Rollercoaster symptoms and conditions

I am just about to burst in tears from reading all this information. Our daughter is 4 years old. She is been in Singulair (for her Allergies) since she was almost 10 months. It been quite a rollercoaster for us. We have been told she is ADHD (although can't be diagnose until 6), she has almost all the characteristics. hyperactive, mood swings vary between days, now leg pains, nightmares, etc. Two years ago our allergist took her off Singulair but our pediatrician didn't agree, so we went back.
It has been very painful because our daughter is such a bright girl; we don't want her to suffer, not to be accepted because she is acting like this. From reading all this information my husband and I decided to take her off Singualir. Hopefully we see some changes that can give us a sense of relief. Any words of wisdom?

Well I have been off of this terrible pill since October..thanks to this site. Things are slowly getting back to normal..and i mean very slowly. My hair is still falling out..but not as bad. My sex drive is slowly getting back there..but I will have this out of nowhere attack of getting horny, if i dont act on it in 10 minutes..the feeling passes. The vaginal dryness is GONE. I have gained 12 pounds since going off the pill..and my appetite is insane, all I want to do is eat. My mood still sucks and I can't remember how I used to feel..Some mornings I wake up feeling great, then by noon im depressed and by 5:00 im ready to go again..a total rollercoaster. Im still tired alot. And the anxiety comes and goes..i was never an anxious person..this is the worst thing about this pill.
Ive only been off it for 4 months and I have gotten my period every month since. For all of you going through this nightmare called YAsmin..I feel for you. It can ruin relationships, your outlook, concentration, everything..and it is a long road back to your healthy state...but you will get there. Just keep the faith...

Oh alos ladies
Yaz Yasmine advertise they lower testosterone so have that checked 3 of us have and ours were low

Natural biodentical hormone replacement may be a alternative check them out

I had the Sotto Pellets inserted a week ago wil report if it helps
I truly think the only thing that helps is time
I just pray to God that I stop the rollercoaster and get back to normal
Want to enjoy life

Anyone feel totally back to normal after all the horror?

I started taking Yasmin 28 in june.. after that my life has been turned upside down... i've been having psychological side effects; i'm getting anxious for nothing, and feel very depressed. My humour is rolling up and down like a rollercoaster sometimes. Should I stop taking these pills?
Can somebody recommend another one, which is better?
What about Trionetta?

-Worried

Hi Tiffany!

I'm sorry to hear, that you're doing so bad.

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But I think that you shouldn't say something like the above. Everyone's body is reacting different and some women already feel better after only 4 weeks, another after 2 or 3 months and some women are still dealing with some problems after 1 year and more. But you should definitely NOT say, that its NOT true, that you CAN feel better after 3 months. I think that's very discouraging to many women who are dealing with severe symptoms and are thinking of stopping Yasmin.

In my case, for example, there was something like a "turnaround" point at around 3 - 4 months. That was where I felt that things SLIGHTLY got better. And I mean SLIGHTLY!! Just every month a very little step. I remember that I always was in fear that I NEVER would get better, because everything just started getting better so SLOWLY.

And now, I'm about 1,5 years WITHOUT Yasmin, I'm still dealing with some hormonal imbalances, didn't get my normal period, yet, sometimes I feel I'm on a rollercoaster. There are weeks, where I feel totally normal and fit and then it hits me again with tiredness, weakness and anxiety-problems, but NOT AT ALL that severe as it was during taking Yasmin and around after 6 months off!

And I think that my problems at the moment are caused by that hormonal problems I'm still dealing with (not to forget: before taking Yasmin my periods always where regular!!!) that I'm still dealing with.

My weight, that I gained AFTER getting off Yasmin (around 25 pounds within 3 months!!!!!!) is slightly going down since about 3 months, without changing anything in my life. For me that is a nother proof for the regulating of my metabolism and I'm very sure, that in a few months more everything will be better than today. That's what kept me alive the last 2 years, dealing with symptoms, that I nearly couldn't have beared any longer....

So please all of you don't loose hope and believe in yourself!! You can get through this!! One year ago I never would have believed that I'd be feeling ever again the way I'M feeling today!! I swear!!

And if it's not within 3 months then in 8 months or even longer, but your live is worth waiting for better times, that DEFINITELY are ahead!!!

I wish you all the best and the strength that you need right now!! God bless you all!!

Silke

I am on my second pack of yasmin. So far i am not really
satisfied with it because it has been nothing but a
rollercoaster, and uncertainties. I dont even feel like the pill
is working. Maybe thats just my paranoia. My side effects
have been pretty bad. First of all i smoke and i frequently get
major heart pains. (im working on quiting smoking) I have
had a very unusual and uncontrolable smelly vaginal
discharge. Even after months of no sexual intercourse. The
week that i was taking the reminder pills (during menstration)
I literally went psycho. I ended up getting fired from my job
for cursing at a kid, i threatend to move, and all of this for no
reason at all. I did use the ortho evra patch prior to the
yasmin pill and i was way more satisfied with the patch. Oh and to the woman who commented on the questioning her sexuality. I have been a homophobe for my whole life, recently i have become attracted to girls. I think it has a lot
to do with the hormones just making the libido out of control.
some women say that their sex drive has fallen, mine has
skyrocketed, just in the opposite way lol.

sarah

Hi Martina!

YES, the way you feel is absolutely normal. My first months off Yasmin were like a rollercoaster. Some days I thought I was back to normal and very happy, the other week I felt weak and tired again.

Remember that the bcp is switching off the normal hormonal fluctuation, every woman goes through within a cycle. So your body is nearly every day at "one level" with hormones and like in your case for about 3 1/2 years (in my case it were 10 long years, but only the last 5 of them with Yasmin...). So it may take you a while, until your body gets used to those fluctuations and can handle them without giving you those symptoms you're feeling now.

