I am 17 and i was prescribed loestrin 24 as my first birth contro...

If you are looking to take any kind of birth control, you should be more willing to take in the side effects or you'll really get nowhere. I started Yasmin and took it for six months. After about two months, all side effects were gone and things were perfect... decreased period length, little to no cramping, and hardly anymore mood swings (and they were horrible before). A lot of people have had your problems in the beginning, but if you take any birth control exactly as directed, your problems will decrease and eventually disappear!

I did gain a little of water-weight on Yasmin (3 or 4 lbs), by the way, when I was trying to lose weight which is why I switched to Loestrin this past week. But other than that, I really have no problems with birth control. If you stick to it, it will most likely get better. If not, try a different pill. But I'm going to tell you, all pills will give you pregnant-like symptoms at first or side effects that you'll disagree with. But you and your boyfriend should understand that and accept them until your body adjusts.

Good luck if you do try to get on them again! :)!