Diane-35 : Oral Contraceptive

i used to use Marvelon and i thought the sideeffects were pretty bad (can't stop eating, higher body temp., mood swings) since Diane35 costs 3 times more than Marvelon here i thought it'd be better...but my body reacts even worse to it. When i first started taking it it feels great. skin is noticeably better.. about a week later depression started to hit me & i am crying all the time. I have also spotting during the 1st week of taking diane and it has been for about a month now to this date. originally i took it for the purpose of birth control, now with morning sickness for 2 days in the row now & continuous spotting both of my partner and myself are so confused!! i never missed a pill and always take it on time. i think my system is messed up big time and perhaps change back to using marvelon. good luck girls!

I've always had clear skin using topical creams but when I turned 18,that's when i broke out like CRAZY! it started with mild acne then over a year I had severe acne all over my face and under my chin!I've tried everything, proactive, murad, acne face wash, spa products, facials and even antibiotics. it would just improve my skin for a little bit then it would get worse again!I'm a model, so skin care is a MUST! I've lost few jobs due to my skin and was stressing out. Then my doctor introduced me to Diane-35. I researched about it and heard lots of negative comments, but used it anyway. surprisingly I didn't haven ANY side effects.my skin started to improve in a month and slowly everything CLEARED by 5 months. I was on it for 7 months and I'm off it pill for 1 week now..starting to see tiny mild closed black heads..come back..

great acne treatment, my acne has come back again after using diane for 1 1/2 years.

The most distressing side effect was my hair loss which became noticable about four months into taking this pill. I didn't realise at the time that any of my problems were a result of Diane 35 so I continued taking it for another few months but after yet another shower and holding another fist full of hair I decided that it must be the Diane 35 so there and then I stopped taking this pill. Within a week or so my mood lifted noticeably, I had more energy and I wasn't so irritable with everybody.My hair loss has eased up and I can breath a sigh of relief. I hope it grows back thick again. I can tell you, for a woman to start losing her hair is among one of the most distressing things out and until it happens to you personally you wouldn't begin to understand. My pimples have returned but not as bad as they were before as I have changed my diet and I take suppliments. I would rather have a few pimples than no hair and depression anyday. I curse the day I was prescribed this nasty pill.

My acne started improving by my second month on this. My bust started getting bigger almost immediately (I was already a D34 before I started, so hey, I didn't need the boost but my boyfriend sure loves it!) I've been on this 7 months. The first 4 months my period were awesome. Light for once, and I got my regular 28 days (yay!) however the past 2 periods have been my normal horrible period but I believe this is extreme stress from school/home. I started this for fasial hair, acne, frequent heavy periods. It's helped tremendously. However I have hypothyroid from before this and it didn't improve, so I will need to start therapy for that as well. I love this pill but all pills depend on your body type. A lot of the symptoms I see here are symptoms of hypothyroid which is often not diagnosed properly. I would suggest seeing an endocrinologist to get that sorted. Don't blame a great pill for hidden hormone probs. Chances are if one hormone is out of whack the w

Basically, try other things before this pill, and if you do go on this pill for acne, which it was a miracle for, dont be a fool like me and stay on it for 3 years because im starting to realize that its made such a negative impact on my well being, my depression has to do with my body image, the fact that i feel so unattractive. Other girls have told me that the second they got off diane, they could loose the weight. Its also costly compared to other pills (about 30 bucks a pack). Because my symptoms were not obviously connected, it took a while to realize that diane 35 has caused these things. Ive decided to go off of it alltogether and see how my body reacts. I cant remember the last time I had an orgasm. Its terrible. I am afraid of getting bad acne again but at this point- Im willing to try something else again. I think its a smaller price to pay. I'd reccomend this pill for 6-8 months, but once your acne gets better, you should get off of it.

I've had moderate acne all over my face ever since I hit puberty, and literally nothing I ever did or used made the slightest impact. On Jan 2017 I decided to switch from Levlen to Diane. For 6 months I saw little to no improvement, although I did notice that my skin would be clearer at the end of my cycle and that I was getting more cystic acne rather than lots of smaller pimples. On June 2017 my skin was at its worst- I had 4 giant cystic pimples on my birthday and I was so miserable. I was almost ready to quit but every cycle after that month my skin kept improving! Now I'm at the point where I can barely recognise my skin-its so smooth and soft, I don't have a single pimple on my face at the moment (something I haven't experienced since I was 12). I feel like a new person, and have finally ditched the heavy foundation and concealer I would always hide behind. So if anyone on this pill is frustrated or convinced it won't work for them, BE PATIENT!! I've honestly never felt better in my life and still can't believe I actually found something that works for me :)

Had my IUD removed after a year as I had nothing but bad experiences using it... acne, weight gain (8kg/ 17lbs) terrible mood swings and extremely low libido. I started Diane about a month after IUD removal. At first my acne got slightly worse and was quite moody and sad. I wanted to throw Diane out and stop taking it.. but I have heard to give it a few months to work and i'm so glad I did! About 2-3 months in my acne started disappearing, my periods are SO light and haven't had any cramps since taking Dianne. I have had no weight gain with Dianne and haven't had any trouble losing weight while on it. Not only that but my mood has changed dramatically. I feel happy and calm and so pleased I stuck it out and gave this pill a chance.

My doctor just prescribed this medicine for me (Diane 35). I've never tried anything like this before. I have acne, extra hair on my chin area, and my period is irregular. I am only worried this will make me gain a lot of weight. Also, I'm worried it will affect my mood and sleeping. Please help me out with the symptoms.

I am 18 years old and I was put on this pill because of my unbalanced hormones, my acne was never really that bad and my weight was always average and hadn't changed in years, but my emotions had always been quite up and down. I read pages and pages of these reviews in hope that this would be my miracle pill. This pill broke me out in acne very badly and made me very very emotionally unstable and extremely paranoid, I thought I had some sort of terrible mental disorder, I thought I really was going insane! I also put on 7 kilo's in the few months that I was on Diane, and have gone up 2 dress sizes, but a week after stopping this pill I lost 2 kilo's and am still eating the exact same as before, yes my breasts did get bigger but that came with putting the weight on and they were extremely sore for the whole 2 months! I am a smoker and I was very worried about getting blood clots on this pill, I did get a lot of pains and cramps in my arms, legs and stomach during my time on the pill but nothing major resulted from them. I had high hopes for this pill but for me personally I think the side effects outweigh the pro's for this product! I did not lose hair after stopping this pill, my acne is slowly starting to go and my emotional state is on its way to recovery. I say go for it if it is a last option with your acne and if you're willing to put up with what may happen to your body!