anyone else??

So the last year and 1/2 I had to change birth control about 4 times because of the bad reactions i was having to them. I went from a healthy 130-135 to 187 within a matter of 6-8 months because of the crazy hormonal mess my body was going through.. has anyone else had to deal with this? if so how did you handle it? I've lost a few pounds and I'm now at 164 but it's still been a serious struggle... I've thought about doing a hormone study and seeing what can be done to help balance myself out again but I'm not wanting to rack up a bunch of medical bills