I love the Birth Control patch...its cheap...you have three sundays you put the patch on and then keep it off for three sundays...its not like taking the pill which you cant remember...or having an IUD which is inserted internally (personally i have issues with that for personal reasons) Its not like the shot which i heard causes extreme mood swings since its being directly injected into you (also causes infertilitly, i know 3 girls who have become sterile cuz of that drug..some gynos are refusing to give the shot out even), condoms break, and its like a bandaide but you cant even feel it. I put it on my hip, its flesh colored and i completely forget its even on during the week. The other good thing about the patch is you can show your partner it and they know for a fact that your a using birth control unlike the pill or shot ...it helps make the other person as well as you feel safe....but remember one thing...even though i use the patch my husband and i also use condoms because birth control is not 100% affective...therefore if you use two its easier to deminish your chances than using one. Even using a spermicide and a birth control method for you whatever you decide to use. Or a different type of condom other than laytex...Btw...for myself i have had no symptoms being on the birth control patch. Now we are all different...well the only symptom i have is the day i take the patch off and get ready for my period is when i get some mood swings. So i take it off at night right before bed and by morning i dont even have them at all because i was asleep when the horomone levels go down. So it is a symptom but you can easily make it to where you have no symptoms at all. Good luck!