Panicked symptoms and conditions

I started taking sulfameth on Monday (so 4 days ago). I noticed right after I started taking it that the nausea I felt from the UTI was not going away, my mouth started to get dry, I've had a minor headache constantly since starting it and when I got up in the morning (a couple of hours after taking the pill) I was very shaky and it wouldn't stop until I had eaten something. Then, last night, my blood sugar dropped. I got incredibly nauseated, dizzy, I felt like I was going to faint, I started shaking, I felt panicked and it did not subside until a candy was shoved into my mouth. It also felt like my tongue was a little swollen. Based on what I've seen, this med should be recalled.

I was a very healthy 23 yr old female. I cant believe that I finally found someone going thru almost what I am going thru. My name is Liane and My life changed on July 7th, 2007. I went to the hospital for frothy urine. They told me it was a UTI and gave me Levaquin for 7 days. I took it for only 5 days cuz ( I was allergic too) then were gonna start me on macrobid. Mean time my hands,face, and bottom half began to swell up. Me thinking it was from my period but this was different. I work in a jewelery store and once my rings that are a size 6 DID not fit at all I panicked. I had extremely bad back pain, high blood pressure. I did not feel same. On July 13th (Friday) I went to a hospital here in southern california and talked to a doctor and she said.."sweetie u don't have a UTI, I don't wanna scare u but I think that U have a Kidney Disease called Minimal Change Disease"!!!! WHAT!!!! Am I gonna die? She says no but come Monday u need to see a specialist and confirm. Now here is a Lasix pill to help take some of the water weight that u have gained away. Its already about 1:30am on Saturday the 14th. She says u will not sleep cuz u will be urinating all night. I said well anything to help me, i had went from a very healthy 5' 7" 155lbs woman, I worked out in the gym 5 days a week with my boyfriend who is a Police officer and bodybuilder for fun, so me swelling up and devastated me. I took the pill. and went to sleep. Nothing happened to me. That meant something was wrong. Later that day Saturday I felt BAD. My face kept swelling, blood pressure kept going up, heart racing. I went to E.R and told them I felt like I was gonna die, I think I have minimal change disease I need a specialist now. They admitted me for 5 days. My specialist came in and saved my life. I had a ultrasound and kidney biopsy and they confirmed what I already knew. I had Minimal change Disease. I ended up being allergic to Dilaudid, and compozine in the hospital. I was released on the 20th of july. and now began my treatments. 3 x's a day of Prednisone at 20mg each, simvastatin 20mg once a day for high cholesterol now, lasix 20mg once a day, and omeprazole 20mg once a day to prevent ulcers from the Prednisone., I hate the Prednisone. I broke out so much on my face. And its not pimples it bumps. I wake up every morning at 5a.m with nasty heart burn. then wake up every 2 hours after. Doctor told me to take all my meds at once and it helped a bit but still not completely. I too feel bloated in the mid section. I still suffer from edema in my legs down to my ankles. During the day gets worse but once I put my feet up and elevate them I'm OK. I have bad mood swings I don't know how my loved ones put up me. One minute I cry, 20 minutes I'm happy and wanna go out for a walk. This drug is gonna help me but then Do I really need to put myself thru this? But there is not other way. Just thought of sharing my story.

I've been on Lisinipril for 4 months now, only 5 mg, but my bp has got worse. Also I wake in the night feeling panicked and heart racing and I can hear a sound like a wasps nest in the ceiling (its there in hotels as well as in my own bedroom). I don't know whether to blame the pills.

My father has always been level-headed and NOT ever prone to hallucinations. He is a rational and
He is in the hospital and for 4 days they have had him on this drug. . After a few days on it, he started seeing things that don't exist. He can be lucid one moment and then anxious and paranoid the next. He slips in and out of this irrational behavior. He becomes filled with fear that he is being abandoned by us and in an unknown place. He sees people and things that don't exist. He sweats and
trembles. We are very worried. Aren't there other antibiotics available? We are complaining, but hospital tries to pretend they have no clue as to these side effects.
NOW, After reading more about this dangerous and mind-altering drug, we believe that it needs to be withdrawn from the market and further tested. We are going through hell and my poor father is extremely confused and getting worse. We fear what will happen next. What can we do to get the hospital to withdraw this drug from him while at the ssame time continue to meet his needs? before this drug was administered, he was mentally stable. To clear an infection (pneumonia, which started in the hospital) do we need to sit by and watch an intelligent man become extremely disoriented, shakey, panicked and progressively becoming delusional???

