I'm currently taking the pill and I love it. Before the pill, I had irregular periods, hot flashes like crazy and lots of cramps. I'm only 18 and I'm pretty sure hot flashes don't come until menopause... Anyways... I love the pill. I'm never getting off of it unless I want a baby.... But I find nobody sexually attractive or desirable so it'll probably never happen.

This was not a well researched article.

Actually, to recurve full benefits and protection from the pill, you should take it at the same time everyday. It says so on the label and is also what your doctor or pharmacist recommends. Also, many studies have shown that weight gain positively correlated and is associated with taking forms of birth control including the pill. I suggest talk to you doctor or looking up studies done on birth control pills from an online medical journal or database.

I agree with Taylor and many others. It's just dependant on you and the pill you get put. I have never gained weight from my birth control. I have been on about 8 different ones for nearly 20 years. I started it for bad cramps and period symptoms and stayed on for protection and prevention of bad periods and pregnancies. I take it every day within a 3 hour period. The article is saying very specific things. Like if you miss or take it late one day, you aren't going to stop being protected provided you've been on it for a while. Some take a full month, some take 6 months before they fully protect you from pregnancy.

Missing periods can be auite harmful for the body. Since it is the way a women's body naturally releives itself of the uterus lining. To avoid periods is risky if one tries to miss alot and can cause hormonal issues.

I took the pill for 4 years and it was awful! I gained weight, had terrible periods and was an emotional wreck. I didn't realize how bad I felt until I got off of them. I agree with Ashley, this is a not a well researched article.

The pill can affect your sex drive @ Chelsey Nicholas

It may not cause acne but wait until you stop taking it your hormones go mad and the acne starts!! It does also weight gain. It can also take a while to get pregnant after stopping the pill.

It just depends on the person really. I could live without my pills. My periods manageable now and all my hormonal acne is gone. I didn't gain any weight. Realistically, it depends on what pill you take. I took a BC pill that had the same level of hormones all month and that made me feel like shit. I switched after 2-3 years since it didn't help anything. Now taking a pill that each week is different amounts of hormones and it's great. You have to find the pill for your body.

#7. Should be the pill may protect you from pregnancy, but it doesn't protect you from Hpv, HIV or other serially transmitted diseases.