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Posted at 10: 7 AM on Oct 24, 2009 by honeygirl123, #45379
I'm a 19 year old college student and a I've been on Yasmin for about 3 years. I started the pill because after two major surgeries, my body was traumatized, leaving me with very heavy periods and feeling tired all the time. I started Yasmin and at first, was very happy with it. I didn't lose weight on it, but I didn't gain any weight, either, which is what happened when I tried taking other birth control pills. However, after my senior year, I went off to college, where the problems began. It seemed that anytime I was under stress, my anxiety and bad mood would amplify. I got mad at my boyfriend over small things to the point of wanting to break up with him. Thank goodness he was patient with me! I began having panic attacks and although I was living in horrible conditions at school, I just chalked it up to not being ready to move off, etc. I came home the next semester and had the same problems. Anytime my boyfriend and I get into an argument, I can feel myself get heated up and I become uncontrollably angry. I hate myself when this happens. I have also been very tired. Some mornings, I can't stay awake in class and since I've been on the pill, I have felt the need to take naps way more often than usual. I plan to stop taking this pill as soon as my month is up!
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Reply 28 days ago on Oct 24, 2009 by meaganj, #23795

Hi honeygirl:

I just wanted to mention that there is a site called the "Yasmin Survivors Forum" (if you type it into your search engine it will come up in the results), where there are many women who have taken Yasmin or Yaz and have experienced the same terrible side effects that you describe, myself included. There are many women there who offer their advice and support and understand what it is to go through these symptoms.

In the meantime, I wish you luck and good health.
Meagan

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Reply 23 days ago on Oct 29, 2009 by mpauley1, #23997

I was on yasmin since the age of 14 due to ovarian cysts that i was having and a surgery to remove a cyst the size of a football. I am now 21 and they switched me to yaz a few years ago. But, most of the symptoms that you have gone through explain me to a "T"!! Since you have gone off of the pill have you noticed a change in yourself? I just stopped the pill yesterday, so too soon to tell!
~Makayla

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