Irrational thoughts symptoms and conditions

Hello,
I've tried a bunch of different brands and types of BC's in the past, and none ever worked well with me... then i started Yasmin. It worked wonders. helped my acne, cramps, length of my period etc... i was on it for about 1 year. i stopped BC and had my son (Nov 18 09) .. my doc told me to get back on the pill about 2 months after my son was born and i have been on it since.. lately I've been noticing that I'm not me anymore... i can't remember the last time I've felt like myself.. depression, lack of motivation, hopelessness, i get irritated over the stupidest things, LOW sex drive, LIKE NONE AT ALL, lack of confidence, loss of appetite, loss of hair ongoing 9 months after birth and getting worse, bad menstrual cramps, bad acne, dark colored urine,strange vaginal discharge before my period, longer periods, migraines, mood swings, irrational thoughts and outburst, dizzy spells, blurred (black) vision upon standing, seeing spots and light headed, etc... i attributed all of this to postpartum hormonal imbalance, stress, etc... but I'm now considering the fact that maybe Yasmin is doing this to my body... so i will stop the pill or switch it, my next appointment is only in a month so no sex till then, but yet again my libido is completely gone so that will be no problem... (ahh my POOR BF) lol

all this to say that if it was postpartum depression, my son wouldn't be the only reason i get up in the morning, i wouldn't get up at all...

i know that this isn't postpartum depression... I'm positive that it's Yasmin causing all this i know at least that some of it is..

What i don't understand is that we all have a bunch of docs that ignore us and our bodies.. this isn't only happening to on person this is a lot of people who have had similar and sever reactions to this pill, it should really be taken off the market, or at least doctors should warn us about the "other" side effects...

anyways I'm DONE with this pill and will tell all my friends.

it at least feels good to get this off my chest... it's hard to talk about this stuff to people who are close to you...

All this sounds crazy but makes sense at the same time...

thank god i found this site!

C. xxo

I was just put on prednisone due to a very strong sinus infection. I took 4 pills today of 10 mg each,and so far I have been feeling good,except of course of the normal discomfort of the sinuses dripping in my ears and shortness of breath. The Dr. also prescribed Amoxicillin, and so far so good. However I get really nervous when I hear what other people post about what has happened to them because I suffer from anxieties and don't wanna have another one of those EVER! I am 50 years old and have always been very healthy but as soon as I turn 50 booom! the next morning,aches and pains and irrational thoughts and fears and you name it! It is really awful:)

Oh my gosh!!! I can't even begin to tell you how grateful I am that my husband found this website. I had my Mirena placed a little less than 6 months ago at my six-week follow up visit after having my 8th and last child. My husband and I (and OB/GYN) decided this was the best option because I can't tolerate birth control pills (the estrogen gives me major migraines). Anyway, I was told that I would have some spotting but it would go away and after about a year I may not have a period at all. I had just finished the bleeding that comes after having a baby and I breastfeed so I don't normally have a period anyway until a couple months after I'm done breastfeeding...well let me tell you I bled off an on for the first 3 months with cramping. More on than off and it was just downright annoying cause I didn't know when to expect it so I always had to be prepared. But I stuck it out cause I knew that was a possible side effect. What I didn't know was all the other possible side effects. I think I've experienced just about all the ones listed in all the posts I've read. I thought I was going crazy!!! I have had severe mood swings and I guess depression. I've never been a depressed person so I wasn't even sure what the symptoms were, but now I do. I don't feel like doing much of anything. I don't want to go anywhere...I just want to be a hermit at home. I love my husband and all my children, especially my little 6 month old boy and his never ending smile (which is what keeps me going) but there have been days where the littlest thing sets me off and pushes me over the edge and then I just want to rip somebody's head off! Completely irrational thoughts too. None of this is me at all!!! It wasn't until about a week ago when my husband and I were talking about it and I was crying and telling him that I didn't know what was wrong with me and that I thought I was going crazy and that I just wanted to be myself again and be happy...that he pointed out that the only other time he has seen me moody at all is when I'm pregnant (and then not even close to this degree). It was then that the light bulb went off! If Mirena makes your body think you're pregnant by releasing hormones then it only stands to reason that you may have some of the same side effects as pregnancy. I already had an appt. with my OB/GYN to get the strings cut shorter (my husband could feel them during intercourse and it was painful) so we decided that I should address my concerns at my appt. Well I did and my dr. told me that the mood swings and depression could very well be a symptom of the Mirena and it's hormones. He said that there was no way of knowing just how much hormones is too much for me and everyone is affected differently but that if it were his wife with the same complaints he would tell her to yank it. He said if I wasn't convinced about Mirena being the culprit that maybe I could seek counseling to talk about my "craziness" (my word...not his) but asked me to make a follow-up appt. with him in a week anyway and in the meantime come home and discuss it with my husband. My husband actually found this site and immediately sent me the link after reading some of the stories posted here. I'm eternally grateful to him...Now I know I'm not going crazy and I also know that I'm not alone! Needless to say...I'm keeping my appointment for this Wednesday and can't wait to have the Mirena removed and I'm not seeking counseling, lol!
Symptoms I've experienced:
Major mood swings
depression
exhaustion
back ache
weight gain
chest pain
anxiety
jitters
loss of concentration/focus
NO libido
joint pain
bloating
throat obstruction feeling

