"i have been on other birth controls for over 6 years. (yaz, yasmin, loestrin and more). gone through migraines, excessive bleeding patterns, no sex drive at all,  mood swings, as most recently while on loestrin 24 i spent 14 months basically crying every day until i finally switched to nuvaring. i no longer have any of the above symptoms and feel great! i will say i have an actual period but it is short and manageable. loestrin left me period free for over a year. my sex drive has begun to come back- something i thought i no longer even had, and i feel like a normal person again. "