Thread: Switching from Yaz to Ortho Cyclen - input or your experiences?

I have been on Ortho for a while now. I started taking it when I was a teen and then when I got married I went to Yaz, which ended in a pregnancy. After delivering my baby I went to the Depo which ended in a 70lbs weight gain and heart problems. I am now back on Ortho for heart reasons and like it very much. I should have never changed. I think they say in the packs that when switching from another birth control, spotting may occur. My Aunt takes Yaz and is very happy with it. She says that she doesn't like Ortho because Yaz kept her period shorter. I think it doesn't matter the length of my period as long as the birth control is reliable. If you had no problems on Yaz I don't think you will have any on Ortho but then every body is different, and it wasn't until 1994 that they started testing the effects of birth control on women so some of the side effects of all birth control may be unknown.

I was on Orthy Tri-cyclen Lo for about 4 years, I had to stop for a few months because I got really sick and had to stop taking all medications. It was originally given to me to help me gain weight, I have a very low appetite and I tend to be a little underweight (I'm 5'4" and when I first went off of it during the sickness I dropped to about 96 pounds.. ack.) It makes me hungry, but I've never gone past 115 pounds. It makes my periods very bearable, I never really got moody. However, I have a friend who took Ortho and said it made her extremely moody and hungry, so she switched to Yaz. It really depends on the person unfortunately.