"i am 31 years old and have been on lo loestrin fe for about 2 years now. my dr. suggested to put me on this bc because the other birth control i was on was giving me severe mood swings. the thing i love about this bc is that i don&#039;t have my period at all, not even once. the downside to this bc is that at the end of my pack i start to have a few days of mood swings, depression, anxiety and i get overly sensitive about stuff. also, i gained a bunch of weight from taking this pill, before taking the pill i was 115 lbs and now i am about 145lbs and im 5&quot;2. the other good side to the pill is that it stopped the cramping immediately. i wanna go off the pill but i am scared of the side effects of coming off it."