Ortho tricyclin symptoms and conditions

I just posted a side effect on the Yaz page. I know all birth control pills are different for everyone but for the most part I had a lot of success on Yasmin. I was on Ortho Tricyclin for about 2 years in my early 20's and started having severe abdominal pain and severe bloating (all over my body). After several tests (blood work, CT scan, ultrasound, etc.) came back normal, I asked my ob/gyn to switch me to another type of birth control b/c I really didn't feel like myself and when your Mom says "You look like a zombie" then you know something is wrong. He gave me a prescription for Yasmin and I had immediate abdominal/bloating relief and felt normal again. I took Yasmin for 6 years and my only complaint is that I got PMDD the last 6 months I took it. I wasn't sure if it had something to do w/ turning 30 or just being on Yasmin for that long or a combination. I saw a commercial for Yaz and asked my ob/gyn if I could try it. The PMDD went away after the second month on Yaz but next week I'm going to try Yasmin again due to side effects I developed on Yaz (no energy, tired all the time, not feeling alert, feeling depressed). I'm crossing my fingers that Yasmin help me feel normal again and not bring back the PMDD.

I know birth control pills affect everyone differently, this is what happened to me. I started taking Yaz in January after being on Yasmin for 6 years (I had severe abdominal pain on Ortho Tricyclin and Yasmin gave me immediate relief. I had PMDD the last 6 months I took Yasmin and asked to switch to Yaz after seeing commercials on it, other than that I had no problems being on Yasmin for 5 1/2 years). The second month of Yaz, my PMDD went away, I felt normal and loved being on Yaz. I haven't had any weight gain, have mild cramping about a week before my period starts and my period is about 4-5 days and I hardly get bloated but I get a severe headache the day my period starts. The last 3-4 months, I've noticed I've had no energy but still try to exercise, I feel so tired no matter how much sleep I get, at times I don't feel very alert and have to focus hard when driving, have bouts with feeling depressed, and occasional constipation. I didn't have any vaginal dryness but often felt like I didn't have the energy to have sex. I had a blood screening last month which came back normal, this month I noticed my hair seems thinner. I suspected Yaz was the problem then I knew for sure after I found this website. My OB/GYN called in a new prescription for Yasmin today, I'm hoping that will help again - at least until I see him in a couple months, and that the PMDD symptoms do not return.

Did anyone have weight gain as a side effect from STOPPING Yasmin? I was on ortho tricyclin for 7 yrs, and switched due to weight gain to Yasmin, which I really liked. Except after 2 yrs I thought it caused weight gain, so I stopped about a month ago, and initially noticed a really bad headache (not a headachey person) which resolved. But strangely I think I've gained a lot of weight in the past month, while eating better.

Has anyone else noticed this? Does the weight come off?

I have only been on NuvaRing for 2 weeks and I have been experiencing some pretty weird things. Three days after I put it in, I had extreme nausea for an entire night, something that has never happened to me in my entire life. Then, this past week, I have been so emotional and grumpy. I've been picking fights with my boyfriend and being impatient with people in general. I have cried 4 times in the last 5 days, which just really isn't me. I have just felt so "off," so not like my usual happy self. Then, after a potential sex session gone bad with my boyfriend tonight, I realized that my sex drive has been gone for the past week. Usually, I have a very, very high sex drive and lately I just haven't been caring whether or not it happens. My boyfriend is confused and probably more frustrated than he's letting on. I was on BC last about 2 years ago and I stopped after I lost my sex drive completely. The NuvaRing did to me in two weeks what Ortho-Tricyclin did in about a year.

Once it dawned on me that my sex drive was gone and I have been so emotional and angry, I took that thing out faster than you could blink! Haha

I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one having these side effects. It's a relief to know I'm not losing my mind.

I have had my Mirena for almost a year now. I have not had a child and got the iuc because my blood pressure was high and this was a better alternative then the pill i was on. But not I have acne like i have never had before! I don't even know how I got to this sight I go online to look at how much proactive would cost because I break out every month right before i spot for a few days and it take my skin three weeks to clear up, just in time for me to break out again it sucks. I see that a lot of you have had a low sex drive, which I have experienced also, and just brushed it off as stress, or whatever other reason, but now am beginning to wonder if it is my Mirena. these are pretty much the only side effects I have, but the acne is driving me crazy!!!! I still have somewhat of a period. I never really know what to expect one month i might not have one at all the next month i might spot for a day or two, then stop for a day, then spot again for a few days. It kind of sucks because its not enough to use a tampon and its on and off for about a week and a half. I don't know what to do, right now I am really missing my ortho tricyclin!

I'm so glad I found this website. I've been on Femcon since December 30, and I CAN'T stand it!!! I've been bleeding for the past 5 days. I've already put on weight and notice an increase in my appetite. I'm also extremely moody and irritable. In addition, even though I take these pills at night, I still experience nausea when I take them. I'm also breaking out more. Like many others, my doctor gave me 5 months of samples from their office. I should have known better when the office manager was the one who originally recommended I take this pill. I haven't taken oral contraception for a couple of years. I was on Ortho TriCyclin and also tried the NuvaRing for a couple of months, and NEVER had these problems. When I called my doctor's office, I told the nurse that I was concerned these pills were too strong for me, she told me that Femcon is a low hormone pill. I just can't believe I'm having such a strong reaction to this pill. I want to stop it immediately, but the nurse tells me that if I do, I will bleed even heavier for the for a couple of weeks until my body re-regulates. She said that this bleeding I'm having should stop in a couple of months, but I'm sorry... It's just NOT worth it. Heed warning when the doctor wants to give you this pill... consider another option. The side effects have been unbearable.

