Ortho tri symptoms and conditions

I just started Yaz 2 weeks ago and have been miserable. I have never had side effects like this. I have been blaming the nausea, neck and back pains, stomach pains, exhaustion, and everything else on other things such as being sick or a cold or viral something and then this weekend I got leg pains too and a severe headache all weekend. I did bleed all last week one week after I started Yaz and it was only a week and a half since my last period so I knew that was abnormal for me too. I did still take the pill this morning and then googled this morning and found all these similar side effects online. I just called my doctor and will be stopping today from taking this. I will find something else to take such as ortho tri cylcen which I had taken for 9 yrs before and had no problems ever.

I just finished my first month and so far I have no complaints. My period came regularly and lighter which was awesome! I have lost 4 lbs...however I am eating fewer calories so I don't know if the pill has anything to do with that. My sex drive is normal, actually I think my G spot increased in size if that's possible lol. So far so good. No stomach issues either. I guess every pill is different. I have been on 3 others and the one I don't recommend is ortho tri cyclin low. it was great for 6 months then made me have severe mood swings and spotting.

Wow, reading all of this has got me kind of scared. I've been taking Ortho-Tri-Cyclin-Low for almost 3 years, my doctor put me on it, to help with my extremely painful periods, and it worked like a charm. I wasn't sexually active, so I never really worried much about taking it at the same time each day. Other the last several months my life has gotten pretty busy, and its become extremely hard to remember taking the pill each day. I started having sex with my boyfriend earlier this month, we've been using condoms, but they are uncomfortable for both of us, and we don't really want to use them (we were both virgins before this, so we're not worried about STDs). So Friday I went to see my doctor and she suggested Nuvaring, and gave me 5 months worth of samples to try.

I was supposed to have my period this week, I actually quit taking the pill last Tuesday or Wednesday (today is Sunday) because I kept forgetting. So my doctor told me to go ahead and have my period then put the first ring in next week. After reading the information packet and on the nuvaring website I decided to put the ring in last night (Saturday night), and skip my period this month.

I had a headache last night, and its still here (though not quite as bad) today. Today I also started having spotting and mild cramps.

The headache could be from me just getting over the flu (I had that Friday & Saturday), and being tired from the flu. And I'm sure the spotting is probably normal, considering I was supposed to start my period in the next few days, and I've only had the ring in for about 12 hours.

I'm going to be on the look out for side effects though. I sure hope it works for me, because I really am horrible about remembering the pill.

I came upon this site while trying to search about people's experiences with sex while using the ring, because I'm kinda nervous that it will be uncomfortable for my boyfriend and/or I. So if any of you have any input with that, please reply to this. Thank you

I am happy to say I have never and will never take NuvaRing, I myself am on Ortho-Tri and have been for 7yrs. But one of my dear friends is in the hospital fighting for her life due to this ring. She is now in her third surgery in the past few days because of numerous blood clots threw out her body due to starting NuvaRing 8 months ago. My suggestion if you are taking this and all drugs to keep a close eye on them. Her situation is become very serious. And she never had a single problem before now. And two beautiful children later she is left with a bad side effect. This is way a drug should not be EXPERIMENTAL on humans. Ladies please be couscous of your life and the FDA approved drugs!

I am so glad I found this site. I just switched to Loestrin from Ortho Tri Cylin which I thought was making me break out and have heavy cramps. I have been taking Loestrin for a little more than a month and thought I was pregnant because I am constantly tired, nausea, and moody. My hair coming out a lot more than usual, I am hungry all the time, and I have had severe headaches. I am going to stop taking this pill immediately.

Crying, depression, hopelessness, feeling like i'm crazy because I start crying and don't know why, This drug sucks!!!! I have cysts and my doctor changed my birth control from Ortho Tri Cyl Lo to Lo-Estrin to Femco and I don't care if it does work for my cysts or not I feel as though I can't function properly because I'm an emotional wreck. I've never ever had this happen to me before.

I am new to Loestrin 24. I am 26 and have been on Ortho Tri-Clyclen since I was 16. I recently switched to a new GYN, who suggested I try Loestrin. She gave me 2 free samples, so I thought it was worth a try. Besides, I'd heard good things (on the commercials - of course). Immediately, I started noticing breakthrough bleeding, which I'd never experienced before. That lasted for a couple weeks. It was so annoying! I couldn't stand never knowing when it would happen. This past week was supposed to be my period. I knew that it would be shorter, since Loestrin has the 3 extra "active pills". But my period never came. I just started my second pack last night. I went on this site, to see what the real side effects of this pill are - the ones they don't publish on their website (before I completely freaked out). I have read that many other women have experienced no period, which made me feel a little better. I guess I won't run out and get a pregnancy test. One person asked why this was a problem, but when you're trying very hard NOT to get pregnant, a missed period hardly seems like a good thing. I need that reassurance every month that lets me know things are ok. I also have noticed weight gain and increased acne - which I didn't think to connect to Loestrin, but I'd never experienced that on Ortho. Some of these other side effects are downright scary and I'm now considering switching back to Ortho before the anxiety, mood swings and other things start!

