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hi guys,

finding your posts so helpful.
i've been on yasmin for nearly 5 years and its only just dawned on me recently that my:
-anxiety/mood swings/erratic behaviour
-body hair growth
-weight gain
-increase in discharge etcetc
could actually be from the pill!!

i was always so bubbly and strong but i seem to cry now at silly things and i just don't feel myself. i initially went on the pill when i was 17 because my periods were so bad but i'm not sure what to do now... change pill or come off pills altogether?!

i'd love some feedback if any of you have been in a similar position, thanks so much

xxx

I've been using the ring for a week and a half now. I am taking it out tomorrow. Since I started, the first couple days were without side effects, but now I am tired ALL the time, even after exercising, napping...I just want to sleep and sleep. I am also extremely and uncharacteristly moody. I feel as though I want to snap at people over the smallest things, and the tiniest irritations make me rage. This is not like me at all. I feel horrible, like there is a tick inside me making me twitch. I also have almost zero sex drive now. Just not interested. I dont care. I never felt like this before I started using the ring when I wasnt on any birth control. I had a feeling all these changes were due to the ring, and after reading everyone else's bullitins, I know my gut feeling was right about this damn ring. It's coming out tomorrow. Whats the point of birth control if you dont even want to have sex with your partner? I am finding another way of birth control that doesnt use hormones.

Foggyhead
yes many people on this website have posted nausea as I have myself. It will pass. You are not vomiting right? We all know the scary feeling of permanent damage. We have all been there unfortunately none of us can say for sure, I am sorry to say I dont have any cold hard facts as to why this is happening to us, but only that I have experienced it myself and to have medical professionals telling you no this pill cant do this to you is a person talking excuse me but a person talking out his butt! Sorry, I dont care what little letters follow their name. Unless they care to put this little white pill in their mouth, I dont care to hear whats coming out of their mouth, unless it is of useful information to me. Sorry, now you know where the bitter part of the RN came from. I can only tell you from my experience much like the experience of many women on this website that yasmin seems to mess up your hormones more than any of the other pills on the market. It has a "unique" ingredient in it called drosperinone sp? that NO other bcp has. Something my gyn did not tell me when she prescribed it. I still dont know why this one seems to mess up (or depress the hormones I think) so much, but recovering from it takes a long time. As your body cycles each month naturally your hormones rise and fall at certain times. Now that the body has been through this yasmin rollercoaster, your hormones are all out of whack, and the body is trying to stay on its cycle but it has too much of some hormones and too little of others.. the causes all the systems of the body not to function well, because hormones are in a nutshell what make you feel good. From receptors firing in the brain, to digestion, to skin, to heart function. The body being in perfect balance with every puzzle piece in place (hormone on its receptor site) is what keeps all our systems running well. This is why you feel good sometimes (the lacking hormones are starting to rise) but then sometimes you dont (hormones naturally fall right before your period and then dont start to rise again until after your period, and then its the estrogen that rises first, progesterone doesnt rise till about 12 days after your period, when you ovulate then both fall again right before your period. See why you feel so up and down? I am still trying to figure all this out, believe me it is nothing I learned in nursing school, most of this I learned through relentless research on the internet and from doctors who understand hormones. Even then I am still in search of answers so I have an appt with a doctor I feel is on the cutting edge of hormones and hormone therapy, but he is so booked I cannot get in until March. Still I will have lots of questions, and hope he has some answers.
Sorry about the long post. Keep in touch.
BitterRN

I have been taking 300 mg lithium for a few months. For some reason I never even considered it to be the reason that i feel terrible and throw up a few nights a week.

As for my weight, I lost 10 lbs when I started wellbutrin last december. So when i started the lithium i may or may not have lost a few more pounds. The scale has said about 111 the whole time, but everyone keeps telling me more and more how great I look as time goes by. Probably the lithium is causing me to lose water weight. Though I now carry a water bottle with me at all times!! Actually, I started to doing that with the wellbutrin and my cottonmouth has improved since the lithium. I use to wake up in the middle of the night over a nightmare about dying of dehydration because I was so thirsty.

I guess I am very lucky with regards to side effects of drugs. There are other bummers, like I dont drink anymore, and there is definitely a STIGMA attached to lithium. Even thought I technically have not been diagnosed as bi-polar. In all of 2005 I was extremely depressed and even jumped off a second story window and shattered my sholder. Then I went bankrupt. All I ever did was think about dead all the time.

I was so happy (and shocked) when Wellbutrin allowed me to stop thinking about death. Then we added lithium to keep me from crying all the time. Well my point is

1. Wellbutrin can counter the weight gaining effect of lithium (Or at least it did for me)

2. Does anyone else get sick at night all the time? How about HICCUPS?

3. I agree with the previous posting... I dont care if my family and friends think I am crazy or if I start to gain a lot of weight when I get a little older, I never, EVER want to be that sad ever again.

Best wishes to everyone reading this. I understand your pain. If anyone ever gives you a hard time such as because "others have it hard too", or "it's all in your head" tell them that I said for them to shove off. This is our only life, no one should have to be unhappy.

I know I wrote a lot. But hopefully at least one person finds this helpful. I use to spend hours on the computer trying to find answers. (The depression was so bad I couldn't leave the house to work.) I check ******weekly if anyone has any additional questions.

