i am 20 now and have been on the pill for about 4 years. first it was yasmin. then my doctor said i had ruptured ovarian cysts so she put me on ortho. that made me gain weight and go psycho so then she put me on yaz. since ive been on that i have gained about 30 lbs (lots 10 of it), started to get acne which i have never had before, i feel like i always want to cry for no reason, i have mood swings and started developing even more cysts in my ovaries and polyps in my uterus now. i need something without estrogen i think. my insurance doesnt cover IUD and I dont have $515 to get one. i only smoke at work so i dont kill people lol and i dont have high blood pressure but these pills are killing me. i feel like so much crap on them.

do you think i would work on progestin-only pills? i wont do the patch or depo-provera, too many risks. and the nuva ring concept scares me a little. has anyone else had problems like this? it also makes me hurt for several days after sex. just regular sex not like 3 hours of rough nasty sex.