"so i am nearing my 3 years on this birth control. i got it when i was 15 now i&#039;m 18. for the first two years i was constantly bleeding. then i would have a few weeks off and then a month or so back onto bleeding and so on. i experienced bloating and weight gain that was explainable to me (i was not thinking about the birth control) because i have very high metabolism. i am a self conscious teenager and actually ended up stopping eating out of fear.  when i came on this birth control i wanted to prevent pregnancy and stop my period. only one of those was achieved. so, while it is a good birth control, i find the side effects too unbearable."