Ridiculously symptoms and conditions

I hate the NuvaRing. I used it almost two years ago for three weeks on, one week off, only one week on again and I had to remove it immediately because I realized it was the cause of many very very bad symptoms. The first three weeks on I had severe cramping in my legs and stomach, headaches, nausea, acne, fatigue, loss of appetite, loss of sex drive, social anxiety, loss of self-confidence, crying episodes several times daily, and the worst of all was that I lost the will to live. Not to mention, having sex with the ring was awful. It made me extremely dry and my boyfriend and I both experienced an unbearable burning sensation. I didn't know who I was anymore, fighting constantly with everyone around me, my boss, boyfriend, friends, family. Once considered a workaholic and superstar at work, I left my job and was diagnosed with severe anxiety and depression because it screwed with my hormones so badly. I get chills whenever I recall what it felt like to be on the ring. It screwed with my life. I was on the ring for only two weeks when I actually had a nervous breakdown at work in front of my manager right before a big deadline. Being accustomed to tight deadlines 60 hour work weeks and ridiculously rigid and unreasonably demanding managers, crying in front of someone in the workplace was not who I was. At 25 I had a senior title, rapidly making my way up the corporate ladder. Two years later, I'm unemployed and trying to piece my life back together. I am also reluctant now to try any other birth control fearing that the side effects would be just as deadly. Just awful. I'm glad that all the other women are brave enough to share their stories here. I came across this forum while on the ring but couldn't stop crying long enough to type.

Hello,

I read about how YAZ birth control pill affects the body and psych and I am now scared. This is my 2nd day of YAZ (I've never been on birth control pills ever and I am 27 years old), it's all new to me but after reading all these negative posts about Yaz I don't know what to do. Before the birth control pills, I was depressed, annoying, serious weight problems - 210 lbs :~~((, low energy, low libido, always tired, terrible migraines every 2nd day, ridiculously increased appetite and excessive hunger, hair where it shouldn't be, menstrual blood clots, excessive cramping etc
I have all these problems for 3 years now and now that the family doc. put me on YAZ birth control pill I am even more scared - mainly of more weight gain, it would be a tragedy for me, I am fat enough already and what's worse I can't lose the weight, exercise doesn't help, diet doesn't help, NOTHING. Will YAZ birth control pill worsen my already tragic condition? I just don't know what to do and what to believe ... I appreciate any advice or help you can give me ... Thank You to all!

Hi, I'm 23 and have been on Yaz since the middle of May and i've been crazy ever since. Im in the middle of my 4th pack and i'm only getting worse. I've had crying fits, days of depression, feeling like I want to die, no libido, mood swings, irritability, snapping at loved ones, anxiety (which i've NEVER experienced before in my life), and restlessness. My gyn isn't in until tomorrow, but I may just call the office today and see if I can talk to someone else. I dont know if it's ok to just stop your pack mid-cycle, but i'm about to just to keep my sanity. Seriously, having "no-worries" sex a few times a week isn't worth feeling like you're gonna go nuts the majority of the time. Birth control pills are such a great invention, too bad they have to make women miserable!!!

I am calling my doctor and having this thing removed ASAP. I've had it in for three months, and at first everything was fine. But lately, I almost feel as though I'm going crazy. Insomnia. Terrible mood swings and anger. Getting beyond mad and upset at simple things. My heart feels like its beating ridiculously fast - like I'm having heart palpitations or an anxiety attack. I feel like I'm in a pressure-cooker. I get unreasonably mad at my dear husband and children, which leaves me feeling so awful and terrible to be acting this way. My hair falls out in gobs, and I have a puffy tummy that is soooo not normal. I haven't had a good sex drive in years, but now the thought of sex makes me almost want to throw-up. I feel like I'm going crazy. Any problems in my life seem amplified, and I feel completly overwhelmed - and I really shouldn't feel this bad. Kids wear you out, and messes around the house are tiresome, but the commotion shouldn't make me feel this NUTS!

i have suffered from Chronic ASthma and Allergies since I was two weeks old and have been on and off Prednisone ever since. The first 6 years of life were in and out of the hospital, recieving ventolin, intal, beclifort, and prednisone treatments. at times I would be on up to 10 meds 5 times a day. My doctor who is still my Doctor today (Im 22) said that they didnt know how i survived. Im assuming it was the above list of meds, my wicked parents and faith. I remember as a kid , my mom would have to crush the prednisone up and put it in jam and i would cry becasue it is honestly the tiniest and wort tasting pill I have ever ingested! I shoul dhave known i was in for trouble.
the thing of it is that by grade 1 I was moonfaced and gained excessive weight in my stomach and back. my brothers were thin and active adn parents the same. but i was a real case, couldnt swim or skate or stay outside too long or go on sleepovers without my "machine" as i called my nebulizer. Frankly it sucked, bu i only say that now, becasue i realize that not everyone had to live this way. up until like teo years ago i just assumed that most people dealt with the same stuff.
anyway, im 22, my legs and arms are ridiculously strong, like we are talking hard. but since im 5'2 on the best of days , my rather large leg muscles make me look even stouter. I have had most fo the symptoms, my hair is a lot thinner, swelling etc, but the worst is the weight in my middle. I CANNOT get rid of it. I feeel like im clogged full of cortisone and steroid byproduct and that it is making weightloss in my middle , nonexistent. this really has affected my emotionally because og course i grew up in a country town and was fat and it scared me for life and now i have trouble being touch by men becasue i feel like they are just feeling my fat. which isnt my damn fault. I wish i had at least had the pleaseure of eating all my favourite foods in order ot become more than 60 pounds overweight. it scares me too because of course fat around the middle is the worse place to have ti and leads to all sorts of lovely things.. and my parents feel so bad becasue i had to go through the mental torture from kids and adults alike but like they say , it was either prednisone or death. i am also now a narcoleptic, and take effexor and alertec for that whcih has its own set of side effects, but none as severe as prednisone. I suppose we all have our crosses to bear though.

