Recognise symptoms and conditions

i don't think yasmin will be removed from the market as it does seem to help some people,i have no idea why some people do really well on it and others like many of us on this site suffer some awful effects. i have seen on some web pages that yasmin is actually prescribed for pmdd and pms...... maybe it works well for people who already have a hormonal disorder by overriding their system?????? but for the rest of us who were fine pre yasmin maybe it over doses us with synthetic hormones. i have no ideas really but i have heard people who started out with hormone related emotional problems have improved on yasmin..maybe it should be presecribed as a treatment for hormonal dysfunctions instead of a cure all wonder pill! I don't necessarily believe it should be taken off the market as i can help people but i do believe that the health care professionals should at least recognise the terrible effects we can get from it instead of sending us out of the office saying we have suddenly developed an anxiety disorder or depression or testing us for hundreds of different things when the only thing that has changed is that we started taking this pill. women should be monitored more carefully when taking synthetic hormones.
sorry for the long rant ladies!!!

Hi girls, first of all thank you all for your postings, which have really helped me a lot. I was on Jasmine (as we call Yasmin in France, where I am writing from) for 7 months and I have felt the same depression and lethargy you are all talking about. My worst problem was constant hunger and obsession with food. My family didn't recognise me as I was constantly bloated, I looked like I had a tyre around my belly, plus I needed to urinate every 15 minutes or so, but was also very constipated... Great! I would also wake up every two hours at night; I have never been a good sleeper but it had come to a point where my nights were at maximum four hours sleep. I stopped taking the pill 2 weeks ago and my belly is much flatter now, I still feel pessimistic about life can contol my feelings much more. Feeling a little more in control of my body really helps. Bonne chance to you all!

I had severe allergies from hayfever for years, I tried everything from antihistermenes, herbal remedies, ocular steriods and every hayfever product on the market - to no real noticeable effect. Then my doctor advised a single shot of kenelog once a year (this was all she would allow for any patient) - IT WORKED. It was as if there was no such thing as hayfever. The only side-effect was a small dimple on my bum, so if you weigh up a small dimple on bum vs months of misery and lack of concentration etc... that is inothing. A friend of mine is a cellular geneticist at the oxford cellular research hospital and advise that steriods are harmful to your cells, but the frequency and volume I intake should not cause a problem as long as I don't keep taking it year after year (and always depends on your cellular make-up). If you have bad hayfever like myself, you need to retrain your cells to recognise that pollen is in fact a friend not foe. Inducing yoursef full of the local honey, and many herbal products taken CONSISTENTLY for over a year are said to to provide this retraining programme your body needs. I've just started this programme, but I will take another shot of kenelog to get me through this year.

I recognise some of the symptoms listed - such as heart burn, tight chest, anxiety etc. but they decreased as I got used to the drugs, and as the dosage was increased (now 20mg). I am also taking nifediine (20 x 2) so it is difficult to sort out which causes what. Now I've noticed a strange weal (not red, more colourless) on the side of my face/nose. It's quite small but appears to be getting larger. Someone else mentioned a weal. Does anyone esle recognise this? I think these drugs do make me feel anxious as well as being anxious about hbp- so this too makes me anxious that it might not be benign.