Hello! I'm 27 and I've been taking Yasmin for probably 7 years an...

Hi, I was on Yasmin for a little over 2 years. I know you like Yasmin. But, I don't want another woman to almost DIE from their pill. Don't take it switch to a second geration pill. YASMIN has to many high risk that can yes kill you. I almost died on my daughters 4th birthday. We went on vacation on the way home my back started to hurt. I was in the hospital for 8 days from a blood clot in my lung. The doctors said it was from my birth control YASMIN. They also said I am lucky to be alive. I am a health 30 year old of normal weight as well. Just be carefull.
Sincerely,
Sandy

Yes, Yasmin can turn on you after 7 years. I was on Yasmin for 7 years and was a walking commercial. I loved it and raved to all my friends about it. I had developed side effects over the years that came on so gradually that I didn't connect them to Yasmin. They were ear popping and leg cramping. Then, I was late ordering a new pack so extended my normal 7 days of sugar pills to almost 14. My new pack arrived and 48 hours after swallowing that pill I had a severe panic attack followed by severe anxiety until 48 hours after taking my next sugar pill. I had NEVER experienced anxiety in my life (at 32) and as soon as I started the sugar pills it turned off like a switch. Even went to a therapist who said that I didn't have a mental anxiety problem; confirming my suspicion. To say the least I put two and two together and stopped Yasmin right away. Then, the ear popping and leg cramps stopped making me realize those were side effects all along. It hasn't been pretty since stopping, I am now getting anxiety around day 6-10 of my cycle; don't think I'm actually ovulating yet and look like I'm going through puberty with acne in places I didn't even have it when I was 15! That said, I'm happy to be off the hormones; I didn't realize how "dull" my emotions had become on Yasmin until I stopped taking it.

HI there. Im so glad you posted this! I decided to go off Yasmin about a month ago. If I missed a day or two, I would immediately start spotting, then I would have a period for like two weeks. Odd. Anyhow, I work out like a crazy woman. At least 7 hours a week of all different types of cardio, weight training and yoga. WHen I was on the pill, I started running and LOST 8 pounds! I have been limiting my calories to no more than 1600 a day. THose are good calories too. WHole grains, organic fruits, veggies, lean meats...bla bla bla. Ive gained 6 pounds! Its crazy! Im hoping that it REALLY doesnt take 3 months to adjust. ANyhow, I dont really have any advice on help, but wanted you to know that you are not alone girl!

Stacy.

I've been on Yasmin for 8 years, and now at age 34 my doc is taking me off to check for issues with my pituitary gland. NOT caused by Yasmin, but they are unable to see how much LH or IH I make, or testosterone, while one it. And, anyway, at 34 we're still without having had our kids. So, as of Wednesday (now it's Saturday) I'm off. I'm just really really wondering what kind of things await me. I broke out like crazy before taking it at age 26, and dealt with cystic acne since age 12. The past 8 years I've been with totally clear skin (although I've gotten hormone induced hyperpigmentation, but that's controled by hydraquinone products and lots of exfoliation...I use good skin products which will maybe help me NOT break out?). The other thing is this...emotionally I feel weird. I don't mean emotional swings or anything, but when I had that pill in my hand and for the first time in 8 years I wasn't going to be taking it, I felt awfully strange. I've been in control of my body for 8 years. I've been on BC which is a "younger" thing...maybe...somehow it seems related to being young a bit? I'm realizng I'm afraid of being a mom and getting pregnant, although I know I'll be a good mom--it's just at age 34, without kids, I lead a very youthful lifestyle. My husband and I can take off whenever we want, we can still "party" if we want to or go to bed early if we want to. We hadn't been ready for kids until now, after 8 years of marriage, and the timing of going off also coincided with the docs need to do pituitary checks. I guess I feel the reverse of a women going into menopause...losing something? It also forces me to reckon with myself that I don't have forever to have our kids...it's actually necessary for me to go off of Yasmin now since we have 6 years, basically, of natural child-bearing years left. So it makes me recognize age in a way I haven't had to...I've felt still in my early 20's! And it also makes me feel "old" to get that "fertile" body back and to join my friends who've long ago entered motherhood. Being a mom is the best job in the world, but it WILL make me feel older...not in only years, but in maturity...I've realized I have felt more kid-like than my friends because I have not had the same responsibility of raising a child. On top of all of that, I am wondering what emotional wreck is waiting me as the days progress I'm not taking Yasmin...and how will I feel to be totally broken out again with little to no products that control it because it's hormonal (making way too much testosterone). But, today, I also felt a bit of happiness for having stopped...a certain reconnection to my femininity...and a certain hope for feeling more "alive"...I suppose I've also felt sort of "dead" emotionally and I didn't even recognize it until the past 2 days (although it's not due to effects of going off as I haven't been off long enough, but the effects of thinking through these things I've come to look back and now recognize). I began having PAD (panic attack disorder) at age 24, and still have it at age 34 although controlled by Zoloft. With what some of you are saying here, I wonder if my body will have the reverse effect and will feel less anxiety (although I had it well before taking Yasmin). Just one more thing I'm wondering. Isn't life interesting...and aren't we women interesting emotional and thinking creatures, too? Thanks for any support. My best wishes to all of you...you're going to be just fine, and so am I. :)