hello all. i'm currently on ortho tri cyclen but for the last 2 months i've been having bad mood swings and pretty low to extremely high sex drive. so i think it would be best for me to switch to a monophasitic pill. so can anyone here offer any suggestions as to what pill i should switch to. i've been reading up on Aleese, Yasmin, and Ortho-Cyclen, but i dont know what the doasage of those pills are or much else about them. so can anyone help? thanks a bunch.

[This message has been edited by Trublue03 (edited 04-04-2003).]

Alesse is good. But i have noticed that after being on them 1.5 years, i believe my sex drive has gone down hill, to the point where i am rarely in the mood, and i dont like that factor.

Anyways, good luck

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thanks for the reply. do you know if the symptoms of taking ortho-tricyclen and taking othro cyclen are the same. i think the reason i'm moody is because ortho-tricyclen is a triphastic pill. do any of you prefer a monophastic pill to a triphastic one?

Hello
from what i understand, the monophastic bcp is more for women that have endo or other hormone related problems. The triphastic bcp is closer to the normal hormone cycle we go through monthly. I am on Yasmin bcp right now. I have been on it for three months.I was having problems with my hormone levels. So far my dhea levels have lowered back into the normal range. My doctor wants me to continue taking them for six more months. The first couple of months i had an occasional upset stomach. I haven't gained any weight which was a concern.My period is lighter and the cramps that i was having are gone. Yasmin contains drospirenone which from what i understand is not in other bcps.It is suppose to prevent you from retaining water during your monthly cycle.So far it has worked for me.I hope this was of some help.

Hello
from what i understand, the monophastic bcp is more for women that have endo or other hormone related problems. The triphastic bcp is closer to the normal hormone cycle we go through monthly. I am on Yasmin bcp right now. I have been on it for three months.I was having problems with my hormone levels. So far my dhea levels have lowered back into the normal range. My doctor wants me to continue taking them for six more months. The first couple of months i had an occasional upset stomach. I haven't gained any weight which was a concern.My period is lighter and the cramps that i was having are gone. Yasmin contains drospirenone which from what i understand is not in other bcps.It is suppose to prevent you from retaining water during your monthly cycle.So far it has worked for me.I hope this was of some help.

thanks for your help. does anyone here know anything from ortho-novum 7/7/7. i tried to ask the nurse at my gyn clinic but she wasnt helpful at all.

I switched from ortho tri, to Mircette, a monophasic! It made a huge difference. I went from being a crazed witch with no sex drive and terrible acne to a fairly normal person that actually wanted sex. I used to joke the reson ortho was such a good BCP was because you never wanted sex while on it. The monophasic pill just worked better for me, Mircette is also a fairly low dose pill, so it doesn't cause a lot of the side effects. Ask your Dr. about it. Aimee

well gusy thanks for all the replies. i'm using this current cycle as my guide to see if it was really the BCP's or if i was just stressed out. so far all is well no mood swings or and other symptoms i would have experienced by now. once again thanks for all your help.

I just found this thread; as I'm sort of in the same situation as the original poster.

I'm 25; with acne that I'm managing with topicals and alternative treatments but would like to just get to GO AWAY!!! Anyway, I've been on Ortho tri cyclen for over 3 years and have noticed that my sex drive has gone down hill. It didn't affect my acne any way at all. I've been dealing with acne for many years and gone every route possible, including accutane.

I found a sheet on the internet that said that these birth control pills COULD be good with acne. The reason being that they are
HIGHER ESTROGEN AND LOWER ANDROGEN POTENCY.

YASMIN
DEMULEN 1/50
ORTHO TRI CYCLEN
YASMIN
BREVICON
MODICON
NECON
ORTHO EVRA (PATCH)
and MIRCETTE

I haven't found anything related to sex drive yet though. I found another board with people saying that the Nuva ring and Patch help with sex drive; so that's an option; but I really just want to switch to another pill because it's the easiest thing for me.

Any input? Thanks.