Definatly symptoms and conditions

I was on Nuvaring for 5 months I thought it was the answer to my prayers and I was fine till last month when it got out of hand (or a least I noticed it) I was extremely paranoyed (still am), I had really bad headaches, cramps, wanted to eat everything, OH and I was depressed and wanted to cry all the time, the one that might cause me my relationship is not having trust. I explain it was having no control over my body and what I put in my body. Finally I broke down crying after telling my partner about the side effects and my pain, and agony. he made me take it out and it has been rough I am still not in contol of myself but with in a week I have lost two pounds because I do not have an erge, my partner can definatly tell a difference in me...but now we have to find a new birth contol :-S

Okay...I started the NR 48hrs ago...and so far...no depression or anything like that. I am however having these weird leg cramps. I didn't know if I should be concerned or if its your typical leg cramp. I am not one to try new things so this is kinda scary for me. I have always used the Depo shot...but quit taking them after forgeting to get them every 3 months...and then became pregnant. Now that I am back on birth control I thought this would be better than the pill. I will definatly not take any sign or sympton for granted. Thank you all for your postings...it will help lots of people.

I am stunned at what I am reading. I have been on Yasmin for about 3 years and I have had a really rough 2.5 years. Mostly depression and my moods are up and down. That has been tough because I married 2.5 years ago and moved to a new state. I thought it was because of that even though I know myself and that I thought I would handle it better. I know that there would definatly be a greiving time of leaving my family, but 2.5 years....I did ask my doctor about this and they did the same, suggested anti-depressants, which I just didn't want to do yet, so I just said I would see later if I felt better. Anyway, I did not realize that this could be the pill. I have had horrible headaches for the past year and a half and I thought that it might be the pill but the doctor reassured me that this was one of the best pills to be on and maybe it was just stress related. This is crazy, good crazy, news to me. Now I don't feel as crazy as I have made myself feel. I stopped taking my Yasmin about 3 weeks ago. I am feeling very bloated and I did have bleeding for a couple of days this past week. Is that a side effect that any of you have had?? I was a little concerned when I started bleeding that I went to the doctors, she said that I would need to wait a couple of weeks to make sure that I wasn't pregnant and if I was still bleeding then to call her. I feel tired and foggy and like I said, very bloated. Do these things go away?? When?? One thing I do know is that I will never go back on this pill again. Thank you to all of you for speaking out. This is an eye-opener and I can only imagine how many women this will help. Thanks!!!

i started taking adderall almost 2 years ago. i didn't have any medical problems, for some stupid reason, out of curiosity i guess, i decided to take one of my daughters pills to see what they do. i know how i was before that night. 225 pounds, slept all day, never wanted to do anything, not even my hair, depressed, and never any energy.

that night, with only half of her dose, i think i got more done than i have in 5 years, but not just that, i was happy!! the feeling of crying for no reason magically dissappeared. after years and years of trying every single anti-depressants out there, it was sitting here in my medicine cabinet all along. i talked to our family doctor and asked him to prescribe me too, that it helped me get things done and i feel happy for once. so he did.

that was august of 2004, it is now feb 2006, not even 2 years later and i have a lot to be thankful for, but i have paid alot of prices

by the end of the first year of my prescription, i have lost 95 pounds. woohoo, but not in a good way, i think i lost the majority of it within the first 6 months, people and my family thought i was on crack, by august of last year i became vitamin A deficiant, i have acne so bad, and they don't heal because of the vitamin deficancy, and the ones that did, left the worst huge red scars and lumps. but the major side effect was this january i had to have my gall bladder out because of gall stones which is related to the medication side effects

i have been to court 3 times this year for not paying bills, because i get so into other things that i can't tear myself away from them

i sleep about 3-5 hours a day, by friday i am exhausted that i just don't want to do anything with my family

but the truth is that after all of this, i do't think i would change a thing. just for the fact i'm not a big fat slob anymore, i don't lay in bed all day and eat box after box of twinkies

i don't think i will ever give it up unless i definatly have to just for the fact, on the days that i run out and don't have the money to get my script refilled, i see how i really am, and i never want to feel like that again

in certain ways this was my miracle drug, it was a cure for alot of my problems, i guess my suggestion to anyone out there, is to make yourself aware of what is changing within yourself

Yasmin i swear are suicidal pills. i feel so unbelievably depressed and get this....ive only been on yasmin 4 days!!! im not taking any other medications to make me feel like this either. i just had a baby 4 months ago and last month i was on alesse. i had terrible breakouts from alesse so i thought screw this! (otherwise it was great...but the breakouts were pretty bad) so now, my friend recommended the copper IUD, she said it is doing wonders for her. but since im extreemly fertile ive decided to double up on bcp. i have no idea what else to take for bcp, im afraid of all of them!!! (we should be too....) but yasmin definatly wont be the future for my birth control needs. and i totally agree with Denise about Dr.'s playing dumb to side affects of Yasmin/bcp in general. you pretty much have to look out for yourself when it comes to meds. You know best of whats happening to your body. My doctor treats me like im stupid. saying that alesse is supposed to help with acne and was so confused why im breaking out on it. ANYWAYS... im just trying to find birth control...i wish my bf would get clamped...but he dosent want to because he wont cum...but im not getting fixed at 21...i feel like im going crazy.i hope that we all can find a path of birth control pills/other miracle drug that prevents pregnancy without all these damn side affects. in the meantime *** yasmin! and im pissed off that i have to finish the pack...

after reading what i just wrote...this is not the normal me at all. i want to feel happy again. HELP

hi everyone,
Ive been of Yasmin for about 8 months now, i am surprised that no one mentioned on eof the side effects as Cellulite. I am tall and slim, and have a little cellulite on my bottom. When i was on Yasmin, i literally had cellulite from my bottom, all the way down the backs of my thighs to the back of my knees.
i also experienced the social phobia and low self esteem and definatly weight gain, but i stayed on it because it made my boobs bigger (and perkier!) m back to my diminished size and my boyfriend and i are sick of using condoms and was thinking about going back on the pill.. until i read this information!

Well I am on my second pack of yasmin, and have definatly noticed I am no longer myself, I have been so depressed and anxious, I noticed my family and friends would make comments and finally started reading the side effects and this has to be it, my face is breaking out with cystic acne and the mood swings I can't take them anymore, I get so depressed I don't want to do anything I that I use to like to do. Crying all the time for nothing really too dramatic. Usually the next day I will think about it and can't figure out why I was so upset. So last night was my first night off them, hopefully I will start to feel myself again really soon!!!!!!!!!!

been taking wellbutrin for 2 weeks now... first week on 150mg of XL and now im on my 300mg prescription...
i must say that the side effects definatly have changed my mind about this drug.... felt the feelings of a headcold, dizziness, floaty foggy feeling, dry mouth, insomnia, nausea, complete loss of apetite.... now im just waiting for the hives hahaha

While on Geodon I am constantly tired yet restless, I have spurts of hypomania here and there, and my jaw is very tight.

There is DEFINATLY a withdrawal from Geodon. After taking it for just a week (80mg twice a day) I missed a dose. Big mistake! I was shaking so much (along with twitching and muscle spasms) and I kept having repeat anxiety attacks. Keep in mind that I had never had an anxiety attack before that. It was terrible.