I am 26 years old and was prescribed Yasmin to help deal with Pol...

hi,the shortness of breath is a very common side effect with yasmin,i always felt out of breath or like i could not get a full lung full of air

I was diagnosed with asthma around 6 months after starting yasmin and just now I'm beginning to think there might be some link! It is very unusual for someone in their mid-twenties to be diagnosed with asthma - it is a disease that generally comes out in childhood. My shortness of breathe gets worse the placebo week when I have my period. I have been on it around a year and a half. My libido has mostly gone away and I don't get as lubricated when I'm aroused. I'm afraid it won't come back even when I go off :(
I thought bc pills were safe.

Hi my name is jenn and i was diagnosed about a year and 4 months ago and well i was only 15 and i have been on the birth control seasonale to help the diease and it has helped with eliminating a lot of the cysts on my overies but yet i still have a large amount. I also have the shortness of breath. Mine is very consistant and gets very bad. I almost feel as if i have asthma but yet ive asked my doctor and was told that there was really nothing they could do. But if you have gotten a different answer i would appreciate it if you could share.

I had the same symptoms while I was on it. Was on it for the same reasons too. I am WAY better and all of the side effects got better now that I'm off of it. I was on it for almost 4 years and was constantly being given more meds to help with the side effects. Everything from, shortness of breathe, enlarged heart, asthma, depression, anxiety, weight gain, sleeplessness, then to narcolepsy... My best advice... take 4 ibuprofen every 4 hours when your period is killing you and deal with the rest. All the medicines will make you worse in every other way and I'm really not sure it even helped the PCOS to start with.