I am 23 and I was taking yasmin for a little over 4 years and decided to take a break from it. It has been nearly two months and i haven't had a period yet. I had symptoms a few times and thought it was on its way but no luck. I panicked and took a pregnancy test three times to be sure and they were all negative. It feels strange not knowing whats going on and why. Im all over the place and stressed out so much that my hair has started falling out which my GP says is nothing to worry about. Easy knowing he's a man.

I feel as though I have been on yasmin so long...about 3 years...that I forget who I am. I don't know what 'myself' is. I know that I have been depressed and suffering severe anxiety. Sometimes I hate being out in public. I am a singer so I should love people, but I over feel overwhelmed and panicked around a large crowd. I cry at least once a day. My emotions are very out of whack. I also have serious leg cramping and insomnia, which I thought was restless leg syndrome until I read this forum. I basically have pushed aside all of these problems thinking I was being a hypocondriac until now. I also am sad to say I have NO SEX DRIVE as many of you have said. Sometimes I don't even want to be near my boyfriend. And sex most always feels like a chore. This is not good. After my period this week I am switching to Femcon. I hope I will have better results on this. Oh yeah and Yasmin is supposed to be the no bloat pill...yeah I gained 15 pounds. Niceeee.

VOICESI, FLOWERBABIES, SILKE and all the women who have suffered or are presently suffering:

I've been off of Yasmin now for almost 3 months. I've noticed that several people experienced a heaviness in the chest and chest pain? Can all of you say that? My chest pains started in May of this last year. i went off of Yasmin in August. They come and go now, less so, but especially around or just before the on-set of my menstual cycle. Do you know what this could be caused by? I had an EKG and the RN confirmed that I had a slight murmur but that that was not something to be concerned with. There are times at night while I am lying down that my chest feels very heavy, like I can't take full breaths. Is this normal? Does this go away and if so when?

I am between jobs so I only have major medical and I don't want to be panicked about this or rack up more medical bills which I can't afford on this plan or in my current financial state but I wanted to see how common actual chest pain is among users former/current? What is it caused from? It started on the left side in May. Than in July radiated across my chest (felt like it was coming from underneath my breast bone and now when It comes its mostly on my left side. Is that where the heart is or is that rumor?

How and what is the best method to replenish the body after 2.5 years on Yasmin? I've never been fond or responded well to taking vitamins however I've been sick now for all of September and October, two weeks in November and again now for the last week! Alot of chest congestion, stuffed up sinuses and a cough. Sometimes headache. Is getting sick like this for months afterwards common as well?

Unlike many women here, I can't say I experienced anxiety on Yasmin. The prescribing Doctor actually recommended it for anxiety. It helped that enormously however I was in a "fog" alot-tired. They recommended taking it at night and I am now afraid that perhaps the slowing of the heart it created, on top of sleeping and an already tremendously low blood and pulse rate put me at risk otherwise?

I am presently on Orthocept but afraid of going off of it because of the emotional upheaval in the midst of having just moved back across country, looking for full time work.

After reading through so many of these writings now for the last couple of months, I'm absolutely astounded by how many problems women are experiencing. And it is being so heavily advertised I'm sure there are so many more women out there, starting it every day. I see their writings here just starting it...and I just think, this is crazy.

I'm struggling with how to be healthy now and be off of BCP's and stay away from the anti-anxieties and otherwise because my body is so sensitive I've just had so little tolerance for any of them.

