Diane-35 : Oral Contraceptive

I am generally a happy and relaxed person, but cannot sleep! Is anyone else getting insomnia on this pill?

I have been on this drug for 5 months, and my skin hasn't cleared. i wouldn't recommend it especially because i have read so many entries that say it can cause infertility plus the fact its banned in the us. I dont know it just sounds unsafe

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

I like Diane35 and will use it again in the future I just did not realize it would change my body so much and would have liked to be informed before given the prescription.

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.

As a mum in her 30's I was sick of zits and my Dr suggested I try Diane-35. The first 6 months were great, clear skin, no noticible mood changes. Then my moods and depression got worse each month. I went off it and I couldn't believe how my moods and my sex drive improved. BUT...by the 3rd month I was back to zits big time. I had 2 packs left so I have gone back on it...halfway thru first pack and my moods are terrible...waiting for the zits to go. I will go back to the Dr to find something else.

I'm still holding out hope for its affects on acne. All in all I like it. Fewer side-effects second time around.

I've started with it 3 1/2 years ago cause i had body hair in atypical regions for a woman (not very thick or ostensibly visible, but still bothering - especially in my teenage years); I also had a mild form of acne. In a few months I felt and looked much more feminine - the pimples were more or less gone, the skin seemed much less harsher, brighter, and smoother, my breasts increased, I put some weight, small improvements concerning the body hair, etc. While I was on it, I've confronted a lot with depression (I had some bouts of depression also before taking it), inability to concentrate(I used to be a very quick and focused thinker, great at problem-solving), tiredness, gain weight, limb swelling and pain - obviously related with the drug; recently I stopped taking it; immediately I developed an ovarian cyst and I put 5-6 kg in one month around the waist; after two months a I also got terrible acnea; I'm much better now, but I have to take it again because of the cyst :(

I've been on Alesse for over a month and since then I've had a new pimple at least each day. right now, the pimples around my mouth area is so bad, everyone is saying omg what the hell happened to your skin. before I had acne but no where as near as bad. and just when I think it's stopped another one pops up. I'm so fed up that tomorrow I'm going to start taking Diane. I really hope it helps.

i am engaged to a wonder man who just simple wants me to have the best in life, and after i told him what the side-effects of taking this pill was, we immediately decided that abstinance was the answer. It stopped my acne outbreaks for about 3 months and after that, i experiened ance outbreaks everyday since. I am now using a treatment - clear.now, which is the only treatment that has proven effective. hope you guys the best and be safe