There's probably even more that I've just not connected to this stupid Mirena. Oh well...I just can't wait to be normal again! Anyone considering this type of Birth Control should really think twice and know what you might possibly be in for. Could work great for you, but then again, maybe not!!

i went on this pill about 10 months ago... i loved it... no periods nothing. then id say about 4 or 5 months after it i started having random anxiety but i didn't really think anything of it since i have been anxious before... then summer started and i came home from school and i have suffered terrible anxiety, depression and really uncontrollable irrational thoughts. the last 3 weeks have been absolutely horrible ... really really bad depression and anxiety... i felt like i was going psychotic i wanted to go into a mental hospital or something... and i am not a depressed person, i am quite the antithesis. my parents were really freaked out and worried about me....well i went to the gynecologist to see if it could be from the pill and he said absolutely... he took me off it and even after only 6 days i feel so much better... im sure a lot of it is because i know im not going psychotic and it could be from the pill. i have also started taking st. john's wort and b complex vitamins among a few other vitamins. NOBODY should have to go through what ive been through the last months... its horrible and im convinced that it was because of the pill.

replying to twhat 7240 regarding the anti-inflammatory diet, I this that the Wellness Diet by Dr. Andrew Weil is the most comprehensive http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02012/anti-inflammatory-diet. I had tried it for a few weeks and although it is more work because I can't just eat a package of cookies or a granola bar (too processed) I did use snack-sized bags with nuts and sunflower seeds and had much more fresh fruit. It IS an adjustment, but I did feel better. I do notice that certain foods don't make me feel great after eating them, tired, not mentally sharp, full, bloated, etc. If you have a hectic schedule though it is going to be a fair amount of work for you to prepare fresh food daily, so try to be reasonable about it and find favorites and stick to that. I don't have kids, and I find it is enough work just to prapare these foods for myself. There are lots of websites for anti-inflammatory-diets, i would suggest reviewing them all and making some decisions that will fit your lifestyle. And congratulations - I am actually going through some personal trouble, because of past behavior my fiance is considering postponing our wedding in October, and even though it is upsetting, I have no irrational thoughts! So I am happy for you and your son, let me know how your research into the anti-inflammatory diet goes.

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Together we can make a difference to make sure no one else suffers silently without knowing the reason...

My daughter was prescribed Bactrim for acne, after taking it for a3 month
period, she experienced changes that I can only describe as life changing.
From an A student at school who has always been so happy and vibrant,
to someone I didn't know. She suffered from depression, anxiety, irrational thoughts, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, headaches, the list goes on and on. Since stopping the medication she has had good days and bad days, I pray for the day she will return to her beautiful self and not be tormented by this horrible drug. If just one person reads this and thinks twice about taking
this drug, it will have been worth it.

I used Yasmin for almost 3 years between 2004 - 2007. I loved it....my periods were regular, I had little acne, and I hardly had any PMS. Then I got pregnant (after stopping the Yasmin!) with twins and delivered them in late November 2007. I was so happy to know that I just knew which type of birth control I wanted to use, I had a great experience while on Yasmin so of course I would go back to it!