HAS ANYONE BEEN ON YASMIN AND GOTTEN OFF IT AND GOTTEN PREGNANT? I'M 37 TOMORROW AND WONDERING HOW SYNTHETIC HORMONES AND ALL THE SYMPTOMS THIS PILL IS CAUSING-HOW IT COULD EFFECT OR IS AFFECTING THE POSSIBILITY FOR PREGNANCY AND HEALTH OF BABIES!!!

HAS ANYONE REPORTED THEIR SYMPTOMS TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY AND IF SO, WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESULT?

Many thanks in advance,
Jasmine

I have been on lisinopril for 1 year and for one year I have had a dry choking cough and have had what I describe as sever insomnia. Needless to say, I have been put on an antidepressant and ambien cr to help me make it through my days without high panic and then ambien because the insomnia has lasted for more than 3 months (tylenol, lunesta, atarax, plus about 2 others have been tried with no success).
I happened to be in my meditation to help me get thru my work day (frequent breaks or become visibly panicked). The ambien does not keep me asleep and with suspicion I am doing this keyword search and landed here. I will go back to my doctor to talk about switching and the connectedness of my symptoms. He has not listened in the past, but I hope he will or I will find a new primary. I am so very misarable without sleeping a full night and always feeling like I'm in someone else's body. I lost 42 pounds 2.5 years ago and have been told that my sleeplessness is a result of weight loss and need for less sleep. Sleep study found no apnea, etc.
I've had days where I just wanted to drive off the bridge from this disconnected and out of control feeling.
Thanks for all who contribute to this site. Otherwise I would still feel like the only one with this issue. I now have a little hope.

Recently, my phisician gave me some samples to take home for a lung infection. Was at Sams club getting the rest of the prescription filled and I took one of the 500 mg Levaquin she had provided.

Within seconds my inner lips felt funny, then started tingling and felt very odd. Sat down and sneezed about 40 times in a row. Face started to swell, eyes were sending out streams of tears, and blisters began to form on the inside of my mouth. I could not talk -- throat was closing. Very panicked, I croaked out to the pharmacist I was having trouble. Throught the fabric of my pants he injected an "epinephrine" pen dose, called 911 and (a first) ambulance ride to an ER. Had incidents of belng unable to take in air, or breath in or out, and was given more injections of epinephrine and I don't know what else. It was so scary. In the end I would say -- That pharmacist surely saved my life.

Last Sunday, I had to go to the emergency room because I couldn't breathe. At times, it felt like my body didn't WANT to take a breath. Scary doesn't even begin to cover what I felt. Until that day, I had NEVER been hopsitalized for my asthma. It turned out to be a severe asthma attack. I am convinced that the only thing that saved me was that I am a classical singer and am used to controlling my breath. Had I panicked, I am not sure I would be here to write this. However, it wasn't until last night that I realized this was all from the Advair. Yesterday, I had a really good day. I only used my rescue inhaler a couple of times (since I still have a few residual breathing issues from the severe attack a week ago.) As I went to bed, I took my Advair, as usual, and within 30 minutes I was having trouble breathing again. Nothing as severe as before, but enough that I found this website and others and all of the comments about the side effects,as well as, the FDA warning about this "product". I immediately threw my diskus away. Thank you all for your posts!

I started taking Geodon for depression 3 weeks ago. I was extremely tired for about a week. Then I went on a trip and forgot my medecine and the withdraw symptoms was unbelievable. I couldn't stand my own skin I panicked and was very uneasy. Then the abdominal cramps were very painful. I only missed 48hours of medecine. I got back on it and have not been the same since. I am so uneasy, restless. It's worse than being depressed. I have to get off this stuff.
Thanks
Richard, LA, CA

Wow, what a web site!

A male, I have been on Zestril/Lisinopril for 11 years and no other drugs. I have had most of the mentioned side effects periodically at some time during that period but I noticed them mostly after 5 years of use.

After reading many comments, I panicked! I must get off this drug. I don't like taking drugs because I worry about the many unknowns. Maybe I should live with high blood pressure and tough it out until I am hand fed in a wheel chair.

Then I remembered the psychology professor who asked everyone in the class what day they were born. Next class he handed out a horoscope to everyone. Most, if not all in the class exhibited surprise at how close to the truth he was about them.

