Birth control issues

I have a question ladies!! I decided to start taking birth control last month and I stopped three weeks in because the side effects were so awful. Two days after I stopped, i had about three days of light spotting. But when it was time for my period to start, it never came. I know birth control can cause withdrawal bleeding and throw off your cycle. I guess since I was only taking it for three weeks, I didn’t expect it to mess my cycle up this much. Has this happened to anyone else and how long did it take for your period to be normal again?