"i have been on this patch since february. i love it! my periods start the friday night/ early saturday morning of the week i am off my patch ( i change them on mondays) and i am off by tuesday night. my periods use to be extremely heavy and very painful but since starting the patch have been great! the weekend before i take it off for the week i am more irritable and bitchy but not horrible. i have started noticing though in the last 2- 3 months that on the weeks i am off the patch by wednesday i am starting to get really depressed and not feeling like myself, and this is lasting until monday when i put the patch back on."