Then he said pass your horoscope to the person on the left. It turned out they were all the same horoscope. People read into general comments their own experiences.

If you look at the side effects mentioned in this web site you will see they are all general and can be caused by and associated with many things. I have family and friends who are not on lisinopril, but tell me they have the same symptoms.

Those of you who have nurses or doctors for friends must surely have heard about how, as they learned about diseases and symptoms, they felt for sure they had the desease. This is a common feeling among medical undergraduates.

As a non-doctor, my understanding is that high blood pressure is not normally, immediately life threatening. It does damage over time to your organs.

So if you suspect side effects, advise your doctor and stop taking them for a month or two and see if your problems subside.

I have tried this and have been unable to conclusively determine a side effect. Perhaps this is because my perceived side effects seem to change with the seasons, climate and time.

Perhaps I would feel different if there had been a strong and relatively immediate reaction to the drug, but much of what I read suggests to me that people have other issues and problems, not a side-effect.

I have been taking Singulair with Flonase for one week (as treatment for chronic sinusitis) and two nights ago I was at a concert and experienced spots entering my vision from both sides until I was completely unable to see, though my friend told me my eyes were open. Then my legs went to jelly. My friends tried to help me sit down but I couldn't balance myself. I fell down and was out cold for about 5 seconds while my friends panicked and tried to get help, but I woke up right away and was ok after that. I have never blacked out or fainted before in my life though. I've also been experiencing anxiety and mood swings in the last week which are very unusual for me.

First I would like to thank to all girls for their postings here. I am so grateful for finding this site so soon after I started taking Yasmin.
Actually, I started taking Yasmin 2 days ago, and the reason to look in the net for its side effects was my last night experience. I woke up in the middle of the night, with my heart trying to go out of my chest, feeling enourmously scared and panicked without a reason, being unable to control my body and thoughts. I have spent the next few hours thinking that I was going to die, or get insane. Also I was feeling very dizzy and had nausea.
Today, I still feel as if I have been heavily intoxicated with a bad drug (haven't tryed any drugs before, but I imagine it feels like that).

I have never experienced anything like this before - I am very positive and outgoing person and my life is deffinitelly very happy at the moment and not stressed, so there is no other reason for the horrible night I've had but this pill - Yasmin.
The package is already in the wastebin, and I am considering myself happy for finding out so soon about the terrible side effects of this pill.

Once again - thank you girls for sharing your experiences. Wish you good luck with getting your lives back to normal.
As for me - I have appointed my bf to be my new BCP - I am sure that he can do this better than any chemicals.

All the best,

Nina

Hi there, just found this site THANK GOD thoght i was going loony, doctors told me it was ANXIETS, STRESS ETC but life was the same, heart rate was so fast and i was feeling so panicked, thanks girls i have thrown the [acket away. Lets hope i return to normal soon....ps was on yasmin for 2 yrs and then went off for 2 mths and had mirena installed but that me me feel so sick now back on yasmin this panic is out of control,

Hi,
I'm not sure if I should be posting this on the webpage for Yasmin or Seasonale but I'm just looking for someone else who has had a similiar experience because I feel like I'm losing my mind.

It all started back in March when I realized that I was going to have my period for my May wedding. Well, I called my gyno and the nice nurse gave me the best news ever! She told me to keep taking my active pills (then on Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo) until after the honeymoon and then let myself have my period. Well this sounded as good as living happily ever after.....just without the period.

It worked for about 7 or 8 weeks and then disaster struck. I got my period and it wouldn't go away! No matter how many active pills I took, my period just wouldn't go away. So now it's at the end of April, my wedding was for May 29th and I was severly bloated due to endometriosis, my period and stomach problems and I was so big that i could barely fit into my gown. Panicked I called up the gyno and they gave me a new script for a new birth control. I waited the week and started the following Sunday. After another week of having my period I walked into the gyno and just sobbed to the doctor telling him that I was so bloated and that I couldn't wear my dress for more than 15 minutes without wanting to rip it off and put on some sweats. (wedding in 20 days now)

Seasonale was our last hope and my savior. I started Seasonale the following Sunday and finally my period was gone. The wedding was beautiful, but by the time I had come home from the honeymoon I noticed that I was considerably heavier. Thinking that it was because of the way that we ate on the honeymoon ,I dismissed it and went back to the normal workout that I had been doing all year. (Last year was the thinnest that I had ever been)

After another month of being fat, I attributed it to the Seasonale because no matter how much I worked out or tried to eat better than I did pre-wedding, I could not lose any weight. I tried water pills and I couldn't lose anything.

