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Hey again
I feel the same way most of you women do. I am the one with the panic attacks about the volcanoe. I know it sounds stupid, but I saw a little segment on tv about the volcanoe under yellowstone national park. It really freaked me out because of course they say it may erupt in the next 100 years...so why does it bother me so much. It never used to. I honestly thought I was crazy until my mom found this web site. It helps alot. I have panic attacks, night sweats, dry throat, numbness in my arms at times, tired, I don't eat much, I was vomiting for a while. IT SUCKS!! I was on my first pack of Yasmin, I took the 3 weeks of yellow active pills, and when 3 days into the white inactive ones, I started to have this symptoms really bad, so I quit the pack. I'm glad I got this early, and not after a year or so, from what I have read on this web site is that in about 2 weeks I should start feeling like myself again...I really hope so, my mom and boyfriend are so worried about me. My mom said that I am just not myself. I have a month and a half old baby, sometimes I just don't want to take care of her. I never had that feeling before, until Yasmin got in my system. I can't wait until it's out. I don't like living my life this way, in anxiety.

Please keep posting your thoughts...it really helps when I start to go into a panic attack......can anyone tell me how long it took to feel normal again after quiting Yasmin?????

I started taking Alesse over a year ago. The first month I was extremely dizzy. I felt sick all the time, but I attributed that to my low tolerance for perscription meds anyway.

I thought everything was fine, until I joined a community on livejournal called "birthcontrol". After hearing stories from the other girls I decided to research my birth control on the web.

I always knew that after I had started taking Alesse that I seemed extremely irritable, depressed, bipolar, and my sex life was not fun at all.

My mom said it probably had to do with college, a boyfriend, and 2 jobs. But I knew deep down that the way I felt wasn't normal.

After a year of lack of wetness, lack of WANTING sex and difficulty achieving oragasm, depression, swinging at people when i was mad, crying all the time, TRYING to kill myself(something I had NEVER even thought about doing before) I decided to stop taking it.

I've been off it since september and I have been the happiest I have ever been! I want sex, I'm happy, I'm dont get violent when I'm mad. I'm great and I will probably not go back on this birth control.

Even with all the negatives there were some positives.

-Lighter periods that lasted shorter time.

-No cramps, and acne associated with PMS.

-My periods came on thursday and always on thursday.

-I didn't get pregnant.

I say give it a whirl. But if you find yourself depressed or sad or mad, get off it right away. It's really not worth the emotional pain I went through.

First I want to personally thank every single one of you from the bottom of my heart.

I have been on Yasmin for over a year now. I think maybe 2 years. Well I loved the fact I didn't gain any weight at the beginning. Well I have been the biggest b*tch you could ever met. I have had this horrible yeast/bacterial infection since I began Yasmin. I hated everyone, I would stay in my room and sleep everyday if I could, I no longer wanted to have sexual relations with my fiancée, and I just hated my self. I thought I was major depressed but my mom said its something that everyone in college goes through. Now after reading this board I have realized that all this crap is because of my medicine. I have thought I was crazy. I did horrible in high school because all I would do is sleep. I always felt hungry no matter how much I ate. Thank you so much. You are ALL God sent. Thank you all. I go to my OB/GYN Monday for the yeast infections. The first thing I will tell her is I want OFF of yasmin and on to something new.

If anyone has a suggestion of what I could change to please don't hesitate to email me. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I cant thank you enough. You have made me realize I am NOT crazy.