Happier now symptoms and conditions

I took this pill for 2 years. Soon after starting I became severely depressed. I was hospitalized for depression twice while on this drug, and began self mutilating. My mom heard from a coworker that Yasmin causes depression, and she took me off the drug. Within two weeks I felt better. And I'm trying to get my life back on track. I am happier now than I can ever remember being. Now, even at my lowest points, I am still happier than I was for the two years I was taking Yasmin. I went from being an honor roll student, and now I am barely graduating. Please, if you are experiencing depression after taking this pill, take yourself off of it. Nothing is worth feeling like that.

My son is 11 months old and was prescribed Omnicef about two weeks ago for an ear infection. He has had several and been on a few different other medications that have successfully gotten rid of his infections. Immediately after starting the medication he was constantly crying and very irritable. He has slept through the night since he was 6 weeks old and when on the medication he would wake up at nihgt after only being asleep for 20 or 30 minutes and scream. he would act very angry or sometimes just look in a scary daze. He also had terrible diarrhea. After a week of being on the meds I took him back to the doctor and she casually said to take him off, because he "could" be reacting. As soon as I took him off he began taking naps again and sleeping through the night. He was MUCH happier. Now, howeverI am noticing a grayish tint on his baby teeth, which I am positive is because of the medication. I take wonderful care of his baby teeth-I know they are not rotten or decayed. Has this happened to anyone else?

I am also glad I found this site! I really have felt that I was going crazy, but when I read through many of the posts, I have realized that Yasmin is slowly destroying my body, mind and life. Yes, maybe all of my problems aren't 100% from this pill, but when I think back, I used to be so much happier. Now, I'm depressed, antisocial and anxious much of the time, plus have a host of physical problems (see posts below) which have appeared in the last couple years. I have had problems with BCPs in the past with depression, but the only physical effect I'd ever had with those was weight gain. Normally, I'm a very healthy individual. It has all come on slowly and has gotten worse with time. For a long time, I had no side-effects, so didn't attribute any of it to this pill. It was only after finding this site, after a particularly bad day of dealing with unexplained nausea, that I see what it has been doing to me... I hope we all heal eventually! I do have lots of hope and am looking forward to the day when this is all behind me. Maybe this is premature, but I've only been off it two days (quit mid-pack) and already feel much more awake, and my pants, which have been tight for months, are fitting loosely! This pill is scary...