You're probably sick of hearing this response on all the sites you've no doubt looked to for answers, but everyone reacts differently. For the first month I was off bcps I was feeling great! Then this month i've been bleeding a lot, the first period started 4 days early and went to the normal end date (bled for a total of 9 days) and then had a 7 day break and started bleeding again. The best adviced I can give after a few months of research is this: do your best not to worry about any side effects until you've been off for 3 months, it can take about that long for your body to re-regulate itself.

Thanks for your reply! I'm actually doing great. My period was back to normal the first time and I feel so much more like myself. I think the pill is a great idea, it just didn't work for me.

My girlfriend is about to start the patch and im worried because I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with cancer. She swears that the only thing she changed in her life before being diagnosed was switching from the pill to the patch. She feels very strongly that it was because of the patch. Has anyone else heard of the risk of cancer with the patch???