Dianette : Oral Contraceptive

Being on Dianette while I was on it cleared my acne and improved my overall problem with over-sensitivity to androgens. However after being on it for a year I started to feel sick for the first pill of each month.I knew it wasn't right to stay on something my body was fisically [link removed]ing off it is best described as a mini menapause- eveerything was worse than before and the worst thing for me on reflection is that my period shortened from a long 5 days strong period before Dianette to only two full days and it has never recovered. The good news is a herb called Agnes Castus cleared my acne again; the bas news is it took a full year on agnus castus before it worked but the results are amazing. At the moment I am conmsidering taking a diferent anti androgen drug but without estrogen so unlike with dianette there will be no awfull estrogen withdrawal symptoms. Tke it if you must but please please consider other options first. acne is bad but menapause is worse!!!

started taking this as is suffer from acne and pms (bad PMS), was told the only way i could get rid of acne and stop feeling so low before i started my periods was to go on this pill. 3rd week this week and i have put on weight around my thighs. and hips. already having a weight issue. Now having to go on slim fast to stop me from gaining weight.any advise....to stop me form feeling so low

I guess I will stick it out and see what happens. I am really impressed that my super-greaseball skin cleared up so quickly but the headaches are not something I can live with long term. Taking painkillers - parcetemol and Nurofen does not even shift them.

Everybody tells me it works but it CLEARLY will not get better. I am prepared to put myself through this ridiculous ordeal for one more month (at the insistence of my GP) but I will definitely come off it if I don't see any improvements after the 4th month.

Wish i could've kept taking it but the migraines were awful. I couldn't stay on it. It really did work for my skin though and i'd totally recommend it if it wasn't for the side affects.

Was great for one year - had hardly any spots maybe just one or two that popped up now and again but nothing that I could not deal with! Until I gave up my job and then slowly watched all the spots return around my mouth and chin area and there is loads of them all painful and red and just make me feel so depressed to look at! I gave up my job and stayed at home looking for a new job for 6 weeks - in the 3 weeks went to the doctors and he has given me differin gel for night time use and he gave me duac - which i gave up after a few days and the red, sore feeling was too great. So i went back and asked for antibiotics he prescribed me tetracycline - have been on it for one week not sure if its helping or if i should take with dianette as feel it may knack up dianette from working... really not sure what to do or what to take for my skin! All i know is that it is just annoying to wake up every morning to see yet 7 whiteheads form around my mouth!! just feel so rubbish!

Athough the benifits of taking Diannette are great, ( its wonderful to talk face to face with people amd not think that they are just looking at your spots) the side effects are just not worth it. I have stopped taking it now after 4 months as i really can't bear to feel as down and tearful as i do. Talking to close friends they have seen a huge change in me since i began the Diannette. Apparently i have been fed up more and little things that would have never bothered me previosly have become big issues that i find hard to cope with. Hopefully my body will get back to normal soon and i will put up with the spots rather than feel so miserable.

Wouldnt ever take this again been on it for about a year and every month im a wreck. The moods are uncontrolable. Im a different person since being on this

Only got through two and a half strips before I couldn't stand it any more and stopped. I'm miserable (emotionally numb, panicky, anxious, suicidal - I've had problems with depression before but never this bad and not for ages). I'll cry like a loon at the drop of a hat, getting hysterical to the point of having a panic attack. At the moment, I feel sick almost constantly, sometimes even the smell of food makes me want to throw up (which makes me panic about pregnancy even though I'd been taking it flawlessly) and can't bear eating for days at a time. It also made my menstrual cycle IRREGULAR and didn't do anything to make periods lighter/shorter (and they were completely fine before). All of this kicked in pretty much straight away and steadily got worse. Now I've given up on them but I'm scared it will take ages for my moods and cycle to get back to normal, and my acne will get even worse.

i love it. My doctor thinks I should not be taking it long term -- i am going to have to fight her on this one.