Happy medium symptoms and conditions

Hello you wonderful Ladies,
I am so glad I found this site, don't feel completely BONKERS after reading a lot of the posts.
I had Mirena inserted Nov 07 and will be getting it removed at 2.15 pm on Monday March 9. CANT WAIT :-)
Since having coil inserted I have suffered real bad skin conditions, my skin is constantly dry. In Dec 07 my skin on my arms and legs was so itcy and flaky I used to bleed from scratching while asleep. We got a beautiful Labradoodle last summer who has since been rehomed due to very bad breathing problems I had, I grew up in a house with dogs all my life and never had any problems. Also my moods were either at the bottom of the scale or right up the tip top never happy medium totally off balance.
Mentioned in a lot of the posts was weight gain I have gained about 5 pounds not really upset about that but have noticed that i look for food more often than before. Heading to Paris for romantic getaway Thursday till Sunday so will wait till Monday to have it out, will check in once removed.
So excited

Like several others, I truly believe God directed me to this website today. I have PCOS so w/o BC, I don't have a period. I thought it was just MY hormones being affected and my family suffering but after reading this - the ring is coming out and I'm calling my doctor!! I honestly feel like I am going cRaZy!! I feel like barbed wire is crawling under my skin and suddenly I have a million pet-peeves. Everything is making me either want to cry or go into a rage - there is NO happy medium. My hands and feet are swollen and achy - we seriously thought it was an early onset of arthritus! For the first time in weeks, these posts have made me feel normal. Please don't suffer needlessly, take the ring out and find another option. I know I am - I owe it to my husband and three boys!!

I have been off Yasmin now for a little over a week and i'd like to think that i'm seeing an improvement in myself but I know it's too early to tell... I did wake up this morning with a sore throat once again. The past 2 months (I was only on Yasmin for 4 months) I have had a sore throat at least 3 times which is very unusal for me. The thing's i've experienced and how I have been feeling since December 2006 has been nothing short of very bad (I started Yasmin in November 2006). I guess the worst thing was my moods and the least little thing would set me off. I couldn't deal with the stress of everyday and that is very unusual for me. I've had a rapid heart beat at times and a little shortness of breath. There are nights when I don't sleep or get very little sleep. I have instances where I am either extremely cold or very warm - seems there is no happy medium lately at all when it comes to my body temperature. My head feels 'foggy' a lot of the time and I never feel rested. My eyes are a lot dryer then they ever used to be and by the end of the day I can't wait to get my contact lenses out whereas before they never bothered me. I have episodes of vertigo where I can be stood up at work then all of a sudden i'll go to move my position and i'll stumble.... thing's like that which never happened to me before. I can't believe how much I have noticed over the past few months of thing's that didn't make sense to me and I didn't think Yasmin at first until I fainted at work last week and was brought to the ER. All blood tests and EKG were all normal so it got me thinking. That night when I got home I did some research and found this site and am relieved to know that I am not the only one that has had a bad experience because of this pill. I don't know what else can explain what has been happening to me the past few months if it's not Yasmin. I was only on it for 4 packs and I felt like crap the whole time. I was initially put on it for breakthrough bleeding but needless to say because of it I experience a whole lot of other things. I'm coming off birth control pills altogether and want to have my body get back to normal. I don't know how long Yasmin has been on the market but from what i've seen - the negatives of this pill are far outweighing the positives.