"this pill started out as the greatest thing ever, no side effects! i was in good shape and weighed around 140lbs. i don&#039;t like periods so i always skipped it which my doctor said was completely okay. but after 6 months of taking it, it just went completely downhill. i gained about 25 pounds in the last 8 months of taking it! i didn&#039;t realize how much weight i had gained until i realized my shorts and jeans from the summer before didn&#039;t fit me anymore! i was completely disgusted after a picture i saw of myself and decide to get on a scale and i weighed 165! that was ridiculous for me! and i never thought how when i was on this birth control i was hungry.. all the time! i recently got off it and lost 5 pounds in the 1st week!"