I was on Diane-35, which, I found out later, is apparently more used for skin troubles than as a contraception method, which is odd because I've always had moly clear skin. It doesn't cause a substantial weight gain, but it's really shady, in that you can't smoke because you're more exposed to clots, or drink more than two alcohol units because your liver is shot, or eat grapefruit because your mouth becomes hypersensitive to whatever weird substance in grapefruit causes whatever medication you're taking to react strangely. I really wouldn't recommend trying that one out; it's Hell and you can't take it for more than 12 months because it's supposedly dangerous. I actually heard Alesse wasn't so bad (maybe 5 lbs); there must be a reason why it's something like the #1 birth control pill in America. I haven't tried it out though; I've stopped taking birth control a while ago because quite honestly I don't see the point, being that I don't have an angry period and I don't sleep with men.