When did you start taking the contraceptives? Also did you try different ones before you settle for the one with the least side effects? I am asking because I had the exact same symptoms, hot-flushes, acne, also not steady menstruation and swollen breast when I started taking contraceptives after a 3 month pause. It was my prolactine levels.

From personal experience, I would really not suggest contraceptives, they really messed my mood, I became almost robot-like. Now I try to balance my hormones with folium acid and inositol supplements.