Strange Things | Why I Hate Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo

erratic_prophet | 20 November, 2006 12:44

A bulleted list of the reasons why I hate Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo (and why I'm going back to Yasmin):

It's spin-the-dial format. I don't do well with circular. Do you know how many times I've over-clicked and had to spin all of the way around again to the right day? I need linear!
Numbers. I can't do numbers either. Am I on day 12 or 13? Or was it actually 11? I don't know! Give me days of the week! I know when it's Monday or Tuesday! Or I can ask someone and they know.

That isn't a dispenser, it's a weapon. Most often heard sentence: "Everyone freeze and look down. If you see a tiny blue pill, hand it to me. No, dear, that's lint. But thank you for looking." That thing shoots out pills like a BB gun. I feel vaguely like a super hero with it. Albeit one who crawls around on her knees looking for tiny blue pills.
It's not doing anything for my migraines. 'Nuff said.
It's making my cramps worse. Like I need that.
The spotting. Let me just say this: Nice, new panties. Spotting. GRARRG!
Did I mention mood swings?

So I'm done. I called my gyno and begged for my Yasmin back and now there shall be much rejoicing. My knees are thanking me already.