BAD IDEA! 4 weeks after the babies were born I started the pills. Mind you, I had a great pregnancy and lots of help at home...no post-partum or baby blues here. I started the pills on 12/23/07 and by 12/25/07 (Christmas Day) I was feeling majorally depressed, having emotional outbursts, having irrational thoughts....I felt alone and as if no one cared about me. I secluded myself and had suicidal thoughts. I thought about leaving my family and living in a hotel. I would get so mad at the littlest things....I almost threw a chair at my husband and tried to punch a hole in the wall. I cussed family members out. I was so irrational. I felt like a crazy, psychotic woman and all in less than a week. This was NOT me.

I quit the pill after the first week, realizing that this pill was causing all these side-effects. I called my OB and spoke with the nurse who told me what I was experiencing couldn't be from the Yasmin - those weren't common side-effects. I told her that I was 1 day Yasmin free and felt like a completely different person...I was myself again. She tried to tell me that maybe I was experiencing post-partum depression and I decided then to just make an appointment to talk to my OB (about Yasmin & his nurse!).

I have an appointment next week and am curious as to what he will say. I know it was the Yasmin and I am glad that I found this website & that I am not alone!

Update on ring removal...I took my ring out July 13 after reading everyones side effects on here and realizing the horrible way I'd been feeling was because of the ring. The first week after it was out was not so pleasant my period started the next day with horrible cramping, it only lasted 2 days though and was totally worth it. The mood swings and irratability lasted for about a week after it was out and was pretty severe. After getting past that though Ive felt fantastic, my energy is back, Im sleeping through the night, no more discharge, not a single headache in 3 weeks. The biggest change though has been my mood, I feel like my old self again, no more crying and psycho irrational thoughts. I will NEVER use the NR again, looking back on the whole expeirence I felt like I was poisoned by it mentally and physically. I urge everyone to tell any women you know about this site if they are on NR, it really pisses me off this BC is being marketed as "safe", from my own experience and others Ive read about it's anything but. If you look at all the law suits being filed against NR, and past meds like vioxx, phen phen, and the countless others that are marketed as "safe" and approved by the FDA, it is apparent that "safe" is used loosely in an attempt to generate profits and dollars, even if it means putting peoples lives and in NR's case also mental health in jeapordy. You should decide for yourself of course if your going to quit using NR but from my own experience taking it out was the best thing Ive ever done for my own health and safety.

Took mostly for seizures, but have been informally diagnosed with Bipolar II.

Had tremors at night, almost immediately, marked anxiety, weight loss, strange heat flashes, severe headaches (already have a migraine problem), complete w olfactory hallucinations (could have been breakthrough simple seizures, or headache auras).

Felt detached from myself and others. But the most disturbing symptom of all was auditory hallucinations. I have no history of psychosis and this only happened after starting Lamictal. Basically I could hear a constant chirping sound, subtle, but loud enough at night to keep me from sleeping unless my radio was playing to distract me from the sound. Could it have been a new form of seizure? Maybe, but regardless, the sounds started at the time I started this drug. Plus, according to a psychiatrist, I had no signs of psychosis, just the unexplained phantom sounds. One last possibility: Maybe an inner ear problem. Still would like to look into that.

People are right when they say this is still an experimental drug. If I had known what I was getting myself into, I never would have tried this drug to begin with. If any of you have had auditory hallucinations on this drug, without a history of any sort of hallucination or psychosis, PLEASE respond here and let me know about your experience. Thanks!

Hello- I was Dx with Sarcoidosis in February, 2007. My lung specialist put me on 20mg Prednisone, increasing to 40mg within two weeks. My Sarcoid symptoms were from enlarged lymph- extreme trouble breathing, middle and lower back pain, kidney pain. Within a week of being at the 40mg level my heart rate and BP became so erratic that he had to start weaning me down. Initially I had extreme energy which felt good after suffering from fatigue but was short lived due to the cardiac problems.

The Prednisone has resolved much of my inflammation for the Sarcoid but I will not go on this again. I have been weaning now for over three weeks. Down under 5mg of Prednisone and it is almost unbearable. Each time I took a drop my mental symptoms became intolerable. Anxiety, extreme fatigue with extreme weakness, irrational thoughts, blurred vision. Within the last couple of days I could hardly get myself out of bed. My weight has increased steadily, bloating stomach, stiff joints, skin rash.

My biggest complaint is that doctors are not giving us enough information as to how this will affect from a negative side. Yes, it takes care of the inflammation but no one prepared me for these awful side effects and withdrawal symptoms. I feel like a nut case most of the time with no coping skills.

