Ur body symptoms and conditions

Hi im only 17 years old and i am at the end of my first pack of Loestrin24.. I'm taking my last "sugar" pills tonight & tomorrow and starting my new pack sunday. But I havent got my period yet.. Should I be worried? I started as a Sunday & Day 1 starter because I had gotten my period on a Sunday. I can't stop thinking about why I havent got my period yet?.. I've taking all my pills on time and never missed one so I dont know what went wrong?

I'm on my 3rd ring and i am miserable. The first week i put the ring in i noticed a differance. My symptoms are: extreme paranoia, anxiety,panic attacks,insomnia,shaking,nervousness,diarea,loss of appetite,fatigue,flu symptoms. I am normally an anxious person ut not like this. It is worse since starting the nuvaring. My doctor told me to just give it more time but i'm geting to a point where i feel hopeless. My family can see the change in me. I just put the 3rd ring in a couple days ago but all i wanna do is take it out because i'm so scared. I'm not concerned about pregnancy because i am not sexually active at all. My doctor prescribed this med because of my PMS. I'm using the ring every 3 weeks so i don't get a period at all. I'm afraid of how my body will react if i take the ring out and suddenly get a period again. My pharmasist advised me to leave it in until you would normally take it out but i don't know if i can stand using it anymore. Does anyone have any advice. I'm afraid to talk to my doc about the emotional symptoms because it always seems they never believe the med can cause them. Thanks for all who read this, wish me luck or send me a prayer. Everyone else who's miserable on this BC you're in my prayers :)

I have been taking Loestrin 24 for a little over a year now, which has been WAY too long! I have experienced extreme mood swings which effected my day to day life. If I was 2 hours or more late taking my BC I would have mood swings, getting upset over the stupidest things. I would sometimes feel like I was depressed. I gained about 5lbs since being on Loestrin & I hate it! I can't get rid of it no matter what I do. I am about to switch my BC now b/c it is just getting to be too much.

I WONDER... i have REALLY bad cramps and nausea and I'm light headed during my periods. My doctor perscribed Loestrin24 for me to take and i have it now. From reading the posted side effects im debating whether or not i should take the Pills. What do u think?

Hi, I almost bought a 3 month supply of this yasmin drug today but at the counter to get the pills I hesitated and was like I need to get this tommrow I forgot my atm card...But I was thinking... I need to check this out first on the internet and Oh wow thank god I did!!!
The doctor was like oh this stuff is great it will help your very painful periods cramps pms everything. now I am worring should I try it or just pass and deal with it like I have been since I was 10?
this is the #1 drug with complaints wow thats actually really scary..

HANG ON THERE CHLOE, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS PILL DOESNT MEAN IT IS GOING TO BE THAT HORRIBLE FOR EVERYONE ELSE..IT HAS HELPED ME ALOT WITH MY CYCLE, AND I HAVE HAD SOME SIDE AFFECTS BUT THEY ENDED UP GOING AWAY.. JUST DEPENDS ON HOW UR BODY REACTS WITH PILLS. MANY OF THE SIDE AFFECTS U HAVE I HAVE HAD ON THE FIRST PILL I STARTED TAKING AND NOT WITH THIS ONE.. DONT SCARE OTHER WOMEN, EVERYONE HAS TO TRY IT FOR THEMSELVES.

Girls everywhere . I have one question and please you can reply in private or on here, whatever you like. Did any of the doctors that prescribed Yasmin to you ever give you a hormonal test? I have been going through really bad emotional mood swings for a white but did not have insurance so never really go myself checked out. So last month I went back to my home country and visited a gyno(where medicine is not so overpriced) who has been recommended to me by numerous people and he did a bunch of hormone tests on me concluded (by blood work) that I have a hormonal inbalance. Before the tests were done he obviously asked me a bunch of questions and I warned him that last time i had gone on a losely prescribed birth control(which is was suppose to be very low hormone dosage) I went practically nuts. After seeing my results and finding my inbalance he has prescribed Yasmin to me because apparently I have too much estrogen and other things I couldnt really understand because I am not a doctor but I think one of the things it does is to block some of these hormone from going to your brain. So My point after all this rambling is that ALL of our bodies are different and all birth controls are different and have different hormones which could drive a normal person insane with or without taking the pills SO my suggestion if you are having trouble with Yasmin is to get your hormone levels checked, Yasmin may be the devil to you but its probably because you dot need certain components that are in it or lack some. Get real tests done!

