Dianette : Oral Contraceptive

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

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

I've recently started dianette , just coming up to the end of my second week , so far my skin has got slightly worse . However I've heard this is fairly normal as your body needs to get used to this pill . I can say the first few days I got bad side affects , however now I'm not getting them as much . I'm going to carry on with this for 3 months and see if there is any improvement then . I will then give an updated review . My GP has asked me to go in after my first month on these so we can see if I'm okay to carry on taking them.

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!

you definitely need to wait for these tablets to work, don't give up hope. i think after youre 3rd of 4th months there should be some improvement. if youre depressed etc seriously consider taking a different tablet as these dramatically effect your mood. good luck to anyone else trying them!x

I've been on this pill for a few weeks now and my acne has started to improve! However, I started to get really bad headaches, even on the first day of taking it! Also, at work I started to feel really dizzy and sick, even though I had no reason for it! I've read most of the reviews, and I haven't experienced weight gain or loss in appetite. I have yet to experience what it is like coming off the pill, but the doctor said that she had a 'plan c' after the pill so if you're worried about coming off it, just talk to your doctor! As for breast growth, not yet for me! But it happened for my mum so it will probably happen to me too. I think if it worked/didn't work with your mother, it will have the same effect on you! So I wouldn't read too much into these reviews as it works differently on different people.

I've been taking dianette for a week. My main purpose for taking this pill is excessive body/facial hair and oily/blemished skin. I don't have PCOS and was very confused when my blood test for hormone imbalance came back normal. I get terminal hair where most women do plus where most women don't i.e face, neck, chest, breasts, naval and thighs. I've suffered with this for a long time but hopefully now I'm more confident to get help. After a week I'm feeling the side-effects of Dianette. I had a migraine delivered straight from hell all weekend, night and day. My skin has broke out in sensitive boil-like spots and whiteheads. It's very sore and I'm very distressed. I'm slightly glad at the fact that 'something is happening' and hope and pray the migraines stop and the excessive hair I get goes away or at least calms down. I've read continuously that the skin sometimes needs to get worse to get better. I wish all you ladies luck, at least you're not alone xx

knowing what i know now, i would never have started taking this as the cons outweigh the pros in my experience. my advice is: try everything else first. don't take it if there's a history of DVT in your family, and if you do take it stop immediately if you get a migraine - my doctor assured me when i was 18 that i could keep taking it despite the migraines but three months ago ( i'm now 25) a different doctor took me off it because migraines are a sign that blood flow is affected which puts you at greater risk of stroke.

it worked but its taken 4yrs and still on going i havent taken it 4 a week and my skin feels so much better dont really want to take it again but iz it ok just to stop taking it if anyone can help