In my case the first 3 - 4 months were the most difficult ones and I thought I would never be normal again (some days I really had the fear to go totally crazy!! I swear!!). But every month it got less and less and today (got off Yasmin February 2005, ONE long year ago!!) I'm nearly back to the 100% me again. I should also mention, that I still didn't get another normal period since easter one year ago!! So I think I'll not be that completely healthy and happy person I've been before Yasmin until I'm finally getting my normal period.

I also read, that for some women it takes over a year to get their normal cycle again. But remember that everyone is reacting different!

All you need right now is a loving husband or boyfriend or your family who loves and understands you, and takes everything that comes, no matter "who" you are right now, the happy or the sad Martina!! Some day you'll be the person they once new again, I swear!! Don't worry, I really know what I'm talking about!!

Best wishes and hugs to you and every sad one out there!!

Keep looking forward to better times, that are ahead for us all!

Silke

Hi Hill!!

Don't worry too much about that fact. There will be much more ups and downs until your hormones are completely back in balance again!! I've been off Yasmin for about 1 YEAR now and in my case (I had taken that poison for over 5 YEARS!!) I fear it will take even longer than 1 year to be completely healthy again... I didn't get my period since easter 2005, so my hormones are still totally out of whack.

And every few weeks all of a sudden I feel worse (joints are aching, muscles are aching, I feel nauseous and a little bit dizzy) and then better again. It feels as if my hormones are running like a rollercoaster at the moment!! But I definitely know, that when I'm feeling worse again, it's just the hormones and the withdrawal effects of Yasmin and that's how I pull my self forward, looking forward to better weeks that surely are ahead again!!

But believe me, after reading every little new post on this site every day during the last year I know, that 6 weeks without Yasmin is not really long!! Most of the women felt already better there but then went up the hill again and had bloating and anxiety and so on. There is definitely a connection between your cycle and the symptoms you have mentioned.

I think after watching all the posts here I can say, that those women, who finally got their normal periods every few weeks again, feel better earlier than those like me, who still have problems with that!!

Especially the bloating (my ring, that I've been wearing for about 5 years now doesn't come off my finger since about August 2005, only now I can move it a bit easier, so it seems the bloating finally goes back step by step) is definitely brought on by that hormone imbalance after Yasmin!!

So just try to be patient and wait and see. I promise: Better times are ahead and after every setback there will be less symptoms and every month you will feel a little bit more normal!! Don't worry, I know what I'm talking about!!

All the best to you and every lady out there still in Yasmin recovery!! God bless you!!

Silke

ive been having intense anxiety, it happened last month at the same time, right when i start my inactive pills, its accompanied by nausea and vomiting, did this happen to anyone else? im just hoping it will subside soon, its like a rollercoaster of anxiety. im getting off it now

Hi Sherry!

Your internist really says that it takes 6 months to completely clean out from bc?? OMG! The first doctor here that really tells the truth!! Most doctor's I've read or heard of say, that it only takes a few weeks to detox from the chemical hormones... Well, however, I never believed this b/c my I'm afraid my experience told me something different!!

So I think it's no miracle, that some women write, it took them about a year to feel totally back to normal!! And I feel the same way, too. Much things have gotten much better after Yasmin but I'm not totally back to a healthy and solid, positive person, like I was before this Yasmin nightmare!! There's still a feeling like a was in a rollercoaster, every day something different, one day I'm pretty fine, the other day I think I can't go on like this anymore...

Would be so good to hear, if this water pill is helping you against the bloating/water retention!! I'm really desperate about this too, as I went up a whole size since getting off Yasmin, and not in a few months but in a few WEEKS without eating more than before!! :( As I'm a singer in my freetime (well, unfortunately wasn't on stage because my Yasmin illness for about 8 months now!!) I don't know how I could go on a stage again with such a "figure"... :(

I'm just still hoping, that the water retention will go away slowly, just like all of the other withdrawal effects of this nightmare pill. And perhaps everything will be fine again, when my cycle is finally back to normal some day...

Ok, all the best to you and everyone please keep us updated about your experiences with or without (after) Yasmin. It really helps and I fear sometimes it's the only thing that can help through all this torture!!

I have had some depression...I was emotion before about bf problems and now it's just worst...But the worse thing is headahces...I've been on it for just a week and I've had a headache every day since...My eyesight is blurry now also...That means i am getting migranes...Going to go the full round though...Going to finish up 4 months before i switch to something else. I was on the pill years ago and was rollercoaster emotion about it also. I will see how my reactions do when I go on the week off.....But anyway....wine seems to help both depression and headaches...

I am inclined to disagree with almsot everything I have read so far. The first three days I was on Welbutrin XL, I was miserable. After 10 am, didn't want to do anything, not eat, not sleep, not be awake, not be alone, but not be around anyone..I was so miserable. After informing the doctor of this, he upped me to 300 mg. He said take 2 150 mg in the morning. Being that my problems were in the middle of the day, I decided to try my own experiment. I took one in the morning and one again at lunch. The result? Completely balanced out. Although I have only been on Wellbutrin XL for 2 weeks, I feel so much better. Big problem, though...if you skip a dose or run out before you pick up your prescription, everyone better stay away....FAR away! The rollercoaster is unbearable. I was lightheaded, vomitting, crying, had severe headaches...all because I went half a day without my medication.
On the positive side, I want to stay on it at least for a while. I keep a journal of my behavior everyday (good and bad) to see if I think I need an adjustment.
So far, I have lost 12 lbs in 2 weeks, have tons of energy, can focus well, have much confidence ( even wear makeup again), and am extremely calm. It is strange though that I am so calm, but my heart beats like a drum in a rock band! Go figure.