"extreme fatigue and weight gain, loss of period, sore breasts, nasuea.  i started taking pill and couldn&#039;t get enough sleep after 8- 10 hours of sleep i would need a morning nap for after dropping children at school - sometimes for 2 hours.  legs felt heavy.  gave it a try for 2.5 months and couldn&#039;t stand it any longer.  i&#039;ve been off the pil for a week and feel completely normal again- thank goodness. i had an minena iud with hormones  for 5 years and believe that was giving me fatigue as well as it was slightly infected-  but at that stage i had a series of life challenges that could have accounted fatigue too.  it seems additional hormones do no suit me. previous oral birth control gave me severe depression.  still searching."