"i&#039;ve been on zovia almost 10 years now. its cheap and worked for the reason i was taking it which was to prevent pregnancy. i can&#039;t say whether it made me gain weight because i figure after ten years its bound to normalize. i can say i get pretty bad pms but i&#039;m not sure this pill was ever advertised to treat pms symptoms. i experienced depression, bloat, irritability, anxiety and lethargy the week before every period. i attribute some to my family history of anxiety and depression though, and it was never something i brought up with my doctor. never thought there was any reason to change it until now. recently i did find a side effect to be too much to bear; low libido. i don&#039;t even want a man to look at me let alone touch me it&#039;s so terrible."