Hi guys. I am so glad I found this site. I am 29 and I have bee...

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Posted at 9: 4 PM on Nov 04, 2008 by mandy0029, #36307

Hi guys. I am so glad I found this site. I am 29 and I have been on Yasmin for four years. In the last few months I have toned up and shed a few pounds and all of a sudden last week I got home and felt a tightening in my legs that I had never felt before. Then a tingling in my left arm and I had trouble swallowing and breathing. I am a very healthy person so I freaked out and went to the ER for the first time in my life. After the blood work, EKG, MRI and stress test they told me I was normal, except for low potassium levels and mentioned that I should go to a neurologist. I also thought I must be allergic to something but all the foods I had been eating were the same as before. Well it happened again tonight so I went online because there was no way I was going to spend more money in the ER to have them tell me it was nothing. After reading all the comments on this page I realized it is amazing how many other symptoms that I didn't realize also correlated to the pill. My hair has been falling out at the root like never before and I just recently developed troubles with eating tomato based foods. I haven't been sleeping good lately either and I started crying uncontrollably for no reason. Well I am throwing away my Yasmin and I can't believe that the doctors in the ER aren't mentioning the side effects of this birth control.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Nov 12, 2008 by b688338, #14412

Hi Mandy, I too went to the ER, twice in one month about this time last year and let me tell you, they thought I had some weird virus because I was so nauseous and dizzy but I never threw up. I experienced all the side effects listed on this site the worse ones are the psychological ones and I still suffer from vision issues. I took this pill up to the day my body finally gave up and I went to the ER. I even let them know I was on Yasmin and guess what I too was dehydrated but I had elevated levels of potassium which is a side effect of the potassium sparing diruetic in it which can cause heart palpitations and other strange side effects. Yasmin is different than other bcp because of this. Not to mention it can grossly deplete your body of magnesium and other minerals since it acts as an anitmineralcorticoid...look it up you will see this pill is as good as poison! Google yasminsurviors and you'll find a wealth of information pertaining to this. Good luck and stay off this pill, it almost killed me.

BDB

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