"i am 17, and i started taking loestrin on day one of my period as instructed. i had my period for nearly 2 weeks on the active pills (normally they didn&#039;t last more than 4 days). i didn&#039;t have a period at the end of that cycle, but i attributed it to the bleeding in the beginning. in the middle of my second cycle i experienced severe nausea, anxiety, bloating, and breast enlargement. i then started worrying about the missed period because the symptoms corresponded to pregnancy. although i had not missed any pills and had also used a condom, i felt paranoid about pregnancy. having had mild anxiety problems before, loestrin has amplified them. i do not recommend loestrin to anybody with anxiety issues."