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ok...so i was on yasmin from the age of 17 to about 20 for irregular periods and had no problems. i stopped taking it due to forgetting to take it and my periods had become fine. i'm now 23 and just started taking yaz last month for increasing pain, nausea, and mood swings associate with PMS. i now experience extreme mood swings. i have always had some depression, anxiety, and irritability...but since i have started taking it, i have noticed an increase in these feelings. i am a 4th year pharmacy student and don't have the time or energy to feel like this. i become irritable and angry at the smallest things or no reason at all. i also just feel the urge to cry and do for the same reasons...none. i have done some research on mood disorders and the correct diagnosis of such. since my symptoms were present before and i also have ADD and mild OCD, i'm not sure if it is the yaz causing these feelings or if with all that's going on in my life, a underlying mood disorder has come to surface. for most who don't know...mood disorders are most often genetic and are seen with concominant mood disorders (depression with anxiety, ADD, OCD, etc..). my family suffers from most if not all of these (mom- major depressive disorder, ADHD; dad- anxiety, OCD; brother- ADHD, OCD, mild depression). also, most mood disorders show up during the later teens to late 20's. so my big issue is whether or not my feelings/mood swings are attributed to the "pill" or just a surfaced problem. i have looked into a disorder called cyclothymic disorder. this is when you have depression with hypomania (irritability that doesn't fit the criteria for manic-so not bipolar). i just don't know who to see or what to do. i have a psychologist and i am hoping to get in to seeing him ASAP. anyone got any input or advice?

I am just writting to tell my story. I started taking Levaquin on Friday 2/25/04 for a sinus infection and on Monday I was rushed to the hospital. I was in ICU Monday and Tuesday. I was released Wednesday 3/2/04. I had a siezure and they were not sure I was going to recover. I could not speak, was having tremors and had an anxiety attack. The doctors told my daughter they did not know if I would be okay. I have know been told that they have to make sure there are no lasting effects so for six months I can not drive, cook or take a bath by myself. I am still shaking and have trouble thinking clearly. Well thanks for listening. Not sure what to do now...

I have had surgery on my elbow for a bone spur and tendon repair, I have a tremendous amount of pain and am not aloud to use my arm for anything for almost 6 to 8 weeks, no lifting, no pullin. no pushing only some writting and am only able to lift the wieght of a coffee cup. This has been very frustrating to me, I have been on vicodin and percacets for almost three weeks and now started Ultracet cause it is "non-narcotic" I am so far having no pain relief and no side affects, all this stuff on this page has actually scarred me but I don't know where all these symptoms are coming from I sure hope it kills the pain in time but this first dose has done nothing for me

Sorry i was just reading alot of the things people have been writting on here and, my concern doesnt have to do with me it's a friend of mine and, i am really worried about her she has come off the Oxycontin 2 times now and she was put in the hospital both times and, now she is tlaking about going back on them because she cant deal with the pain.
Now i have done alot of reading up on this med and there's nothing really goood even said about it; people have died talking it and others have had alot of side affects, like my firend, now she is 26 yrs old and has a boyfriend and a 7 month old son, they have done everything they can for her to try and get away from this drug but it just doesnt seem to be helping i just want to know what i can do to help her. If you have any answers for me please let me know.

Melissa

Sorry about my writting, but English is not my native language.
I have been on Yazmin for 2 months, I have endometriosis, so the doctor prescribed it to me to control the pain with the periods. I have to say that since the last week I have an intense pain in my breasts. I can even touch them. I feel very tired and sleepy all the time. Yesterday i fall asleep in my work!! This never happend to me. I had never had a breast pain in my life. But not everything is bad. Because of the endometriosis, my period used to last 8 days and it was very painful, so painful than i had a surgery. Now I have 4 days periods and I don feel pain anymore.

after reading the posted notes that others have been writting i was very much amazed at all the side effects that were talked about. i work for an ob/gyn and i have heard only good things about this medication. i too am currently on the med and i feel great. i too was on other bcp and felt horrible. i think the number one thing is that not every one reacts the same way to medications and what works for one may not work for another. it is very important to have your blood levels cked prior to begining any bcp regimen, helping your provider select the correct levels in bcp that will fit you. all my pms s/s are gone, this being a "mono" pill helps keep my levels the same all the time not creating an up and down effect on my hormones like other bcp's like othotricyclen would do. no decreased libido either. one great thing that some providers dont inform their patients of it that you dont have to take the sugar pills (the white ones) there for keeping your body on a cont. level of hormones, and even better not having to experence a period, i find that after about 2-3 mths of patients doing this they have no side effects of any birth control pills at all, they feel great and it keeps your body level, the way that it likes to be. good luck