I was on Microgestin Fe 1.5/30 for over 5 years after having switched from different pills for other side effects. I tried so many different pills, Ortho-cyclen, ortho-tri-cyclen, demulen, desogen, norinyl, tri-norinyl, seasonale, I mean the list goes on. I found that for me, the microgestin was the least problematic of all of them, but what finally prompted me to quit the pill all together was that my sex drive was completely dead. I had no desire whatsoever. It took over a year to get it back to normal again.

But in terms of the other side effects i'd had with the others, it's a lot of the same stuff you guys are complaining about already. I had breakthrough bleeding often, but I found out that was due to polyps and the pill was just masking the problem. I'm glad I finally quit the pill because I'd never have guessed I had polyps until I finally had a gyne who mentioned it as a possibility. It was a blessing to me that I found out so I could take care of it.