I was on birth control for 6 months. It did its job and I didn't pregnant within those months of having unprotected sex and a friend cumming inside me. I did experience side effects though. I gained weight and became depressed. These are things I was unable to deal with especially with my history of mental instability. Then my birth control caused me to have spotting/bleeding for a month. I was one the lowest form of birth control and after three months I had switched to one slightly stronger. This caused me to have terrible acne and gain even more weight. With all these factors I was able to feel myself become mentally unstable and searching for old habits. Birth control was not for me. I am still having sex and am thinking about the IUD. I would like to know some experience people had/have with the IUD and if they had a negative experiences with the pill.