KOk I have read that Ortho has been bad for some of you but can you go into some more detail? I have started it about a week ago and I have been miserable! Please let me know what kind of side effects you had and maybe I wont feel like I have been imagining anything or if it is because of the ortho.
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Gave me some awful headaches, and a voracious appetite(just what I needed, NOT!) It all lessened after about 2 months, and I stayed on it for 3years. Hope you feel better soon.
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It gave me the HEAVIEST periods of ALL freaking time. It just felt too "harsh" on my body. Yet I was put on the at 15 and continued to take them for years b/c i thought it was just "normal" to have that heavy of periods. Yasmine was much more gentle on my body.
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I love my ortho, but it has definitely given me PMS like I don't remember having before. Granted, I've only had a couple unassisted periods in my life so maybe I'm not the best source for this. But I remember wondering what all the fuss about PMS was (considering that the few unassisted periods I had were horrifically long and heavy, I figured that I would get it then if I ever would). Now I basically plan to sit on the couch the day before my period every month if I can, because I don't feel like doing anything and I get cramps. but for me, it's worth it. I also got bigger boobs, which I'm okay with!
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Ortho Tri gave me morning sickness (major vomiting) when the hormone dosage increased and made my sad and weepy. I'll never take another tri-phasic or bi-phasic pill!
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I as on Ortho Tri for about 2 years when I STOPPED having perionds. I went to the Dr and they gave me Yasmin (which I loved). She told me that she was very surprised that I hadn't gotten pregnant while on the Ortho Tri, when I asked her why she said that the make up of the pill is mainly for complextion and pms symptoms and is one of the worst on protection.
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I was on ortho for a couple years it seemed it worsend my acne but then again I have always had an acne problem so its hard to tell whether it helped or not. the only thing that I remember about it for sure is the worst hunger. i could eat and eat and eat. worse appetite than pregnancy for me.
I took Ortho Tricyclen when I was 17-19. I hated it. I got these horrible headaches where I was light and sound sensitive. I also had high blood pressure and gained some weight. That was partly my fault, but I hated those headaches!
I was completely regular before Ortho and afterwards I had symptoms of PCOS. I went 3 years without regular AF, and then was finally diagnosed. I don't know if it was b/c it was so strong, but I won't take the Pill again b/c of that.
Good luck! I hope you don't have the same problem!
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I took myself off of it after 6 months of "giving it a try". It gave me worse PMS than I had before, however, it did get rid of my PCOS symptoms. My ovaries are back to PAINFUL encounters. I experienced IBS-like symptoms prior to my period more when I took that pill. I kind of had enough of MD intervention, so I decided to get off and stay off on my own. I was on Ortho Cyclen for 10 years, and I really seemed to do quite well on that. If you don't like Ortho Tri Cyclen, try Ortho Cyclen. Just a thought...
I was on OTC for a year and I hated, hated, hated it. It made my breasts very sore, it felt like they were on fire and I couldn't stand for anything to touch them, not even clothing. I had pelvic heaviness all the time. By the time I came off of it and onto Yasmin, I'd had a month long period. I had headaches all the time. Cramps like you wouldn't believe. Overall it was just a bad experience for me.
Ortho Tri Cyclen 
but then again I have always had an acne problem so its hard to tell whether it helped or not. the only thing that I remember about it for sure is the worst hunger. i could eat and eat and eat. worse appetite than pregnancy for me.
Hate Ortho Tri Cyclen 
