Blood clot in the leg symptoms and conditions

OMG!! I am so glad I found this site!! I have been taking Fem Con now for about 10 days and have gained 5 pounds! My face is patchy. My head is killing me and I can't get a good night's sleep. This pill is the devil! I have been bleeding constantly for the past 10 days with no sign of letting up, and don't get my started on my racing heart beat. If a doctor offers this to you--- get a new doctor!!!

I think it is interesting the symptoms that you mention here. I have been on birth control pills since the age of 19. I am now 28. Over the past year I have had similar symptoms. I have been on so many different BCP's that is is hard to keep count. They don't seem to work the way they claim to. The last BCP I was on was orthotryciclen. While taking these I began to experience severe heart palpitations. So bad that they would wake me up at night. Because I wasn't sure if it was an anxiety attack or just being in my head I decided to ignore it. Four months passed by and it seemed to get increasingly worse. I had enough and decided to go to my PCP. She wasn't really much help either. Although I was tested for Mitral Valve Prolapse, which I was told affects younger women my age. There was nothing found. What I thought was interesting is I really felt that it was the birth control pills, but I couldn't find it as a side affect on the information that was provided in the box. The tech who was doing my echocardiogram began to tell me she also experienced the same feelings and found out it was her BCP. Once she confirmed what I thought was right, decided to stop taking them. After three months the symptoms began to disappear. I figured it was just the particular brand. I began to take loestrin 24. I started to feel the same symptoms again, just not as severe. I would feel my heart beat when I would like down in my back and my stomach. My heart rate would reach 90 to 100 sometimes. I know this is not normal. When I visited my gyno yesterday she told me it was impossible that it was a result of the BCP. Maybe it was just anxiety and or perhaps I should get checked out by a cardiologist. That is serious stuff when you are talking to a young person about getting there heart check out. I think if there are any other women out there who are experiencing any similar symptoms should speak up. So these doctors won't keep telling us it is all in our heads and help to take care of this problem.

Okay is everyone ready for this... I had the worst possible nightmare from taking this pill! I am a 33 yr. mother of three and had not been on the pill for 6 years ( had been on ortho tri - cyclene and trivora) so I decided to go back on it and my Dr. recommended this time to go on Yasmin. I never questioned it. I was only on this pill for one month and started noticing I had shortness of breath and severe anxiety/ fast heartbeat. I have never been short of breath or had any breathing problems - asthma, etc. I am very healthy and active and this was very unusual for me. One evening I had an "attack" and my heart was racing and I was shaking , trembling, etc. I thought I was having a severe anxiety attack and my husband took me to the E.R. After extensive testing ( bloodwork, ekg, chest x-ray, cat scan, etc.) they found that I had pulmonary embolisms or in other words blood clots in my lungs! The symptoms for a P.E. are that of anxiety, heart racing, shortness of breath, chest pain, etc. so if anyone his having these symptoms while being on this pill PLEASE get this checked immediately! Some people can experience leg cramps which can be a DVT ( blood clot in the leg) I never experienced any pain in my legs. I know my situation is at the extreme end and is supposedly rare but it happened!!! I went for about a week knowing something wasn't right until I went to the E.R. and fortunately I am doing fine now. I have been to several dr's. and extensive testing with all coming up negative. They cannot find anything wrong with me. No heart problems, blood disorders, etc. anything to have caused this so all that leaves them is to believe this was caused by this pill! Go to ****** and you will find Yasmin is listed as one of the "DO NOT USE " drugs on the market and one of the reasons: higher incident of blood clots in women. I think we should all fight to get this pill taken off the market ! I am not trying to scare anyone but trying to raise awareness. I am truly convinced what happened to me was a direct result from taking Yasmin. If anyone has had a similar experience or has any questions please email me.