Menses symptoms and conditions

I'm 24 and just recently finished my lupron treatment for endo. I'm still having some of the side effects and have yet to start my period again. I honestly would've rather had surgery again for endo than go through months of the side effects. The memory problems, overall fogginess, night sweats, insomnia, mood swings, hot flashes, and just the stress and complete crappy quality of life I've had most of this year has completely affected all aspects of my life. It's not easy at work, at home with my husband- surgery took a day or so to recovery from and this has been a nightmare for months and months. I'd really think about it and research the benefits for you vs the side effects before doing it. If there are any other options- I'd absolutely consider them.

Hi, i have 26 yo, im a doctor and my boyfriend too, i started to take Yasmin 3 months ago and ive never been a depressed girl, who cries with every tv show or even a commercial, now I AM, ive been from a funny girl who always had a big smile on the face and make jokes of everything (and thats why my boyfriend love me) but during this last couple of months i just don't know why im crying for every stupid thing..and then i go...why the heck did i cry for that?...im just waiting for my menses and then im switching to evra and see how it works,
Oh...plus i think i have IBS, migraine like headaches, almost no sexual drive and poor lubrication during intercourse, but ive not gain weight and my skin face is without black spots. thats the only good thing about Yasmin, but definitely i think my mood swings are because Yasmin and thats the worst thing.

So far I haven't seen anything in regards to my symptoms with Yasmin.

After going the past two years and having only two periods, I was diagnosed with PCOS. My Gyno told me that the only way I would be able to have a period, and delay the harmful side effects of this disorder would be to go on Yasmin. I agree that my mood swings the 1st month were terrible. I almost punched my own mother in the face because I didn't like one of her jokes. That's not me. But that is something common with BC. They are hormones your body takes in to regulate your cycle. And because my body doesn't' regularly produce the hormones needed for menses, I expected mood swings. The catastrophic depression and PMS were the main reasons I stopped taking the pill years ago.

My problem is a bit different. I haven't gained weight. As a matter of fact, I think I've lost a bit. My problem is my skin. Before the pill, I had flawless skin. It was always really sensitive, but because I was cognizant of this fact, I took every preventative measure to ensure its healthy appearance. But now my skin in a mess. I have a rash spreading all over my body. My eyelids have a hard crushed rash of skin folding over, and my under-eyes are the same way. All across my face, I now have raised red patches of skin that burn, and the only change I've made to my daily care regimen is popping that little pill every night. The rash is now spreading to my shoulders and a bit on my legs.

Has anyone else developed skin problems, or could this all just be coincidental in my case?

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I have had my Mirena for 14 months. I am looking into having it removed. I have gained about 5-10lbs with it and I have 2 menses per month. I only have about 5-7 non period days each month. My sex drive is at a all time low. I went from a female who wanted to have sex everyday of the week... to 1-2 times per month.
I am always nasty with my mate of 7 years and short tempered with my children. I already had a problem with headaches and I am now having many migraines per week. I just want it out. My new insurance doesn't cover the removal and I may have to pay out of pocket, but I cant get in with my GYN until November. I did read all the side effects and I have them all. Aside from not worrying about getting pregnant... This thing is the worst and I do not recommend it to anyone.

IF YOU CAN TAKE A PILL EVERY DAY, DO IT

Hello all!
I am so happy I found this site and so is my husband. I'm 44 and was suffering with all that "pre pre menopausal" period. I had my tubes tied when I was 30. After an ultrasound showed very small section of overlie left. My doctor decided to put me on birth control pills (I'm a smoker) on once a day everyday cycle. My menses stopped and some things got better and some worse. After a year, my doctor then felt this iud would help everything. He found out yesterday that this morning he was taking this thing out of me or else. (9 hard months)
I had my iud removed this morning, so I'm only 2 hours out.

