I used Yasmin for almost 3 years between 2004 - 2007. I loved it....

I really feel bad for what you went through but could it have been that your hormones hadn't really settled after having your babies. I have 2 kids and I have to tell you after each one my body does crazy things. One day of not taking the pill really mad that much of a difference? Well good for you for standing up for yourself. You know YOUR body better than anyone else. I am in no way taking up for yaz. I've been taking it for almost a month I am 4 days into the white pills and I don't know when the bleeding will stop (its been for almost a month). I don't know if my headaches come from stop drinking soda or the pills

To tell you the truth, I was feeling great after having the babies. I have lots of help at home (including a wonderful nanny). I did have some emotional times a few days after their birth, but after that I felt great....for a whole month. Then I started taking Yasmin and BAM! I turned into a crazy person. Maybe the hormones Yasmin has combined with my own after having the twins caused me the emotional side-effects, but I can honestly say that after stopping the pill, I feel normal again.

After stopping Yasmin, I had the worst period cramps for 3 days and super heavy bleeding. Thankfully it only lasted 5 days but I was worried that I would bleed for weeks.

I found this sitelooking for yasmin;s side effects. your first part of the stpry is very similar to mine, meaning I've been taking yasmin for 2 years now, and I didn't experienced any major side effects, at least they were not visible. the only thing I experienced is the very loss of my sex drive, in the conditions that I enjoyed sex very much. I also experienced vagina dryness, althought I didn't realise until now, reading these testimonies, that it could be because of the yasmin. I was wondering if you experienced loss of the sex drive in those 3 years you used yasmin. I'm trying to find out what's wrong with me, why I don't feel like getting intimate with my boyfriend whom I love deeply.

I am curious as to how your OB replied to your questions about Yasmin. I am on Yaz- this is the end of my 2nd pack and have an 8 1/2 year old. Previously I was taking Desogen and besides some breast tenderness and minimal weight gain I did fine. I had a different doctor talk me into switching to Yaz because of all the "great" benefits and the 24day cycle instead of 21.
I am having many of the same effects that you described- extreme desire to isolate, leave my family, much sadness, hopelessness. Feeling like I couldn't feel love anymore. All of this and continous breakthrough bleeding to top it all off.
When I talked to the nurse to leave a message for my regular doctor she told me there was no way I could be experiencing these symptoms because of Yaz since it was a synthetic progesterone only. I had to be making it up. Nice.
Fortunately, my regular doctor switched me imediately back to my old Desogen- which, according to the nurse is SO much worse because it is a higher estrogen level. But I seem fine on it. I know that many women react differently to BC, but there seems to be something about the composition of Yaz and Yasmin, low dose, synthetic progesterone and all, that is causing women to react in ways the scientists testing this didn't forsee.

Sorry to go on for so long- but wondering how your OB responded to you.

Best of luck to you,