I have been on Loestrin 24 for a month and a half and it is killing me. Originally, I started because I was literally bleeding for 2 months. A week after I took the pill, my bleeding altogether halted. I was so happy. Unfortunately, I just got off my first period of being on the pill and it lasted 11 days. My friend said that can be normal. Okay, I thought I would be able to manage through it. Nevertheless, I am having horrible mood swings to my family and boyfriend. I am not trying to put myself on a pedestal, but I am always easy going, very amiable, always smiling... this is a complete turn around. I go from being mad to the next minute crying. I'm so over-emotional and I am watching myself act this way and I can't do anything about it. It is sad and a horrible feeling. Also, I'm always exhausted and always wanting to sleep in. I take two naps a day and I'm 20 years old. It isn't right. The lower back pains are horrible as well. I have an appointment the 28th and getting back on Ortho Tri.

I've been using Quasense for over a year without any problems...until now. Usually, my periods are 2-3 days. Yes, I'm very lucky. But for the last 2 weeks, I've been bleeding. Not spotting. F-ing bleeding. Every f-ing day. Why a drug that claims to lessen the amount of periods a year concluded to have this god-awful side effect is beyond me. Quasense needs to be taken out of the market - immediately. This is a worthless birth control pill. I've been on 3 other kinds before (Ortho-Tri, Seasonale, and Jolessa) and I've never had a problem. And I've used Quasense for over a year! You would think my body would acclimate to the drug already. This is complete BS. I'm a healthy woman and I KNOW it's not me. I fully blame Quasense, the incompetent idiots who synthesized this useless drug, and the diabolical pharmaceutical salespeople who pushed for a drug that should not have ever been released to the public. Speak up, brave women! The drug companies won't do it for you!

I've been taking this pill for 7 MONTHS now. Previously the side effects seemed pretty negligible--I had a bit of spotting--and though the "blood" was disconcertingly "clumpy" (sorry for the graphics)--I've had spotting with every other pill I've used too. Recently, though, the spotting has turned into full periods! I have about a week and a half of nothing and then a constant mess. As of day before yesterday the cramps and bloating are also in full effect. I'm calling the doctor tomorrow because I got on the pill mainly to control the pain and now not only am I constantly bleeding...but it's these strange dark clumps! Once again, sorry to be so specific, but has anyone else experienced this? It's truly mortifying when I'm with my boyfriend...

I have tried 4, soon to be 5 birth controls. I have just (finally) been diagnosed with endometriosis. My favorite thus far is Orthotricyclen cycle. BUT my sister is on Yasmin and I have been on it a year without much complaint. I would say it has less side effects than most, though doesn't seem to stop the bleeding. I have some form of my period three weeks a month on this! I will say it didn't decrease my sex drive BUT what good is it when you always have your period. My sister is having really good luck with it, little to no side effects, and neither of us gained any weight from it. I think its important to note to the readers of this site that every pill hits everyone different, unfortunately its trial and error and a good doctor that can see what works for your body. Just keep that in mine, at least I try to as I start a another new pill.

I was on ortho tri low for 5 years with no problems but switched to Yaz after my doc talked me into it... IT MADE ME CRAZY and depressed so I'm switching back to OTC low!

I have been on the pill for about 2 and half weeks, before I was on Ortho Tri Cyclyn. I swiched bc on the other pill i started to develope craps again. I have recently notice that my fingers have been swelling up, and my stomach looks like I just ate a thanksgiving dinner..i started to research the pill and now i am freakng out bc i think it might be bc of the pill. I have just started to excercise more bc of my feeling of being bloated. Now after reading all of your coments i am freaking out even more bc i am a college cheerleader and i connot have a 5 or 10 pound weight gain! WHAT SHOULD I DO?

I've been on NuvaRing for about a year now. Prior to NuvaRing, I used the pill and the patch. I really do prefer the method of the NuvaRing over the patch which slides on my body and the pill which I had to remember to take. But I've never had migraines as terrible as this. The morning that I am supposed to take out the ring, I wake up with a migraine on the left side of my head. My blood vessels at my temple are literally throbbing and I can feel it pulsing when I touch it. My eye on that side hurts with the light and I feel nausated. I take both aspirin and ibuprofen and I still have pain! Not only that but it usually last for 2 to 2.5 days. I think I am going to quit it and go back on ortho tri lo. Not only that but having sex now feels like a chore! I've completely lost my sex drive!