Hello Yasmin Sufferers out there, I have currently been taking Yasminfor four months exactly, I started my cycle today which means that I would start to take my new pack of pills come this Sunday, except I have most definately decided that I am going to stop. Especially after reading all of these posts and have come to the realization that all of my health problems seem to be Yasmin driven. I will now list the long list of symptoms that I have expierienced over the last four months:

Water retention, dry mouth, dehydration ( also note: drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day), blurred vision, shaking, headaches, backaches, crying at the drop of a dime, moody, irritable, constipation, nightsweats, coldsores, breast tenderness, as well as numbness in legs. I also have naturally thin hair, but have noticed that my hair has become thinner. I have also gained 10pds.

I am 24 years of age and have been taking this pill for four months. When I was younger I took Ortho Tricyclin for years and gained approx: 60pds. I went off of that pill and dropped the weight almost immediately along with changing my nutrition completely. So, it wasn't just the pill. I then stayed off of the pill for years, and was absolutely fine. Last year I tried to take Yasmin, I went on the pill for one month and withing the 1st week gained 8pds, I stopped taking it after one month, because I am so weight conscience because the pill had made me gain weight in the past.

I tend to have moderate adult acne. I went to my Dr. for an acne treatment, and he suggested the Birth Control Pill. He suggested Yasmin because of the water pill which is in it. This time my Dr. convinced me that I did not give the pill enough time last time and should give it three months minumum.

So, I have given it four months and the symptoms seem to be getting worse as well as the weight gain, and irritability.

I have also felt depressed and wondered if have been depressed which I have never had thoughts of in the past.

One thing that Yasmin has done well for me has been clearing up the acne, which was what I wanted to stop, but after enduring all of these other symptoms, I would rather have adult acne in trade for all of these.

Like I mentioned above I took my last pill last Saturday because that was the end of my pack and I do not plan on starting a new one this Sunday. I can only hope that I do not get any negative side effects when coming off of the pill.

I hope that this helps you ladies out there looking for info and highly recommend researching a birth control pill extensively before taking it.

Wishing you all the best of luck, thank you all for voicing your symptoms as I didn't even realize that these were all pointing to one problem.YASMIN.

I started Yasmin 4 days ago, and I cannot for the life of me fall asleep. I feel like my brain is ON all the time. I have heartburn and dry mouth as well. The nausea is ridiculous too. I am on wellbutrin, and have been for months, so I am pretty sure its not that. However, my depressive thoughts are back. I am guessing this is not the pill for me. Ortho-tricyclin did the same thing to me

Hello All,

I started Yasmin three months ago when my husband and I moved to Italy and boy has it been awful! You don't have to go to a doctor to get a prescription for many drugs, so I went to a pharmacy and asked one of the pharmacists what she would reccommend since a drug comparable to what I have been taking for the last ten years, Ortho Tricyclin, is not available here. She gave me Yasmin.

I have a heart condition and have always had heart palpatations, but never like this. Yesterday I bent over to pick up a book and thought I was having a heart attack. It was awful. About two months into taking the pill, I was doing a pilates video that I have done dozens of times before with no problems and fifteen minutes into it I had to sit down because I could barely breathe and my heart was beating so hard. Most every day I find myself thinking about breathing, having to purposfully take very deep breaths to make sure that I am actually getting oxygen.

Also, I have been experiencing major mood swings, depression and anxiety. I thought that it was due to the new enviroment, but now I am not so sure. This was the first month that I did not have at least one day where I was a total bitch. Anything anyone said pissed me off. I feel sorry for all of the folks that have been around me that past few months! Especially my wonderful husband who is always so supportive.

I can also mention headaches, massive neck and back tension, lower back pain, lethargy and insomnia.

I have four pills left in this pack and I am not so sure that I want to take them. I am glad that I was referred to an English speaking gyno here. I'll be seeing her soon.

I wish you all good health.
Bright Blessings.
Brandie

I am on my 3rd week of Ovcon. I experienced nausea for the first 2 weeks till I starting taking it with a meal at night. Lots of cramps, acne breakouts on face and back and crying spells. I started spotting on the 3rd week and have been spotting and experiencing cramps for the past 6 days. I have gained at least five pounds. I was on Ortho-tricyclin before and it made me even more sick. Hopefully the side effects will get better. At least the nausea has gone away.

I have been on Yasmin 2 years. My side effects seem to have been sore breasts (uncomfortably bigger 'uns, too); a new, continual witchy-gripiness, and loss of ALL sex drive (which never happened with any other pill, and I've taken them 15 years). I also have increased lower back pain (from a drunk-ex-boyfriend injury 8 years ago). I've gained about 10 pounds these past two years. Add to those side effects a DEFINITE, UNDENIABLE loss of hair (only "down there"), which makes me look like my grandmother in that nether region. My gyno said that Yasmin causes hair loss there. I don't see many of you on this site mentioning that side effect, though, and it's not a bad one, especially if one wears swimming suits, but it is very weird. Also, I don't wake up as quickly nowadays (which is quite unusual for me), and I actually kind of drool during sleep sometimes--a very unusual thing. I'm more lethargic, and feel MUCH less hope in life. In a few days I go off Yasmin (after these two years). Now my new gyno has put me on Ortho Tricyclin, a LOW DOSE pill, which sounds much better. Incidentally, if you have no health insurance, or if you do, Planned Parenthood is an easy, low-cost, friendly place to find great female gynos. On this website, all of your posts have perhaps begun to add HOPE back into my life! I wonder if my relatively newfound witchiness, unhappiness, lethargy, sore breasts, and total lack of sex drive will miraculously go away now. Thank you all VERY MUCH for taking your time to write of your side effects! Is the sun rising?