November 30th
2006
9:39 AM
I am a 25 year old woman with so many inhalent allergies that every allergist I've seen is surprised by it. I just got medical insurance that allowed me to start seeing an allergist and taking prescriptions again. I was put on Zyrtec, Astelin, and Singulair.
For the first time in my life, I am agry all of the time (rage-like), but then I swing back to being normal. I can't explain it. I also experience hypersensitive skin that sometimes feels like it's burning and even developed a terrible rash at first. I have the same troubles sleeping at night and feeling tired during the day no matter what time I take the medicine.
My doctor does not believe this could be caused by the medication, but there are no other explanations, and these reports of side effects are the only things that make me feel like I am not insane.
September 24th
2007
10:26 AM
I have been on Yasmin almost 2 years. I finished a pack last week and do not plan on starting a new one. I googled "side effects of Yasmin" in a hope to see if there was a chance someone out there had noticed any facial hair growth since taking it. What I found was this sight that has given me a ray of hope. I left my husband 2-3 months after starting the Yasmin. As I assumed was normal, I experienced depression, mood swings, everything you might expect after ending a relationship you expected to last forever. I have been seeing a counselor for the past 8 months, because my mental state was not improving. Since then, I have had improvement, but the insane mood swings haven't stopped, especially the week before my period. I had attributed this to getting older (I'm 32) and was just pushing through, knowing I'd swing back to "normal" eventually. I am hoping so much that they will stop and I will get totally back to my normal self. Before starting Yasmin the emotional end of my PMS consisted of one day, right before my period started, of bitchiness. Since I started my period at 14, this has been it. No sobbing, no suicidal thoughts, no wanting to sleep all day. I would give anything to get that one day back and lose all of these other days of insanity.
I've also just recently noticed some slight hair growth along my hairline down to my jaw. Which is how I got to this sight in the first place. Funny how I put up with mood swings for almost 2 years, but some extra hair on my face has me running to the computer in a panic!! :) Additionally, I've experienced shortness of breath, and in the past couple of months, leg cramps. I have never had a cramp in my calf in my life until these past couple of months. I don't know if Yasmin is the cause for any of these things, but it'll be interesting to see if they persist. As for sleeping, I have noticed some issues, but also attributed that to the divorce.
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