That Yasmin bitch

Female issue alert *BEEP BEEP BEEP* beware male readers

Ok, following a very Twilight Zone internet moment whereupon I discovered that The Company Bitch and I are on the same pill (huh?), and we both suffer psychotic mood swings involving meatballs, or worse, I started looking into the matter, the scary side effects this drug brings about, and even worse, the side effects from quitting the yellow bugger. And let me tell you, I am totally stupid. And as ignorant as I can be, this is my summum.

The pros and cons of the pill are as such (as I have lived it)
PROS : no unexpected mini-me, regularity, clear and less oily skin, and a certain *ahem* freedom.
CONS: weight gain, PMS 3 times a month minimum, depression, severe nausea, having to remember to take the pill to begin with, not feeling myself, major decrease of sex drive, it costs money, various other nasty effects that may or may not be attributable to this intake.

So the choice seems obvious, we'll have to wrap the piggy in a blanket... or so I thought. Upon consultation of many forums/sites/etc. (blessed internet), I have compiled the most common risks of stopping the pill (which, by the way, is commonly referred to as "detox", aka "bumpy ride"):
Severe acne breakout (with red cysts, scaring, and other 'ewwwwwy' graphic stuff) which can be permanent, weight gain, pregnancy, anxiety attacks, continued depression. And the list goes on with various physical and mental ailments that make a hypochondriac like me feel ichy and achy all over. Oy.

Right now, I feel like when I was ten and wanted to be cool and hid myself in the bathroom to cut myself bangs in my waist-length hair (my mom would not hear of it, the ribbon-braid thing seemed a nice, sensible look for me, insofar as her opinion went). I cut the bangs (20 wisps, really), and stared at myself all proudly in the mirror.
C O O L . Then I heard her come.

I panicked, grabbed the scissors, and chopped off the 'evidence', naïve enough not to realize that I had just given myself a triangular mini-mohawk right smack in the middle of my forehead. Nice, isa, reeeaaal nice. I wore a sideways ponytail for about 5 months in an attempt to camouflage the 1/4'' hair stub (6th grade school pic to prove it). Like Julia would say: "Big mistake, HUGE!".

All I have to say is, pray for my skin!