"i have been on loestrin for about three years now and all in all it&#039;s not a bad pill. one thing i would have to say though that i hate about this pill is the weight gain. in the first six months of this pill i gained 25 pounds! i was always a skinny girl, so you can imagine how awful it is in six months to go from a size three in pants to a size eleven. after that i have not gained any weight, though it has been very hard trying to lose the 25 pounds. more things that i&#039;ve noticed that i haven&#039;t liked are mood swings at least a week before my period, tender breasts, and irregular periods. it&#039;s been two years for me on this pill and i will go three months sometimes without having a period. aside from the rapid weight gain this pill is okay."