birth control
"I have been on Nora for about 8 mos. It has been a positive experience. 

Everyone is different; the way hormones affect you will be different; I felt that on combo pills with estrogen (particularly the 2 years I spent on Microgestin, yikes), I experienced consistent depression, anxiety, weight gain. I just think the way estrogen affects MY body/brain is not good. So i tried a progestin only pill.



Negatives: your period is (somewhat) inconsistent. mine has still been a normal period, 4-5 days, it's just not as easy to plan as combo pill. 

I do miss being able to skip periods like on the combo pills, but not feeling emotional all the time is worth it.

Have to take pill at same time daily within an hour or so. Set an alarm, and it's easy!"