I asked my doctor to switch me back to Ortho Lo after being on Seasonale for only two months and I lost maybe a few pounds and then hit a plateau. After one month on Ortho Lo and starting to lose my mind, I decided to go off of BC and give my body a rest. I let my body rest for one week and then started Yasmin as my best bet because it's supposed to have some sort of water pill in it and I know a lot of woman who have lost weight on it. I was doing well for the first month or so and now I'm on my 4th month and i feel just as big as when I was bloated on Seasonale. I'm going to the doctor on Thursday but I haven't read but on review for Yasmin that said anything about weight gain and I believe that I'm at the end of my rope.

Has anyone else had a similiar situation go on. I would love to feel that if I go off of Yasmin that the weight will just shed, but because no one really complains about Yasmin except for being nervous and having panic attacks which I have anyway because I'm nuts (lol) I'm not sure if I should go off of it or give it some more time.

Any advice would be much appreciated. Good luck to everyone on Yasmin and congrats to those of you have shed a few pounds on it!

Hello girls, I had been on yasmin for 3years the last year felt as though I was going crazy massive anxiety attacks to the point I could'nt even go on a train or bus without totally freaking out feeling trapped and out of control. Shortness of breath, unable to sleep at night due to the anxiety. I stopped Yasmin after finding this sight I have only been off it for four months but already I feel I am getting back to normal. I am going to try a bus journey soon on my own which sounds crazy but I have always panicked and talked myself out of it, not thinking it was Yasmin just thinking I had totally lost the plot. I have always been a confident person but Yasmin certainley screwed me up for a while, never again also had panick attacks when I had the marina coil obvoiusly due to hormones! Good luck girls x

Hello, fellow sufferers,

I was given a prescription for lisinopril about six weeks ago. I had gone for an employment physical, and my blood pressure was very elevated. I panicked, and went strait to my doctor, who put me on a trial of lisonopril. Luckily, I only took it for two weeks, but I've experienced, and continue to experience, many (most?) of the symptoms registered here.

The first to appear were floaters. The morning after I took my first dose, very large, dark floaters appeared in my vision. Most of them slowly "dissolved" over the next hours, but they reappear from time to time, and one in the lower left corner (when I'm looking straight ahead) has remained all this time. It flies into my vision field when I move my eyes when reading, etc.

The next to appear was the cough. Coincidentally, I went out of town to a conference the day after starting the medication. The conference was in Washington, DC, the weather was hot outside, but the meeting rooms were freezing, and so I thought I caught a cold. However, I was not congested, didn't have a sore throat, and the cold didn't progress. Also, I am a healer (Reiki Master) and I'm quite good at fending off colds and such, or at least getting rid of it quickly if a cold does manifest. I couldn't budge this cough, which continued to get worse each day.

The next symptom was extreme fatigue. I could hardly get myself and my small amount of luggage onto the train to get home. I had to have my husband meet me at the train depot even though I had planned to take local public transportation to get the rest of the way home.

In the next days, I stated to experience a "foggy brain." I felt like I was drugged, and couldn't function. I wouldn't dare drive, and I couldn't work. The cough continued to worsen, and it kept me up all night. The last two days I took the drug, I also developed congestion (which continues). I also had a rash, which cleared up quickly in a day or two.

The next thing that manifested was extreme muscle weakness. I work out with a personal trainer, and on my last visit to her I had to give up early because I just couldn't make my muscles work. When I got home, I was so fatigued and foggy I had to lie down and sleep for a couple of hours. I'm normally a high energy person, so this, I think, distressed me more than anything else.