....ok, it is 4am and I am never up at 4am....been up all night...in reading some of these other posts aparently this drug causes insomnia. I have been on Ambien for years now and have not had trouble sleeping with the Ambien, until tonight. I even got up and took a second Ambien...no help. I feel wired and jumpy. No evil thoughts though.

The ironic part is that my neurologist just put me on geodon for a headache that I have had for almost three years. One nonstop every day all day all night headache for 3 years. I have been on meds that had other wonderful side effects such as an unexpected ability to lactate, wieght gain (50lbs) and oh of course there was the time that I asked for a stronger pain med than oxycodone and he put me on the same medication they give herione addicts...that made me lose 2 full weeks of my life and almost lost great friends and family.

I am surprised by the insomnia...I started with 20mg per day, increasing it to 20mg 2x per day....and here comes the insomnia....I guess there could be worse things! I dont care for the tightnessd in my jaw and lower facial area which causes me to look like i am making a sour face -as my husband put it.

time will tell if i stay on this...should be interesting if they take me off of it as I am also going to try to quit smoking in the next few weeks. Could be a bad combination.

thanks for reading!

brain fog is a good way to expalin what toprol xl will do for ya. i know my body and have noticed a difference since i've been taking toprol. well and i'm currently taking 100mg of toproxl and have been a a year. just recently i've decided to tak my med a night to see waht type of difference that would make. now i know its obvious its the medicine that has me drowsy, brain fog, hard to concentrate, lack of energy, light headness, feelings of black out and a "I dont care" type feeling too for an example, just to bring some laughter to this...in most cases if someone tick me off..its like "whatever, it doesnt matter!" and I know that's not the typical me (smile). So I to wonder just as the others, what kind of medicine iis this !! So I'm doing to my doctor and I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS SITUATION TO GOD AND TRUST HIM TO GET ME OFF THIS HORRIBLE MEDICINE" anyone ants to discuss this futher..please feel free to email me ******

ovcon35 sux. I stopped taking after 4 weeks. the 11th active pill I started bleeding for 8 days still bleeding now & pain in the lover ovarian area, tired, moody & cry like a baby Im 26 & ahhhhhh its ridiculous. worse pill ever. thank god I stopped on my 17th pill i dont care what the doc says about waiting it out. hes not going through this BS im done. not worth this aggravation. bad enough we have these problems for 5 days now all this bloating. um no thanx- get off people. now im waiting to get my actual real period b/c i stopped the pill.

PLEASE READ: I have read all the captions regarding the use of Ultracet and the group can or could be broke down specifically into two groups. Those with Chronic Pain and those with Pain. The ultracet probably will not work well for those that experience just enough pain and see relief from an uncomfortable feeling. On the other hand, I for instance, have been in almost constant pain after having a benign tumor removed from the interior of my spinal cord 01/23/1994. The tumor had itty bitty fingers that wrapped itself or entertwined into my cord. It was removed but unfortunately, the area affected "between my shoulder blades" somehow interupted a nerve that runs under my right arm pit down tricep area of my arm to my elbow. The pain is described as a hornets sting where you actually feel the insect pumping venom into you. On a good day, the pulse of pain accurs about 2-3 times a minute. While on a bad day the pulse of pain occurs about every 2-3 seconds. I went over 10 years trying stimulation, physical rehab (5) jogging ect.. Where I have tried everything you can imagine to remove this pain, in Aug of 2003, I elected to use narcotics. I went a year on lortab and decided to stop. It was a bad 3 days but I survived it. My doctor then put me on ultracet about 6 months ago and I really like it. I take enough to make my pain stop, I dont care if its 4 of 10. I've had all the pain I can take. I am a Policeman and have been for 24 years. I dont like the idea to being addicted to ultracet, but it could be a lot worse. Those of us in the category of Chronic Pain must come face to face with the realization that addiction is a major result of our treatment. IM SORRY, but thats just the truth. Im willing to deal with it at this point because like I said, I just cant take the pain anymore. Like I said before, I went 10 years before taking pain medications because I was a Police officer and I had to work and raise 3 kids. Well, Im ready to retire now and all my kids are gone. I hope I havent bored anyone but I just wanted my Chronic Pain people to know, IT"S OKAY to be addicted. IT's NOT GREAT, BUT, IT's OKAY. Use your medication as your doctor prescribes it and remind him that you want kidney and liver check up's about ever quarter. That should prevent you from damaging your vital organs. PeAcE...

this site is very good information, i take lisinopril for about a year, i have been on a good diet, i lost like 90 pounds, i felt great for so long, my bp was 140/90, now it is 111/76, since the side effects, i have been decreasing the dose from 10 mg to now 2.5, the side effects are,dry caugh,dizzyness,cold hands,feet,tired,anxiety,moody,slight itchyness anywhere on my body. si i decided to decrease this waefull med when i have been on this site, i dont care what the doc says about that, i have been on my diet for 9 months, i am slim enough and i believe i dont need this med no more, so i will go to the doctor about this. it is not easy to avoid high pottasium food and calcium, since are body needs them, i think this drug is not good for people. the doctor may be upset abit that i decreased the dose on my own, but somtimes it is nessary since currently my bp is about 111/76 at 2.5 my weight is 138. i hope i dont gain much weight getting off this, but these side effects are not good,has anyone had these same side effects? oh yeah, my back seems to get aches, i believe it is related to the drug.