Dianette : Oral Contraceptive

Good for a short term solution but now I'm off it and paying the concequences.

This is great for the skin obviously get the odd spot but don't we all!! I have been on it for 3 years and am worried that its not good for long term use and i am now almost 36 so think i may give yasmin a try, however i am so scared i get the skin issues back again if i try yasmin, a few reports i have read seem positive about it so i think i may try and get back on dianette if its no good fingers crossed yasmin works! i guess everyone reacts differently to pills you have to just grit your teeth and give it a go hoping for the best!!!!!!!

Life is too precious to play with.

Ive been on this a couple of times over the years and didnt like it. Whilst it did help with acne ( stopped huge cystic spots but wasnt a miracle ), I gained a huge amount of weight, depression, blinding migraines on the same day every month and complete loss of sex drive. But then again, Ive found this with most forms of Pill. Spots came back each time after stopping use so I didnt see the point in suffering!

I have been on diane (as it's called in sweden where i was initially prescribed it for my acne) consistently since the age of 18. I am now 23 and have waited long enough for a change that just hasn't happened. it's cleared up my skin a little but before every period i get as bad as i ever was. i have also put on weight on my stomach, hips and thighs without even having the benefit of growing bigger breasts (am a cupsize A). i am now finding myself progressively more depressed and withdrawn, and a changed person from the happy, positive one i used to be. am seriously considering changing to yasmin, as my doctor recommended that rather than quitting the pill totally. i dont need it for contraceptive purposes so i still havent quite dismissed the idea of trying to see what happens if i just stop taking anything at all. some of my friends are on it and it has visibly worked wonders for them, even though weight gain has been a factor for all of us.

I have always had really bad spots on my chin but they got 10 times worse and were starting to travel up my cheek when I went onto a pill called trinordiol. I went to the doc about my worsening skin and he changed me over to Dianette and got me an appointment for an ultrsound to test for polycystic ovary syndrome. I have just finished my first pack of pills and have not had a bleed yet. My sex drive is gone but yes my skin is clearing up already, i just have red marks now where the spots were. But i am vey depressed at the lack of my sex drive and worried about sore boobs not to mention the lack of a bleed yet and it is three days since I stopped my last pack which has me worried might be preggers.

Didn't work for me.

I started taking Dianette two months ago and decided to check how others reacted to it online today. There are some things which have become apparent to me since reading other people's reviews. In the first week or so of taking it I had horrendous stomach cramps very similar to period pain. The mood swings for instance, I noticed I was feeling down recently but put it down to the time of year, however I never felt like this before I took Dianette. Some people would see this as a pro, I've gone up at least a cup size and feel that my chest is getting bigger still. I was a B before and was happy this way. Now, I'm a C bordering on D. The weird thing is that I haven't put on any weight and even when I was bigger a few years ago, my chest was never this big. Also, my chest is always extremely tender now. I'm going to perserve with Dianette for another three months and see if it does improve the acne over time, because it has definitely decreased the oil production in my skin.

I have been on this pill for over 6 months and it hasn't done anything to help my skin, if anything it has made it worse! the only good thing about it is it made my boobs bigger and helped me put on weight as i was anorexic before. even though it hasn't helped my skin, i feel very dependant on it and am afraid to come off it.

Only a week on it my skin isnt clear yet but i have to say its improving so fingers crossed, hopefuly it will clear all up! Just cannot wait to walk proudly with no make-up on my face !