"this is my first birth control, i&#039;m 18 years old and i&#039;ve had it for about three months and it&#039;s not very long but i&#039;ve had a lot of side effects.. i&#039;m very emotional and normally it takes a lot to make me break into tears, now i cry for everything. the worst side effect i&#039;ve gotten is the pains, i get really sharp pains on my sides around my hip bones or right above my uterus and it&#039;s not cramps they come out of no where and they are so painful i can&#039;t move. while my body is still adjusting i still am not on the colored pills during my period i get my period about mid color then once i&#039;m on the white normal pill my period stops which in my opinion is great because for 7 years i was used to a whole 7 day period now it&#039;s about 4"