Moths symptoms and conditions

I am 21 years old and I was on Yasmin for three in a half months (i stopped the last pack half way through). The first month i was on it, i had a lot of leg pains especially at night and sometimes to the point where i couldn't sleep. I went to the doctors and told her about this and she said it had nothing to do with the pill. My leg pain stopped after the first month i was on it and for two months i was fine. At the end of the third pack i began to get leg cramps again, but this time it was different i had little sharp pains here and there and tingling and my legs became extremely itchy. In the matter of two months i got spider veins and cellulite on my upper legs. Before the pill i had NOTHING on my legs. I searched the internet and found that birth control can cause spider veins because of the hormonal change so I thought my legs were itchy because of the spider veins so i stopped using the pill and made a doctors appointment. Three days after stopping i got my period for the second time that month. I also broke out with lumps that are red and extremely itchy. The doctor told me that the bumps are eczema and i also have a lymph node, which she said is from the eczema (which i find very strange). Two days after i broke out and got a lymph node, i got sick with a fever, extremely soar throat and a swollen neck. Today is my 7th day off the pill and im still sick. Hopefully i get better. But from being a 21 year old whos 95 pounds and having nothing wrong and starting this pill and getting spider veins, cellulite and then eczema all around the same time, i feel like im aging before my time. If anyone else has had any similar effects please let me know. Thank you.

I have been on Loestrin 24 for about 8 months. I decided to stop taking it because I could not sleep well, I was not getting a period at all, and I was gaining a lot of weight for no reason. I stopped the pills three weeks ago and still no period. It has been 3 moths since I have had any bleeding and I am scared I could be pregnant. I have taken 3 pregnancy tests and all are negative. I have no symptoms of early pregnancy (i.e. sore breasts, nausea, etc.) I have had cramps that feel like I will start my period, but they have been on and off for 2 weeks and still no period! Has this happened to anyone that has gone off of Loestrin 24? If you did stop taking the pill how long did it take for you to get a period?

I'm so happy I found this site. I've been thinking I'm crazy or just getting old for the last 3 years while on Yasmin. I started taking it at age 29 and almost immediately after started having mood swings, extreme irritability and depression. I had previously been on Ortho Tri Cyclen and the Ortho Cyclen before Yasmin and was on them for MANY years and never had one side effect. I only switched in the first place because I like to have very very few periods and I run all my active pills together to forgo periods very often and I was having breakthrough on the Cyclen. Hence, the Yasmin trial.

I'm actually a doctor (which is why I CANNOT have frequent periods with all the accompanying issues), but I didn't even realize the possible connection between IBS and Yasmin. This needs to be studied and taken seriously. I never once had IBS symptoms until a few months after starting Yasmin. Now, 3 years later I have almost constatnt trouble, to the point everytime I eat I run for the bathroom, yet my weight has never been higher. I asked a GYN friend at work if they could be related and she said definitely no, but reading all of these "real life" examples, coupled with my own experience has made me think otherwise. Often, the symptoms will occur shortly after taking the pill, even when I haven't yet eaten breakfast. It's crazy!!

I'm going to switch either back to Ortho Cyclen or to something new ASAP and will report back. I'm both excited at the thought that my "IBS" might really be Yasmin related but also scared that it might not go away and therefore might really be IBS. I'll report back... It honestly never entered my mind that all of it could be the Yasmin. I had just moved, started a new job in a town I hate and I thought it was all stress related.

I've also had an interesting side effect no one has mentioned yet- my hair texture has dramatically changed. It isn't falling out, but has gone from VERY curly with a nice soft spiral curl pattern to very dry, straight and hard to manage. Nothing else has changed and now I'm wondering if it's not the DRSP. If pergnant women can have hair changes, why not women on the pill?? It's all hormones.

As always with a drug, there are always possible side effects. No one drug is perfect, and humans are so complex in their make up and they way they process drugs. Therefore, please don't judge your family docs or GYNs too harshly as not even the best doctor in the world can predict every side effect.

