"i&#039;ve been on april for almost a year now. it works great protecting against pregnancy and keeping my periods regular, which they don&#039;t happen exactly on the sugar pill day, but every time on wednesday. but the down side to these pills is how big of a mental and emotional toll it takes on me. it gives me crazy amounts of anxiety, i&#039;ve had anxiety a couple times in my life but it&#039;s an everyday thing now. it makes me feel like i&#039;ve changed as a person. and makes me very depressed and have deep dark thoughts on life. i&#039;ve always been an outgoing go getter type of person, but all i wanna do now is sleep and ignore my anxiety. i don&#039;t know if i should change it or stay on it and see if it goes away. but it&#039;s been happening for almost a year now."