"my experience on zarah was absolutely horrible. at first things were good. i never carried water weight and my periods lightened up. all of a sudden in these last couple months, my body has been going haywire on it. everybody swears i could be pregnant, but i&#039;m not. i have gained 20 lbs eventhough i watch my diet and stay active, my acne has not cleared up, i spot 2-3 times a week, crave spicy foods a lot, sweets make me nauseous, i stay with headaches and constant mood swings. my obgyn switched me back to safyral because i was never bloated, and in fact lost all my excess weight. the only side effect i had was that my periods were a bit heavy the first 2 days. so my obgyn tried me on zarah. would much rather deal with heavy periods."