"i started this birth control a year ago, and for around 9 months, everything was fine. i was emotionally stable, there wasn&#039;t any significant weight gain, and my periods were super predictable and manageable. i ran out around the end of november, and i elected to take a break from the pills &amp; didn&#039;t refill. 

when my period came in december, pms hit me like a freight train. it was awful, so i reordered &amp; everything was totally different the second time around. i don&#039;t know whether the formula changed at some point, or if something changed with my body, but i&#039;ve had prolonged vaginal bleeding &amp; have been experiencing crippling depression and anxiety. 

i stopped taking the pills last week &amp; everything is 100% better."