For eight years I was on Ortho Tri low - no problems until my doctor suggested I change because of the length of time I was on them. I have been taking Yasmin for 4 years now and have had the following side effects which I did not contribute to the Yasmin until I am now looking back after reading these posts:

When I first starting taking Yasmin I had a SEVERE personality change. I used to be a go-getter, confident, aggressive, hard worker, perfectionist, never procrastinated, and an over-achiever. I didn't understand why, but I just stopped caring about how far I got in my career, whether my house was clean, etc. I thought I was just depressed or something? Although I didn't really feel depressed, but more of just a lack of motivation. I started to get diarihea and then an anxiety over being depressed or "not normal" I finally went to the doctor after losing a bunch of weight and he prescriped be with an antidepressent. I never took the antidepressants because I really wanted to try to deal with the issues myself before going to that extreme.

Four years later I'm the same way. I've never been the same since, although the diariahea has subsided. I thought I had just changed when I met my now husband, until I found this site and have read some of these posts and realized it was also the exact time I started taking Yasmin.

Over the last three years I have developed anxiety and a needy, clingy personality, a total anxiety and irrational fear of losing my husband. It started to get so bad that when my husband was away I would get sick to my stomach and at times vomit and become fatigued or have irrational thoughts and panic attacks that I had no control over. It has disrupted my relationship enough that I started to see a therapist and the stress of it all has had horrible side effects on my body.

I am wondering now if this was all because of Yasmin? I am 28 years old and never have had a history of depression, anxiety, etc before this.

I also now have dark spots on my face around my eyes and on my cheeks and forhead, which I new were a side effect of the birth control. I asked my doctor if switching to some other brand would help and he said that any birth control can have that effect if you are in the sun. I just decided if I wanted to be on birth control that I had to start wearing sunscreen while in the sun.

In the last two years I have been to doctors and ENT's for a ear infections and sore throats, which they contribute to allergies. That was something I never had before either. I've never had allergies in my life, but doctors would insist that I had developed them. I never would have linked this to my pills, but I am now!

I found this site only because I was thinking of soon having children and wanted to find out what effects of discontinuing the use would have on my body. I wish I had found it 3-4 years ago!!!

I am going to stop taking Yasmin and maybe birth control all together. I'm afraid switching to another pill would just cause a whole new slew of problems, because lets face it, there is nothing natural about them.

I only hope that I can recover and I thank god for such a wonderful husband because I know at times I was unbearable to deal with: fighting, crying, feeling depressed and insecure. All things that are NOT part of my personality 4 years ago. Hearing that it could all be from my pill is both encouraging (that there is hope for me to stop this behavior now) and heartbreaking that I have basically lost the last 4 years of my life.

Thank you to all who posted to this site!

This site may have saved my life! I, too, experienced a nightmare due to Yasmin, and if it weren't for reading all of your stories and feeling your support, I'm not sure what would have happened. I don't know any of you, and yet you have all been so supportive to me! I watched myself go from an outgoing, friendly, mellow person to numb, anxious, and completely different person altogether. I began Yasmin in July 05 and in hindsight, I recognize how I slowly became a different person. Here are the side effects I experienced:

stomach trouble - nausea, diarrhea, nervous stomach, loss of appetite

dizziness

general weak feeling - especially in my legs

frequent urination/dehydration

extreme fatigue - I realized I hadn't gotten a good night's sleep in a year because I would always interrupt my sleep pattern because of having to go to the bathroom up to 4 times a night!

hair loss

dry mouth/extreme thirst

extreme moodiness - also numbness. I have always been a compassionate and caring individual and I found myself thinking that any emotional situations were stupid and that I was "above all that" touchy-feely stuff. NOT me, at all!

irrational thoughts/grim thoughts - in my research about Yasmin (and the Pill in general), I found that when your brain is lacking the appropriate levels of seratonin, you experience dark/grim thoughts about loved ones and yourself.

anxious panicky feelings

NO sex drive - and I had a very healthy sex drive prior

I simply attributed all the side effects to other sources, because I had no idea that a little pill could change a person so much. Then about 5 weeks ago (late July 06) I had my first panic/anxiety attack. I was convinced that I had snapped, and didn't even know what it was at first because I've never before struggled with anxiety/stress. It was one of the darkest, most frightening experiences of my life. I decided to google "Yasmin and anxiety" and found this site. I thank each of you for being honest about your experiences. I saw myself in many of your stories.

