Uncontrollable crying symptoms and conditions

I've been taking Yasmin for 3 years now and have always experienced mood swings, uncontrollable crying, and severe anxiety since I started taking it. I discontinued my other medications systematically with no improvement, and am coming to realize this may be to blame on Yasmin.

I felt like the symptoms were much more severe in the days before, during, and immediately after my period. Has anyone else experienced this fluctuation in mood during and after your period? Do you think it's due to Yasmin? I know PMS is supposed to be normal, but this is ridiculous.

Another question: has anyone found another birth control that does not create these side effects? I've only ever taken Yasmin and don't know where to go next.

I had Mirena inserted Nov 2008, one year after my miscarriage. Everything was great at first. I had it inserted on my lunch break and went back to work with no problems. Periods were shorter and lighter. Now, 6 months later I've noticed problems. About 2 months ago I was working over night and felt a sharp stabbing pain in my abdomen. I went to the bathroom and was bleeding a lot. More than a period. I went another hour, and the pain was almost unbearable. I left work and went to the ER. They said I looked fine, that Mirena hadn't moved and nothing was torn. Gave me some pain meds and sent me home. I've had short sharp pains ever since.

I was diagnosed with depression my 6th grade year, when my grandfather passed away. I've been battling ever since. So, when my depression got worse after Mirena, I didn't think much of it. But the past month or so, my thoughts have been like some other users have described. I've had very scary thoughts, and boughs of uncontrollable crying for no reason.

My periods have stopped, with some light spotting every month. I do still have cramping, but no bleeding. I'm thinking of making an appt with my OBGYN and having it removed now that I've read all of these posts. I had no idea of any side affects other than interfering with menstruation. If you don't have Mirena, make sure you research more than I did. If I had, I probably wouldn't have gotten it. I really wish I would've researched more options because now I'm beginning to regret my decision.

I am so thankful I found this website. I started taking Yaz in May of '08. By the middle of June, I thought I was going crazy! Tightness in my chest, uncontrollable crying and thoughts. It ruined my whole summer with my girls, I became withdrawn and depressed. By the time I realized that Yaz was the only thing that I had done differently, I was having major heart palpitations, talk about scary. Here it is 6 months later, and I'm wearing a heart monitor for 21 days to capture these heart palpitations, that I am still having. I have been going around telling everyone that will listen to me, DO NOT TAKE YAZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had my 1st Mirena inserted when I was 19. I had no children, but I was looking for a low hormone birth control so my doctor allowed me to get the Mirena. I was hoping that with less hormones in my body I wouldn't be so moody like regular bc made me. I'm starting to think that I was wrong and that my off and on depression has been caused by my Mirena. It has now been 5 years since I had my first Mirena inserted so a week ago I had it replaced with a new one. My moodiness has been uncontrollable. My fiance is driving me crazy for no reason and I have uncontrollable crying and sadness. I am hoping that these emotions go away as I get used to the hormones again. I never did gain any weight on the IUD. I actually weighed the lowest ever and lost a lot of weight while on the IUD. My weight fluxuated from 125-105-120, where I am at now. I do get really bad bloating. I'm not sure it it's from Mirena or not. I eat very healthy and exercise regularly. I am debating having the Mirena removed to regulate my emotions. My poor fiance!

My son is 3 and has been on Singulair since around springtime (I think... I've lost count). Anyway, during this summer we noticed his behavior had just gone straight to hell. At first I was attributing it to the wonderful world of the three year old, but it was just getting ridiculous. He was having countless meltdowns, screaming bloody murder (I mean SCREAMING to the point of going hoarse), hitting, punching, slamming, banging, crying hysterically for ridiculous reasons, yelling out during the night, and showing OCD behaviors. I was fearing that he might have ADHD/OCD until my husband stumbled upon this website. I remember hearing stories about teenagers having horrible side effects from singulair, but didn't think it was affecting my son at 3. As I read the entries on this website I felt like they were talking about my son.

I am taking him off of it to see what happens, but now I'm nervous that his asthma will flare. He's had quite a few asthma episodes since the fall allergy season has started. I suppose he'll need to go for awhile to get everything out of his system to see if the behavior changes, and then I hope to find a new preventative. We have Pulmicort and Xopenex and an inhaler ready!

