Ortho tricylen symptoms and conditions

NuvaRing is horrible!! I was on it for about 6 months. The only positives were that my period came like clockwork 3 days after I would remove it and the fact that I only had to deal with inserting it once per month compared to taking a pill every day. The Nuvaring totally killed my sex drive, caused me to be very irritated all the time, depressed, extremely tired, huge increase in underarm sweating (i've never been one to sweat), tingling in my hands/feet, frequent pain in the left side of my chest, and frequent dizziness. I seriously thought I was going crazy until I started finding out a lot of other people were having problems. I just switched to Ortho-Tricylen a little less than three weeks ago and it is just as bad. Now I'm extremely moody, sensitive, my boobs hurt, i'm SO tired and sick to my stomach. After this week I'm going to find a non-hormonal method because this is ridiculous.

I have probably had THE WORST experience with YAZ, than anyone else on this site. Please GOD do not go on this drug. It is pure poison, save yourself!!!! I am having horrible pain as I am writing this. OK, I have been on YAZ for about 9 or 10 months. My Doctor draws labs every year on all of her patients (just run of the mills things, to make sure you are still healthy.) By the way I am ONLY 21 years old. I was on Ortho Tricylen for about 3 years, but wanted to try something new. While on Orthotrycyclin, I had normal blood pressure, normal lab levels, painless periods and ovulation. This drug almost killed me, it might still. Within one year, I went from being a healthy 21 year old, to having my blood pressure increase every month until the doctor put me on a blood pressure med, which didn't help, so she increased that dose, which didn't help, so she added a water pill as well, which doesn't help. The highest my blood pressure went was 158/110. The doctor did a kidney ultrasound, everything was fine. I was having constant cramping on the left side of my pelvis for 3 months, the doctor did a uterus and ovary scan, and those were fine. the doctor ran blood work on me, My TRIGLYCERIDES (the fat in your blood) had TRIPLED in 9 months. That seems impossible to me, considering I had not gained any weight, in fact I had lost 10 pounds, and my cholesterol was not elevated, but was low. At the advice of the doctor I stopped taking the Yaz over a month ago. My period is almost 2 weeks late, and i am not pregnant. I am still having constant severe pain in my left ovary in my pelvic area. I had no sex drive on Yaz, and increased anxiety. I developed a strange fungal infection on my chin while taking Yaz. I do not have any diseases, and should NOT be developing a fungal infection on my FACE. I just hope my period comes back, I want to have a baby one day. I am very sad and hate myself for taking Yaz, please take this seriously.

I took a bread from taking Yaz recently for several months since my doctor went on vacation. I went back and got the prescription and started taking it again. I am dehydrated all the time and my sex drive is low. After reading this site, I'm asking to switch back to Ortho TriCylen. I took it for years and was fine; I think in my case, change is not good.

I am 18 years old and I've been on birth control since the age of 15. Why so young? I was raped shortly after my 15th birthday. I was on Estrostep for awhile and loved it, but I ran out and have yet to find more of it. I was then started on Ortho-Tricylen and had been on it for almost 2 years when I noticed something wasn't right. I went to the doctor and they sent me straight to the hospital after having an abnormal ultrasound. Long story short, I had a cyst on my right ovary the size of a tennis ball and my doctor diagnosed me with endometriosis phase 2. I was scheduled to have surgery that following morning. I was in so much pain that I was hoping this one surgery would fix it all. They had to remove my appendix and burn a lot of scar tissue and whatnot to fix me up. After surgery, my doctor told me that I was ate up pretty bad with endo, and that they didn't want to have to do a total hysterectomy on an 18 year old. I don't have any kids, but I have hopes to someday have a couple. He started me on Femcon Fe right away, saying that this would control my endo cell growth. I have been on it for almost 5 months now and it's the worst pill I've ever taken! I have all the side effects listed on the package. The worst of them are breast tenderness, heavy spotting, nausea, vomiting, headaches, acne, weight gain, and severe moodiness. I can't take this anymore! I missed two pills one weekend and ended up back in the hospital because I started gushing blood that looked like black water. I don't know what else to do, so I'm quitting them. I took my last one Wednesday. I will be returning to the doctor next week and seeing if I can get back on Estrostep. I want my body back! I really hope all of you out there on this pill read this and stop immediately!! It's not safe!

Wow, I don't feel so crazy after reading everyone's comments. I was on BC for 6 years, and stopped for a year and a half. I myself started this pill 4 days ago, and already I have noticed increase anxiety, paranoia, headaches, and irritability. I called my doctor and told them to write me a prescript for what I used to take -- Ortho Tri Cyclen. For some reason I allowed my doctor to talk me into taking this crap.
Yeah.. the 'lo' dose stuff isn't always the best stuff.

I'm glad I'm not alone. I didn't have any problems with Yasmin at first, but when I lost weight I started to have a lot of vaginal dryness, difficulty with my contact lenses, twitchy legs at night, foggy thinking, etc. Takign a magnesium supplement helped with the twitchy legs. I went off of Yasmin one month when I was travelling and all those side efects went away. In addition, I found that I was sleeping better than I had in months. I stayed on it for a while because none of my side-effects were very strong and would come and go, and I wasn't sure if it was the Yasmin
My OB-GYN was very understanding so this month I'm switching back to Ortho-tricylen. Wish me luck!

I already have a post on here about how horrible my experience was with Yasmin. "Panic Attacks!!!", Feeling like I was going to pass out, weird feeling.
Well now I'm off the pill and am scared to go on another one. Does anyone have a good pill that they like with little side effects? My doctor recommened Ortho Tricylen Lo. Let me know if anyone knows about that BC.

Thanks...