Vericose vein symptoms and conditions

I'm 29, have been on birth control pills for 10 years, and switched to Yasmin about 2 years ago. I a small varicose vein in my right within 2 months of switching, but didn't think a relationship between my vasculature and the pill existed. I can now trace the entire vein from my right hip to my ankle. In the 2 years since starting Yasmin, my ankles and lower legs swelled heavily...but at very random times. It often began at the start of the 7-day sugar pill regime and finished by the time I started a new pack. I assumed that the estrogen withdrawal going into the sugar pills was too much for my body to handle and that the diuretic effects of Yasmin were obviously absent during that time. I also noticed leg cramping, heart palpitations, and I started waking up in the occasional hot sweat in a drenched bed.

So, after making sure that my heart and kidneys were healthy, my gynecologist prescribed continuous hormone Yasmin and claimed it as the "ultimate solution". For 4 months, I have skipped the sugar pills for each pack and started new packages immediately. I have not had a period since, and the edema has continued (still at random) and has become exponentially worse. In the last few weeks alone, the vein in my right leg has become massive, my legs are so distended by the end of the days on which they swellI that I can't fit into pants which are otherwise loose, I am noticing other large veins "surfacing", little veins are breaking everywhere, and I can now see most of the blood vessels beneath the skin in both legs. My primary care physician told me I have chronic venous insufficiency...a diagnosis I'm not okay with. I'm very worried...the changes and ensuing damage have happened way too quickly to be venous insufficiency. I am going to ween myself off of the pill, but don't know what the next step should be. Endocrinologist? Another OB/GYN? Anyone have ideas or similar experiences to share....

Hello, everyone! I tried Yasmin a few years ago. My experience didn't last long! I experienced dizziness, heart flutters, and developed a vericose vein in my calf. However, the worst side effect was the joint pain that began to appear in both of my my knees. I thought it was arthritis, but it began only days after I started Yasmin. I still have this pain, and have had to stop doing many of the things that I like to do (dance, aerobics, etc.) because I'm affraid it will hurt too much. I'm not even sure what the pain really is. Has Anyone else experienced pain in thier knees from Yasmin? Is there a way to make it stop?

> 1. Flushed red face
> 2. Swollen, puffy cheeks/face
> 3. Puffy flushed hands/arms/chest
> 4. Swollen fingers and hands
> 5. Jittery
> 6. Nervous
> 7. Hungry all the time (way more than normal)
> 8. Sad/general feeling of depression
> 9. Don't like people much these days (feel like "snapping" at people)
> 10. Feeling "alien" - like nothing feels like "me" anymore
> 11. Climbing the walls/ anxiety
> 12. Hard to concentrate
> 13. Nasal passages constantly dripping
> 14. Varicose vein sore to touch the skin (this is apparently because the veins and arteries swell and are closer to the surface)
> 15. Back of right knee sore to touch the skin (apparently related to the vericose vein)
> 16. Sweating at night (waking up wet and having to change clothes multiple
> times)
> 17. Sweating and cold spells at odd times during the day and night
> 18. Heart racing (over 100 beats per minute at rest day and night)
> 19. Back of neck/head sore to the touch
> 20. General feeling of being uncomfortable all the time
> 21. Some insomnia - yet falling into coma-like sleep in evenings

Number 13 was the only one my doctor couldn't attribute directly to Prednisone.

Today I can add another to my list of side effects. My feet and ankles have swollen up huge.

A girl in the store yesterday said I looked very tired and unwell. People at work notice lots of the symptoms.

All this because of an acute asthma attack caused by other people smoking.

I've reduce the dosage by 5mg today and yesterday down from 50mg to 45mg and today I'm having a harder time breathing. Where does this all end?

It's all very depressing indeed.