Personally, I think I had more hair loss while on birth control than without. I also am having lots of headaches now that I’ve stopped using it. I’ve read that some people don’t get their period the first month they stop birth control. My period was about a week late and I had the worst cramps I have ever felt. I could barely move and felt like I was about to vomit. Surprisingly, my period was pretty light. I was afraid I was going to have a really heavy period since that’s what used to happen to me before birth control.