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in April of this year (2007) kind of by accident through a routine checkup. I had gained a bit of weight over the past two years, but that was really my only symptom. I was begun on 75 mcg of a generic brand of Synthroid, levothyroxine. Since I began this medication, I have rapidly gained another 15 pounds despite a 1,000 calorie per day diet. I retain fluid horribly. My ankles, wrists, hands and face swell daily. My muscles ache, especially my legs, upon walking across a room. I'm fatigued, short of breath. My LDL cholesterol level has skyrocketed in only three months and now I'm being told I need to be on a statin drug. I cry frequently and feel uncharacteristically anxious and irritable, but this could be due to the frustration I am experiencing with the loss of my sense of well-being. In essence, I felt much better before being placed on the medication. I may, in fact, discontinue the medication totally and see if over time I begin to feel better. Like so many other stories I'm hearing, my doctor seems totally unconcerned.

Hi everyone, I've been off Yaz for two weeks now and have had severe depression, emotional numbness, anxiety, muscle weakness, migraines, and on and on. The symptoms are actually getting worse in some ways since I went off the Yaz.

I'm hoping someone can tell me whether they've had any success in going on another birth control pill after Yasmin/Yaz in order to stabilize side-effects of depression and anxiety, which are what freaks me out the most. I've been off Yaz for two weeks now and if anything my side-effects have gotten worse. I'm seeing a doctor and trying to figure out what's going on, but in the meantime I am desperate to feel like myself again. I'd rather not go on anything else hormonal for the long-term, but I'm considering going back on an older, completely different prescription (Loestrin) which didn't cause me any psychological side-effects. One of my doctors says it should be fine, but the other doesn't want me to do it. Has anyone else felt an improvement in depression and anxiety from going onto a different pill prescription? Thanks for your help!!

I have only been on lisinopril for 3 days. Ditto with the cough, stomach pains and dizziness as well as feeling like I am moving in slow motion. Was wondering about the cough as it has been driving me crazy and was very surprised to see so many others state the same thing and have it attributed to lisinopril. thanks to all for your comments.

HELLO, I WAS IN A TERRIBLE CAR ACCIDENT. NEVER DID HERION ANYTHING HARDER THAN PRCOCET BEFORE THE CAR ACCIDENT AND NEVER I REPEAT NEVER DRANK AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN MY LIFE. I AM HAVING A EXTREMELY HARD TIME WITH THE METHAODSE PROGRAM MY PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR PUT ME ON. I WAS NEVER HEAVY IN MY LIFE. ACTUALLY ALWAYS A LITTLE TOO SKINNY FOR MY 5FT 9 INCH FRAME THE ONLY TIME I EVER WENT ABOVE 145 PDS WAS WHEN IW AS PREGNANT WITH BOTH MY CHILDREN. NOW I HAVE BEEN ON METHADOSE FOR ALMOST 6 MOTHS AND HAVE WENT FROM 136 TO 177 HELP ME AND I ALWAYS FEEL BLOTED BAD BAD CRAVING FOR ONLY SWEETS BUT, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE WEIGHT GAIN I ONLY EAT ONE MEAL A DAY HELP

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my daugther is taking singulair about 4 moths ago and her labs. alcaline fosfate are 5000.

I just sarted taking Dilantin two moths ago. When i first went on it they put me on 300mg of it. I felt like I was " Drunk and stoned" 24/7. ( that seems to be the only exsplanation i can come up with for how it made me feel.) I have been having alot of energy since I was on the meds and i have been loosing wight alot ( i havent been able to loose wight befor) I have lost 36 pounds in two months. I was cut down to 200mg of it and all i want to do is sleep about 30 mins after i take it. I hear that it makes people want to sleep so i decided to take it at night. Plus i have been having my period alot since i have been on it. I have never had a peoblem with my period befor. I get it twice or three times a month now. Good luck to anyone that has to take this. It has seemed to help me alot. i had a 45 minuet sizure and that is when they decided to put me on it. I had 6, 1 to 3 minuet sizures befor they put me on anything. I'm 18 and this all started right as i was entering the military.