Sept 2007 I scheduled for insertion. Since my doctor told me it was 5 minutes in the office, I went on my lunch hour. I never made it back to work. This was on a Friday, so I had the rest of the weekend to rest. This 5 minute insertion hurt more than dilation pain in child birth. I actually cried out! The "measuring" portion felt like my dr poked a hole in me. Sharp hot pain. Then the device, when he said it would "cramp" for a bit, but it actually felt like he was trying to shove it into my left tube or wall but a too small place with painful pressure and a hard pinch. I asked if it had sharp edges. It felt hot, like a hot pin. After I cried out, he said ok ok it's in, Thats it.
I had tears in my eyes it was that painful. I was totally not prepared for there to be this much pain. My doctor told me that I might be a little crampy but that would be it. What I actually felt was so much burning stomach pain where it was hanging on to me with what felt like claw like hands. I could not stand totally straight up or I would get a fast, sharp, hard pain in the left side on my stomach where all the pain I felt at insertion. This lasted everyday for 2 months then happened less and less until now a few times a month. Mostly when I over do it by stretching, exercise and vigorous sex. I always have to slouch a bit or I get those pains now.

I get cramps on and off and it would usually follow a cycle, but I was not mensing at all. Only spotted a few times. The other side effects were making me crazy and my family worried and upset. Mood swings are horrible. They can be quick and fast abnd very dark, mad and angry. I would never have acted this way before insertion.

I get depressed on and off, mostly on, in most often 3 week cycles. Crazy super anxiety over the smallest thing. I have gained weight, feel totally fed up with my appearance. I feel suspicious of everything (my husband keeps saying I'm paranoid about everything and everyone, I didn't see that of course). My mind constantly races and have found myself confused, or forgetful. The worse moment when I was filling out a form and couldn't remember how to write my last name and spell it. I could see it but not write it down, I was unable to spell it out loud for too long not to really scare me into thinking what the heck was going on. I have had almost every side effect everyone has posted except the acne. I see more pimples now and ones sort of under the skin, but not often enough to see a dr about and nausea I haven't a problem with yet.
I will list the rest but there are more if I think about it I have. Now I want to see how long it takes for them to go away.

, Headaches and/or migraines everyday, constant stomach and vagina issues including: aches, full feeling, and sharp shooting hot pains, terrible moods that can come on instantly, feeling depressed, angry and mean, weight gain, fast graying hair, some hair loss, bloated breast that feel real full all the time, breast tenderness and sharp sudden pains, numbness at times in arms and hands, chest pain, anxiety, paranoia, racing thought, some slurred speech on occasion, confusion, memory loss, leg pains and aches, low libido, painful sex, painful orgasm.

I hope someone steps in and has this product taken off the market!

I have been on bc for 7 years and Loestrin 24 for over a year now and finally found the perfect remedy to my irregular (sometimes 2 week long) periods. This is pretty much the only thing I love about the pill. However, It makes me feel a lot better that so many people are experiencing the many negative side effects that I have been getting from this darn pill. My frequent headaches are getting to be unbearable, I constantly feel so bloated and feel like my weight slowly creeps up despite a distance runner. I think I must be retaining so much water. I went on the scale one morning, then ran about 12 miles, then the next morning I gained about 6 pounds...i am a very healthy eater as well. It's just so mind boggling to me that this tiny pill can have such drastic effects on one's body. And depression is another big thing. I am also constantly depressed for no reason and snap at people for no reason.
But the big issue for me is probably my weight. I am really considering going off birth control completely. I just started a new pack this past Sunday...does anyone know if I can just stop cold turkey, or do I have to wait till I finish the pack?

Have any of you developed Leukemia after taking Yasmin? Or do you know some one who has developed it and they just happened to be taking it at the time? Any feedback would be appreciated.

I have read most of the postings on Yasmin but I haven't seen one where women pointed out experiencing terrible amounts of clots and incredible amounts of actual mensing... So it makes me wonder if I have another underlying condition? I have been taking Yasmin for about18 days now, started on my first day of mensing, and 18 days later, still mensing like there is no tomorrow and passing clots the size of the palm of my hands at times!!! It's unreal! And I went and bought 3 packages, I wanted to finish one and see but I think it's all gonna go to garbage now!! And to say I use to have a 30 day cycle with 2 days of pre-spotting followed by 3 days of actual mensing... some clots but not half as big and certainly not as many!!! Very disappointed with Yasmin. I am done with it.

