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I took Yaz for a couple months and was fine during that; however,...

Posted at 2:17 AM on Mar 18, 2009 by nuss7570, #40040
I took Yaz for a couple months and was fine during that; however, about a month ago my doctor switched me to Yasmin(I have been on BC for years however, the ortho brand). I've been in the most pain in the past month than I ever have and I'm usually pretty good with pain and just try to take advil or something... but the symptoms have only gotten worse. I finally decided to google my symptoms and I found a lot of people on Yasmin had very similar symptoms. I have the worst anxiety like there's a lump in my throat and sometimes I'm literally grasping for air and I always try to drink a lot of water or cough or eat or burp to make it go away but it doesn't until I wake up the next day (sometimes). Also, I have never ever experience migraines in my life, but the past month I have the worst headaches imaginable. It happens at least 4 times a week; at first I thought they were caffeine headaches because it would sometimes help, but the past 3 days my headache has pretty much been constant (usually located near my temples/eyes). I take probably 8 Ibuprofin a day and drink an excessive amount of caffeine hoping it will make it go away, but it doesn't. Along with these problems I've been feeling lightheaded more often and usually have to sit down immediately or else I feel like I'm going to faint. The biggest/scariest symptom is my heartbeat and chest pain. Heart disease is extremely dominant on my moms side and almost all of her siblings have already had at least one heart attack. Lately my chest will hurt extremely bad, then I feel like my heart rate is just freaking out; I can feel my heartbeat from anywhere on my body and it's very intense. And then because of all of this going on, I always start to freak out and realize i'm getting extremely anxious so I try to make myself take deep breaths but nothings works. The past 4 nights I've been up til like 4 a.m. because my heart rate is so high and my chest hurts so bad in every position I try to lay in that I'm constantly moving. I never thought about going to the doctor because I thought it would get better but now I'm starting to think I should... I'm just wondering if anyone else has/had any of these problems from this medicine and if you've done anything to get rid of them. (a couple other minor symptoms I've noticed recently are: joint pain and rapid memory loss (I'll be in the middle of a sentence and completely forget what I was talking about and blank out))
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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 18, 2009 by bety, #18145

please stop taking this drug, i had the same problems like you, this drug literally could really kill you. I suffered from real real depression due to toxication of this drug. your body is crying for you to stop Yasmin... liten to your body

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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 19, 2009 by crossan101, #18209

i would say stop taking it and figure out another method that will work for you. your symptoms sound like your having anxiety attacks but it could be even more serious like slight bleeding in the brain. you could have a stroke a heart attack or any number of things. get checked out by your physician asap! and dont be afrain to demand he test you for different possibilities. make a list of everything you have been going through and take that with you to.

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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 26, 2009 by lynnprice, #18526

I have these same symptoms. I've been to the emergency room for chest pain ( like I had something really heavy sitting on my chest), trouble breathing, and trouble swallowing. They did all kinds of tests and found nothing. I had to stop running(which was my passion for almost 20 years) because I would get dizzy, extremely weak and numb. I am tired all the time. I get leg cramps and have trouble sleeping. I just went to a neurologist and had an MRI which came back normal. I just found this forum today and I am convinced that all my symptoms are from Yasmin. This makes me very angry and scared because of the breathing problems I've been having. I just can't seem to get a good deep breath and I wonder if it could be PE or something. I am informing all my doctors about this and am considering legal action. I have been suffering for two years. I was prescribed Yasmin because my periods were extremely heavy and erratic. I would rather suffer with bad periods than all this other crap!

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Reply 7 months ago on Apr 09, 2009 by lalalu, #18737

Oh my! Stop the Caffeine! Birth control slows down the breakdown of caffeine in our body...so drinking all that caffeine is just giving you WAY too much. Think of drinking one cup as more like drinking 2 on birth control! Caffeine will increase your heartbeat and all that...make you feel like you are in a panic attack if you take too much. Sounds like what you are doing! Drink some water, relax, put a cold pack on your neck for the headaches but don't keep adding more caffeine.

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Reply 4 months ago on Jul 20, 2009 by diaz73, #21678

ive been having similar symptoms.. headaches, pain in the back neck, fatigue, paltipation, pain all over my body...my worst experience is when i couldn't move my entire body,couldn't speak its feels like im choking i thought i was dying.. it must be the side effects of yasmin pill coz even the doctors couldn't explain it...they checked my blood test, MRI, ECG and it was all normal... I've been taking yasmin pills for 3 yrs and i will not recommend this to anyone its not healthy at all... my husband adviced me to stop taking yasmin..coz his really worried about me... he thought i was gonna have a stroke before i really could not explain how i feel...

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