birth control
"I've been on Nortrel 1/35 for about 10 months now.  I'm 22 and this is the first time I've been on birth control.  I had spotting between periods for the first few months I took it - way longer than you're supposed to.  Sometimes it practically was a period, and then during the off-week I would have another one. But my periods were never regular and now they are - a good thing.  My cramps, however, seem to have gotten worse.  But my biggest problem is vaginal dryness!  It's not that I don't have a sex drive, it's just that sex HURTS without an hour of foreplay and a gallon of lubricant.  I guess that makes this a highly effective method of birth control, because I'm starting to avoid sex out of fear that it will leave me sore for hours."