I am a 42 year old woman. I was put on lipitor about three months ago - 10 mg. I have experienced almost all the symtoms people have mentioned. I also realise that my breasts get swollen and become painful three after my menses. Could this be the cause of Lipitor? I mentioned this to my doctor yesterday but she couldn't tell me why I am experiencing this pains in my breasts.

SARAH: syberlib, #35391

HOW DID YOU KNOW YOU HAD A MINI-STROKE? WHAT WERE YOUR SYMPTOMS PRIOR, DURING AND FOLLOWING? Were you diagnosed and if so what were the tests they conducted?

I feel so sorry that you were on this pill since it came out. 2001 is when it was approved in the U.S. and now it is being sold like crazy-heavily advertised.

I started Yasmin in January 2004. I went off in September 2006 so I was on it for 2.5 years. It was originally prescribed for me for anxiety interestingly enough because so many women here reported problems with anxiety while on it and then getting off of it.

I got off following 4 months of increasing chest pain. Started on the left side and then a month later, traveled across my chest and another month later primarily on my left side. This occurred usually the week just prior to my menstrual cycle so I expect that it has something to do with the hormone level changes just prior to the menses.

While on Yasmin, it made me so exhausted, I would shower and feel ready to go right back to bed. The Doctor recommended I take it at night so I did and it made getting up in the morning that much more difficult.

I went to the bathroom excessively due to the diuretic in Yasmin. no matter how much water I consumed, I constantly felt de-hydrated.

I had incredible fatigue while on Yasmin. My ears stopped up to the point of being painful and noticed right after I would take it that my ears would "pop" like they do on an airplane. This would last for 1-2 hours following taking it. I saw a hearing doc who told me that they've known for years that Ortho-contraceptives are odo-toxic meaning that they are toxic to the fluid levels of the inner ear. The inner ear consists of potassium and sodium fluid, so due to this pill's naturally increasing potassium levels, it made sense although a pharmacist, the prescribing Doctor and RN I saw to have an EKG done did not know this.

I've been off now for 3 plus months. However, to ease symptoms, I went onto Orthocept from September through December. Although some of the symptoms got better, the chest pains still continued to come the week before my period. What I want to know is how one knows if they are suceptible to a heart attack or stroke. The RN told me the EKG was normal but confirmed a returning heart murmur I had had years prior. When I was originally told I had this murmur back in 1999, a Naturopathic doctor said it was due to having low progesterone and said that it would likely go away on something like Orthocept. It did. However, after 2.5 years on Yasmin, it came back.

FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS POSTED OR IS NOT POSTING ON THIS SITE-I HIGHLY RECOMMEND KEVIN TRUDEAU'S BOOK ON NATURAL CURES. I'VE BEEN READING SECTIONS OF THIS FOR MONTHS UNTIL MY BROTHER GAVE IT TO ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY THIS MONTH. HE BASICALLY TAKES THE POSITION THAT ALL PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AS WELL AS NON-PRESCRIPTION CAUSE ILLNESS. DEPRESSION. ANXIETY. YEAST INFECTIONS. FATIGUE. MUSCLE SOARNESS. YOU NAME IT. EVERYTHING I'VE READ TO DATE I'VE KNOWN AT AN INTUITIVE LEVEL. THAT BASICALLY, MUCH TO ALL OF SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE-THAT IS PRESCRIPTION AND NON-PRESCRIPTION TREATS SYMPTOMS AND NOT NOT CAUSE AND CREATES AN IMBALANCE IN HEALTH THAT LEADS TO OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS. I THINK THAT THIS IS BASICALLY TRUE AND I WOULD HEED WARNING TO ALL WOMEN SEEKING RELIEF FROM ANTI-DEPRESSANTS OR ANTI-ANXIETY MEDS. THEY ARE DEADLY.

IN ADDITION-EVERY WOMAN I KNOW HAS INCREASED ENERGY AND IRRITABILITY JUST PRIOR TO HER PERIOD. IT IS A NORMAL RESPONSE TO THE CHANGE IN HORMONE LEVELS IN YOUR BODY DURING THIS TIME. I USUALLY FIND THAT INCREASING ACTIVITY LEVEL, LOTS OF EXERCISE, AVOIDING CAFFEINE AND SUGAR ARE CRITICAL AND RELIEVE MOST TO ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS.

