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My experience with Yasmin was awful!!! I had been on BCPs before with no problems(both were Ortho-something). I'd had no problems with depression, I was never one to cry much and I was very active. Well, I had a little spotting so my doctor switched me over to Yasmin thinking it might help and the spotting between periods did stop. For me, everything was fine at first. The depression came on slowly, but once it did it just got worse and worse. I was always exhausted, I never wanted to do anything, I felt out of shape and my heart would race when I tried to go hiking. I was suddenly crying all of the time and getting terribly upset about nothing, instantly. I began to seriously dislike myself and I was watching what had seemed to be the perfect relationship fall apart before my eyes due to the strain that had been put on it. I FINALLY realized that something was terribly wrong when I was standing in the middle of a beautiful forest on vacation at a resort with the love of my life and I was screaming at him for a reason I could no longer remember. Then I broke down into a hysterical fit of tears. I dug out the pamphlet I got with my pills and somewhere in the back it finally listed depression as a possible side effect. I rushed down to the computer and found so many women with experiences just like mine. I called my doctor to switch my perscription back to the pill I'd been on previously; she wouldn't do it. I finished my pack and haven't gone near the stuff since. That was in April/May. After a month I was feeling better--like a fog was starting to clear from my mind. By three months the mood swings were mostly gone and I was concentrating better and smiling a lot more. Now, I'm finally me again and my boyfriend and I managed to save our relationship (thanks primarily to his patience and understanding) and I'm excited about living again. Yasmin may work for some people but in my opinion it's just not worth the risk.

My period has always been irregular. I would go 6 months without having it. Finally i started to become more regular. Then i took plan b once. I started getting long periods about every two weeks after that. Its like i constantly had it. I started taking femcon. My periods have become shorter then they were (considering they would end up lasting around 12 days) but im still getting my period about every two weeks. Should i switch pills? Does this happen to anyone on femcon?

This bcp makes me extremely moody. I see how this pill works. Makes me so crabby that my man doesn't want anything to do with me. And then I feel bad for snapping at him that i cry later. And this isn't even the pms!

Thank you all so much for this information. I really thought I was going crazy! Constant hot flashes, dark patches on my nose and upper lip, breast enlargement and the worst mood swings ever! I tried Yasmin because after two pregnancies I was having break through bleeding with my old pill and the Dr. wanted to try this. After 6 months I officially gave up today. I agree with the comment that this pill works as birth control by turning you into a raving lunatic no one would ever touch! Thanks again for the information.