Ortho novum 777 symptoms and conditions

I've been on lo24 for about two years I have experience a low sex drive as well as a really bad burning sensation in my upper stomach and chest, I have also experienced being very cold and tired to the point I can't keep my eyes open at work I have experience several yeast infections when I was on ortho novum 777 I never had yeast infection it was just making my blood pressure go up now that I'm on blood pressure pills I think I'll be going back to my old bc. Has anyone experience heart burn with this bc please let me know.P.S. I too have been moody and emotional A lot Lately. Thanks for these posting they really helped me.Sunshine In Kansas

I think it is interesting the symptoms that you mention here. I have been on birth control pills since the age of 19. I am now 28. Over the past year I have had similar symptoms. I have been on so many different BCP's that is is hard to keep count. They don't seem to work the way they claim to. The last BCP I was on was orthotryciclen. While taking these I began to experience severe heart palpitations. So bad that they would wake me up at night. Because I wasn't sure if it was an anxiety attack or just being in my head I decided to ignore it. Four months passed by and it seemed to get increasingly worse. I had enough and decided to go to my PCP. She wasn't really much help either. Although I was tested for Mitral Valve Prolapse, which I was told affects younger women my age. There was nothing found. What I thought was interesting is I really felt that it was the birth control pills, but I couldn't find it as a side affect on the information that was provided in the box. The tech who was doing my echocardiogram began to tell me she also experienced the same feelings and found out it was her BCP. Once she confirmed what I thought was right, decided to stop taking them. After three months the symptoms began to disappear. I figured it was just the particular brand. I began to take loestrin 24. I started to feel the same symptoms again, just not as severe. I would feel my heart beat when I would like down in my back and my stomach. My heart rate would reach 90 to 100 sometimes. I know this is not normal. When I visited my gyno yesterday she told me it was impossible that it was a result of the BCP. Maybe it was just anxiety and or perhaps I should get checked out by a cardiologist. That is serious stuff when you are talking to a young person about getting there heart check out. I think if there are any other women out there who are experiencing any similar symptoms should speak up. So these doctors won't keep telling us it is all in our heads and help to take care of this problem.

I've had my Mirena for about 15 and a half months and I am having it removed today at 2 o'clock. At first I had sharp pains when I would sit down and I felt like the cords were poking me and irritating me. My OB/GYN requires patients to come back one month after having it put in so he can check it and make sure it is still in place. At this visit he also trimmed the cords although he acted like he didn't believe me when I told him that I could feel them poking me when I sat down and that it hurt. At first I didn't notice any bad side effects, but I did have one good one: my periods stopped, but I still had occasional and sporadic spotting. I didn't think to look for any bad side effects because I got the device under the impression that it had no bad side effects. I thought it only had a rare complication of perforating the uterus, but since mine was in place at the one month check, I didn't think about anymore until I started thinking about having another baby recently. I went online to see if I had to have a doctor remove the Mirena or if I could do it myself, and I found out that it's best done by a professional because bad things can happen and then you'd have to go to the doctor anyway. Plus, I didn't want to hurt my chances of having another baby. While online I discovered this whole world of message boards where women were having a lot of the same problems I'd been having in recent months and they all blamed their Mirenas. Some claimed that their problems had gone away since having it removed. I never thought to link my circumstances to the Mirena, but when I saw how many women are having the exact same problems as me I knew that I needed to go ahead and get mine out ASAP. Here is a list of my side effects, and I've found other women have had them as well with Mirena: weight gain, bloated stomach, depression, short temper with husband and daughter, acne, low sex drive, spotting, cramps, constipation, and back pain. There may be more, but I can't remember them all right now. Some of them may not even be related to the device, but I've read of so many women with Mirena who are having or have had the same issues, so I suspect a link between my problems and Mirena. I hope this helps someone out there looking for answers. God Bless!

Okay so I JUST started taking Yaz today and I was laying on the couch and I had ringing in my ears which I've never had... so naturally I went up to Yahoo and put in ringing of the ears and Yaz and up popped this website. I'm truly terrified after reading all of this. Do you think I should switch to something else asap? Any advice would be great!

