Dianette : Oral Contraceptive

DONT GO ON IT. YOU DONT REALISE YOUR DEPRESSED UNTIL YOU COME OFF IT ANDS ITS OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM. I was prescribed roaccutain at age 17, after 6 months i had clear skin and was amazed, however i had horrible side effects with that and decided never to go on it again. A year later my acne was back, really severe, on my face, neck,arms legs even bum. I was devastated, didnt want to go out of the house,sat crying in the mirror..... then went on diannette. After 3 months started improving and after 6 months NO spots! However i suffered with the cons above. Was on it on and off for 7 years. Finally came off it 7 months ago... At first my acne was unbearable, didnt want to go out again etc but got through it and now only have a few spots on my face. Been using freederm every morning and night and it works! Best thing of all, absolutly no side effects. If i were you id do the same. Short term pain, long term gain. Dianette is a bad drug. DONT GO ON IT. YOU DONT REALISE YOUR DEPRESSED UNTIL YOU COME OFF IT.

I still got acne while I was on this. When I stopped taking it, the acne came back worse than before and in new areas I had never had it before. I had bad headaches which I thought was normal but it's not!

When i was first given the Pill i searched the internet to find reviews. Every review i came across seemed to have the same message, great while you're on it, skins gets worse when you come off. I decided not to believe what people had written, thinking for some reason i would be different and that it would work miraculously for me. Well it didn't. Girls, in the UK doctors are desperate to get you on this as it goes towards the figures of 16+ girls on contraceptives to meet their targets. Going on the pill was THE WORST decision i have ever made and i would just advise you to please please reconsider before you take it. Not ony that but the doctor said to me it doesn't actually sort out acne,just balances out the hormone imbalance in your body in the hope that when you stop taking the pill your hormones will have sorted themselves out and your acne will have gone. And you can only take it for 6 months anyway in the UK. If you're reading this then you probably were as desperate as i was yo get rid of acne, and i honestly never thought i would say this BUT i would rather have acne then go near that pill again. Think through other options first.

Have only been on this for two weeks... But already I'm facing horrible side effects. My sex drive is nil. I'm constantly uncomfortably hungry, and I'm used to having quite a small appetite. I don't think I've ever felt so out of control emotionally, feeling depression in a big way. Despite this, I know a girl who was totally cured of her acne on Dianette, so it's subjective I guess.

If you want to be on the pill for contraceptive reasons then it may be worth using dianatte although it is likely that your skin will flare up again once you stop using the pill - in my case apx 3 months afterwards. Not a long term solution and def not a cure .

i first started on dianette when i was sixteen and my severe acne cleared up after a month or so. the only side effects i noticed were bloatedness around the stomach area and some weight gain. (which made me quite miserable and self concious as i am usually relatively slim.) i took this pill for around six months and once i took a break from it, my skin was just as bad as ever. i restarted dianette after a few months on a different pill yet this time it had no effect on my skin at all. just over a year of being on the pill i became moody, emotional, depressed and teary with no no explination and my sex drive withered to nothing. i lost all interest in my boyfriend and i didn't know what was wrong with me. it would seem that this pill has quite a serious effect on your hormones and mental state! i can't wait to get it out of my system so i can get back to feeling great with my boyfriend again. as far as a contraceptive, stick to condoms! there are other remedies for your skin and it does clear up with time and age too. i have come off this pill as i am now trying for a baby and i do NOT intend to go back on it...ever!

This drug comes in generic (ex. Cyestra-35) and name brand (Diane-35) forms. Reviews favour the name brand in terms of maintaining decent/good moods, breast tenderness, etc. It may work well for you at first, but going off of it is pretty much hell.

I started suffering from acne when i was about 13 years old. After a couple of years of 'dealing' with it my mum took me to the dr's to see what could be done. He put me on Dianette straight away and i stayed on it for the next 14 years!! It cleared my acne up within about 3 months and i thought it was the best thing ever. My boobs got huuuge and i put on a bit weight which i could handle at the time. 10 years later i met my now current boyfriend who, after a few months of being with him made a few comments about my mood swings, not so high sex drive and general unhappiness. I'd never noticed it before, i guess because i'd been on it for such a long time and from a very young age. I ignored his comments for a while but after 3 years he told me he couldn't handle it anymore and either i come off Dianette or try a different one or the relationship is over. I stopped taking the pill in December 2012....after about a month my hair got super greasy and started to fall out in clumps. My spots returned with a vengeance, massive cysts along my jawline and neck, small bumps covering my forehead. I must have cried for about 2weeks solid. This continued for about 6 months but i persevered. i probably lost about half of my hair within the 6 months...it was devastating! However back in August something changed...it felt like a huge weight has been lifted, i'm so happy for no reason whatsoever! My hair has stopped falling out and i have a lot of regrowth coming through. I still get a couple of spots but i'm happy to accept them! My sex drive is crazy, i'm happy and positive about life and i honestly cannot remember ever feeling like this. It makes me angry as i can't help but think i have wasted alot of years being unhappy and negative whereas if i never went on Dianette in the first place could my life have been different?? For anybody contemplating going on this pill i would strongly recommend you try everything else possible first

This stuff is a short term solution that may leave you with worse break outs than you started out with. There are better methods, but everyone is different, so talk to your derm about it.

Taking dianette was a horrible experience for me. I am 16 years old and began dianette 5 months ago. I have mild acne on my back and moderate acne on my chest. I break out a lot on my face but mainly my jaw and chin. I had been on ovranette for nearly a year and saw no difference, my gp suggested dianette and I was happy to take it, I would have done anything to get rid of my acne. It helped my back acne but my face acne never changed and my chest acne has gotten worse. I gained a lot of weight and felt so self conscious. Before taking it I had a very high sex drive and while on it I had relatively no interest in sex. It is simply not worth it. I was an emotional mess and could not control my temper, I would get angry and go into a rage about the tiniest thing. I was a horrible person to be around, constantly crying and starting fights with my boyfriend. I felt so depressed and missed so many days of school. As one girl put it "you don't realise you're depressed until you come off it." This didn't help my acne at all and I would advise to consider all other options before taking dianette.