Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo and periods

This drug ruined a whole year of my life. Violent mood swings, depression, total personality change. For whatever reason it just did NOT agree with my body and I destroyed a lot of relationships because of how batshit insane this pill made me. I have been off of it for a year and my periods are painful and irregular but anything is better than the hell I went through on this pill.

I have been on BC since I was 18 and I am now 26. I first started out with Ortho Tri-Cyclen and I loved it! When I was 21 my doctor switched me over to Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo because it was a lower dosage of hormones. I found I had no side effects to switching to the Lo and I had no issues at all with BC. About 8 months ago my doctor put me on Loestrin24 because my blood pressure was slightly high. After being on Loestrin 24, I told my doctor I really didn't care for it because it made me irritable, bloated and my periods were non existent. I was crying over nothing and I started fighting with my boyfriend for no reason. I felt horrible. My doctor wanted me to stay on it in hopes that things would get better. Well they didn't, I have finally come to the point where I want off. I called my doctor to put me back on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo. I would much rather deal with an elevated blood pressure and fix it in other ways than have the irritability I have been dealing with.

I am very pleased with Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo and would recommend it to anyone. I know some people will not like it, but I love it!

Been on it for over 2 years now..loved it at first, it cleared up my acne, made my periods manageable and made my cup size go up!.. but in the last few weeks I've had a really low sex drive, I have also had several yeast infections since I have been on it..never had one till I started using BC. And now my toe and finger nails are severely chipping..it's frustrating.. I love taking it for the perks but the side effects are starting to out weigh the benefits.

This in my experience has been one of the worst pills i've ever been on. It caused me to have horrible gas pain through out the month, then if it wasn't that i was always picking fights with everyone, and then crying about it 2 seconds later. I was constantly in an unhappy mood and was either angry or upset for most the day. I would sleep about 10 hours and still be tired when i got up. The pill made my periods worse, i would cramp so bad i'd curl in a ball and fall asleep. It also made my period last longer than usual. I was on the pill for 3 months and couldn't take anymore. I thought it would get better the next month but all it did was got worse each time. I asked many of my friends about their experience with this pill and they all refered to it as the "maniac pill". But it just gave me a bad impression of this pill.