I have been onthe nuva ring for a few weeks. and i have a history of birth control use too. first off, u DONT gain weight from birth control. if anything its water weight such as bloating and such. and yes ur breasts to get bigger.
YOU ALL must understand that birthcontrol makes ur body think u are pregnate!!! HELLO! that it why ur boobs get bigger, and u have abdominal pain, and ur horemones go wack. might i add that u also wanna eat a lot??? but birth control ALONE does NOT make u gain weight. u choose to eat.
unfortunatley birthcontrol isnt for all women b/c of chemical imbalances. which is another story.
but i havent had any problems with nuva ring except some abdominal pain.

Make wise choices, and take care of ur body. u choose to eat, and u choose ur birth control. be well everyone!

to hill (the last posting)

you are not going crazy and ur not dying of a horrible disease!!! my names chrissy im 23 and i was on yasmin for only one month last july and i suffered some of what you have. i went to the ER twice in august because i had a racing heart beat like about 147 beats per minute, plus my chest felt soooooo tight and heavy !! my left arm was aching i swear i thought i was having a heart attack.
they check everything and told me nuthing was wrong but i just didnt feel right. i was constantly anxious which is not like me at all and always tired..... alos had bad migraines for two days at a time...
the good thing is the symptoms will wear off i promise you but ur right ur body needs a break...!!
im now 7 months yasmin free and i feel so much better.... ive started going to the gym again and iv found the energy i lost....i do sometimes get the symptoms when im ovulating or when my period is due but its nowhere near as bad as it was.....
you will be ok you just need time... and dont let anyone tell you that ur crazy because your not... only you can feel whats going on in ur body no one else...
this website is what saved me and the girls on here were so supportive !!!
<<<< LISA if your still around id love to know how your doing>>>>
so please read all the postings on here and stay off yasmin!!! you will be ur old self again its just gonna take time...

lots of hugs to you
chrissy xoxoxox

lisa !!

yes i still felt the way ur feeling after 3 months. october was my 3rd month off yasmin and also the month of my birthday.. wasnt too much fun i can tell you.... but i got through it thanks to this website.
to be honest i only started feeling 90% better after christmas....so really january has been my best month id say... and thats six months after i stopped yasmin....
but dont get me wrong its not perfect... i still had heart palpitations last week and i got a little bit shakey and anxious at one stage... but it was nuthing like it was the first few months....
you asked if i was working... i had two weeks off in august which i really needed cos at that stage i was bad but apart from that i had to work.... it was tough but i just kept at it and told myself i would be ok....
remember that it wont stay in ur body forever and im living proof of that....
you'll get there soon and i have a feeling that in a couple of months you'll be telling me how right i was... : )
if you have any more questions im always here to help you ok

luv chrissy xoxox

hey lisa,

to answer ur question yes my sex drive went totally back to normal... it was only for a couple of months really...
but di dyou see how they said that hormones from the pill can still be in ur body up to a whole year after stopping!
pretty scary....

but yeh i guess we have to just try help each other to get through it...
hope ur test results come back all good....
luv chrissy xo

lisa,

my progesterone was low yes and it was because of yasmin i was told... the pill stuffs up all your hormones...
you can take suppliments for it... i didnt only because my mum wasnt too keen on the idea of me putting anything else in my body lol... so i just let it pass on its own....
ask your doctor though because they can tell you what you should take.. i cant remember the name sorry darls...

also the palpitations stopped for me after 4 months... but i would have them everyday for that whole time... now i just get them when im ovulating or when im having my period....
it will ease up on its own i promise!! i know you maye feel like its never ending but ur body just needs to detox...
and remember i am always here along with the other girls to give you support ....

happy new year to you too
chrissy xox

To the last posting,

all ill say first is stop taking yasmin!! i was on it for 1 month only and i suffered the chest pains but not as bad as u say urs are and i also had and still have heart palpitations.... ive been off yasmin for almost 5 months now and it has gotten a lot better than wat it used to be but it was a slow process getting here...
everyone is different tho and ur body may react differently to other pls... i didnt gain wait (knock on wood) but any side effect is bad enuf...
trust me dont take yasmin !! you will get better tho its just gonna take time for ur hormones to get back on track... be patient and you'll get through it i promise...
lots of luck to you
chrissy xox

To Joanne, and all the ladies,

Regarding the panic/anxiety attacks. im 22 and I was on yasmin for 1 month only and ive been off it for about 6 weeks.... i have had two anxiety attacks and ive been fully checked out by doctors who say medically im fine. Just wanted to let you know it will get easier as the days pass... i know you didnt want medication and i am NOT on anything either - i preferred to do this on my own..
when you feel anxious just try taking a big deep breath in and hold it for about 3 seconds and just let it out slowly.... just concentrate on ur breathing and you'll get through it. i find that keeping busy takes my mind off it..
and remember that one day everything will be back to normal, you just gotta give ur body a chance to get your hormones back into wack.
take care...hugs to every1 xoxox
chrissy xox