Before starting Ortho Tri Cyclin Lo for clearing up my acne, I'd been on a limited calorie diet combined with exercise and I was feeling good and losing weight. But the problem with going on the pill is that whereas before I would feel hunger signals, now I have this bloated feeling all the time, PLUS cravings for food I wouldn't normally have. I've gained five pounds in a little more than one week.

It doesn't make sense that this would be happening, I've talked to my doctor and Ortho is a comparatively low dosage contraceptive that's supposed to have less side effects, but I suppose "less" doesn't mean anything if Ortho is the first birth control I've used.

Did anyone else experience anything like this?