"i was on generess before this.. which was a mint chewable. very strange. i had zero side effects from that, except the dosage was so strong i had these sharp shooting pains in my chest like i was having a heart attack. so i switched to lo loestrin. i don&#039;t get my period anymore at all. no spotting, nothing. no more shooting pains. my only complaint is that i&#039;ve noticed a serious decline in sex drive. if they could somehow fix that this would get 10 stars!"