"the pill gave me aura migraines and mood swings and my period wasn&#039;t any better, in fact my cramps got worse, bleeding was still the same. i wanted to try the iud but my doctor is an airhead and couldn&#039;t get it in, so i settled with the patch. i honestly couldn&#039;t tell if it was working the first couple of months because i had no side effects like nausea or headaches. and i was a little leery about hormones coming from a sticker you put on your skin...but 7 months later, no baby, so it must be working. i went off it for a month because my prescription refill got messed up and i went back on as soon as i got another box and i seriously could not tell the difference between having these on and not using any birth control at all. loving it!"