JoanneHi :-) I took dianette for about 8 months in the hope of reducing unwanted hair, to be honest it really didnt make any differance for me. The thing that did make the differance was laser hair removal, I was able to get this free from my doctor as I have SWCAH (Im in the UK by the way). I didn’t get any weight gain or stretch marks... My moods were another thing, I was up and down, mostly down.