"i&#039;ve been on portia (the generic version) for about 6 months now. at the beginning everything was fine because this was a step up from my normal estrogen levels that my old birth control had. but after 6 months i&#039;ve seen great increase in weight gain and i&#039;m eating more healthy than i ever was and i exercise daily. i&#039;m so frustrated with this birth control and almost stopped taking it all together, but i&#039;m happy to say i&#039;m changing back to my old one and hope this weight gain goes down. i&#039;ll never recommend portia to anyone."