I quit Yasmin immediately, but then made the mistake of going back to another pill (Ortho-Cycen) that I had been on for 5 years previous to Yasmin. My Yasmin side effects weren't going away as quickly as I wanted them to, so I went to the doctor to make sure nothing else was wrong with me (I had thyroid tests, diabetes tests, etc.) She said that she was 99% sure that ALL of my symptoms were directly related to a hormone imbalance due to the pill. She said that even though I went on another pill that had been okay in the past, that my body had just reached a threshold and couldn't handle any more hormones. I have decided that I will never go back to a hormonal contraceptive method every again. It compromised my health and personality way too much! I'm working now to get my body its health back.

I've been off any form of BC for 2 full weeks now (after being on BC for 6 years straight) and I'm noticing a HUGE difference in my personality, my general health and wellbeing and my outlook on life already. I'm still not 100%, and understand that I won't be for awhile because my body needs time to sort itself out hormonally, but I do see a major improvement. I'm hoping that within 3 months I'll be completely back to normal. I have tried the vitamins that many of you have mentioned: I'm taking One-a-Day Womens, and supplements of B-complex, and one that includes calcium, magnesium and zinc. I've also tried Valerian (herbal remedy - I bought it in pill form), which I take when I feel an anxiety attack coming on, and it really helps! I feel calmer/better usually within a half hour.

I want to thank you all for posting your experiences. You have each made a difference in my life, and I hope I can do the same for someone too. I didn't even consider adding my experience to this site until I realized how much you all helped me. You are all in my thoughts as we each attempt to leave this awful pill in the dust! Take care, and again, thank you!

Yasmin nearly drove me crazy!!!! I have been on yasmin since it came out 4 years ago. It worked great at first. Started taking it for my skin which dramatically improved within 2 months of starting yasmin. But then i started to develop extreme anxiety. Irrational thoughts and fears were part of my day, every day. Then i was diagnosed with B12 deficiency. Next came the weight gain and headaches. I still had not linked all of this to the yasmin. I then developed a very painful cyst in my breast which went away during my pill free week. My eyesight got very bad which was alarming as i have always had perfect eyesight. My anxiety was so bad i was prescribed xanax. Then my skin started to get bad again. I stopped the yasmin to see if this was the cause of my problems and slowly my problems began to subside. Except for the anxiety. Within 2 months of stopping yasmin i have lost the weight i put on. All of the weight was around my waist and hips. The cyst in my breast has gone. I am now been treated with low dose naltrexone for a damaged immune system which i feel was cused by yasmin and feel like i have been given a new life. Anxiety gone, skin great, eyesight improved. I know that the yasmin caused my problems. It was great at first but the long term effects are horrendous. I feel strongly that much more research needs to be done on the long term effects of this bcp. If anybody else has had the same experience please comment here as it would be interesting to find out if my feelings about yasmin are true. To anybody considering yasmin i say BEWARE!!!!!!

Irrational thoughts worrying about everything, uncontrollable crying, going from happy to sad in seconds! Having NO control over my emotions!!!

Thanks to everyone who has posted their experiences with Yasmin!

I am now on my 4th Yasmin free day. So far, I've not had any withdrawal issues aside from a bad migraine yesterday (but I've typically had Migraines during my sugar pill week anyway, so this wasn't surprising.)

I was on Yasmin for almost a year. The side effects creeped up on me slowly. They included:

~ Irrational thoughts (sometimes)
~ Depression and crying
~ Migraines (2 or more a month)
~ Social withdrawal (used to be much more social, but on Yasmin, I didn't want to be around my friends for very long)
~ Fatigue (I sometimes have to close my office door and lay on the floor to rest)
~ Bloating, IBS-like symptoms and pain on the left side of my belly (This is the symptom that made me start researching Yasmin.)

I'm convinced that the Yasmin caused all these problems. I'd much rather try treating my PCOS with diet and exercise.

I will try to post again in a week or so to update progress. (I just want to give others some hope, you know?)

Best of luck to all!

Hello fellow Yasmin Survivors,

I have been reading your posts this afternoon and felt like I was reading my diary of a year ago, when I stopped taking Yasmin. I had been taking Yasmin for about a year with no noticeable side effects when suddenly I became overwhleming depressed, anxious, dizzy, lost about 6 kg in a week....I basically became the shell of the person I had been my entire life (a happy, outgoing, positive woman). My poor family were extremely worried about me, and no one knew what was wrong....then one day in a moment of sheer desperation (and I believe thanks to God above) I found this website. I'll never forget crying into the computer screen as I read other women's avid descriptions of my life. I never took another Yasmin pill.

