Hi all...I am not currently on Yasmin, but I was on it over a yea...

I have taken Yasmin for 3 months continuously at the advice of my GYN. I am taking it to control painful ovulation & heavy periods. The first month was fine, however, I started to suffer with pain under my right ribcage, burning near my liver, pain in the middle of my chest, pressure that feels like a baby's foot into my lung. When I sleep the pain wakes me up if I sleep on my right side.
Not thinking it could be the pills, and seeing my GP, and 2 other GP's, no one suggested it could be the pill. I've had blood tests thinking it's my liver, kidney etc, ultra sounds, even paid a private clinic to do an MRI, all with normal results. After consulting a gastro intestinal surgeon, and having a colonoscopy & endoscopy, all normal he suggested that it could be the pill. A few days later I consulted a expert in allergies who also suggested that it could be the pill, (and all my allergy testing was negative). So it will take me another month to see the GYN. The pain is awful, constant, everyday, just some days, mostly evenings worse than others. ALL WOMEN SHOULD CHECK FOR ALL OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE PILL. I wish I had of been more informed, but jeez I've only consulted six doctors.

Hi, I had a stroke at 28 years old, while I was taking Yasmin. After several medical examinations, they told me that they did not know why I had my stroke, but that "probably" it was because of the birth control pills that I was taking. So, be careful with what you say about this pill, it is a very scary issue.