The other thing I would like to mention is that sensations of feeling "blue" or "sad" are just as normal as feelings of bliss and happiness. We're raised to think that we are supposed to be these jolly all smile faces and if you aren't' "happy", that something is wrong. So, I'd just say, that while some diagnosis about imbalances may be very real, I'd recommend doing alot of reading and research prior to putting anything else into your body or taking any other medications. They all likely cause other problems.

I am, after all this time, quite disturbed by this and what I expect are millions of other responses by people taking an array of medications that cause such severe symptoms and sometimes death. After 6 years on the market, how its still being pushed so heavily. If you read Kevin Trudeau's book, you'll see that much of the pharmaceutical and medical industry isn't concerned with treating the cause of your symptoms, but instead recommending medication after medication to treat the symptom.

Exercise and stress relief as critical as a healthy diet which today has become more and more difficult to create and make a discipline with lifestyle but it is absolutely critical. All these pills, I believe are wreaking havoc and hell on people all over the world.

I have been in provera for 10 days to correct irregular bleeding. on my 4th day of taking it, my period arrived. Now its been almost two weeks of having those cramps and menses. my breast swelling is terrible and i am gaining weight! are these normal? im getting scared....

For the past three months, I found my menses to be abnormal. Light and lasting a mere three days. I thought of the possibility of an early onset of Pre-menopausal sysmptoms. One Day I began to hemorage, and it persisted for five days. I get myself to the doctors and Norethindrone, is prescribed. Talk about being dillusional, anxious, hallucinating, irritable, frustrated, crampy, depressed and suicidal. Boy have I entertained thoughts...i almost feel very wierded out with myself. Like I do not like looking at myself in the mirror..Its almost as if I have changed...maybe due to all the bllod loss....i am recuperating thought, but this medication, has done me in...I stopped taking them, bleeding has stopped but now I am leaking and its clear, not urine...and gotch it smells Awful!!Pardon Me.....some medication is just not for everyone....My appetite is completely gone too..

I'm on day 19 of this pill and it's been a crazy ride so far. Some info on why I'm on it and what it's been doing to me thus far:

I've been like clockwork with my menses from after I finished puberty till now... about 10 years total.
I'm 33 and not sexually active.
I missed my menses after a very prolonged stressful month and then proceeded to bleed for 17 days a month later.

I had an ultrasound and the results showed a 4 cm cyst on one of my ovaries, it being unique in that it's a cyst inside of a cyst.

After these results my GYN (as assigned to me by my HMO primary care doctor) suggested I go on the pill for 3 months to stop any more ovulation then do a second ultrasound to see what the current cysts state will be.

I am predisposed to migraines since I was 7 years old, so this was my only concern in taking this type of medication.

So far I've had 2 major migraines which I've toughed out at work.

The second of the two, yesterday, Day 18, was accompanied with feelings of high intolerance, anxiety, anger, panic (that this crap was happening), and this weird feeling of knowing who I am normally, but not being able to grasp any of my normal behaviors.

To my S.O.'s credit, he says this is what I'm like when I'm PMSing.

I really hope that this doesn't mess with my overall chemistry, as it's taken me a long time to get to know me and to start all over is not something I want to have to go through again.

Hi Voice-bloated and fellow yasmin sufferers,

Just doing an update post on how i'm coming along these days. I'm 3 1/2 months off yasmin and the weight gain/bloating is still there. Remember this is only after being 4 months on the pill. Only got 1 period after taking provera to induce menses and i'm waiting to see when I'll get the next one. Like BLOATED- I also used to be a size 0-2 and now i'm bursting out of a 6. you can well imagine how i feel. (sigh) Yasmin has kept me from the beach all summer long. I haven't even gone swimming once. I've started to think that maybe i just have to come to terms with the fact that I have turned into a blob from this once upon thin, fit figure i used to posess.
Everyone keep posting here and let us know how you come along. your progress only inspires us and helps us stay strong.
Love U all,
Sherry