Tri-Lo-Marzia for Birth Control User Reviews (Page 5)
Tri-Lo-Marzia has an average rating of 3.9 out of 10 from a total of 115 reviews for the treatment of Birth Control. 20% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 59% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Tri-Lo-Marzia
- Kay
- September 12, 2019
"I’ve been taking this birth control Tri-Lo Marzia since January 30, 2019. My period was on for about 2 weeks in February. Now everything is fine. Lightened up my cramps and blood flow. No nausea or anything. I take it at 6 pm everyday. I recommend."
- livlax
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- October 25, 2021
"Let me start off by saying that everyone reacts to birth control differently. Just because I had a negative experience does not mean you will too. Anyway, my pharmacist randomly switched me to Tri-Lo-Marzia one day after I had been on Tri-Lo-Sprintec for about a year (and was loving it!!). Tri-Lo-Marzia is quite honestly the worst birth control I have ever been on. I hardly recognize myself on it. I just finished my first pack, but I have been experiencing the most severe brain fog, anxiety, and depression. I have to force myself to go out and do things, and I have a hard time concentrating when I do. My heart pounds after I walk half a mile, and it is hard to calm myself down. I have almost fainted several times because of the cardiovascular effects this pill has on me. Sure, it clears my acne and keeps my periods short, but this pill has started to make me worry for my permanent mental health. Be very careful with this pill."
- peggy
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- July 29, 2021
"I would not recommend this birth control to anyone, I was on it for almost a year and the only positive was it kept me from getting pregnant. I had horrible acne a month or two after starting the pill and it continued throughout my time on the pill. I still had painful cramps and headaches on my period and it also cause me to gain about 15 pounds within a year. I have been off of it for about 2 months and I've already lost the weight I gained while on it. The bigger problem is that my first period after the pill was 11 days late, and my second period was 11 days early. I've been on 4 different pills before and never have experienced lasting issues after I went off the pill. Do yourself a favor and try something else."
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 16, 2021
"On my second day was feeling horrible on this pill, feeling dizziness, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain and discomfort, gassy, headache to migraines, so horrible! I do not recommend Tri-lo Mariza. Never again will I take this pill!"
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- Jay
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- December 21, 2021
"This pill ruined my life!! I’ve been taken it for about 7 months and the first thing I noticed is my appetite was all weird and I lost an unhealthy amount of weight in a short period of time, which then caused me to start losing my hair. I didn't think too much of it and kept taking it. Then it got worse. The past two months I’ve been experiencing heart palpitations and insomnia. My anxiety and depression were so absolutely horrible that I started contemplating suicide which is something I never thought I would go through. I’ve always been pretty mentally stable and this pill completely changed that. I’ve been off it for a week and I feel 100x better. I do not recommend this birth control one bit. I’m so upset that I didn’t read the reviews before I started it."
- Aya
- April 25, 2021
"When I first started taking it I was fine. I had small breakouts here and there but after about 4 weeks went by I started feeling really depressed, I cried over the littlest things I kept overthinking and worrying about things. Honestly my mood went from happy to really sad in the matter of minutes. I will not be taking this anymore. I strongly do not recommend this pill but it might be different for you if you take it because everyone is different. It made me really depressed and just stressed out and I’m still feeling depressed as of now I just don’t know what to do about it or even tell people about it. TBH this is my first time talking about it."
- sara
- November 13, 2021
"This made my periods 100 times more miserable. It gave me excruciating migraines and terrible cramps. made my period longer and heavier and I’ve never had such bad acne until I started taking this. Just don’t."
- cred
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 10, 2022
"I’ve been on Tri-Lo-Marzia for about 5 months now. Before starting the pill, my cycle would skip for a few months and when I eventually got it, it lasted for about ~6-7 days. Immediately after starting it (about a week or 2) I lost 15 pounds and gained it back right after. The longer I take it the longer my periods last each month- or should I say twice a month. I get my period twice a month now for about 10-14 days and only 6 days between them. It also isn’t a regular “period”. The blood isn’t red, it’s more like a very dark, almost poop brown color. I get spurts of blood every 2 days where it’s bright red then goes immediately back to the brown. I don’t know if it has cleared my acne at all bc I’ve been using topical medication at the same time as taking this pill. I’ve also had headaches for weeks straight, even after taking advil it doesn’t lessen. The only plus I can think of is that my hair is growing faster maybe..?"
- Paula_r
- January 4, 2020
"I've been reading all the comments... Every person is different... Not everyone will have the same effects.. Some do... Some don't.. That's how it works "
- Bmic
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- August 12, 2018
"I absolutely HATE this pill! It makes me so grumpy and totally kills my sex drive. I do not recommend anyone using it"
- Ash
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- February 25, 2023
"I decided to switch to this birth control since I was on Nikki and it made me feel so sad and tired all the freaking time"
- Nemo
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- July 4, 2019
"I would say this birth control Tri-Lo-Marzia is effective. While taking this, I had sex with out a condom and I haven’t gotten pregnant. My periods are only 4 days long and very light"
- Mads
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- October 28, 2018
"Normal most of the time."
- Haley
- Taken for less than 1 month
- February 5, 2019
"Have not even taken this a whole month because it is terrible. The first day taking it I felt nauseous and had a headache. Side effects are awful and I am done taking this pill."
- Anonymous
- December 24, 2017
"Been using this for a month and my sex drive is dead! Hormones are everywhere and extremely moody definitely switching asap"
- ismcn...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- June 1, 2023
"This birth control made me extremely sad all of the time and I do not deal with depression regularly."
- Anonymous
- July 21, 2021
"Made me lose an unhealthy amount of weight!!!!!"
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- April 28, 2022
"I'm on day three of the pill and I never ever get nausea for the past 45 minutes I have not been able to move due to the fear that I will throw up all over my dorm floor."
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"If you want a pill that ruins your life then take this pill. This pill might be labeled as birth control but it should also be known as the pill to give you the worst anxiety and depression you could ever experience. I am a happy successful person who is mentally tough and can get up when knocked down, but not with this pill. This pill is a nightmare when on it and makes you feel like escaping your life (suicidal thoughts). I have never been suicidal in my life till this pill. I felt like I was going crazy and did not feel like myself. I sometimes would feel like myself and then I would feel like I was going crazy. I went on it to get periods back and help clear skin which it got my period back and sort of cleared acne (only on it for a month). I would rather have the worst acne ever for the rest of my life than be on this pill. This pill makes you paranoid about everything and made me sometimes feel depersonalization. I do not recommend! Save yourself by not taking it! 0 stars"