November 3th
2007
5:25 AM
I sit here in extreme pain. From my neck down to my left fingers, it feels like I had a charley-horse while sleeping and wasn;'t able to work it out. This is the 3rd day of this pain and it is constant. Heat, Ice, Ibuprofen, nothing even dulls the pain and it is near impossible to find a way to sit or lay that makes a dent in the pain.
I found this site by searching for neck pain and I am floored. I just started taking Lipitor last month (against my better judgement since I am not a fan of loading on drugs).
If this pain is because of the Lipitor, I am truly pissed. How could anyone prescribe something like this with these possible side-effects is beyond me.
I hope to god that the side effect wane since I have now stopped taking this.
I make my living working on computers, and now I can barely sit here and type this because I am in excrutiating pain.
Thank you all for this site, I hope we all get relief someday.
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November 25th
2007
3:46 PM
I am a 26yr-old, another victim of Yasmin.
My story's gonna be a bit long, but hope you can bare with it.
Please also forgive me for my incorrect grammer as English is not my mother tongue....but I hope I can get my message across to all of you.
Here it goes!
Ever since I had my first period at a late age of 18 (I was anorexic and severely underweight btw the age of 14-15 when I was supposed to start my mensus had I been healthy,,,,), my mensus had never been regular.
I only had about 3 full-fledged mensus per year, with occational spotting.
Apart from that, I was a happy, bubbly, cheerful lady.
Nevertheless, worried about the side effects of "not shedding", I made my first visit to the gyn.
The Dr. ultrascanned me.
Both my uterus and ovaries were normal in size.
She ran a blood test for my hormones and thryroid level.
They both came out fine.
So then she recommended me to take Yasmin, which will help to regularise my cycle and "shed" all the accumulated lining.
I was quite happy during my first box as I lost my water weight, and my skin cleared.
But then the nighmare began......
Half-way thru my second box, I suddenly became sooooo depressed.
Sure, I did have some ups and downs prior to taking Yasmin, but the ones I'm experiencing while on Yasmin is just beyond anyone's imagination.
Prior to taking Yasmin, I was confident with myself, which I believe made me an attractive person.
HOWEVER, ever since the onset of depression, I seem to have lost all the confidence in me.
All that "self-esteem" I used to possess is now GONE.
I feel so insecure about myself, and don't feel good about myself even when I'm in my favourite outfit.
Before Yasmin, I was so easily "turned-on" !: listening to my favourite tune turned me on, watching drama with my fav actors turned me on, thinking about what to have for dinner turned me on.... just about any thought was enought to mass-produce dopamine in my brain.
But these days, none of these make me happy.
Nothing makes me happy, but anything can make me go DOWN.
I've been off Yasmin for 5 days now.
I do feel slightly better than 5 days ago.
But I'm suffering from elevated heart beat around midnight, which is making me insomniac.
But my biggest concern is ;
WOULD I REGAIN THAT "GLOW" IN ME?
WOULD I REGAIN MY CONFIDENCE?
Also,
Is taking Evening Primrose Oil beneficial to regain my peaceful hormonal level?
Can I start taking EPO directly after stopping Yasmin?
By the way, I notice that I look older (as in aged) ever since taking Yasmin. Does BCP make you age faster? Or am I just imagining things out of depression?
PLEASE HELP....
Thank you for spending your time to read my story,,,,,,
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