I had a horrible problem with dizziness & nausea with Alesse and years ago with Triphasil (seems to be the levongestrel). Then with Ortho-Cyclen and Tri-Cyclen ... oh, terrible! I would get acne like crazy and VERY swollen and pain breasts for a week before each period and then bad nausea for the first 2 or 3 days after starting a new pack.

I finally found a bc pill that seems to work for me. No swelling, no nausea. Granted I still have basically no sex drive (the pill just wipes it out for me! :-( , but at least a HINT of one on this pill as opposed to nothing on the others. The pill I'm taking is Ortho-Novum (generic: Necon). I've talked to several other women on Ortho-Cyclen or tri-cyclen and they feel like crap too. I'm trying to convince them to try Novum. It's a different form of progestin than the evil Norgestimate stuff.

But then... we're all different and some love the ones I can't take. You just have to try ones until you find (hopefully!) one that works. But I'd recommend Ortho-Novum.

Debbie

Mine actually got worse the longer I was on them, LOL! After a year on Ortho-Cyclen it was terrible. But, again, on Ortho-Novum I don't get any noticeable problem now at all.