"i&#039;ve been on loestrin for about 2 months now and i&#039;ve honestly had a pretty pleasant experience with it. i&#039;ve had no blatant side effects but i do find that i&#039;m a lot quicker to cry lately and sometimes i get upset a bit unnecessarily. in terms of weight gain, which was my biggest concern, i haven&#039;t had any noticeable gain. i have had a lot of random cravings though. near the end of the first month i had random breakthrough bleeding without any warning and it was prior to the week of the designated period pills. overall i would recommend this pill."