Firstly symptoms and conditions

I took Yasmin for 2 years and about 6 months after starting Yasmin I started getting migraines at least 3 x per week and sometimes 5 x per week (before not even really getting many normal headaches). I thought it might be my birth control and saw my OB who referred me to a Neurologist who put me on a medicine for migraines. About another 5 months later I noticed I had a small bald spot in my hair line. Saw a Dermatologist who diagnosed it is alopecia. I immediately stopped Yasmin and migraine meds and decided to get an IUD (GREAT CHOICE!) My migraines stopped almost immediately, however my hair loss continues to progress. I now have 3 additionally bald spots on my head and areas on my scalp that are very thin. I feel great otherwise, no headaches, no depression (other than losing my hair), no anxiety, appetite is normal. I'm so desperate to find someone else that has had this specific problem as no one believes the hair loss is connected to Yasmin. I just pray after awhile the hair will grow back. Please if anyone has experienced this same situation please post what might have helped you get through it and if it does ease up! One more thing - I have scalp pain, like burning on the front and top and back part of my scalp, wide spread, not only in the bald areas.

Hi l was wondering if anybody could help me or maybe explain why l am feeling this way?
I have been taking the pill since the age 16 (l am now 29) and l have been taking the pill Yasmin for the last 4 years.
I am now not taking the pill because l am planning on having a baby in the not so distance future. However, l am experiencing the most herendious mood swings and this is causing me to be really arguementative! So naturally me and my partner are having petty rows and l am feeling rubbish.
Firstly, has anybody else expereinced anything like this when they stopped taking the pill? And if so can they recommend anything what l could take to make my mood swings subside? I hate feeling like this......

Thank You

I just started the 3rd packet…. Do not know what to think really …
Firstly I start take Jasmin because I was constantly spotting and early painful period. My gynaecology recommended me to take Jasmin for 3 month without break so I did. Thanks!! I have now been spotting more than before (brown discharges) for the past two month and now for the past 4 day I am bleeding???? What is going on?? My sex life is going down hill… migraine and head hake for a weeks …. I feel very tired. But thanks I have bigger bubby but my legs water retention is not flattering. I am so tired of all of this.

I have been taking Yasmin for a year now. Firstly I took it for contraceptive reasons but then I just stayed on it because I thought it would keep my skin under control. I have suffered migraines, weight gain and I am never rested despite trying to sleep as much as possible. I have joined the gym in an effort to loose the weight but I just can’t shift it, particularly the weight around my stomach. Also my skin is just as bad if not worse for being on Yasmin. My friend suggested to me yesterday that it could be attributed to the pill that I was on and I have decided to stop taking it immediately. I didn’t really think of it before as it is just something you do which becomes part of your daily routine.
The pill offers you a great form of contraception but I am sick of feeling the way I do as a result of being on. I hope everyone else suffering these symptoms stops if possible because it is not a fun way to live.

Firstly I am Male, aged 48. Suffer from really bad Hay Fever for years now and the same Doctor has administered Kenalog to me for about 6 years, once a year but twice this year. I am suffering dreadful pains in my ankles and lower back and a different doctor today has suggested it is the onset of Arthritis. After quizzing me more I mentioned having taken Kenalog for several years ( I thought it had no relationship whatsoever my current ailment) she has lectured me NOT to use it again. She suggests that it could be a contributing factor to my "Arthritis"( hope I'm spelling that right) Anyway, now I know! But, trouble is, what to do next summer..I really will suffer without it.

