Bubbly symptoms and conditions

Do Not Take YASMIN. I do not want any other woman having to go through what I have and by the sounds of it, hundreds- thousands of you already have. I, like many of you was a bubbly, warm and happy person who loved life and with the addition of YASMIN a SEVERELY debilitating depression followed. I never stopped crying. I woke up crying, I went to bed crying. Anything at all would start rivers of tears that never stopped. I was ridden with excruciating panic attacks on a constant basis and almost drove myself to the hospital about 3 times a week. Heart palpitations, or what felt like that, were not unusual and my heart was constantly racing. So fast that I felt constantlyyyy anxious. I was not myself. I knew my true self, and this was not it... so what did I do? STOPPED TAKING IT.. immediately. just one day i threw the rest of the cycle in the trash and I have not looked back since. YASMIN is what is causing these same symptoms in you and you can get back to your normal self with just one.. easy.. step. ENDING your attachment to it. Good luck to everyone, just be strong, you'll be alright.

I have had migraines for 4 years almost on a daily basis and nothing has worked. Finally started Topamax, the first week iI felt like i had a stroke, my speech was slurred, I couldn't concentrate, I was exhausted couldn't make complete sentences, numbness in hands and feet and every thing tastes bad., I had been on 4 pills a days to start so decreased to one-i believe it it 50 mg. worked well then headaches began again after 2 weeks, so increased to 2 then again in a few weks to 3 now i have had only 3 migraines in 3 months. Still have the numbness and taste aversion but I have never felt better as far as migraines. My new problem is I am having a lot of digestive issues including cramping and constant acidy, bubbly,gassy, bloating feeling and no gas x, pepto or anything works??? Is this a side effect or something unrelated??

hi guys,

finding your posts so helpful.
i've been on yasmin for nearly 5 years and its only just dawned on me recently that my:
-anxiety/mood swings/erratic behaviour
-body hair growth
-weight gain
-increase in discharge etcetc
could actually be from the pill!!

i was always so bubbly and strong but i seem to cry now at silly things and i just don't feel myself. i initially went on the pill when i was 17 because my periods were so bad but i'm not sure what to do now... change pill or come off pills altogether?!

i'd love some feedback if any of you have been in a similar position, thanks so much

xxx

topamax = no more bubbles in your soda

that was the first thing i noticed, and i had trouble believing THAT could be a side effect from a medication. soda and beer and seltzer all tasted the same, but felt completely flat. it didn't feel like a mistake on my brain's part, it just felt like someone had sabotaged EVERY bubbly beverage i happened to try.

little did i know it was only the begining. i have tried many drugs, treating mood disorders, and after topamax i swore to only "treat" my "mood disorders" with time-tested mother approved drugs that make sense. ok thats a bit harsh, but topamax made me miserable.

after the carbonation episode, which never improved (until i stopped the drug), i noticed substantial mental dulling, inability to follow conversation, inability to form intelligent sentences, make connections, etc. sometimes my body would just burst into sensations of being on some psychedelic drug. was i floating? was i tingling? was i swirling? did i even care? nah... i began sleeping all day, or most of the day, or something in between. slowly my muscles and joints began to hurt. then they basically stopped working. i couldn't bend or stretch or do anything without feeling like i was 95 years old. i became an insane bitch (meaner than usual, but without the wit or speed to be an impressive bitch). i lost ANYTHING close to an appetite. my sense of humor turned into an uncarbonated mush.

i dont even remember stopping. i was 18 at the time, and im assuming one of parents noticed that i had aged 80 years in one month's time, and stepped in... offered me a soda pop... and gently guided me back to the doctors office.

definitely my favorite and most bizarre tale of side effects. too bad i can't remember all the hell that took place. i wish it had been videotaped or something.

ok so be careful with that stuff. it you NEED to try it, try it, but start slow... and take note of the side effects... and good luck : )

I have been on Yasmin for 2 cycles now and have just recently figured out the cause of my mood and lack of libido- Yasmin! I am very short tempered with everyone, get irritated quickly, I'm very unhappy and not my normal 'bubbly self' - and my fiance has noticed that I have an incredibly decreased libido (poor guy!). I've decided to go off the stuff - any suggestions for another BC pill that isn't so nasty w/ these sorts of side effects?? email me at ******
Thanks and good luck to all the women out there.

Finally, I feel like I'm not going crazy. I've been on Yasmin twice, the first time for 6 months and the second for 4 and each time I turned from a happy, bubbly energetic person, to a depressed, whingey, emotional paranoid wreak. Does anyone have any alternative pills they would recommend?

