"stay away from this pill. i was on orthotricylcin lo. i liked it a lot because i had zero acne. the only problem was that my periods lasted over a week &amp; could be painful. i changed gynocologist when i moved to college. she put me on lo loestrin fe &amp; it was the worst year of my entire life. my face look worse than it did in 7th grade. i have zero sex drive. i already have anxiety &amp; this pill made it a million times worse &amp; i about drove everyone as well as myself crazy with my mood swings &amp; attitude. wanna know the worst part? i had two periods a month. one on the week my actual period was supposed to start &amp; one on be second week in the pack. i put up with that for an entire year thinking it would &quot;regulate.&quot; it didn&#039;t. beware"