Dianette : Oral Contraceptive

Where do I start, have been on the contraceptive pill since April 2011, I went on the pill as my periods were awful, and I mean sometimes on going non stop on for a month, the doctor said it seems I have mild scale of pcos ( polycystic ovary syndrome ) he put me on a pill to help correct my periods and apparently the pill is good to go on If you have pcos . I started off on microgynon which I was on for 6 months, unfortunately it made me very moody, emotional etc, I then went on femodette which I have actually been ok on and have been taking up until two weeks ago, I spoke to a gynecoligyst who said I should in no way be on femodette as it is not good for pcos. ( I also explained to him how I always feel weak, lethargic, exhausted, tired, groggy and I can't lose weight, not over weight but would like to lose a few pounds) I've had various blood tests trying to find out why I always felt so weak, lethargic and groggy ( as in greasy, sluggish etc, and I eat very well & excercise so I didn't understand why I felt this way! ) blood tests showed no results as to why I felt weak 24/7! ( I'm only 18 ) so, the gynecoligyst told me to come off femodette and go on the evil dianette ( BIG MISTAKE ) I started dianette after my week break having my period, I started dianette on the 14th of August and I can honestly say its been the worst pill I have been on. I have felt 10000x worse than before!! emotional, 100x more greasy, 100x more weak than I was before, hugely bloated, so so exhausted, tired, lethargic, light headed, HUGELY Increased my appetite. It also interrupted with my sleeping! I couldn't even sleep at night,my body would never shut off properly and go in to full state of sleep no matter what. I felt miserable and It caused me to have severe headaches too. I heard pills high in oestrogen can cause fatigue ( tiredness etc ) which this pill has. So I call doctor friday 23rd because by then ive had enough of the way I feel, she says if I THINK its the dianette pill causing this,to just stop taking it until I see her next week, I was 50/50 on whether to stop taking it suddenly or wait until ive had the rest of the pack. I wasn't sure if to take the rest and see how I go. But I decided that friday morning to not take it. Friday evening I had an amazing sleep for the first time in ages! I slept all night long! next day ( saturday ) I had work all day which I dreaded as i thought I would feel weak and lethargic as always.. Well guess what, day two off the pill and I felt NORMAL all day! I could actually work! no weakness, no tiredness, no tears, no headaches, I felt good! Happier.I have put it all down to the pill, & dianette was 100x worse, So this pill certainly is NOT a pill I recommend at all! Maybe my body does not like the pill no matter what one it is, but dianette I can honestly say made all my problems 100x worse. I have heard this pill is one of the most high risk pills too. No no no!

I've never had amazing skin, but at the age of 23 I developed full blown acne out of the blue. I tried several courses of antibitoics and creams such as benzyl peroxide but nothing worked. After much convincing, I managed to get my Doctor to put me on Diannete, even though I'm classified as obsese. I was so depressed about my skin I decided to accept the risks and go for it anyway. It's been three months now and I've noticed some change, although I'd still my acne is still quite bad. I've noticed that my skin goes through spells of being really clear and then really bad. I'm not sure if anyone else found this? Anyway, I'm going to stick with it as I don't want to go on Roacutane and hope that in time my skin improves. Fingers crossed!

I've never had amazing skin, but at the age of 23 I developed full blown acne out of the blue. I tried several courses of antibitoics and creams such as benzyl peroxide but nothing worked. After much convincing, I managed to get my Doctor to put me on Diannete, even though I'm classified as obsese. I was so depressed about my skin I decided to accept the risks and go for it anyway. It's been three months now and I've noticed some change, although I'd still my acne is still quite bad. I've noticed that my skin goes through spells of being really clear and then really bad. I'm not sure if anyone else found this? Anyway, I'm going to stick with it as I don't want to go on Roacutane and hope that in time my skin improves. Fingers crossed!

Ive only been on it for a month and a half but I'm coming off this pill as soon as i have finished the month, it has made my skin worse than before and has increased my appetite resulting in weight gain which has created another problem which I have never had. May work for some, but not for me!

I have never posted on here before but I felt the need to warn people what can happen when you stop taking this. I had been using Dianette for 6 years for my skin (I did also try Yasmin for a year in the middle but it didnt work as well). I stopped taking it about 5 months ago as I no longer required birth control. Whilst I was using it my acne was improved and my skin was much less oily but since stopping it I have had severe outbreaks all over my face and mainly on my chin. My skin in really oily and I get about 6 news spots a day. Nothing that I have tried so far (including antibiotics) has worked at clearing it up, it is getting far worse all the time. Having looked on the internet and talked to a friend who also recently stooped I can see this is a very common problem. I wish my doctor had warned me about this before I started using it. And the thing with it is that you will have to stop using it eventually as due to the high hormones and risk involved doctors dont like to prescripe it for too long.

I've been on this pill for 3 weeks now so I have just started my 7 pill free days and so far so good.. I expected to have mood swings and indeed I do. I've had about 4days in the past 3 weeks where I've just been really depressed, crying and low self esteem. I did have depression about 2 years ago but never sought medical advice for it.. maybe that's a contributing factor to depression from the pill. I would strongly recommend notifying your doctor if you have a previous history of depression! However, I found the side affects worth it! My skin has cleared about a good bit. I'm not really getting spots anymore, it's just others that need healing. I would recommend this to anyone.

I've started taking the pill about 2 weeks ago. From the first time I took the pill till now i still have my period and i'm very worried about this as it is not a normal thing to happen. Usually i used to have a 5 day period. Can anyone help please

tried it for 16 months, cleared up skin except started getting forehead acne after a year. side effects included nausea, headaches, DVT. thought it was great when i was on it. when came off acne came back with a vengeance and got dark shadow on upper lip. absolutely regrent now taking it! had tried antibiotics, etc but all now fail. only thing that temporarily cleared it was pregnancy.

i used acne after ALOT of other methods of treatment and was so unhappy with my face and chest and back. i ended up at the dermatologists and he prescribed dianette, it took a few months but it worked, and i stayed on it for about 4 years until i went for a repeat perscription and the doctors at university scarred me by saying that it could kill me! so i changed to yasmin, it worked well for a few months then i broke out again and this made everything so much worse. i went home and went back onto dianette im on my 3rd month now, the spots are better than they were, going to stay on these and try and stay fit and healthy!

I would like my beautiful daughter back and would like her to see a dermatologist for her skin problems. She feels bloated and unhealthy all the time but when she comes off dianette her spots become worse and she demands to go back on it. I think that it is ruling her life and wish she had never heard of it. I am so worried about her and know that the weight gain is making her very unhappy.