I have just gone back onto Yasmin after an absolutely horrifyin...

my best suggestion would be to get some Proactive for your acne and give your body time to adjust to the changes in hormones. Taking it for 3 years has built up the level of hormones and your body does'nt know what to do without them. I know it can take up to 3 months for your body to get used to taking hormones. Maybe, try not taking it and give yourself enough time to adjust to the changes.

Hi Eriana,

I stopped taking Yasmin about a month ago and I have had some of the same symptoms that you've had - most notably, weight gain and increased moodiness. I think I'm going back on it too, because I liked the way that I felt and looked on it more than I do now. We absorb a lot of xeno estrogen (foreign estrogen) through plastic, cosmetics, detergents, etc. (check out www.goodbyepms.com for more info), so if taking Yasmin can offset the effects of this extra estrogen for some women, then why not take it? I'll talk to my doctor about it the next time I see her, but for now, I just want my body back and to get rid of this moodiness, so I'm going back on it. Life's too short to be miserable.

So, how have you been feeling since you've been back on it?

Jessica
(a.k.a. Bibugwes)

I had very close symptoms. I have been on birth contorl since I was 16 I am 26 now. I was on Yasmin for close to 6 years. I went off of it to try and concive a child. I went off and with in days was getting symptoms oily skin, tired, and depresion. I went three months and finaly went to the dr becase I could not take it anymore. I found out that my thyroid had pretty much stoped. I then found out the problem could have been there for some time and that the pill often times can mask the side effects and blood work saying your thyroid is fine and it's really not. We are still trying to concive. I belive that my body has pretty much forgot how to make it's own hormones and it's becase of the pill. If I were you I would go back off of it and get your thyroid checked. A messed up thyroid can cause infertility and I am a prime example.

I agree with bp29. I had a hard time getting off yasmin to have a baby. I was so frustrated I went back on it a few months later I stopped again. Became pregnant and developed a thyroid condition that was there for years. BC can mess up thyroid function. I still dealing with it. I would not take that pill anymore