Something fierce symptoms and conditions

I too have experienced what you have- weight gain, severe mood swings, breakouts on my face, decreased sex-drive, and my armpits are sweating something fierce- I mean like never before. I can't sleep at all, and am exhausted two hours after I'm up. Only I'm not going to switch to another pill. I've had it. I'm going to invest in a large box of condoms- one for every room in the house. I'd rather be thin and annoyed that I have to grab a condom than be fat and sweaty and not even want sex anyway.

Wow I thought I was going crazy... I forgot to refill my prescription, so I decided to go a month without. I do NOT take Yasmin for birth control: I am 'fixed'. I take bc pills to regulate my periods and my hormones. Anyway, I should have started the new pack on Sunday but didn't. Yesterday I woke up with the WORST pain in the back of my neck and between my shoulder blades; as well as a searing head ache right between my eyes. I've also been feeling like I'm coming down with the flu for a MONTH. Last night I had anxiety something fierce! After reading this board, I now realize it's Yasmin withdrawal... I thought getting back on it would help but I think I'll push through it and try something else. Anyone know of a super duper low dose BC pill that I can take just to keep my systems in check?

Thanks
Chris

Hey-lo,

I have been on Yasmin for almost a month now, and the side-effects at the beginning were almost unbearable - dizziness, leg aches and moodiness, plus my skin, which was always acne-prone, broke out something fierce.

As the weeks wore on, all these seemed to subside somewhat. There's no more physical soreness and the dizzy spells are gone. Still a little on the mean side - hoping that will work itself out.

I am hoping, since you who frequent seem so kind, someone might respond to a rather... interesting if not disturbing side-effect I've noticed since starting my period. This is my first menstration since going on the pill, so I can only assume it's related... my menstral blood has an extremely strong, extremely unpleasant odor. It's almost fish-like. Really, it's disgusting and I'm a little worried about it. Has anyone had a similar change?

Other than that, I must say that this period is a cause for celebration. Ever since I was twelve, my menstration has been painful - writhing in my bed, crying and screaming, the pain was so intense. It's kind of a given that I would call in sick to work/stay home from school one day out of the month (my "bad day"). But this month, on the day I usually would have been dead on the bed, I was up, I went to work, it all went smoothly. This is not to say I still didn't feel fatigued and irritable, but the fact that I was able to function was amazing.

I hope it's always like this.

- Elfie