I 've just been switched from ortho tricyclen lo too mircette .
doctor claims my headache's are due to the sudden dip in estrogen on the dummy pills to start bleeding .
i'm told this pill has little to no dip cause the 7 dummy pill's 5 of them have lose dose estrogen .
so anyone on this board taken mircette ? i'd love to hear the good the bad and ugly lol.
DEB
Hi I have been taking it since feb of this year and have had no problems with it. I have had problems with mood swings and headaches with others in the past.
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I love Mircette! Plus there's a generic, Kariva, which may be cheaper for you.
The small dose of estrogen in the five days helps me enormously, too - my moods are much more even than on Yasmin or particularly Ortho-Tri.
My skin is in really good shape too.
Good luck!
Wendy
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IBS since '01
Tried Ortho-Tri, terrible terrible. Mircette saved my life. Then tried Yasmin which was OK but had some side effects.
Now I'm back on Kariva (generic Mircette) with a low dose of Spiro. Ten bucks a month and I'm in a deliciously good mood.
I took that quiz and I'm Curry Flavored, how cool is that?
I just thought I'd let you know that I've taken Mircette in the past. It was before I discovered that I had PCOS, and my Dr. prescribed it to make AF regular. I think that's when I started having AF like clockwork, with the very pronounced PMS symptoms... Just my little input...
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Hello ladies! Glad to hear some positives on Mircette! I was on Yasmin for 14 months and developed severe migraine headaches. I tried to deal with it as long as possible because my PCOS symptoms were finally under control and I had lost 20 pounds. I finally just couldn't take the headaches anymore and quit taking it a couple of weeks ago. Went to the Dr. today and asked for something fabulous without migraines! ha! So - he prescribed mircette - which I haven't heard much about. I still need to lose about 15 - 20 pounds and am hoping that this new bcp will help. I did LC to lose the first 20, but have found that since I quit taking the Yasmin - and started over with induction - no weight loss in 3 weeks. I'm hoping that will change.
Thanks again for your postings! I love this site!!
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Wow, I was definitely glad to find this post! I was on O3C (Ortho Tri-Cyclen) for a year and had no obvious problems with it, but I developed gallstones soon after starting it. I don't know if the O3C caused that, but know that galbladder disease can be a side effect of bcp's. So that freaked me out and I asked for something with a low dose of hormones, and my doctor put me on mircette. Defiitely glad to know that y'all have had good experiences with it!
Did anyone notice a change in weight when starting mircette, or especially if you switched to mircette from something else? I gained about 10 pounds when I went on O3C!
I'm also really glad to hear it helps with the mood swings...on O3C I'd get really depressed when the hormone levels dropped off.
I took Mircette for about a 6 months, and I really didn't like it. ( sry all) It caused extreme ovary pain in my and did something to the chemistry of my uhh discharge, making me have to use a pad everyday because of wetness and smell. Also, my blood pressure spiked like crazy on it giving me terrible headaches. (My BP is usually stable.) I switched to Yasmin but I ovulate on it so it was kind of counter productive...lol. But still give it a try, every woman is different. GL with it...
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I was on Mircette. It worked great for me for a good long time before I had any problems with it. I'd give it a try. I was on it from 12 years old till earlier this year with no hige problems. My PMS was getting bad towards the end of the time I was on it and my cramps were getting awful, which is why I switched but it did a lot of good for a long time. Just make sure you let your doctor know if you have any problems with cramping or anything and they may need to switch you in that case.
anyone on mircette 
I was on Mircette----years ago 
Just my little input...
sry all) It caused extreme ovary pain in my and did something to the chemistry of my uhh discharge, making me have to use a pad everyday because of wetness and smell. Also, my blood pressure spiked like crazy on it giving me terrible headaches. (My BP is usually stable.) I switched to Yasmin but I ovulate on it so it was kind of counter productive...lol. But still give it a try, every woman is different. GL with it...
