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Q: Always Hungry!

asked by: Rosemary Hills on March 13th, 2006

New User

I have been on ortho tri-cyclen lo for two weeks now. During the first week of taking it nothing seemed to be different, but this past week I have constantly been hungry, even right after I eat. It is driving me insane and I don't want to end up gaining a bunch of weight from overeating.
Will I always feel like this as long as I keep taking the pill, or will the hunger subside after I continue to take it? If so, how long will this last!!?

This seems to be the only side effect I have...

Last edited by Rosemary Hills on March 13th, 2006 07:44 PM; edited 1 time in total

Replies(3)

Carifairy

replied on March 13th, 2006

Extremely eHealthy

It will subside hopefully, if it does not consider taking nuva ring instead because women who do not tolerate other birth control tolerate nuva ring well. Exercise, exercise, exercise. If you do not you will gain wieght anyways with age. Eat right, if yopu need to eat more to get full, eat more veggeis, salad, fruit. Not fast food or crap food.

Rosemary Hills

replied on March 13th, 2006

New User

Thanks for the advice. I do exericise, and am also a vegetarian. So I never eat fastfood, and the majority of the foods that I eat are organic veggies and fruits. I guess I will just have to try to overcome the intense hunger pains and hope they go away with time. Heh

getsmarter

replied on October 3rd, 2009

New User

Always hungry

Maybe you are always hungry because the majority of food that you eat are veggies and fruits. When I eat like that (total carbs) I am hungry all the time, too. Now I pay great attention to the amount of protein which I eat and the right amount satiates me for hours and hours. It's so nice not to be hungry every 50 minutes! So I would ask, how much protein are you eating?

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