After A Year Of Rapid Weight Gain And Trying To Figure Out Why( My Eating Habits Were Good, I Was Exercising And Not Losing A Pound, Diets Pills Etc) I Found A Possible Reason. Last Month I Did Not Get My Period And Leading Up To This Point I Have Had Serious Bloating, And Lower Abdominal Discomfort. I Took A Few Prego Tests And All Came Up Negative, Finally The Discomfort Got So Bad I Left Work Earlier And Went To A Doctor Who Referred Me To The Er, In Fear Of My Appendix Rupturing. They Did All Sorts Of Test And Did An Ultrasound And Found That It Was Not My Appendix But I Have Ovarian Cysts On Both Ovaries, A Lot More Then The Norm, With That Said He Also Implied That It Could Be The Reason For My Rapid Weight Gain So He Recommended I Start Birth Control Pills. I Started Levora And Have Been On It For A Couple Weeks And The Bloating Has Gone Down But I Wonder If I Will Lose Weight, Has Anyone Else Had Something Similar Happen? If So Please Tell Me. And To Add To It I Have Always Been Afraid Of Birth Control Because I Thought It Would Make Me Gain Weight.