I gained weight while on the pill also. I'v started to lose my sex drive as well and i'm not even on the pill lol!!! My husband and I use condoms...And to be honest it sucks!! I'd rather be on the pill. Just work out to keep from gaining weight and look up some helpful sex drive tips on the innternet!! Good luck to you...Try not to let it get you down!!!

Teresa white

I totally feel where you are coming from. I was on ortho tricylen for 3 years then the generic version came out but my face was suddenly getting really oily (but the good thing was I was losing weight!!) I gained so much weight on ortho tryiclen but then I was not feeling the oily face every morning so my Dr. Switched me to ortho lo and I gained a wooping 15 lbs in 2 months. I was sooo disappointed...I hated myself. So I got switched back to ortho tricyclen (generic version) but since then I haven't lost the 15 lbs I gained! I got off birth control and it's been 6 months. The annoying this is that i'm irregular with my periods and so my Dr. Said that I should get back on birth control so that I won't become anemic (i'm getting periods every other week). She prescribed me yasmin..I'm going to try it. Hopefully it's what i'm looking for!

I felt the same thing. A couple of months after getting married I was so moody, had no sex drive, felt aweful all the time, so I stopped the pill a month ago. Now I have light cramps and sore breast but no period.

Well since I got off it I had no period for 3 months (the time your body has to get used to) but then I started having periods every other week and that was no fun so I had to go back onto birth control so that I wouldn't become anemic! Arrrgh! It sucks

I went off the pill and it didn't effect my cycle at all. But I was so glad to get off of it as I had gained weight and completely lost my sex drive. Now my husband and I use condomns and it is wonderful. Should have done that the whole time!

I experienced moodiness, and vascular spasms which my doctor said increases risk of stroke and advised me to take aspirin daily so I am getting off the pill (even though he told me I could stay on it) no thanx, but condoms scare me like they arent safe enough. I am 27 yrs old and never want to have children. I try to talk to my hubby into getting fixed but I cant make him so what do I do?