Anyone who is or has been on yasmin and spiro or doxy

[LisaMarie982001]

I am getting very concerned. I have been on doxy for almost 2 months, i just started my second pack of yasmin, is day 23 on sprio, and have been taking prenisone for over a month on and off. I just started seeing very little improvement in my face and then i start breaking out even more. I don't understand why this keeps happening. I am thinking that maybe it's the yasmin? I feel like i've been dealing with this for so long and nothing is happening except for my face getting worse. My questions are...

How long until you saw improvement with yasmin? How long till it worked on you? Could that be why I am breaking out?

How long did doxy take to work on you? I'm thinking maybe the doxy isn't working at all for me!

I'm sorry I just feel soo lost and don't know why this is happening. My acne was never bad before. This all started when I started taking alesse. That's why I had to switch.

[tiggerbuddy]

It took me about 3 months....hang in there! If it doesn't seem to be better by then, try switching bc pills. It took me a few tries to find one that worked well for me. I've found that I like the monophasic kind that has a constant dose of hormone- not the triphasic kind, but everyone's different.

[mommaoftwinsplus1]

All I can tell you is I have been on 100 mg of spiro per day and my skin is doing very well. I still get a couple of bumps a month, but nothing compared to before. (Large, red, painful cysts.) The bumps I still get are small and easy to cover. I have tried all the creams and pills (except Accutane) and this is my cure. I simply wash with dove soap in the am and pm and occasionally moisturize with an oil free moisturizer and that's it. I hope that you find your solution.

mommaoftwinsplus1

[babygirl2005_21]

Hang in there! You are probably just in the worse part of the intial breakout. If it isn't getting better or your not seeing improvements by the 3rd month then I would start trying to eliminate things. I started Yasmin, Doxy, Differin, and Klaron all at the same time. So I don't really know which one worked the best but it took a little over 2 months and then I started to see huge improvements. Just don't give up! I understand how you feel cause I wanted to throw in the towel too! Glad I didn't!

[LisaMarie982001]

Thank guys. This is just getting so draining. It's like one day I will wake up and I'll be like hmmm okay maybe things are going to start to go better, then the next day I wake up and there will be new pimples. Be/c I thought my face was going to start healing even my dad who says, well I'm not going to say exactly what he says be/c I will be thrown off the board basically who cares don't worry about it... well a couple days ago he looked at me and said it looks better today, looks good. Then today he said that it looks like it's getting worse. It's just all the ups and downs. I feel like I can't take it anymore. My moms friend, a guy she worked for, for 15 years (she's a home health aid and he has no family so baiscally we are his family, she looks after him even though she can't work now) just went the hospital today and is very bad! My mom woke me up saying that she was going to the hospital with darlene be/c she knew I wouldn't leave the house. She doesn't drive so i take her everywhere. I just feel so bad be/c I would really like to be there for her and him. I hate this curse. Did you guys go through ups and downs?