I took Yasmin for years and was perfectly normal and totally func...

I have taken Yasmin for four years without any major side effects, much like you. Also, a few months back when Ocella came out, my pharmacy automatically switched me to this cheaper version. It made me crazy! I was an emotional mess - anxious and crying all the time. I also felt nauseated every morning, so I spent a month thinking I might be pregnant. After only a month I insisted that the pharmacy put me back on Yasmin. The pharmacist insisted that Yasmin and Ocella were exactly the same medication, but I don't believe that one bit!

I too have been on Yasmin for about 4 years and when Ocella came out the pharmacy automatically switched me without even telling me and when I had already paid for it and got home I realized it was different. I talked to my doctor and she said that it is suppose to be almost the same thing but she had heard some complaints about it and I could try it if I wanted too. I tried it because I had already paid for it and didn't feel like fighting with the pharmacy. After 2 weeks of taking it I felt like I was dying. At first I thought I may be pregnant b/c I had extreme nausea, headaches, depression, and fatigue. I took a test and wasn't pregnant and then I began to think I was just crazy. I continued to take it b/c I know sometimes the inital side effects subside, but when I began crying everyday over absolutely nothing I knew something was up. I quit taking the Ocella at the end of that month and have been just funky feeling ever since and it has been about 4 months now and I still cry at stupid things and headaches every afternoon and nausea. The pharmacy now refuses to fill Yasmin and continue to insist Ocella is the same thing. I finally got them to fill Yasmin 2 months ago and began taking it and I finally went back to normal. But now I don't know what to do since all this warnings are out now. I have tried all kinds of birth control and yasmin is the only one that didn't make me sick. I don't want children but I am scared to change birth control b/c of my past wih them but I don't want to die from taking Yasmin either! What to do?