That same night, my friend, Linda, invited my husband and I to her home for dessert, but I told her I just couldn't get myself together to go out. I told her what I had been experiencing, and she asked the big question--"Are you taking any new drugs?" I told her about my high blood pressure and the Lisinopril. She told me that she experienced something similar a year ago, and that it was her blood pressure medication that was to blame. Thank Goddess for Linda!!

The next day I went to the doctor and told him this medication was making me sick. He agreed that the cough could be due to the lisinopril, but said he didn't think any of the other symptoms could be blamed on it. Oh, yeah? He wanted to put my on another drug, but I said "No way. I'm controlling my bp through diet and exercise," and he agreed to let me try. He said not to expect spectacular results.

The next weekend was Linda's wedding--I was the photographer. I did manage to get through the wedding with the help of a lot of cough drops and nose blowing. I got some great shots and didn't ruin key moments with my hacking cough.

The cough continued, with the congestion, but the lethargy and fogginess have abated, but had not entirely disappeared. I tend to get winded climbing the stairs I used to run up. A new twist was added--I seemed to have developed sensitivity to everything: pollen, dust, smoke, mold, my cats.

My husband and I had scheduled our vacation to Maine, and we decided to go, thinking that if I got away from my house and the cats, I might improve. That didn't happen--we were near the ocean, but there are a lot of plantings along the ocean in Maine, expecially goldenrod, which made me miserable. I was extremely congested, and my sinuses got infected and my ears filled with fluid.

When I got back from vacation, back to the doctor. My sinuses were so inflamed, he put me on cortisone and an antibiotic. The corisone got rid of the inflammation of the sinuses, but didn't help the ears. The cough was only occasional, too. However, the cortisone also gave me insomnia, and I began to get leg cramps. The cortisone was given in decreasing dosage--six tablets the first day, five the next, etc. to one on the last day. As the dosage went down, the insomnia disappear, but the cough started to return.

As I finished with the drugs, my doctor was away, and, being an alternative healer, I decided to try another alternative healer. My sister is away, so I decided to take her appointments with her AMMA therapist. AMMA is an Asian message healing modality. The therapist also did cranio-sacral and lymphatic drainage with me. I'd feel better after each treatment, but rebounded worse each time. Last treatment was two days ago, and I decided not to go back, but to take back control of this thing. Since my ears are STILL clogged and I can't hear very well, I also returned to my physician to see what he suggested. His suggest was a 12-day course of prednosone. I that doesn't work, he's going to refer me to an ear, nose and throat doctor to have my ears drained surgically, and perhaps have tubes put in. Today's the third day, and I think the fluid is reduced but not eliminated. The cough is worse. It feels deeper in my chest, and it is unproductive. I worked on myself with Reiki a lot yesterday to clear my lungs. I was pretty good last night, but I'm coughing again today (dry heaves as well). I think I might try Mucinex to make the cough productive. I have to check to see if it's okay to use it with the prednosone.

The sensitivities do seem to be getting better. The cats, at least, don't seem to bother me, but mold is still a problem. I think my air conditioning might be contributing--there's standing water in the drip pan, so the drip line must be clogged. I'll bet there mold or mildew in the system, but I can't get anyone in to fix it and clean it out until Tuesday. I've turned the AC off, but I'm sure my husband will be switching it back on when he gets home from work since it's in the 90's. (He doesn't get it). I've also eliminated dairy, orange juice and tomato products from my diet since they produce mucus.

I hope to post of my improvement soon. Positive thinking helps! I promise not to be so long next time.

