"this was my first time on birth control. at the beginning typical symptoms occurred such as nausea and spotting, but after a couple of weeks these symptoms faded away. i didn&#039;t have a problem with acne before occasionally it will flare up when my period was about to come or stress, but i noticed that it has cleared up my face and my back significantly. i rate this birth control a 5 because even though it has helped preventing pregnancy and regulating my period, every month i would get a yeast infection. the yeast infection got so bad that my doctor had to prescribe medication for it to go away monistat as a treatment was out of the question. i was on this pill for four months."