth control I've ever taken. I've been on it for about 3 and a half months and I stop today. Since I started taking it my acne got horrible, but that was the least of my concern. I've been extremely depressed and cry multiple times daily about absolutely nothing. Everything makes me angry, irritated, and/or upset. The mood swings are completely intolerable, I feel so bad for my boyfriend. Recently I started bleeding brown about a week and a half into the pills and have continued for over a week...still hasn't stopped. DO NOT TAKE THIS. | F | 17 | 3.5 months | 10/14/2009 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | nausea, severe back cramping, bloating, anxiety, peeing all the time, depression | I've tried other pills and it all feels the same. I've been on the pill since 17 and I'm 26 now. I hate it. I feel trapped. I have to pee like 5 or 6 times a night. I have gained weight and hardly eat. I am sick to my stomach for the first week of the pack, feel okay mid month, and then get horrible back cramps before the period and during. My sex drive is low and it sucks because I'm with the man of my dreams. I'm tired. I'm low. What else can I do? Condoms dont work for him, he can't get an erection. I'm hanging by a thread here. I almost cried when i read that all these other women are suffering from the pill. There should and can be a pill for men. They need to share the burden. | F | 26 | 6 years | 10/13/2009 | 1 | PCOS | I feel like crying all the time... moody weight gain like crazy...I was on Ocella and LOVED IT! | F | 32 | 2 days | 10/10/2009 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | I had horrible mood swings, cried over the littlest things, felt depressed for no reason. I also had to stop wearing contacts after 17 years of wearing them because my eyes were sore and dry all the time. My breasts were swollen and sore about 2 weeks out of the month and I felt bloated all the time. | F | 31 | 3 months | 10/7/2009 | 1 | Birth control | Depression, Anxiety, High Sex Drive(extreme), Weight Loss, Loss of Appetite, | I am usually a spunky fun person, I have been down in the dumps the past couple of months, don't feel good about myself, constantly irritated, and racing thoughts. I have never been a crier, and that all I fucken do now. I am getting off this shit. | F | 25 | 1 years | 10/4/2009 | 1 | Birth Control | Depression, Weight Gain, Anxiety, Decresed Sex Drive | Since beginning this pill approx 1 year ago I have had periods of depression, anxiety, weight gain (approx 10 lbs), decresed sex drive. The symptoms have seemed to worsen as time goes on. I have been off the pill for approx 4 months and feel great. I do not recommend this pill at all!! | F | 27 | 1 years | 10/1/2009 | 1 | for 11 days | very nervous, irritable, awful thoughts, anxiety, many headaches and a general malaise. i was very upset about the stupidest little things. I tried to exwercise as much as possible to expel the demons in my head, that helped, but not for long. I am stopping today, after 11 days and throwing away the rest of the packet, it is POISON!!! | don't take it, there are other ways to avoid pregnancy. In my case its because I have endometriosis and taking th epill helps with avoiding cysts, but I will go back to Allesse, the low dose that I used to take before. | F | 39 | 11 days | 9/25/2009 |