"i have read negative reviews about the pill and it made me afraid to try it. now i&#039;ve come here and read negative reviews about the shot that i had a pretty good experience with. the pros for me was the shot stopped my period for years and i loved it. i only had to take it every three months. i don&#039;t recall having any mood swings. the cons were the weight i gained. i was always at 120 since junior high school. but about six months after being on the shot when i was about 24 years old i picked up a ton of weight.  i went from 120 to 160 in two years of being on it. when i stopped taking the shot, the transition was painful but i lost weight. i want to try the pills to avoid weight gain."