"got this in march it&#039;s now end of august. it does a good job of birth control because i&#039;ve had unprotected sex over 10x with this and i&#039;m not pregnant. but its so annoying because i spot for 3 weeks, that&#039;s way too long. it&#039;s stressful and i hate it. i gained 10 pounds, i&#039;m only keeping it for the birth control and because it regulates my addictive sexual activity."