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Posted at 9:42 AM on Oct 05, 2009 by mgalletta, #44923
I have had the worst year and a half of my life-it should have been the happiest! I was on Yasmin for about 7 years. This last year I had gotten engaged and was excited to marry the man of my dreams! The first few years on Yasmin everything was fine-I did not notice any changes. Over the last few I seemed to recognize some anxiety and started having panic attacks out of the blue. Well, in July 2008, I went to the Dr. and was misdiagnosed as having an ulcer-I really had mono and walking pneumonia?? I was having all kinds of anxiety and they could not figure out why I was sick. I went to all kinds of specialists-neurologists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, etc. They said nothing was wrong. I received a call from a friend of mine who is a nurse. She knew of my symptoms that had compiled over the last year and asked if I was on Yasmin. She told me to stop the pill but I did not think that this was causing me all of these problems. I ended up having severe insomnia, massive anxiety and panic attacks, irritability, moodiness, muscle aches, night sweats, chest pains, racing heart, depression, the list goes on...I wanted to cancel my wedding! I thought that I was going insane! I ended up at a therapist looking for some help. She was able to help me get through my wedding (December 2008)-thank God! One of my friends wanted to get off the pill to try and get pregnant and decided to do so after my wedding. After 3 months, she was able to stop her anxiety and depression medicine...correlation?? She was on Yaz! I immediately stopped the pill (March 2009) -that was the icing on the cake! I have NOT had a period since March, I still have anxiety and am in fear every day that something is going to happen to me.I still have insomnia and feel scared that all of this is taking a huge toll on my body-especially my heart. I just want my hormones to go back to normal so that all of this will end! Does anyone have a similar story? Any advice as to when I will get back to normal? Please do not recommend Yasmin or Yaz to anyone ever! It has ruined my life in every aspect. It has affected my relationships, work, school, my well being. I would love any feed back and/or comments-help!
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Reply about 1 month ago on Oct 05, 2009 by meaganj, #23412

mgalletta:

While I can't say that I know what it's like to come off of Yasmin, I can tell you that I know how horrible it is to be on Yasmin because I experienced many of the side effects you listed. Please know that you are not alone.
I think it would help you to go to the "Yasmin Survivors" forum- type it into your search engine and it will come up. There are many, many women there who have experienced the same thing, and can offer you advice about getting through this difficult time. Many of the women have been off of Yasmin for some time and can help you. You can also check out the Aphrodite Forum under the heading "contraception". Same thing, type "Aphrodite Forum" into your search engine- google, yahoo, whatever- and it will bring you there.

Please hang in there. Just remember you will be okay, and know that many women have been where you are and made it through.

Check out the forums, they will help. Hugs and best of luck.

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