I came off Diane 35 this time last year. In October 2008 I started getting Acne on my face, back and chest. I am still battling it a year later, however the severity of it has died down. I am seeing a naturopath in two weeks, I hope she can help me because before being on the pill as I was using Trifeme for a few years and then Diane for 4 years that I had really nice skin, no back acne, no chest acne and maybe one or two pimples a month. I went on the pill to help my pain, not for acne. Although I went on Diane because I did have a lil break out in October 2004.
I think my body is messed up and I hope my hormones settle soon because I am so desperate to feel better about myself with no acne.
Similar story to yours, I took Diane 35ED to clear up acne in my teens, and stayed on it for about 8 years, no breaks. It worked wonders for that horrid teenage acne.
I stopped taking it March 2007 in preparation for TTC. My skin did flare up but I wouldn't have called it acne IYKWIM? It was more breakouts of the less nasty (but still annoying) pimples. I was still very conscious of it and tried to stay as healthy as possible to keep them at bay. I think over time my hormones levelled out though because after 5 or 6 months my skin started to clear.
We conceived in Sept 08 - this may seem like a long time but we weren't really seriously trying until about March 08.
Didn't notice any mood changes as such, and my AF was heavier off the pill, period pains stronger etc. My cycle took a long time to regulate. I had some very long stretches between AF in the early months (one was 52 days!) until my cycle eventually regulated to about 33-35 days.
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