Despondent symptoms and conditions

Wow - so many of you with the same symptoms and side-effects I'm experiencing. I was on Ortho Tri Cyclen years ago with minimal side effects beyond slight weight gain during the first few months. With this pill, I feel like I've become a monster. I'm bloated and I've been bleeding for 9 days now (I started the pills the day my period ended, on the advice of my doctor. I began bleeding a week later and have not stopped.). I'm normally a very happy person, but in the 2.5 weeks I've been on this medication, my moods change faster than the weather - I go from happy to despondent over the smallest, most insignificant things and cannot be cheered up. I have constant anxiety. I've cried more in the last 2 weeks than I have in the last year. I get angry over nothing, and I feel lazy all the time. My normally above-average libido is in the toilet. Fortunately, my boyfriend is incredibly understanding and knows that the changes I'm experiencing are due to this new medication changing my body chemistry.

I don't want to be like this, though. I don't want to be angry, sad, anxious, lazy, or uninterested in sex. I don't want a month-long period for 3 months while my body adjusts. I'm not in the physical condition to be able to shrug off an extra 10 pound due to bloating, and I'm tired of popping Advil to deal with my cramps. Before I found this site, I thought maybe the symptoms would go away in the next week or so, but I've now decided I'm not waiting this one out - I'm calling my doctor and finding a different alternative. This is simply unacceptable.

Also, I know it has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the medication, but their website disgusts me. "Cammie's Story"? If they spent half that advertising budget on research to eliminate the horrible side effects of their product, perhaps the pill would sell itself.

My father (92-yr) given a 1 month shot. He developed severe breathing problems and cried a lot then became very despondent and irritable. As a nurse, I did a lot of research and found a web site that lists 40 side effects for women and 43 for men (FDA ranked.)

Five weeks after I first started using NuvaRing, I am DONE! The depression was terrible. I felt hopeless, despondent, full of shame, overwhelmed and sad all the time. In addition, I was taking 2-3 hour naps everyday. All of these things are out of character for me in general. So, it finally dawned on me that it must be hormonal. Eight hours after taking the ring out, I am a whole new person. It might be a placebo effect, but I feel more like myself, and happier/more energetic than I have in weeks. I am SO relieved.

Stiff joints, cramps, lower back pain, depression, forgetfulness, and extreme fatigue. Thank God I've quit this stuff. I had a heart attack two years ago and would rather die limber and happy than stiff and despondent.

Hi melkel18,
My negative side effects occured after I stopped Yasmin. I was on it for one year and felt great until two months after I stopped it. I have been in the er 3 times with heart palpitations(all test normal), elevated blood pressure and heart rate. I also am suffering from extreme anxiety attacks which I never had before. I have been seeing a psychiatrist and tried antianxiety meds(marginal help).
Another side effect was numbess,tingling,burning or heat sensations on the left side of my body(cheek and arm). I saw a neurologist-mri neg. for ms. She said probably anxiety!!!
This has been a horrible 8 months and I hope it resolves soon. All my physcians deny it was the Yasmin but it all falls so into place. I was so despondent until I found this web site and felt I had a concrete reason for my symptoms and that I was not crazy! Take heart and listen to all these ladies. It truly has helped me.
Take Care,
ES

by maria's husband. Doctor has told her to exercise, I have told her to exercise. She has walked a little less than a mile once and has felt better. Other times fresh air makes her feel better but has to be around 30 minutes, yet she refuses to exercise with me. I bought an indoor exercise stepper machine to exercise her legs I have frustration 'cause have trouble with her talking to me, discussing her illness and other matters. She takes most everything I say in a negative light, misunderstands my intentions, questions my motives, etc. Communication with her is extremely difficult for me. I try to help her but her mood, bodylanguage, etc. indicate to me that she does not want my help. Yet, she wants all the privileges. She doesn't recognize that I try to help her and at times vehemently chastises me about it (this always in a passive manner). Her tone is soft and gentle but she uses cutting words. Three sons, one daughter and I read the Bible, memory verses, go to church, but she refuses all these. Married 15 years, gone to church with me/us less times than that. (RE: Two older boys from previous marriage: No TLC for them by maria. I feel really bad for them. She very despondent with them.) They've always defended/protected/stood up for her when I'd get upset over her behavior with me; but now that they're older they don't want anything with her but they still defend her. She says because of her depression. Apathetic in bed, No feeling. Sometimes I don't think so. I have a hard time getting her to even keep me company for more than a few minutes. Five minutes at a time would be excellent for me. I feel unloved, unwanted, by her. She says she feels the same. I feel at the end of my rope. I wonder if I have depression. So much more to say. Thanks for this escape valve. HELP!