*UPDATE* Well, it hasn't quite been two weeks since I've taken James off of Singulair and - I am not kidding you - his behavior improved the FIRST day. I want anyone who reads this to know that I am not an "alarmist", I DON'T freak out over everything I read, I do a lot of research (kind of obsessive myself :), so please understand that I am not one to usually write things like this...I mean, I pushed my allergist to give it to him in the first place! There are plenty of kids out there that are fine on Singulair, but some are not. I didn't make the connection to the Singulair since the average three year old is irrational and unpredictable anyway, but I KNEW something wasn't right. It wasn't just tantrums and whatever, his overall personality had done a 180. In the last two weeks my son has returned. He still, of course, has three year old moments, but he is back to the caring, loving, curious, excited, social, happy kid I had last year. One of the worst things we were seeing two weeks ago was bedtime behavior. BAD OCD behaviors - everything in his room had to be PERFECT. The curtains couldn't have a peek of light shining through, there could be nothing on the floor, everything had to be in order. He would obsess about things (creatures) coming into his room, when we would say goodnight and close the door he would scream and cry like someone was stabbing him and was petrified. The FIRST night that we stopped the Singulair he laid his head on his pillow, said goodnight and went to sleep. Please keep an eye out for personality changes in your kids.
*November update* it's been almost two months since we took James off Singulair and we haven't seen ONE BIT of the horrible behavior that we had w/ the Singulair! Normal "three-year-old moments", but no return of the "devil child", no OCD, nighttime freak-outs, violence, or any of it.

I am calling to make an appointment to have my Mirena removed as I type this post. I've had bleeding off and on - mostly on- since inserting in late June, but my main issue is incredible mood swings. Feelings of being out of control, depression and anxiety. My husband pegged it. He noticed that I had not been so witchy before I got my mirena. To make things worse, once I get upset, I can't control it. It is almost like I am possessed. Just two short months ago, I was nothing like this. It is amazing what a different person I've become and I can't wait to get back to my old self!!!!

I can also be added to the list of those who have had stomach cramps and constant discharge.

Hi
I just started takin jasmin and so far so good ....but i just got off diane35
and let me tell you never agian ... today im 29 in 2005 i was havin a really bad smellie dark and thick discharg pain that would stop a train pms 24/7 so i went to my DR and he old me i was fine but to put my mind at eas we will do a few test bloodwork, MRI, X-Rays, CT-Scans, Ultra-Sounds, and other lab work. Two day after my frist test (Ultra-Sounds) he call me to come in and see him that day on a saturday and being my mom.... to this point in my life i was single not on any BC and had not had sex in a long time so i new that something was realy bad...when my mom and i sat in his office he came in and said to me i have very bad news you have a a very large sis and we need to look at it right away...my sis was 22cm across it went from my hip to my belly butten most sis are round or egg shaped mine was around one, i was 25 had my hole lif in frount of me and then i was pushed off a clif and was trying so hard to be strong when all the tast came back a few days later i had ovaryin cancer then i had it removed and that it was found out that i had stage 1 moving into stage 2 and with that news i had my right ovary and tube and part of my whom taking out ...today in cancer free (knock on wood) cant have a baby but im alive so i will take that and now have the worst face hair any one could ever have from the side of my face all under my chin and lots and very dark so the DR put me on diane35 i think i would want to have cancer agian then be on diane35 numbing in my legs, severe headaches, dizziness, and trouble falling asleep very painful breasts, I am nauseous and gassy, I am listless and have no energy at all, I feel tired all the time! I am also very crabby and irritable anxiety, depression, uncontrollable crying at random times, oh and the hair groth was and is the same...so now im on yasmin and have been for a few months and so far so good so if you think that there is something wrong with you and your body then tell some one and keep telling them till they listen to you i had a cancer that most 50year old get not 25 year olds and if i said to my DR ok you are write it is all in my head i would be 6 feet under today please listen to your body it never lies thank you

Hi, I just wanted to say that I was on Yasmin for one month a couple of years ago and I had a lot of symptoms people have been describing. The anxiety, depression, uncontrollable crying at random times, the soreness, etc. When I stopped taking Yasmin it all went away. There are many other brands of birth control out there that have different hormone combinations, but are still just as effective (99.9%+). If you still want to be on BC you don't have to take Yasmin. After that I switched to orthotricyclin-lo for about 6 months and my only side effect was a little bit of breast tenderness. You have to try different ones before you find the BC pill that works for you. So if you are having those symptoms, get off the Yasmin! You will feel so much better. Many doctors are not aware of these side-effects of Yasmin, and actually think that its the BC pill with the least cases of harmful side-effects. I took a printout of a forum similar to this one to my doctor and let her know. You would probably be doing your doctor a favor if you did the same.

