ovarian cysts
"I took Ortho Tri- Cyclen for symptoms of ovarian cysts.  These symptoms included spotting and/or bleeding when it wasn't time for  my period and periods every 3 weeks (21 days), instead of every 28 or so.  So basically, some sort of bleeding was going on almost constantly!  After a period of about 4-5 months, my symptoms became less severe, the spotting stopped and my periods became less frequent.  However, I experienced severe cramping and longer and heavier periods while I was taking Ortho Tri-Cyclen.  So in some ways it helped the symptoms I had experienced before taking it, but it also created some new symptoms in the year that I took it."