Hello everyone. Firstly I have to say that I'm a hard one to deal with. I don't trust doctors for the most part, I find that they're the legal drug pushers. Out of the blue 2 years ago, I developed Asthma. Without any testing they put me on advair 125. After reading your postings..wow... I thought I was taking crazy pills until now. Lately, due to enjoying the odd cigar... I've found that I've had to increase my usage (I've since stopped the run of cigars)...and as of late I've had a funny aching pain in the center of my chest. it comes, it goes, it comes it goes... it seems like every couple of minutes, but it does eventually stop. by stop I mean it doesn't last continuously for 24 hours, but it has been happening at least every day. i've gone for stress tests, MRI's... and a host of tests, ut yet they say my heart is normal. I've also noticed that some days within 2 minutes of taking my advair it seems like my heart flip flops... again, it usually only lasts for a few minutes but it's scary as hell... the only thing is that it does help me breathe easy... I've also noticed that the past 2 years of using it... I"ve had a ton of foot cramps on the bottom ball of my foot leading into the toes... painful as hell and at 3am it'll shoot me out of bed so I can walk it off and put as much pressure on it as possible in the hopes of fixing the pain. Is this really normal...or rather are these really that normal of side effects for using Advair. If so... that's it...I'm going natural in my search for an asthma cure. What kind of crap are the drug companies trying to put into our bodies.

Dear Linzi,

Firstly throw away your pill packet, i too was just like you i went to the er three times thought i was having a heart attack and it was just full blown anxiety attack and the other lovely numbness side effects of this poison.
I too couold not work, thought i was going to die in the middle of the night, had constant death thoughts, could not cpe etc.
THERE IS HOPE, this week i am 10 weeks off this poison they call yasmin and i am feeling sooo much better. The anxiety is a lot better, the paranoia is all but gone and when ifirst was off yasmin i could not even walk past my letter box i was so fatigues and could never work out why. It took me weeks of just waslking slowly each day ( to help my anxiety) and then this past week i have managed a 5kilometer walk each day with my children (CHRISSY you would be s proud) and i am feeling like i am getting my life back. IT IS SLOW and that first two months if it were not for the girls here i dont think i could have done it, but think of it this way you stop the pill, and then you just let your body recover. If you continue taking this pill then its just another day, week month that you continue to let this hell control your body.
antidepressants are not the answer , try something natural, are you living in australia, if so i will give you some names of the things that i took, i understand you feel you need something but trust me give yourself a few months and you wont be 100% but you will be on the way to being you again.

Good Luck
Lisa
p.s all symtoms are worse at ovulation time and te week of your period remember that.

and thanks to all the girls that have constantly been there for me i could not have come this far ( and i have a way to go) without you all.......

Hi Everyone,

I must say this site has really helped. I thought I was going crazy, or that everything was in my head.
I was prescribed Advair 100/50 for a lingering bronchitis that followed a bad flu.
Chest x-rays revealed minor hyper-ventilation and minor bronchitis, so my Dr. gave me Advair.
I have no history or family history of asthma. I am very healthy, and my lungs are strong - I used to do apnee diving, I don't smoke, run a lot.
I took advair for one week, twice daily. I stopped yesterday, because firstly, I couldn't see any change at all, and secondly, I noticed the following:
- lots of phelgm in throat (feels like I'm constantly swallowing mucus)
- bad taste in mouth, and itchy throat (sometimes a burning sensation)
- general fatigue and lack of energy
- feeling depressed and anxious, almost paranoid

I just took it for one week, so hopefully this will be out of my system soon.
I was somdering if anyone w/ side effects can update their situation since they stopped using advair (have the side effects gone away? how long after?)

thank you
mat

to the last too posts...

i just wanted to say that firstly i understand what your both going through and getting off yasmin is NOT going to be easy believe me...
i suffered the heart palpitations and anxiety and now ive been off yasmin for nearly 4 months and things have improved alot ... but VERY slowly...
i know sumday ill be back to normal 100% and i cant wait for that day but until then this site is what keeps me going...
i thought i was dying at one stage but after reading the postings here i felt alot better...
u need to give your body time to ajust and for your hormones to get back into place....
u will be ok but its a slow process.... but take my advice... get rid of yasmin now!!!

lots of luck to you both
xoxoxoox