I am here b/c I've been having crying spells with very light (at first no) periods. I've been on Yaz for about 4-5 months and I don't know if it's causing it. I've reviewed my life and don't really have any particular reason to be crying... great family, good life, good job, etc. so... why the crying. I'm here trying to find out if this might be a side effect. The good side? I'm not as irritable as I was before YAZ, while taking Ortho-tricyclen.

Hi, I was on yasmine for 4 months then switched to ortho tri lo. A month arfter taking yasmine I started loosing large amounts of hair. I had long hair with long layers down my back and now I have extremely short layers and shoulder length hair without ANY hair cuts. I came across this site and see that alot of people on yasmine has had the same problem. I'm going off all birth control to see if I can get my hair back to normal. Has anyone had any luck regrowing there hair?

I've been on ortho tri-cyclen lo for 4.5 years, and I haven't had any negative side effects. I can't blame any weight gain on the pill, because over that time frame I've been able to lose weight by exercising and controlling my diet When I slack off from exercise or eating healthy, I gain weight--sounds pretty normal to me. Also, I used to have problems with cystic acne, a few a month but enough to make me self-conscious and now (at 28 years old) my skin is what I consider perfect. I don't have to wear make-up to cover anything up. I also I started Proactiv at the same time though, so I'm not sure which one is contributing more to the skin clearing up. I was thinking about switching to Loestrin 24 FE, but I guess if it's not broken....

I'm a new Yas user, and I must say I'm terribly dissapointed with it. I have broken out HORRIBLY(i used to be on Ortho-Tri for 5yrs no break outs). I got acne badly when i was 13-14 years old, and it calmed down until about 17(when i started ortho). I'm now 24 and have the worst acne I've ever had in my life.

I've only taken this for 3 weeks, every day, but I've gained almost 10lbs, i've had fatigue, contstant spotting and cramping, and the acne. The rest of my 3 months supply is being tossed in the trash.

I'm so glad I googled side effects of Yasmin and found this site. All of the sudden my mood swings for the past almost YEAR make sense. I started out fine. The pill was great, and I haven't had to worry about acne at all. Of course I gained a few pounds, but not too much. However, I'm a pre medical student trying to study for the MCAT this summer. I've been SO tired and drained and majorly depressed that I just can't seem to concentrate. I feel like I'm always crying over the stupidest stuff (AKA: no reason at ALL), and my grades are starting to suffer. Hopefully now that I've read this, I can stop taking this pill and see an improvement. It's just not worth the depression. I'm 22 right now, and until recently had never had a suicidal thought. I was starting to panic, because I couldn't identify the cause of my depression. I'm a good student, have lots of friends, and have the most amazing boyfriend and family. Life is good, I shouldn't feel this bad. Now that I have a clue as to what this may be, I can fix it.

I am due to start my third pack of YAZ, and I am getting off today. My dr. gave me a three month trial after I switched from ortho-tricyclin low because I had break-through bleeding. I realize with any contraceptive there are going to be side-effects, but this is ridiculous... I have had extreme fatigue, I am sleepy all the time. I also feel like I cannot think clearly, like my head is clogged or something. I also feel very anxious and this feeling like I am going to pass out. Also my eyes feel very dry and unfocused. Nothing is worth feeling like this, and it is very obvious that all these symptoms are coming from this pill. I am scared to try anything else!

Hello!

I was on Ortho-tri-low for 7 or 8 years (I am currently 27) and began taking Yasmin about a year and a half ago at the suggestion of my new doctor.

At first, things were great! My skin had always looked fine, but Yasin made it perfect - even better then my old pills. Slowly, however, symptoms of somethinh darker took over but I never suspected Yasmin until I found this site.

I had attributed my new horrible, moody, AGGRESSIVE personality to stress (got engaged in September, switched jobs - high pressure job etc.). I come from a family who sees sickness as weakness adn I basically took full responsibility for my temermental flaws and ignored the horrible physical symptosm as well. I had MAJOR anxiety, heart palpitations, dizzyness, depression etc. Teh last straw was about a month ago when my periods had lasted almost 5 weeks. I FREAKED out - (cancer? fibroids? Ahhh!) - not to mention weight gain.

