elocinintherain

My doctor gave me a script for Ortho Tri-Cyclen...anyone here on it or have been on it?
What effect did it have on you? Weight/Facial Hair/Scalp Hair/Breakthrough Bleeding? Please help!

RoaryKennedy

I took TriCyclen for a lot of years...from the time I was 19, until my dh and I decided to TTC when I was 27. I never had complaints with it. I had no noticeable weight gain that I could've attributed to the TriCyclen, and my skin stayed reasonably under control.

After I had my dd last year, I went back on it. Big mistake. From the time that I'd had my dd to the time I started TriCyclen (about 10 weeks), I'd lost 40 pounds. My skin was great. I wasn't overly depressed. And I was actually having normal cycles every 32 days, even without Metformin. But when I went back on the TriCyclen, I gained 40 pounds within a short amount of time. I started having cystic acne, which I'd never really dealt with before. I had constant breakthrough bleeding, and always bled through weeks 3-4. But the worst were the migraines.

So, I saw my GYN today to try something else, and my migraines tipped him off and he has decided that I can no longer be on hormonal BCP, as the migraines are a neurological symptom, and BCP can increase the chance of strokes in situations like that.

I hope it works for you! Like I said, I thought it worked fine for me for the first stretch that I was on it--it was after I had my dd that things changed. Good luck!

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Me (I'm Jen!): 30 DH (Jason): 33
PCOS diagnosis 02.07.06

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Ambien CR, 12.5 mg. Yep, I'm an addict!
Effexor XR, 150 mg.
Metformin, 1000 mg.

One round 50 mg Clomid cd 5-9 + 500 mg Met = SURPRISE BFP after being told O hadn't happened!!!

Aidyn Charlotte was born via planned c-section on February 7, 2007--exactly one year to the day after my diagnosis!


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deepurpleprincess

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Zoloft 50 mg
Divion 40 mg
Singular 10 mg
Nexium 40 mg
Ortho Tricylen lo
500 mg Vitamin C
Feosol(Iron)
CPAP Treatment
Depression, Panic, and Anxiety disorder.
ADHD
OSA


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Judybaby

i took it years ago and my main complaint was it completely dried out my skin, my face was actually peeling. and i was very sensitve to the sun, burned very easily. but i stopped it and when to realy ortho cyclen and my face and skin went back to normal.

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DS- 5 Connor William May 6, 2003

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DD- 3 Willow Enya April 4, 2005

PCOS diagnosed 3/02
1000mg Met(Started 4/08) trying to feel better



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scapoodle

Made my skin beautiful, lost weight, facial hair almost non-existent and then after 2 years, gave me a blood clot in my left leg. . . That was it for me and birth control.

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Diagnosed 10+ years ago; Weight always been a struggle
Began ortho tricyclen and spiro
Blood clot 2/03; blood thinner for a year; left me with thrombophlebitis
Since then been a healthy eater and active
Took myself off all prescription meds 9/07

Currently taking:
Multivitamin (GNC)
Coral Calcium (for IBS)
Super B Complex
Flaxseed Oil 1000/day

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Gotta get the weight off! Tight 24 in 3/08. . . 5/08 24's are too loose!
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Come on 22. . .
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