Thanks for reading

I was first put on Lexapro for anxiety/panic attacks and that was way to strong for me-I felt very tired and had bad abdomen pains. So my doc switched me to Zoloft. Bad idea. On Zoloft, at first i felt very bad brain fog and had a panic attack every day for at least the first two weeks of being on it and after that went away, i got a pins and needles feeling in my lips and face and hands sometimes too. I panicked about nothing and it gave me really bad moodswings. I would be slap-happy one minute and in tears the next. Or I was just a real B*tch sometimes too. I was very moody. All that went away about a month later and then I got HORRIBLE headaches, so she switched me from 25mg to 50mg. SO MUCH WORSE FOR ME! I had horrible horrible migraines every day i even had to call off work twice it was so bad. She switched me back to 25mg and the headaches still continued. I was on it for a month and a half or 2 months and i gained 10 lbs. at least. I went back to her and she finally took me off the medicine. I have been off it now for almost a week and feel terrible. I have brain fog very bad, feel dizzy and loopy when walking around, sever stomach pains, still eating more and gaining weight, i just feel REALLY out of it! I can not concentrate at my job! BUT MY HEADACHES HAVE VANISHED AND THE DREAMS/NIGHTMARES AT NIGHT ARE GETTING LESS SCARY AND LESS OFTEN!! I hope to lose all side effects within 2 weeks!!!!

Hey everyone! It's great to finally know that other women like me are suffering like I am... and that it's not in my head. I stopped taking Yasmin against my doctors advice (she felt that there was NO possible way that Yasmin could cause so many problems), and I have to say that I'm already feeling a little better. I took my last pill 5 days ago- and while I'm no where NEAR 100%, I have noticed some positive changes.

I honestly panicked when I read all of these posts... because I'm worried about possible permanent side effects that this horrible drug has done to me.

I just want to feel normal again- and not be a complete bitch at all times. It's also gotten to the point where my anxiety is out of hand... and I'm so paranoid about everything at all times. Fortunately, I have a boyfriend that loves me more than anything else in this world and has stuck by me even though I've been relatively psychotic. I understand that it does take a few months for the hormone to completely exit the system, so I just hope that eating well, drinking lots fo water, and getting as much exercise as I can will help speed up the process.

Feel free to email me if you want. I made my original post on 4/22/05... and listed my side effects, etc. I have an appt for my Ob/Gyn tomorrow for an evaluation and I'm going to urge her to not recommend this form of Oral Contraception to any of her patients.

I have been using Lupron for 10 days in preparation for IVF. I am so relieved to see that others have experienced similar side effects. I have had a constant nagging headache since starting the medication - not severe like a migraine, just highly annoying. I have had a few hot flashes, mostly during the night but also some during the day, which leave me feeling overall tired and "sick". The worst is the insomnia. While the hot flashes do wake me up, that is not the reason for the insomnia - it occurs every night regardless of hot flash. I can't sleep at all. Have tried benadryl but did not work at all - this is odd because it has always made me sleep any other time. Ativan does work, it's almost as if the insomnia is related to a jittery or panicked feeling. The nagging headache also seems to contribute to the insomnia. I am due to start ovarian stimulation drugs in another week, and I have read that this may alleviate the Lupron side effects. I hope so. I feel crazy and not at all like myself. I have been having horrible thoughts at night as I lie awake.

I am one of the many women who have experienced extreme anxiety and panic attacks while on this pill. I also experienced some depression too, but the panic & anxiety were my most horrible symptoms. Thankfully, I dicovered this website in early October, and realized after only reading a few posts that my unexplainable mental health problems were caused by Yasmin.

I stopped taking Yasmin immediately, mid pack, and started feeling better almost immediately. However, since then, I have experienced days off and on when I have anxiety & panicked feelings (not attacks) out of the blue. This especially occured before my last period. Things that maybe made me a little nervous before, make me really nervous now (ever since I started Yasmin), especially things involving social situations. I guess I was naive when I got off Yasmin, thinking my symptoms would completely go away, and they have for the most part, but I want them gone for good. I was reading some old posts on this site from some women having anxiety/panic casued by Yasmin, saying it took 6-7 months for it to completely go away. This was really disheartning to me. I don't think I can wait that long, but I do not want to go on anti-depressants either, just to get rid of the mess Yasmin has caused in my life. If anyone reading this has been through what I'm going through, please e-mail me. I would like to know how long it took for you to feel completely relieved of all your anxiety symptoms. Thank you!

Tiffany
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