Well this last year 'post yasmin' has been a challenging one to say the least. I have suffered anxiety (disturbing irrational thoughts) around mid cycle and before my period...the first 6 months were the hardest....but trust me, it DOES get better. I am still not 100% anxiety free, but I am very close to it, and there were times a few months ago I found it hard to trust I could ever be the old me again. I have been taking 'Agnus Castus' for the past 4 months, and have been feeling mentally alot better for it...but then again each month gets better so it's hard to tell whether it's the natural effect of time.

Everything you are all typing about I have lived through...I remember reading this website countless times everyday just to reassure myself that I wasnt crazy and I was going to get better. The great news is I am better now...life is sweet again.

Good luck to all of you, and God Bless x

To guest 13780:
Yes, I did have my hormones checked. I got them checked about 3 months being off of the pill. I did the saliva test. My results were that I have very very low progesterone and a high dhea level. You got your results back the same day? It took about 2 weeks before I got my results. I have been off of yasmin for about 5 months and have only had 3 periods. Hope this helps you some....I am still having anxiety and irrational thoughts but I am hoping this will go away very soon. If you have anymore questions please feel free to ask...Hugs to everyone still recovering from this horrible pill =)

Hi worried!!

Yes, here I am!! And I fear and am sure we both are not the only ones who are experiencing anxiety because of this wonder pill!!

I've been off Yasmin for 7 months (!) now and still have the irrational thoughts and anxiety. It has gotten a lot better than before, but it's still there!! Some days are better, some worse and every month it gets a very little step better, especially if I look back to the last few months.

Every month there was again some time, when I thought I would completely go crazy, then the better days came around again and so on. I think I can say that the feelings get worse and better through a cycle (around the middle and short before my period should start everything gets worse again --> though I didn't have a period since easter this year....!).

For me it feels as if my head has to work very hard getting back to normal feelings since I've been on Yasmin for very long 5 YEARS (!). You have to know, that Yasmin interacts your whole body, especially the metabolism and so it interacts your brain hormones (like serotonine, noradrenaline a. s. o. which are really important to feel good and have NO anxiety), too. So I think we just have to be patient and give our body and brains the time they need to find their balance again.

A few months ago I read a post from a woman who said, that she really needed a whole year after quitting Yasmin to loose the anxiety brought on by Yasmin. Well, I think every person is different and it surely also depends on how long you had been taken this Yasmin poison. In my case I fear it will take much longer to get the 100% old healthy, fit and good figured me back again...

But don't despair!! You're not alone and we will get better, I'm sure!!

Best wishes to you and a big hug to every lady recovering from Yasmin out there!! Don't give up!!

Hi Voicesi
I was one of the frequent writers when I stopped Yasmin 6 mos ago around the same time as you. Glad to hear you are doing better. I went through the same thing with the anxiety, panic, depression, and crazy mood swings, and I am doing much much better 6 mos later. I have gotten back to my normal life and feel overall pretty well and much like the old me. Occasionally during my period and around ovulation, I do get a bit anxious and have irrational thoughts (which I didn't have before Yasmin), but they are nothing like what they were a few months ago and they are tolerable. I hope within the next few months, I will feel 100% back to the old me--at least I'm getting closer. Good luck to everyone in Yasmin recovery out there. It does get better with time. Hang in there.

Hi Ladies!
I like many of you have had a horrible experience with Yasmin. I was on Yasmin for 2 1/2 years. I didn't realize while on it that all of my problems were due to this pill. I have been off for three months now and I am slowly, very slowly getting better. I was just curious if anyone out there has had disturbing and irrational thoughts while getting off? I have been having a hard time mentally. My anxiety is also terrible. I am very emotional because I have no clue where any of these thoughts are coming from. Well, I hope to hear some feedback. Also, how long has it taken for this dreadful pill to get out of your system? I am so happy I found this site. Thanks again!

Hi! I am so happy tha I found this site like many others. I was on Yasmin for about 2 1/2 years. I just got off about 3 months ago and have had a horrible time. Just curious if anyone out there has had disturbing and irrational thoughts from getting off of this pill? Any feedback would be great....Hope to hear from someone soon!
Thanks!

