"i take birth control pills as a way to calm and treat my cramps during periods. i noticed an instant improvement my first month: lighter bleeding and half as painful cramps. as time went on i noticed i had a rhythm of sorts and had a painful (but still less painful than before birth control pills) period once every three months.
at the end of a year of taking them i had a week off of pills and noticed my headache was gone so i switched to zovia at my doc&#039;s recommendation.
i liked my microgrestrin, though. a little bit of weight gain, cleared my acne, lighter bleeding and less cramps."