"i want this review to influence anyone who&#039;s considering birth control to steer clear. i am very upset &amp; frustrated, but i will try to refrain from using profanities, hopefully to make the point more effective. 

i have suffered from heavy, painful periods ever since i started it when i was 13. i am now seventeen. i dealt with being &#039;sick&#039; 3-5 days a month. after conducting some research, &amp; asking around, many people advised birth control was the way to go. i finally gathered up the courage &amp; collected my nerves &amp; went to the doctor for a solution. 

at sixteen, a magic pill that made everything about your period better seemed like a pretty sweet deal to me. i didn&#039;t even hesitate to grab the trial sample from my doctors hand. i was excited to be rid of what was a seemingly huge issue at the time. 

the first month was absolute hell. i cried at the drop of a hat the entire month. i got extremely depressed &amp; anxious. i bled basically the whole second &amp; third month. i read that it was all normal. i was fed up, but there was still that small glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel promising painless, light, short periods. i stuck it out five whole months. 

in this short time i have experienced a plethora of awful side effects. i have acne now, which rarely occurred in the past. this is not your run of the mill acne. they are all over my chin &amp; forehead. they are rooted so deep you can&#039;t squeeze them hard enough to save your life. they take a month to go away/dry up just to reoccur in little time. i have lost a lot of my hair, i now have a bald spot, i guess it&#039;s more of a receding hairline. please know that i am seventeen. i&#039;ve dealt with excess anxiety, way beyond what is normal, crazy mood swings, constant bleeding, headaches that would last for a week, &amp; the list goes on. the biggest thing for me is that i am having short term memory issues. i am positive that this is another lovely side effect that can be attributed to this pill.

had i known that these things could happen, i never would have started taking this medication. 

this dr. had failed to inform me of all of these things. i was naive &amp; i was sixteen. all she told me was that my &quot;breasts &amp; stomach may hurt&quot; while i am adjusting. that is bullshit. i do not trust &quot;medical professionals&quot; anymore. 

please do not take this medication or any other birth control medications. do your own research &amp; don&#039;t just take your doctor&#039;s word."