i'm 17 and i've been on aviane for two months and it has not been good. the person i used to be has been totally wiped out because of this pill. I used to be optimistic, loving and caring, and now i'm negative, extremely irritable, always sad, aways angry, always nasty and mean to the ones i love, beyond my control. i even cried reading these reviews...that shouldn't be the case for anyone. i've also gained five pounds in the two months that i've been on it, and i'm also always bloated. i was told that it would take up to 3 months for things to feel normal again, but reading these reviews gives me no hope for this. it never occured to me until now that by changing my pill, i could become myself again. so there is hope! :) ..i have an appointment with my obgyn coming up and i'm definitely going to check into something else. i'd really like to stay on birth control due to the fact that my periods are CRAZY unpredictable, but this pill is definitely not for me.