I have a 9 year old son who has been on Singulair a couple of years ago, he has significant asthma. The last year and a half, my son has had difficulty concentrating and now since depression with suicidal ideations, he was started on Zoloft in December. I am going to have to address this immediately with his doctors.
He has had trouble sleeping, eating, uncontrollable crying, and symptoms of PTSD.

I'm a 25 year old female. On my second packet of Yasmin. My doctor put me on it for my skin and after having 2 years of just been natural I have noticed the side effects of depression, emotional out breaks, anxiety, excessive worry, nervous, spotting blood, heavy periods, paranoid, excess gas & gastro & headaches. Excessive eating then days of not feeling hungry at all. Which is not me at all. My great relationship with my boyfriend is suffering massively. I don't feel like my happy social self at all. This has happened over a holiday period when I was quite relaxed and had no real worries in my life. I have had depression and anxiety in my history and do battle with the odd bad day from time to time but this pill has made my anxiety become serve to the point of uncontrollable crying and extreme worry over anything I could find to worry about. Just before my period while on the inactive pills I experience extreme gastro. Headaches that don't seem to let up as well. Spend my hole holiday looking for Panadol. I realize this is a fairly new age pill and that it promises hardly any weight again, good skin and so on but I highly don't think its worth it. How much has it been trailed and tested? I rather have bad skin & even carry a few kilo's taking a pill that women have been taking since the 50's- or just be natural.

Within 5 days of beginning course of Geodon, 40mg daily, doc doubled my dosage to 80mg, began to have problems. Intensely manic, easily frightened, insomnia, terrifying dreams. I decided to get out of hospital ASAP and decide if to quit taking Geodon.
On day six already my face was twitching, was irritable and manic, pacing, increasingly manic throughout day, decided to skip evening dose, keep total dosage same as before, 40mg. Began tripping around midnight and it was all downhill from there. Sleepless all night, by morning I had convulsions, increased heart rate, fear and anxiety, psychosis, uncontrollable crying. Had another seizure 12 hours later. Slept a little with help of Valium. Next day developed Parkinson's like symptoms, had my father not been there to help me, Lord knows what would have happened to me. Still awake in day 3 of withdrawal. Hoping the worst is over.

oh thank Goddess!

i have been reading through all of your comments and finally i know what has been going on with me these last few months. i am on my third month of taking yasmin, and in this time i am told that my personality has taken a complete about-face. i have become extremely mean, irritable, uncontrollable crying and rage, sensitivity to absolutely everything. i got on the pill to help with my period as i tend to have crazy PMS that begins a week before my period starts. but since i began yasmin, i feel sick to my stomach every day that i am on it. the nausea is horrible and in fact worse than my PMS from before.

i have been getting these splitting headaches that only began when i started yasmin, as well as horrible ENT problems that have taken me back and forth to doctors since i began the pill. although i didn't make the connection until now. in fact, my sore throat and sinus infection caused the chrystals in my middle ear to come loose and have been contributing to the dizziness, vertigo and constant nausea these last months. on top of all that, i have been having this horrible itching in my groin area that normally i would equate to a yeast infection, save for the fact that i have no mucus to speak of! another woman reported this very same thing!

something i did not read about is a recurrance of vaginismus (a disorder where one's PC muscles involuntarily contract at the first sign of vaginal penetration) since i have been on this pill. i used to have primary vaginismus after several traumas but have been over that for years. just a month after beginning the pill, sex with my husband has been extremely painful to the point we have not been able to do it at all. at first i thought it was because of a vaginal infection, i am prone to candidiasis, but i have no other symptoms than the pain and the external itching which both seem to have come from nowhere and are not related to a bacterial infection.

wow. i thought i was going crazy and i think my husband was being driven crazy by my erratic behaviour in turn. as i was reading through the comments so much of what has been said is exactly what i am going through! i feel so much better just knowing what has been going on and what i have to do to stop it.

thank you so much for this site! really, thank you so much. i am going to discontinue use at once and just deal with the things my body throws me in a natural way.

good luck to you all in the healing process. i will be thinking of you.

all the best,

sezin

Irrational thoughts worrying about everything, uncontrollable crying, going from happy to sad in seconds! Having NO control over my emotions!!!