Like majority of the people writing in this forum, I am SO EXTREMELY happy that I found this website. I switched over to Yasmin from Estrostep about 4 months ago now. Only 3 weeks into taking my first Yasmin pack I experienced my first ever full-blown panic attack and at all places, while taking off on an airplane. Ever since this attack I had multiple people telling me that I was acting "different" than normal. Since this I experienced 1 other anxiety attack along with almost everyday experiencing irrational thoughts and constant anxiety. I do not think one day went by where I thought I was going to die from some outside source. Also in these last 4 months, my fiance has told me that he's noticed that I'm not the same and that I cry at least once a day and become very defensive and aggitated with him at the drop of a hat. While running a couple of times I began experiencing what felt like pin pricks starting from my left arm all the way down into my left leg. My heart seemed to be beating abnormally and my breathing became shallow. I recently have also began having the WORST indigestion.
Until I found this website I thought my constant anxiety, panic attacks, irrational thoughts, moodiness and other physical symptoms were just something I had actually became as a person. I thought I would never be the same person because I thought I had become this horrible, crazy person that no one would want to be around. Just yesterday I called my doctor to request trying my old birth control to see if these effects could possibly be coming from Yasmin. After reading the postings here I KNOW that they are from Yasmin! It makes me angry that I have been subjected to these kinds of symptoms. I am a cautious consumer and did research on Yasmin before even beginning on the pill. However, I did not find this website soon enough. Since taking Yasmin I have been under the impression that my life would always be anxiety-ridden and it could only get worse! Tomorrow I will be calling my doctor again to find out more information about starting my Estrostep as soon as possible and getting off Yasmin FOREVER!
My question is for anyone who has/had only been taking Yasmin for about 4-5 months or less and how long after that the symptoms finally started fading away. I really am afraid that my anxiety will continue with me for awhile and I HATE this feeling!!
Thank you for everyone who has contributed to this forum. I would have continued thinking I was the only one and that I was crazy. In fact, the people who are crazy are those who do not inform consumers of these side effects! These are SEVERE side effects that we are not even warned about...and why aren't we?
Once again thank you for posting! And for those of you who have not experienced these symptoms I realize that every body is different and reacts in different ways, but please realize that these symptoms that people like myself have experienced because of this pill are almost debilitating. I would not wish this on my worst enemy!

@ Voicesi
Glad to hear I'm not the only one with mental side effects 5 months later. You are so right, it does take a lot longer to get your hormones in balance. I, like you, feel soo much better, but the anxiety, irrational thoughts, and moodiness still creep up on me at times. Furthermore, I'm working on getting rid of this self-doubt and learning to trust myself all over again since Yasmin made me an irrational emotional mess.

Hi ladies,
Well it has been 4.5 months since I took my last Yasmin pill and I am finally starting to notice a real difference in my anxiety level. Within a month of starting Yasmin, I developed panic attacks, generalized anxiety, depression, severe mood swings, and an array of physical symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weight gain, joint aches and pains, headaches, and blurred vision. After stopping Yasmin, I noticed the physical symptoms disappeared within a month, but I was left with the emotional symptoms, particularly anxiety. I would cry at the drop of a hat and I became hypersensitive to everything. I became very insecure, started taking everything personally, and the anxiety and panic attacks created a lot of self doubt which I am still dealing with. Only now, 4.5 months later, am I starting to have more normal days similar to the old me, but the anxiety is still there (at a much lower level though) and I do deal with irrational thoughts at different points in my cycle. All I can say is this is probably the worst thing I have ever put in my body and it is pure poison. If it weren't for this website and having friends that I e-mail who are going through the same thing, I probably would have lost everything and been in some mental institution. These have been some of the worst months of my life when they could have been the best because I have so much to be thankful for and I really have a great life. Yasmin has made me question everything about myself and every aspect of my life including personal relationships and my job. Somewhere along the way, I kind of forgot who I was because of the constant anxiety and living in fear. Now that I am finally starting to feel better, I am trying to re-claim what was lost and build things back up, but it is a slow and emotionally difficult process because I am having a hard time trusting myself and others. To all of you who are still on Yasmin, I strongly advise you to quit if you are developing symptoms such as mine. I wouldn't wish this experience on my worst enemy. Good luck to all of you in Yasmin recovery--it does get better, but it takes time and patience.