What Birth Control Do You Use??

Nicolle
Hey ladies, so I have been on birth control since I was 14, it has been ten years now and my husband is deployed in Afghanistan. 
So during this deployment I decided to stop taking my birth control seeing as the only action I would me getting for a year is from myself.
This was a mistake, my period was so crazy irregular and my cramps and other PMS symptoms were to the extreme. 
So naturally I started taking my same birth control again only I noticed side effects that I never had before like significant weight gain. 
What pill do you ladies swear by?! I need help!