Hello Everybody-
Just writing to send thanks to everyone who has shared their hard times on this forum post-Yasmin. I was on the pill for 7 months (the first four of which were fine) until I got tired of my life feeling so out of control and finally gave them up. I just kind of snapped one day and have not been the same since. I read some of these posts about the depression, psychoticness and uncontrollable crying, and I think for a minute that I wrote them. It's been almost three months since I stopped Yasmin, but I can't really tell if I'm getting any better. I hear three months is supposed to be the turn-around point, but that marker is quickly approaching, and I guess I'm hoping for a miracle. To the girl who posted a while back about blurry vision and eye troubles, I've got eye pain/pressure and difficulty wearing contacts. I never attributed the eye issues to Yasmin, but maybe... Well, I guess that's all. Good luck to everyone who is in the same boat as I am... I hear it gets better from here, but I can't be sure.
-Sara

Like so many others, I'm extremely grateful that I found this site! Going off Yasmin wasn't a planned event, rather something very serendipitous thanks to Japanese customs, who have been holding my pills due to some kind of processing delay. It's been about a week since I've been off Yasmin, and already I feel so much better. I didn't even think that my symptoms and Yasmin were related because my GYN, like so many other women's GYNs, made Yasmin sound like the miracle pill. When I first went on it in August of 2004 I experienced a wave of side-effects - nausea, headaches, leg cramps, spotting - but these had been warned about so I thought it was normal. The first wave of side effects disappeared, and then around January the second wave set in. These are the side-effects so many women on this site have experienced - depression, uncontrollable crying *all the time*, rushes of anger (also completely uncontrollable - I almost broke my hand punching a wall, and I'm a very laid-back woman), weight gain, loss of my sex drive, and worst of all the nebulous feeling described as 'loss of self'.

I would not recommend this pill to anyone... it is quite insidious. Thanks to Japanese customs and my supporting husband I've discovered sooner, rather than later, that Yasmin has been the culprit for all the changes. I am not, thankfully, losing my mind.

And thanks to all the women who have posted here for sharing their experiences with Yasmin. It's good to have the information out there for all those in the same boat.

Thanks a ton to whoever began this website! Moreover, thanks to everyone who has written their personal testimonies of this AWFUL pill on here with so much candor and insight.
I'm 24 and began taking Yasmin two months ago. I began having terrible bouts of uncontrollable crying, along with extreme depression over everything and nothing. Then, about three weeks into my new found glory pill, I started getting so bloated and constipated that I really thought I had somehow contracted a parasitic disease or something... and the GAS was TERRIBLE! Actually, I still have this terrible gas, which is why I got online to find out if anyone else has had this problem. I mean, I seriously cannot stop passing gas. My boyfriend and I have been trying to laugh about it, but geezuz... I have to get off of this stuff. Thanks yall! I really appreciate your insightfulness. Does anyone know of a birth control pill without awful side effects?

originally was taking 150 mg and after a few days increased to 150 mg 2x/day. Those first couple of days taking two a day made my ears ring LOUD! And I had rather extreme bout of depression, more than I'd ever experienced with uncontrollable crying and wanting to die.

Lack of appetite, very dry mouth, constipation also present.

Doctor suggested 150mg sustained release and most side-effects gone except for inability to sleep.

probably going off of it because I hate taking any kind-of drug and certainly don't want to endure any long-term side-effects.

I am in my 4th week of Yasmin and have felt many of the same side effects as all of you ladies, leg cramps, brown discharge, morning sickness, increase in appettite, MOODINESS, uncontrollable crying, etc. But I must say that reading these stories has made me notice alot more that has been happening to me. Maybe too much more. Reading too much of this can cause unnecessary anxiety and worry. Everyone reacts differently and just because you are experiencing some of the same symptoms doesn't necessarily mean they are from Yasmin. I think everyone should look into the problems they are having or ask a doctor, but don't get too worked up, because that can cause even worse problems. Thank you all for sharing!

My daughter started taking Yasmin last year just before her 15th birthday. She is normally a happy well adjusted teenager, with the normal worries and anxietys. Sometime durng this year she started having horrible panic/anxiety attacks, which included uncontrollable crying, hyperventillating, having terrible thoughts, saying hostile things she regretted to people she loves. I have been called to pick her up from school, and leave work or other appt. THey seem to be cyclical, about 10 days before her period. She even started seeing a therapist and we werer getting ready to puther on an SSRI. THen I started thinking about Yasmin--and went on line to research the side effects, when I found this website. She had another attack this weekend, so we are going to the therapist this morning and then the gyno on THursday. I am definitely taking her off this pill.