Diane-35 : Oral Contraceptive

My doctor prescribed diane 35 to me becoz my mensus have not came for about a year. But I gained so much weight on diane 35. I'm only on my first pack with 5 days left and I have already gained 3kg. I would like to know if weight gained during medication will be lost when i discontinue diane 35. I hate it. Plus. it is getting me all depressed!!! Please help me!!!

I like it, but lost my Blue cross and can't believe the cost! The breakthrough bleeding is avoidable with 2 daily advil, which could explain documented liver damage in others. I recently have lost sex drive which I wonder could be related to the hormones but I doubt it. I have been using it for 8 years.

Will give it another month. If i do not see any improvements with my skin by then will find an alternative, as i feel bloated and hungry all the time now which is adding to my low self esteem.

I was put on this pill as a 14 year old due to mild acne. As I had no side effects that I noticed early on I was told to continue using it as birth control. I am now 28. Over all this time no docter has ever mentioned that it was unsafe for long term use. I now find out that its not even FDA approved as a BCP in the US, with links to liver cancer and blood clots. I'm terrified that I've been taking this for nearly 15 years. I'm scared to come off it due to everyones reports of more horrible side effects, but theres no way I want to keep taking it. Not even sure my hormones will ever balance themselves naturally again after all this time. DO NOT take this pill, I wish I never had. If you have bad acne try a healthy diet or natural remedies. This will change your life in a very BAD way and its hard to go back.

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 have been using diane35 for 2 years and I'm thinking of stop using it because of the chest pain. sometimes it gets really strong and i think that it does not worth to be without acne and having these terrible chest pain that I'm having. ....pay attention to this before it's too late...

IT'S A NIGHTMARE. when you go off the pill - you symptoms (acne in this case) will come back multiplied by 10 and will last for years (if you have been on the pill long enough) i am still having the hormone waves come back with severe hair growth and acne. i have not been on the pill for 2 years now and acne was never a problem for me before the pill. please please stay away from it and if you don't - get ready for the side effects after... if you need to know more - write to me kate_kozelkova@[link removed]

my acne cleared a bit the first weeks but now its like it was before, and every single day i feel nauseous... its horrible! my doc's changin it 'cause its become unbearable

It cleared up my skin & kept it under control for the 6 years I took it. I decided to get off after I got married and it's been just over a year, and my acne is coming back. However, I refuse to go back on Diane 35. I feel very fortunate to not have experienced any of the serious health risks/potential side effects during the time I took it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll find a more natural, safe & lasting solution.

I'm gonna continue using this pill to see if anything improves. I just started so i guess its a bit too soon to see any real changes. But so far, I am miserable for no reason.