January 26th
2008
3:43 PM
Plain and simple, I hate this pill.I have been on it for a little over a year now and it changed me completely. I experience sever anxiety to the point where I will get all ready for the day and be fine and then *bam* the anxiety hits and I crawl back into bed for the day.Ortho has also caused me to get frequent headaches. It is ( I just stopped the pill) to the point where I am throwing up once or twice a week with very painful migraines. I have no sex drive at all.My breasts are always tender. I have bad mood swings.I've gained weight. The ONLY good thing about this product is that my cramps aren't as sever as they used to be.
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October 23th
2007
7:59 AM
I was on Ortho Tri Cyclen- Lo for a year and a half. It really helps with cramps I never had any when my period came. After starting on this pill I took it in the morning and that didn't work because if I didn't eat on a regular basis I would get sick so then I was eating all the time and gained weight. After I began taking it before bed this got better. My boobs got bigger (no complaints there). I used to have a really strong sex drive after starting this it was killed and now is non existant. I had really bad mood swings the week before my period, really bad anxiety and depression.
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October 10th
2008
9:15 AM
I have been on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo for 9 months. I went through a major depression last spring. I was diagnosed with MAJOR DEPRESSION and went on anti depressants and on sick leave from work. Now looking back it seems there could be a link with the birth control pill. Around the same time I started taking it, I started having such bad MOOD SWINGS, ANGER control problems, ANXIETY and fatigue. I was always getting angry at my boyfriend and picked fights. No more sex drive either. I spoke to my GP, to a psychiatrist and to my pharmacist. I asked them "should there be a link with the pill?". Each and everyone said "no", "highly unlikely". Nobody suggested I try stopping the pill BEFORE starting anti depressants. I got a second opinion from a other doctor. THIS is what he said to me:" you'll be very depressed if you get an unplanned pregnancy." the thing is ladies, they DON'T WANT YOU OFF THE PILL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT UNPLANNED PREGNANCY. THEY DON'T WANT YOU OFF THE PILL BECAUSE IT PAYS A LOT MORE TO PUSH PILLS THAN TO RECOMMEND OTHER METHODS (pharmaceutical companies giv big incentives and gifts to doctors). THEY DON'T ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.
-- By nomoremeds | Reply | Send Private MailI'm going off the pill at the end of my pack and am giving myself a couple months to see if I feel better. then I am going off the anti depressants.