Disheartening symptoms and conditions

My Kenalog experience has been horrible! I had two in January '07 but had an IUD in at the time so I chalked the side effects (excess facial hair, weight gain, moodiness, depression, etc.) up to that. I had my IUD removed in March and a couple of months later things improved. I thought it was all the IUD.
Fast forward to September '07. I had two more Kenalog injections Well it was horrible. I had every side effect I think except for the indentation. My husband and I were also trying to get pregnant and I had no idea these shots could do so much damage to my cycle. I am not ovulating now and had almost no period for two months and now I cannot stop bleeding. It is so disheartening.
I don't know if I would go through it ever again since the results don't seem to last long term for my pain anyway. I just wish I had read more about it before I had two in a row done.

I’ve been taking Lisinopril for a few weeks and have some side effects, including night sweats, tired, achy and tenderness in the middle back (kidney area). I am an exercise nut including 150 miles a week of bike riding and I have noticed a decrease in my endurance and strength. Most notably this weekend I attempted the Seattle to Portland bike ride (204 miles) and was forced to quit after a 104 miles due to heat exhaustion like symptoms. I had been drinking and eating regularly during the ride as I had done many times in training, but as the temperature continued to rise above 80 deg at 11:00 am I was only getting worse. I realize this is an extreme case but I believe that Lisinopril had some effect on my ability to control my body temperature under long endurance efforts and higher ambient temperatures, is this possible?

I'm 17 years old, and I have Ulcerative Colitis. I was diagnosed at 15, and was put on Prednisone then for three months. I didn't gain much weight in my tummy that time, but my face swelled to huge proportions, and while ON the drug, my hair grew like crazy but was very dull and lifeless at the same time. The minute I stopped the drug, my hair started falling out. Within a month, I had lost 40% of my hair.

Well, I'm on it again, and this time it's worse. I started out at 40mg back in October, and am down to 20mg now, but it's just as bad as when I started. I'm VERY moody and snap at my best friends, who I am usually the calmest around. I often find myself just wanting to hit and yell at something. Before I started Pred, I weighed 138. I weighed myself yesterday... 150.2. This is very disheartening. I have a moon face, the makings of a double chin, unhealthy hair, I wake up about 5 times every night because I'm restless or I have to pee, I can't focus in school, my knees hurt, etcetera. I'm miserable.

I work out 6-7 times a week because I'm so concerned about my weight. I do 30-45 minutes of the treadmill and/or elliptical, and do all the happy little toning machines, in hopes that my tummy can be a bit more toned. But no. It's a useless blob. None of my favorite jeans or shirts fit me anymore, and this - not the drug itself, but the side effects - make me very, very unhappy.

Hello, Ladies. Old-school poster Guest 5317 here {april, 2004!!!}.

I must say I am surprised that there are so many more posts about the issues with Yasmin. I would have thought that by now it wouldn't still be touted as some sort of wonder-pill. It is very disheartening.

It is moreso to see the long-term effects Yasmin has on people. I was lucky enough to start feeling better almost immediatly after getting off this toxin. My thoughts go out to all of you still struggling though the nighmare that this pill has caused you.

I have a question for some of the repeat posters who are nice enough to come back and update people. I have been off all BCP since shortly after the Yasmin mess and am weighing my options with going back on perscribed BC. My initial thought was to go with an IUD, since Yasmin has seriously freaked me out as far as hormones, but I simply can't risk the possibility of it failing, or worse, making me infertile for life.

What are your experiances with other BCPs? Is the mini-pill a safer option granting the history with Yasmin? I saw the Nuva-Ring mentioned, and a friend of mine recommended it back when I got off Yasmin.

At this point, I think the first-hand experiance of you ladies ranks higher than the paid endorsement of a dr. that would put me on something like this without telling me it would wreck my life. ;)

Be well!

In response to the last post: I was on yasmin for four months and have been off of it now for about five months. i STILL have problems with anxiety, and MAJOR ACNE issues that i never had in my life. I recently ordered ProActive to help with the acne on my face, back and chest. Its so gross!!But to answer your question, no, I am not symptom free yet and it is very disheartening because I just want me old life back. I cannot bring myself to start anti anxiety meds becuase I never had this problem for the last 24 years and suddenly I have a mental disorder? Can't buy that !!! My fiance thinks that I am a hypochondriac because he doesnt understand how my headaches, anxiety, fatigue etc could possible still be linked to the yasmin I was on five monthes ago. I don't know what to do but continue to wait..... but GOD I WANT TO SUE!!!! good luck ladies