I've been on the Xultane patch for about half a year now.  I really love it and have minimal side effects.  Only have to change it once a week and the peace of mind is great.

I skipped my period week last month since it fell right on Valentine's Day, but got some annoying spotting for several weeks afterward, so this month I just went ahead with my patch free week.  The thing is that I've been feeling horribly anxious, moody, and depressed all week :(  I have headaches, feel extremely negative, and hardly feel interested in my normal activities.

 I keep feeling like my boyfriend is going to break up with me (for no apparent reason), like my friends are all going to forget me, that my life will plummet into a downward spiral, etc. Etc. I almost had a really bad panic attack earlier because I started feeling an awful sense of depersonalozation.  I haven't dealt with that particular form of anxiety in quite some time.

Anyone else find that birth control hormone cycles effect them in a similar way?  I think I'm going to stay on the patch because I feel fine most of the time.  I think that skipping a period for a whole month really threw my body off.