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Yasmin basically ruined my life for the 6 months I was on it. I w...

Posted at 4:59 PM on Sep 17, 2008 by beaware4345, #34621
Yasmin basically ruined my life for the 6 months I was on it. I was 22 when I first started taking it, and for the first 4 months on it everything was great, then suddenly I started having extreme panic attacks - laying in bed shaking uncontrollably, my chest so tight that I felt like someone was sitting on me. Every other hour I felt like either crying or screaming or pulling my hair out. I started questioning everything in my life, including the great relationship I was in at the time. I was absolutely miserable to my boyfriend - either mean or crying for no reason. I had to miss work because I couldn't get out of bed because I couldn't stop crying in the morning. If I did go to work - I would have to run to the bathroom to cry. Eventually I ended up seeing a doctor and going on antidepressants. That didn't help either. Finally, I decided to take myself off of everything and just try to pull my life back together. It took about 4 months to get back to being myself. Needless to say, the boyfriend couldn't stick this one out, and quite frankly I don't blame him. Just a few days ago, I tried going on Yasmin again, thinking maybe it was just circumstantial last time - graduating college, new job etc. Literally, on day TWO of taking the pill, I felt all the symptoms come rushing back. I stopped the pill yesterday and feel pretty much normal again. PLEASE don't take this pill, and let anyone you know that's on it know how much this pill can ruin your life.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Sep 18, 2008 by cjean16, #12498

The same thing happened to me. It's now almost nine months after quitting the pill (I'm only 24 and this happened in the midst of my engagement and planning for a wedding - imagine that!!!) and I'm finally feeling like I'm getting my life back to where it was before I took this pill. It was the worst and most traumatizing experience I've EVER had to go through in my life - so I totally can relate to your story. The questioning, obsessive thinking, anxiety feelings were the worst, especially because I had never questioned myself or feared the things I did ever before this time of my life. Thank God for the internet, because I think I would have gone crazy - literally - and made a bunch of wrong decisions had I not found that thousands of other woman had experienced what I was experiencing and that I wasn't the only one.
Say NO to synthetic hormones girlfriend!!! I think most of us on this board has learned our lesson!
God Bless,
Crystal

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