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 am 36 and I've been taking Yasmin for 6 months now. 13 years ago I took ortho novum 777 for my first 6 months of marriage and it was a nightmare. The anxiety was so bad and I am thankful my new marriage made it through that rough first 6 months. I quit it then and refused to take another for 13 years. I have terrible pms and HEAVY bleeding. It was causing me to stay home for about 2 weeks out of the month. I was put on lexapro for the pms b/c I would not take the pill. I gained 25 pounds in 2 months so quit that. finally decided to go with the yasmin and it has been really really good for me. My last period was so light that I just could not believe it. I feel very good on it. I was always "happy" when pregnant and that is kind of how I feel on it now. Not sure how that will be down the road. I do have skin pigmentation like I had when pregnant and I have dry eyes and some headaches around my eyes. So, I guess the jury is still out. I do think it raised my cholesterol. I will say that if I have to discontinue it, I will be upset because I feel like I have my life back regarding my menstrual cycle. It is also great to skip a period if I am going on vacation, etc. Maybe age has something to do with it. Maybe women who have had children and deal with pms/heavy periods are better candidates for yasmin.

To those of you asking about tingling/ burning in your face pre and post yasmin. I experienced this both during and after yasmin. I was on it 3 months. It managed to dehydrate me especially in my face. I have very oily skin and hair. The yasmin took away the oils in my face and hair, even the pores on my nose closed up. My skin felt swollen and sensitive like a light sunburn at times (tingly) shooting pains in my cheeks, jaw aching (Im a clencher i dont know if this was stress related.) Also my hair texture changed less oily, thin dry and brittle also my scalp was real sensitive i couldnt even wear my hair in a clip or ponytail without severe scalp pain. Needless to say it was falling out all over the place but it has let up now. (I took prenatal vitamins while this was happening to keep it growing fast.) I had lots of other symptoms too, been off the evil little pill 3 months now. Slowly getting better. I am an RN and I think this pill is bad news. I took ortho novum 777 for years with no problems, no side effects. I thought they were all the same. I cannot believe the LIFE CHANGING effects this pill has caused me and so many other people.

Finally I put 2 and 2 together to realize that the terrible sweet cravings I've been having are related to starting Yasmin. I am on my second pack and I'll I want to do is eat. I can feel that my pants are tight. I am finishing this pack and going back to Ortho Novum 777 which I was on for 6 years. I thought I'd try Yasmin because I read about less bloating and thought that would help with my slightly elevated blood pressure. Plus I have had terrible gas. After reading the comments I realized I'm not alone.
Thank you.

I have been taking Yasmin for at least 6 months now. I hate it now. I have the absolute worst cramps ever. I cramp so bad I think I'm in labor or something. The pain shoots down my right thigh too. I am 27 years old and I havent had cramps like these since I was 13. My flow is very brown and like a gooey clunky consistency. It's gross. I'm also noticing my breasts are swollen, I've gained at least 10 lbs., I go through intense hunger spells, I'm tired - don't want to get out of bed in the morning, and now I've even got acne again. I also experienced a weird eye thing a few months ago. I went to the eye doctor he said I had floaters -- this didn't look like floaters to me -- they looked like someone took a pencil and dotted a whole bunch of little dots on a piece of paper -- that is what I was looking through for about 3 weeks. Drove me crazy. I was taking Ortho Novum 777 (tri-phasil) for 2 years before I switched to Yasmin (mono-phasil). With 777 I had really bad migraine headaches. With Yasmin -- pretty much no headaches. But the cramps -- the cramps give me a headache from the pain now. I'm calling my doctor to make an appointment to talk about putting me on a new pill. I'm going to ask about the new Ortho TriCyclen-Lo. I'm also calling Berlex Labs at 1-888-237-5394 to tell them about my horrible side effects.

I switched to Yasmin recently due to minor side effects caused by my previous BCP: Ortho Novum 777 (weight gain, acne, decreased sex drive, excess hair). I've been on Yasmin for 3 weeks now, and so far, no side effects. I've lost a little weight (mostly water), my skin has cleared up completely, and my sex drive is back to normal. So to those that are alarmed by the horrible side-effects listed on this website, don't panic because Yasmin can work wonders for some of us.

Has anyone had this happen? The 'blank pills' week is hell week for me. The mood swings are almost unbearable. My poor boyfriend didn't know what to think until I finally narrowed it down to these new pills. I'm in 'hell week' of my second pack of pills and am trying so hard to be patient and give it the full 3-month trial.

I was on Ortho Novum 777 for 14 yrs then my HMO decided to switch to somthing very similar, chemically, but I had these wild mood swings with that and so I went to my dr, told her it wasn't working for me and she prescribed Yasmin, told me to try and if it didn't work for me, that we'd switch me back to Ortho. So other than the 'hell' week, Yasmin is actually working out for me, my sex drive is up, my energy is up...just hate this week.

After reading some of the above posts, however, I see that I can probably just skip the blank pills and just take the active pills continuously, but I'm not sure exactly how to do that. Would I ever let my body have a period? I've seen some postings that say they have a period 4 times a year?

Any info would be greatly appreciated. aiownk@yahoo.com