Used it years ago and fine except weight gain norm 118 went up to 134 at one point. Now my concern over Paxil is impact on sex - anyone used any of the natural products since all of these seem to come with a host of side effects - horrid ones. I have MS, work related stress, commute has caused issues - oh weight is now 109, no appetite, and just trying to get my bubbly self back. Help!

Tremendous pain and pressure in eyes. Broken ankle feeling. Sprained wrist feeling. Unnatural headache. Less frequent peeing. Insomnia. Severe fatigue. Depression. Detachment. Anxiety. Crying fits. Nightmares. Manic episodes. Saying wrong words and dropping things from my hand very easily. Confusion while driving in my own neighborhood. Calf pain, as though it were going to split wide open, and at other times as though on the edge of a charley horse, lasting for several hours. Extremely DEEP shoulder pain. Funny taste in mouth. Substantial decrease of appetite. Misc deep and quite disturbing pains in fingers and toes and hands and feet. Strange 'bubbly' sensations under skin. Strange 'wet' feelings (like blood running down) under skin. Sore to the touch 'sunburned' feelings on skin. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE POISON AND MUST BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET!!! STILL AFFECTED 3 WEEKS AFTER STOPPING PILL AND COUNTING!!! DO NOT TAKE WITH STEROIDS OR IBUPROFIN OR CAFFINE - MAY LEAD TO MULTI-SYSTEM ORGAN FAILURE!!!!!!!

My male friend has been taking 1 small bottle of morphine drops that are suppose to last 3-months in addition to 75 mg patches 2 q3-4 days per wk. Just upped dossaged from 1 year ago from 50 mg patches,fenelyne, to 75mgs. Chronic pain is from arthtiyis in hips & bone broken in accident as a child and numerous times since, has adult onset diabetes,takes Insulin. Just has 3 stynts placed in his heart and suffered from major stroke about 6 months ago. Has severe neuropathy in legs, On disability and only 52 yrs old. Former pow Nam vet for short time. Have been close friends for quite awhile. His mood started changing when he started taking the morphine over 1 yr ago now and he is now severely depressed, combative and hatefull especially after his meds has been raised to higher mgs and wife now objects after 6 yrs to our relationship. Was very bubbly & fun before wife starting to objecting to just having fun & joking around. More than you need to know, but he has now became physically abusive to me by slugging me in the shoulder then denying he did it. This has happened about 3 occasions in the past 4 months since his stroke but usually just with heel of his hand and never on my face. He has never been like this to me proir to the stroke and I have spent many many days, and years with him. He's on meds for migraines, heart, blood pressure, Insulin, this is just a drop in the bucket. Try 30 rx's. no sex drive and says he's angry at the world. Is adding all this morphine to his other meds making him into a morphine monster? Act's worse at home, but I don't think he's hit his wife, she's bigger than he is. I only weigh 103lbs. Yells constantally about inappropriate subjects or time or& has no feeling or remorse except care for his child of 8 yrs. She get's yelled at as well. He has to take insulin daily. Only sleeps about 2-3 hrs at a time per nite. Recently went on meds for restleg syndrome which I'm the only person ,and he's been married 5 times that figgured this out. We are very emotionally attached to each other but I'm beginning to doubt his for me. Sx's keep getting worse, won't hardly talk about anything now. Is this normal or is he like I suspect, has become addicted to morphine? Thank You anyon that can possibly help

My doctor prescribed me Yasmin, but I wanted to do research before I began the pill. One of the reason's my doctor prescribed it to me was to 'regulate' my mood swings. This web site totally contradicts everything that the doctor had told me. I am terrified of taking this pill now. He would not prescribe me an anti-depreeant like Zoloft because I wanted to be on the pill anyways, and he said that Yasmin should work for pregnancy prevention as well as balance my hormones. I don't have any idea about what to do now. If there is anyone that has the same weight and body type as me with the same mild mood swings and iritablity as me (very mild)prior to beginning Yasmin and have been taking Yasmin for quite a while.....then please write with your experiences. It would really help me out in my decision. I know that everyone's bodies and hormone levels/balances are different...so most will have different effects from the same medication; but, for the most part, if Yasmin only creates negative side effects in everyone that I speak with then I will reconsider taking this medication. (I would also like any positive side effects of Yasmin as well) Thank you! * weight= 111 lbs.
* height= 5'5
* breast size= 34D to DD (depends on time
of month)
* mood= normally happy/bubbly with mild
mood swings where I will get unhappy
and irritable for no reason.
* No major health issues/concerns