"i used this as birth control and to regulate my menstrual cycle. i am usually an extremely happy, bubbly person. while ortho tri-cyclen did prevent unwanted pregnancies, it wreaked havoc on my life. i took it for three and a half months. i became extremely depressed for no reason. i mean depressed. i cried at least 3 times every single day, i felt listless and hopeless. the closest i came to feeling happy in the last month of using this drug was feeling nothing at all. feeling empty was as good as i got. usually i felt angry, sad, despairing. for no reason. i alienated friends, family, and boyfriend. my mother made me stop taking these pills as she thought they were the cause, and like magic, i began to feel like my normal self within a week."