I have been on Yasmin for 4 years and have suffered with constipation, poor libido, headaches, exhaustion, depression... I just got onto this website today wondering about side effects as I have lost all hope. The past four years I blamed my symptoms on a major snowboarding accident that happened around the time I began taking Yasmin, which 4 years later I am beginning to question? I am 26 and I feel like my husband got screwed as I was normal before we got married and since the Yasmin, everything has changed. I have to take glycerin laxatives once or twice a day; if I don't take them I have a fever between 99-100 degrees daily. I tried miralax (the whole bottle), natural laxatives, fiber, zelnorm and nothing happens. The zelnorm seems to help the bloating and gas more than anything but doesn't help the constipation. I went to the gastro and got a CAT scan. The doc said I am chronically constipated and if I don't continue taking laxatives I could end up in the hospital getting surgery!!! I am a joyful person and enjoy life but just 4 months ago I couldn't deal anymore and went to the doctor because I would sleep 8 hours at night, go to work, come home and sleep 3 hours, have dinner with my husband, and go to bed again. He put me on protac but I wonder if this is all related to Yasmin!? Any insight?
I cannot speak to your long list of side effects personally although I have seen all of them on this website from other Yasmin users. My daughter died in her third month on Yasmin. She had complained of anxiety, depression, and (three days before her death) shortness of breath. She had actually developed pulmonary emboli (blood clots in her lungs). The symptoms were dismissed as "just anxiety." She was 18.
My thought for you is why not TRY going off the Yasmin? Use some barrier method of birth control and see if your symptoms subside. Discuss this with your doctor. Life is too precious to spend it putting up with all these side effects. I wish you well.