Has anyone tried Alesse?

[Tinka]

Has anyone else experienced bad moodiness on Allesse?

[Ravishing]

I've noticed that I break out into what appear to be a cross between hives and mosquito bites a few days into each new pack of pills. There is another thread around here that I was posting on where some other people have found that itchy skin seems to be another side effect of Alesse.
I used to be on Triquilar and found that since I've switched to Alesse my breast tenderness and moodiness have gone away unlike most people here.

[SarahSue]

I was on Avianne (the generic brand of Alesse) for 10 months. I hated it. It made me feel like a different person. Moody, no sex drive, irritable, very depressed. But then again, birth contro affects us all differently. You might be totally fine with it.

[Sunshine7576]

I've been on Aviane (generic form of Alesse) for about a year. My Dr. prescribed it because I wanted something with few side effects and she told me that out of all of the pills, this one should be the one that would cause the least.

In the past year, I've gained 10 lbs, my face breaks out in huge pimples right before my period, I've become very moody and sometimes I feel like being angry for no reason at all. I often feel bloated and sometimes have very painful breasts. I never had any of these issues before I began using Alesse. The only thing positive about it for me is that I don't have any spotting and my periods are like clockwork..they come at exactly the same day and hour every month.

[Lacey]

I was on Alesse until I started getting the worst cramps and cysts on my ovaries that you wouldn't believe. I asked my doctor about it and she put me ortho tri cyclen lo, it has helped tremendously.