I've been on Wellbutrin XL 150 for a few months and I love it! The first few weeks were a bit hard because I felt constantly jumpy, nervous, and had a hard time sleeping. But there are side effects with almost everything for the first little while! Now that I've been on it for a while, I've noticed I'm losing weight, feeling energetic, and I feel hopeful about my life! Also I have a ridiculously increased sex drive. It may not be right for everyone, but for me it's been awesome so far.

I've tried taking just one pill as a daily vitamin supplement, and I found that I makes my mood drastically WORSE. I can go from calm and content to miserable and tearful instantly, and for little reason. I've done a bit of research on B complex vitamins, and think this might have something to do with it. The B complex amounts are ridiculously high. This can't be good or me!

I've been on it now for about a year b/c it is a slow release in hormones and I get migraines from all the other pills. I've noticed a lot of what some of the other posts had noted such as:

- constant discharge (I always feel wet and dirty)
- a smell coming from the area all the time
- mood swings like crazy
- Absolutely NO SEX DRIVE
- fatigue (although this has been a new one I have come across in the past month, so maybe its not related)

none of this is really attractive at all, and I am seriously contemplating going off of it. Does anyone have an suggestions for people who get severe migraines from the pill???

I am reposting because I believe this to be strange and know it is from Yasmin. Now, i started this because i knew from many experiences from others that it was beneficial for those who have acne and everything else fails to cure their acne
i was also using it for obvious birth control method. Well. after the first 2 wks i did notice a positive change in my skin (even though it was not this "miracle cure" and i still have awful "bump" break out on side of face looking like scar). Anyway, few days before the 1st pack was done, i had extremely painful almost uti/yeast infection symptoms. like, very very dry and painful! anyway, the starting of pack 2 resulted in nightly vaginal dryness symptoms, irritation to the point where its uncomfortable. last night, intercourse with my husband was unbearable and ridiculously painful to the point where i knew i had to get off yasmin and it makes sense this is why i am thisway. i do not know if there is any other b.c that is good. it seems as if this is very very unnatural for the woman's body and almost as if we shouldnt even be on it and should try natural methods. any one else having this problem??

Hello everyone!

I am so glad I found all of you! Now I know that I'm not going insane. I am currently on Yasmin and I have concluded that it's the WORST birth control ever and it's side effects, detremental. I started taking Yasmin in December and began to get ridiculously over-emotional over the stupidest things! For instance, if my boyfriend didn't call me at a certain time I thought the world was over! In Februrary it got to the point where I was so frustrated at my reactions that I began seeing a therapist. That still didn't help though. Before taking the pill I was a completely strong and happy person and I know my reactions to things just aren't normal right now. I'm the type of woman who NEVER cried before but now I literally cry my eyes out over nothing! In fact, last night I cried so hard that my eyes started to hurt! I've also been experiencing anxiety, especially around my period. This has gotten progressively worse. I think the severe moodswings are the worst though because they just don't go away...it's like the tiniest thing sets me off and I can't control myself. Then I get even more frustrated and guilty because I KNOW this isn't me!! I called my doctor and I have decided to get off of Yasmin...I may try something else but it seems like these damn pills just aren't agreeing with me! Please be careful if you are on this! Much love!

I've only been on yasmin for a month and have had very little else but trouble on it. Within a week of starting it I had the worst acne breakout I've had in years, then I had a 9 day period, followed by a day or 2 of no bleeding, and then another nearly 3 weeks of light bleeding before my new period started, which is ridiculously heavy. My sex drive has all but died (and I had a huge sex drive before), and I've put on weight. My moods have been incredibly unstable too. I wish my Dr had warned me that a lot of women seem to get the side effects, it might have helped me make a different decision.

My doctor switched me to Yasmin one month ago because I had ceased to get periods on Levlan. Levlan worked great for me for two years; I had no side effects. However, just one week into Yasmin I noticed striking changes. My sex drive tanked.. I now find it incredibly difficult to orgasm. I also started getting bad headaches and I've never had trouble with headaches in the past. I have to urinate ridiculously frequently. I am stopping Yasmin today after only one month. It's a miserable pill. I am angry that my doctor didn't warn me about this drug! I hope that things go back to normal for me quickly. I would recommend women avoid Yasmin.

I was on Yasmin for a month, was ridiculously depressed, tearful, bloated, lacking in enthusiasm for anything, and generally felt I was losing the plot. I am going to try the minipill, but am curious to see if anyone who took Yasmin found an alternative that agreed. I can't emphasise enough how hideous I found Yasmin to be.

I just switched from mircette to yasmin, b/c on mircette i was experiencing breast swelling and bloating during my 2nd week of pills. Oddly enough, my last month on mircette was the best in a long time, but i switched to yasmin anyway. Well, I'm heading into week 3 and my already large breasts are ridiculously huge and extrememly tender. Worse than I've ever experienced w/ mircette. I think i'm just going to switch back next month. I also didn't realize that the diuretic in yasmin flushes out so many important things like electrolytes and magnesium. Wish condoms were more reliable.