"i am getting married in a few months and at my last gyn appt i discussed not wanting to be on my period during my honeymoon and if i had any options to avoid that total buzz kill. so, i began taking microgestin 1.5/30. in the first 10 days of taking it i broke out in severe acne that included cysts, i became so moody that it can only accurately be described as a bipolar roller coaster, and i started spotting. after 10 days i quit taking this medication. i have taken several types of birth control pills in the past and have never has side effects like i did while on this pill. the only reason i didn&#039;t rate it lower than a 2 is because it could have done its job and prevented pregnancy but i didn&#039;t take it long enough to find out."