Hand mirror symptoms and conditions

Hi,

Just checking in after a long time... I was on Yasmin for 8 months, and have been off of it for 6 months now.

Still battling 2 side effects that I know of - heart racing episodes and heart palpitations. I used to be "prone" to heart racing episodes, if you can say that, meaning that I have had 0 - 3 episodes per year since my teens (I am 40 years old currently.) While on Yasmin, I had them a couple of times per month, including one the last week I was on the medication that lasted 2 1/2 hours (!) I am still having them since being on Yasmin at approximately the same frequency. I have never had heart palpitations before Yasmin, but do continue to have them now fairly frequently even though I have been off Yasmin for 6 months now. I would like to hear from other women dealing with heart racing episodes/palps, especially how long it is taking for them to go away. I don't know what my blood pressure is or has been, but I hope to find that out among other things at a complete physical in a couple of weeks.

Other worrisome side effects went away very quickly after quitting Yasmin: general exhaustion, sleepless nights owing to having to get up 5 times per night to go #1, missing libido, daily intense headaches, depression, tired legs, episodes of blurry vision, other vision problems, massive hair loss, you name it.

This past weekend, I got my very long hair cut for the first time in a year. The hairdresser found many patches and areas of hair on my head that were all the same 3" long. She was able to show me a 3" long bunch on the back of my head with the hand mirror, and it was very shocking to see. She confirmed this corresponded to about 6 months of growth, which matched up with about the same time I quit Yasmin. My hair loss accellerated and got worse over time from when I started the pill, so that by the time I quit, I was estimating losing about 250 hairs every shampoo. Apparently my hair loss was not all over while on the pill, but in patches here and there on my scalp. A very disturbing physical reminder of how Yasmin affected me, but I was encouraged to see that it appears my hair started growing back in force as soon as I quit taking the pill, which I hope will provide some encouragement for any of you dealing with recovery from hair loss.

Thanks to all for sharing and providing side effect recovery updates.