I'm not usually a person who runs to the doctor about every little thing, but the prolonged period urges me to actiona dn in teh process I foudhn this site. So I did what I thought was sensible: I stopped taking Yasmin that very day.

WARNING: if you just stop Yasmin out of no where, you may experince what I experienced: thyroid problems. Sure, this means nothing to you as a healthy girl just bopping through life - but MAN does it suck when something's wrong with yoru thyroid. I've been off Yasmin for 2 weeks now and my skin is so dry, I look like a snake (Where is my beautifulk skin frm Yasmin!? I miss it!)

I've decided to never take that evil medication again, skin be damned. Already I'm feeling better because the depression has wanned, but my insomnia is out of control. I forgot what's it's like to be NORMAL and happy - soooo glad I've got that part back. My wedding is in 4 months so hopefully I'll be all the way back to my old self soon.

Anyone else experienced this horrible dry skin thing? No amount of lotion helps. I've even tried Neosporin all over, to no avail.

i'm glad i found this site.

i went on nuvaring on sunday of this past weekend. i started feeling a bit not like myself on tuesday. by wednesday i had extreme sensitivity to smells, very decreased interest in sex, and severe irritability. i also was becoming constipated, and my abdomen felt strange, somewhat crampy.

has anyone experienced significant side effects this quickly? i know i'm not imagining these things, and i tend to be very sensitive to medications of all kinds, so it makes sense.

my doctor said that it can take about three months for your body to adjust to the ring, so i had been planning to give it a chance for as long as i could. by thursday night --after being annoyed by feeling it inside me all day too-- i felt so emotionally unstable, tired and out of control that i yanked that stupid thing out.

i'm still very emotional, sad and tired - in fact, i think it could be classified as depression. i've dealt with depression in the past and worked too hard for emotional stability to deal with that as a side effect. i'm hoping the depression subsides soon - it's now saturday and my boyfriend and i are on the verge of breaking up because i suddenly started feeling so awful and confused this week.

i was on an ortho tri pill in the late 80s (when the doses were pretty high). i was young so i don't think i realized how it was affecting me - i gained a lot of weight and was pretty numb emotionally. i went off by mistake one summer and started feeling much better. i didn't think i'd ever try hormonal b. control again because of that bad experience, but i heard that the lower doses have milder side effects. well, not for me apparently - this has been just horrible! i hope i feel more stable and rational soon.

I was on NuvaRing for one month, and after the first two weeks already began to notice a change in my mood and sex drive. I became downright depressed all the time, just felt crazy. And I didn't even THINK about sex. Absolutely no sex drive whatsoever. No history of depression and I've had no problems with sex drive in the past. Anyway I put it in again Sunday to start the second month, and started feeling nuts again, so I took it out Monday. Today is Thursday, and I've just experienced some spotting (my period ended yesterday). I was also on Ortho-Tri for about 5 years and got horrible side-effects, such as severe hypoglycemia, heart murmur, and a peanut allergy! But no emotional problems, just on the Ring...

I just wanted to let people know that I was taking Yasmin for nearly 4 years with serious side effects; anxiety, sever behavior changes, dry skin, sinus infections, IBS. I have switched from Yasmin to Ortho-Tri Low two weeks ago with nothing but positive changes happening. I have ENERGY and the daily panic, anxiety attacks and horrible thoughts have disappeared and no more bouts of IBS. I truly believe Yasmin was the cause of these severe side effects I had been experiencing the last 4 years. I think I can actually stop seeing my therapist for the anxiety now - I feel like myself again. Yasmin is the worst drug I have ever taken. I have started an investigation for a class action lawsuit.

Hey ladies

I've never had any panic attacks or anxiety with Yasmin, in fact I believe mine has decreased... but that is the problem! I hardly feel any emotion, no desire for sex unless initiated by my bf, constantly lethargic and tired.. some chest pain at night, and insomnia/anxiety around ovulation

But my biggest side effect is SEVERE headaches. they are disabilitating, come without warning, and are so intense and severe that I can not make it through my daily day. If I take my pill at the EXACT same time everday, the headaches are minimal, however, if I take the pill a half hour or hour later than I am suppose to, the headaches will persist throughout the entire month... Did anyone else experience headaches like this?

Also, my actual period was not how it was suppose to be...very sticky and chunky it was scary.

In general, I believe Yasmin was just making me feel sick. I had really bad experineces with other birth control (ortho tri cylclen low made me puke every morning as well as get my period randomly) and I have decided to give my body a break. I am using Vivex (chaste tree berry) and St Johns Wort to keep my periods regular and avoid any of the depresssion that hear comes from quitting bcp. I only hope my body can regulate itself and return to normal!!!