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Posted at 10:12 PM on Apr 08, 2009 by exhausted, #40492
I started a new job in January as a nurse and started to experience what I thought were stress attacks. I always new I had a fast heart rate 124 beats per minute at times but just thought it was the way my body was. So for the last few months I have been angry, tired, had heart palpitations through out the day and just have been feeling miserable. I have been on Yasmin for 4 years. The other day at work I felt my heart pounding in my chest and checked my heart rate and it was 140 beats per minute, my blood pressure was up (I normally have low bp) and I felt dizzy. I went to my GP after work and he suggested seeing a heart specialist as I was in sinus tachycardia. I decided to do some research into whether Yasmin could cause these symptoms as I felt there must be a reason. I am so glad that I found this sight! I am an emotional reck at the moment and am so tired!
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Reply 7 months ago on Apr 09, 2009 by lalalu, #18738

My questions is...do you drink coffee or soda with caffeine in it? Birth control slow the metabolism on caffeine in the body. A lot of what you are talking about sounds like the side effects of too much caffeine:
Dizziness; irritability; nausea; nervousness, rapid heartbeat, irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure....etc. If you do drink caffeine, try cutting back first before stopping Yasmin and see if it helps.

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Reply 7 months ago on Apr 11, 2009 by exhausted, #18780

I don't drink very much caffeine at all...
1 coffee a day and that is with only half a teaspoon of coffee.
Drink 2 litres of water a day also...
Am very healthy although doesn't seem to be helping!
The palpitations are the scariest part!

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Reply 7 months ago on Apr 13, 2009 by lalalu, #18827

Have you had your potassium checked? If not, talk to the doctor about getting it done. Yasmin can increase potassium levels in our body. If those levels get to high it can cause health problems.

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Reply 6 months ago on May 01, 2009 by babyblueeyes94702, #19399

Don't take Yaz, I am young, healthy and no history of blot clots in my family. I nearly died in January after taking Yaz for 6 weeks with a pulmonary embolism caused by Yaz

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