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 |
| 5 | Contraceptive | Slight weight gain of about 5-10 pounds (mostly breast increase), which wasn't bad at all. Periods now start very predictably and are short, lasting 4-5 days, whereas they used to be irregular and last about a week. No mood swings or decrease in sex drive noticed. Acne is only slightly clearer, but I have oily skin. | I am extremely pleased with its effectiveness and how predictable menstruation has become. | F | 19 | 2 years | 4/9/2009 | 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 | 1 | birth control method | I am feeling overwhelmed and have come to the conclusion that this medication is the cause of all the symptoms I will list below: Happy to sad,ex.irritable,crying,sleeplessness,vaginal dryness and yeast infections,racing mind,anxiety,lft. and rt shoulder pain,ex. dizzy when I missed and doubled up,no sex drive,sore and fatigued. I am afraid now I am being misdiagnosed as a bipolar depressant and have an appt. with a psch. I am sure this is not really me and am going to request a new form of bc. I am so confused and hurt. | F | 33 | 2 years | 4/3/2009 | 1 | To regulate my period | great for my skin, light and regular periods, extreme moodiness, irritable and angry, tired and low interest | Thanks ladies for your comments coz I thought I was loosing my mind. I have never had such severe mood swings. One minute I am smiling, the next minute I am punching walls. I am irritable and ANYTHING will set me off. I am unable to sleep and spend my nights walking through my house, exhausted but my mind is racing. I am crying all the time and I don't know why. My anger level is beginning to scare me. I am a snowboarder, currently vacationing in Lake Tahoe and have no desire to get out of my cabin. I took this pill for 8 years to regulate my period and stopped in 2001. Got back on it 3 months ago and now I remember why I stopped. We really need to look deeper into the effects of hormone pills. | F | 33 | 3 months | 4/1/2009 | 3 | irregular & painful periods | clearer skin, regular periods, much less painful periods, excessive sweating anxiety | I have been on Ortho for 10, almost 11, years. Since i was 13. I am worried about the prolonged use of this now. I hear about deep vein thrombosis and blood clots, women unable to concieve for years after. I am worried and want to get off it but i am still not ready for children. If you know what the prolonged effects are please let me know. [email protected] | F | 24 | 10 years | 3/31/2009 | 3 | BC, acne | None | I started taking Tri-Sprintec last summer and it worked fine as a bc method, but I didn't notice any difference in my skin at all. When my insurance company put me on Tri-Nessa my skin started freaking out and I just felt moody all the time. So now I am on the OTC Brand name, going into my second month. My skin has broken out a little more than usual, but I'm really hoping to see a difference in the third month. Crossing my fingerssss. | F | 18 | 2 months | 3/31/2009 | 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 | 1 | irregular menstrual cycle | Severe Nausea, tried taking them in the evening to sleep though it, but it would wake me up in the middle of the night. After vomiting, increased hunger. Also tiredness and spotting. | I felt horrible. | F | 19 | 1 weeks | 3/31/2009 | 3 | Ovarian Cyst? | I am always cranky and everything annoys me very easily. I am tired a lot. It hasn't helped much with acne but it did help with my cyst I never feel pains in my stomach anymore. It did regulate my period a lot even though I still don't know exactly when I will have it. I don't get cramps near as bad as I used too. I don't think i've gained much weight if at all.. I have noticed though that im hungry all the time but nothing seems appetizing so I very rarely actually eat and some of my favorite foods are my least favorite now :( | I really think the side effects vary per person so you can't necessarily take my opinion about it.. I just got on here to see if anybody else had the same side effects as me because i've been wondering if it was the birth control doing it at all. | F | 19 | 5 months | 3/30/2009 | 1 | To help regulate periods. | This pill was not for me. I was on it for eight months and it made me extreamly violent and angry all the time. I was sad more then usual and went to the extent of thinking about suicide. It made my acne worse and did not even make my period regular or light. I do not recamend it but it may be the pill for someone else. I am now starting yaz so hopefully this works. And even off the ortho tryci low i am still easily irritated and sad now but not as bad as when i was on that pill. Good luck to those who go on ortho tri low. | F | 16 | 8 months | 3/30/2009 | 1 | birth control | EXCESSIVE bleeding | my periods are normally 3 days and on this they are REALLY heavy and almost two whole weeks... | F | 20 | 3 months | 3/29/2009 | 3 | birth control | bad-nausea, headaches, tiredness, mood swings. | i just started taking this birth control on sunday. i have been so moody its unreal. i cried for absolutely no reason yesterday and today i was very emotional. my boyfriend says that i have been being extremely bitchy. i always get sick smelling food, last night i actually threw up! i constantly have headaches and im very very tired. im really hoping that all of this is because i just started taking birth control for the first time, but other than all the bad my boyfriend says that my boobs have gotten alot bigger since ive been taking these pills! | F | 17 | 5 days | 3/26/2009 | 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 | 1 | Birth control | I have found myself to be a person that can not tolerate hormonal birth control. I was on this medication for about a year and a half when I went off because I felt it was making me more irritable, anxious, and also making my eyes dry. Two weeks later, the stuff really hit the fan. I began having horrible, long, uncontrollable panic attacks. Along with this, my heart rate went up and would not go down. I was diagnosed with tachycardia by a cardiologist who said my troubles all stemmed from having been on and then going off of the Pill. In trying to deal with all the chaos my body was going through due to my natural progesterone production being compromised by taking the Pill, I was put on Ativan (which is another horrible, dangerous drug which it took me 16 months to wean off of [after 4 months of use]). I was also put on Celexa (SSRI), which I am about to start weaning from. I can't count the thousands of dollars in doctors bills over the last year and a half, that I would not have ha | F | 36 | 16 months | 3/23/2009 | 5 | I don't recall experiencing any side effects. I did have a bit of cramping but no bleeding at first, but no other visible side effects. | This is the first birth control I have used, and I love it. It hasn't really changed anything. No weight gain, anxiety, or fatigue. My periods have become somewhat lighter and the cramps much better, but the periods still last for five days. I would definitely recommend this. | F | 18 | 6 months | 3/22/2009 | 1 | regulate period,prevent pregnancy | weight gain(20 pounds),extreme mood swings,kidney stones and infections,loss of sex drive,yeast infections,over reacting,impatient,fatgue | I hate it. I'll never take it again. It made me feel like I always wanted to hit someone. I became extremely annoyed at the smallest things. My bf bought a case of beer and forgot my pepsi so I took the case of beer in the back and shot it. He tossed a pair of socks my way so I threw the remote at him. I have kidney stones right now that I never had until I started taking the pill. | F | 22 | 2 months | 3/21/2009 | 1 | Help with cramps and acne | WEIGHT GAIN, depression, tired all the time, no sex drive | I was on this pill for 4 months and everything seemed to be okay. All of the sudden I gained 20 pounds with no change in eating or anything. I also have never been so depressed in my life. I'm also tired all the time and I never want to go out anymore. Also, I have lost all interest in having sex. I'm too scared to get off of it because I don't want to get pregnant or have bad periods again. I don't know what to do... | F | 20 | 1.5 years | 3/21/2009 | 5 | birth control | weight gain during first three months | I love it. I was started on OTC Lo and then switched to OTC and didn't notice a difference. Switched once to NuvaRing to avoid pills but that did not work for me. Remember everyone is different and with most birth controls you have to have a trial of 3-4 months before side effects dissipate and your body gets accustomed to the birth control | F | 23 | 5 years | 3/20/2009 | 4 | breast growth, clearer skin, slight cramping | i was nervous to start my birth control especially when i read comments on websites such as this one. but i started taking ortho tri cyclen lo and i barely noticed a change in my body, it was nothing too intense at all! so dont be nervous about starting birth control because of other peoples stories you have to try it for yourself! if it doesnt work for you, try again with another kind! so basically i have ahd a good experience with my birth control adn would reccomend it to others! | F | 6 months | 3/20/2009 | 3 | Regulate Cycle, Prevent Preg, Acne | EXTREME fatigue, Mild Depression, Severe mood swings, | I have taken (OTC) for about 11 months and started experiencing extreme fatigue, I thought it was my sugar so let it go. Then I was lashing out at everybody and crying all the time. I never cried alot before, and now my boyfriend looks at me crosseyed and I bawl. I thought I was going nuts not thinking it could be the bc. It works wonders for preventing preg and acne but the emotional distress makes it obsolete. I quit today. I finally figured out my problem! | F | 20 | 11 months | 3/20/2009 |