Ortho Tri-Cyclen (Birth control) Reviews
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I just received a couple of packs of OTC Lo today. But geez after reading all this, I might as well shoot myself as to take these! Hopefully they will work better for me than they have everyone else.
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I started taking the Lo pills a little over a year ago strictly for my horrible cystic acne that I have suffered with since I was 13 (now I'm 21). I've tried everything for my acne and nothing seemed to work so I thought I'd give the pill a try. Wow! I thought it was a miracle drug for the first 7 months of being on it. It completely cleared up my acne and made me the happiest girl in the world. However, a couple of months ago I don't know what happened but my acne came back with a vengance! Plus, I've gained almost 20 lbs. in a year's time and I've been alot moodier. All those months of clear skin and then I wake up one morning BOOM! acne everywhere!! So when I went to see my ob-gyn last week he prescribed Yasmin for me to try. He thought that Yasmin may work better for my skin. I haven't tried it yet since I need to finish off this pack of Ortho Lo. So hopefully it will work for me...
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I've had acne since I was 12, two years before I started my actual period. It started as blackheads on my nose, and over the last 13 years, it has moved to different areas of my face. It's not cystic and I hardly ever get the ones that hurt, but it just doesn't go away. I had OCD in high school and scarred myself to death trying to get the sebum and oil out of my face.
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I was taking Yasmin, thought that it might be causing my sudden severe acne (had some in the past, but tolerable), so I switched to Ortho Tricylen Lo, but pharmacy has been giving me the generic Trinessa. Never been worse in my life, I have a dermo appt in 3 weeks, so I guess I'll wait it out.
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I was on OTC for about 2 years, it did great for my acne which I had struggled with since sixth grade. I didn't gain that much weight and didn't notice mood swings, but I didn't have a sex drive either. I enjoyed it for the most part. I got off BC for about 4 months and then got back on it but my Doc put me on Yasmin, which made me absolutely nutty, horrible mood swings. I then went to Trinesa, I hate it, I've got acne again that I struggle with constantly and gained weight, I'm about to now start OTC lo, I hope this works??? Cross your fingers.
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I switched from Depo (3 years) to Lunelle (6 months - awful) to Ortho-Tri-Lo (1 yr). I lost 5 lbs on the Depo, then gained 40 pounds and got severe acne on the ortho-tri-lo. I used to cute & tiny, the Ortho made me puffy & chubby, & the depo has kept me from gaining or losing any weight. I switched back to depo & have had it for another year & 1/2, but am now switching to yasmin.
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I have never had any acne problems, but needed to be on birth control for obvious reasons...I have tried the Depo shot (huge weight gain!), Seasonal (big huge zits and a lot of scaring!), OTC-Lo (big zits around my chin only!) and OTC (which made my sex drive non-existant!). I hope I can find something that doesn't give me any of these terrible side effects! GEEZ
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OTC (regular) worked perfect! I used to get many small bumps on my forehead and minor acne on my face. While on the pill I didn't need to apply any heavy creams or anything because my skin made a huge improvement. It only took like a month to see results. I highly recommend it for people with combination skin and minor but sometimes embarassing acne.
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Ok listen, I had horrible acne from the age of 12. We tried everything, I mean everything, shots, differin, cetaphyl, glucolic acid, salicylic acid, accutane...nothing worked. Then we decided to do Ortho-tri-cyclen. I opted to get the generic version, Trinessa, thinking it was the same thing, but NO.
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Ortho TriCyclen worked really well for me when I was about 15. Then my clinic switched to Desogen, which worked equally well seemed to affect me less in terms of my mood. I never gained weight on either of the pills. I stopped taking all pills when I was 16 1/2 and now, at age 18, I'll be going back on Ortho TriCyclen. By coincidence, I'm going to a wedding in less than two weeks, and I really hope my face clears up. It was never really bad until I strayed from the path of sobriety (oops) and it got really messed up, all those toxins in my body. I've been clean now for almost six months and I wish it would get better. Here's hopin'!
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