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pill question
Hello! I have been on the pill 'Dianette' for seven years due to mild acne in my early teens. The other day i went to a different doctor to my usual gp who was horrified i had been on this for so long as it is so strong and usually used to treat unbalanced hormones. She prescribed me a new pill, 'Marvelon', however since i started taking it two weeks ago, i have been feeling awful- mega moody, angry and uptight, i dont know if this is the change in hormone levels, but my friend said that Marvelon caused her to feel like this too. Does anyone have any info?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hi bis. I was on Dianette for 4 years for acne, the doctor told me that 5 was the max, but i thought i would change anyway (i hated the dirty looks the pharmacist would give me as i tried to convince her yes it was prescribed to me for contraception so i could get it for free - she knew the truth!). The doctor started me on brevinor, but the spots came back a bit, and i had a month of spotting, and felt very bloated. so went back to doc he was very sympathetic and put me on Yasmin instead. This pill is supposed to 'make you feel better', though as a budding medical statistician i checked out the info, basically when they did the big trials they noticed a side effect that a lot of the women were mentioning that they didn't feel as hormonally emotional around their period, and had better skin.
So it is not guaranteed, but it has been great for me my spots went away again, I actually have less period pains and i think i do get less hormonal now.
so maybe try that? the thing is there are so many pills out there you don't need to suffer. I was only on brevinor for one month and my GP said it was fine to change (but then i think he is an especially lovely doc)
just read fairy!'s post: just some more info. The medicine in Dianette is as Miss Zippy says a strong female hormone. It is so strong that if you got pregnant while on it, the baby would be seriously deformed. This is why they have to package the medicine in a contraceptive pill, so that this situation doesn't occur. This is part of the reason I went off it; we all know it is remotely possible to get pregnant while on the pill, I'm not always the best at remembering to take it and I just thought that situation would be so horrible to get into I didn't even want to risk it. (plus my spots were a lot better...!). Also I figured I'd be on the pill for a looong time now for contraception so i thought i'd change to a more 'normal' one.
Another thing is that it is very expensive compared to other pills, so some doctors may try and encourage you to change for this reason. Fair enough, but be aware and don't get bullied into something you don't want to do! If your doctor says it is OK to still be on it, then I wouldn't worry, drug companies understandably usually err on the side of caution majorly. And for all we know it could even be an NHS recommendation as it costs them so much to keep people on it long-term.
My daughter was put on Dianette when she was 14yrs for acne - but now at 18yrs the FPA doctor was horrified - so she is now on Yasmin but spots are coming back - should she switch back regardless to Dianette? or is it really dangerous after so long. We live in Spain and so can buy it over the counter.
I was on dianette for 6 years - my doctor was horrified too - bearing in mind that he was the one that kept letting me have the prescriptions.
Have been on Jasmine aswell. I never had any probs with Dianette.
3bis - the body can also take a little while to re-adjust. I'm now on the patches, because i keep forgetting to take the pill!! it took me 3 months to get used to them and get regular periods!
Either push them into giving you Jasmine or persevere with the marvelon.
Hi, I honestly would swear by Dianette, I think for acne sufferers it is brilliant. Unfortunately my doctor thought it was time for a change and put me on Yasmine...I've been on it for 2 months and my acne is getting worse again...I'm definitely switching back to Dianette as it's the only thing that's ever worked for me!!! The Yasmine pill packet doesn't even specify it has anything to do with acne, whereas Dianette does. As for the deformity question, it more to do with the fact that if you become pregnant with a girl, it would be very masculine.
Does anyone else think Yasmine is pretty rubbish?
So I'm back on Marvelon now - in my first packet. The bleeding has slowed down and may actually have stopped (for the last 2 days - touch wood!). But I think Dianette definitely had dodgy side effects for people that it doesn't suit - exercise extreme caution when using long term!