"this was my first birth control. there were some good things, it cleared my face up after about 2 months and made my horrible periods light. usually i would have to stay home when my period would start because the pain would be unbearable. when taking loestrin i wouldn&#039;t even have to take an advil. i had to get off this medication though because it killed my sex drive which is not good because i&#039;m a newlywed. also i gained about 10lbs on it. i would work out and cut my eating in half and could not shed the extra weight. i&#039;m about 121 now and when i started i was 109. another thing i hated was it made me really emotional! i could cry on command. my doctor switched me to lo ovral will see how that goes."