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    <title>Yasmin Side Effects: Where do I begin???  I have been taking Yaz for six months.  Migr</title>
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    <description>Where do I begin???  I have been taking Yaz for six months.  Migraines!  The worst migraines ever, I cannot function for one full day and sometimes more, the pain was so intolerable.  

Hives!  For the past two months, I keep thinking that I had a food al</description>
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      <title>Good lord!  Maybe you should stick to condoms!!!!  I have read th</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 13:35:32 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Good lord!  Maybe you should stick to condoms!!!!  I have read that a few of your side effects should be considered serious, such as the hives, blurred vision, and lack of concentration.  These could be signs of stroke.  Good luck!!</description>
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      <title>I have gone and did a search for a lot of your problems that you </title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 15:30:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I have gone and did a search for a lot of your problems that you post and well do you have continous break threw bleeding ?? Very light bleeding continously and a funcky smell form down below? I am a VERY clean person mind you . All this going on I shower </description>
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      <title>I have been experiencing alot of these symptoms too, but never dr</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 12:45:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I have been experiencing alot of these symptoms too, but never dreamed it was the Yazmin.  I suddently developed hypertension about six months ago, after taking Yazmin.  I too have the severe headaches, body aches, fatigue, weight gain (only about 5 pounds</description>
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      <title>I've been taking Yaz for almost two months now.  Att first I thou</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:39:15 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I've been taking Yaz for almost two months now.  Att first I thought the side affects would go away after  my body adjusted to the medicine.... YAH THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.  I've put on about 20lbs, my boobs are sore as hell..... I can't sleeep at night, but I'</description>
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      <title>I too am waiting for the Yasmin to flush out of my system.  I&#8217;v</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:05:04 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I too am waiting for the Yasmin to flush out of my system.  I&#8217;ve gone on fasts and water flushes and even been drinking Detox Tea hoping for a miracle.  It&#8217;s been 2 weeks since I have been off the Yasmin and I still have the hives.  I am now seeing an </description>
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      <title>I started Yaz less then a month ago and I too have been having he</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:20:24 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I started Yaz less then a month ago and I too have been having headaches, eating everything in sight, and so so tired all the time now, where I was full of energy a month ago. In fact had lost 20lbs prior. Now I can't keep my eyes open after work. Been exp</description>
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      <title>I started Yaz about a month and a half ago and I have had a migra</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:43:07 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I started Yaz about a month and a half ago and I have had a migraine virtually every day since. I didn't connect it to the Yaz at first because I have migraines at certain times during the month anyway, but I realized that is the only thing that has change</description>
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      <title>I went on Yaz about nine months ago -- the doc thought I could gi</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:30:15 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I went on Yaz about nine months ago -- the doc thought I could give it a try, in spite of my borderline high blood pressure, since it is such a low dose pill.  Well, this pill made me extremely moody and irrational, my period was extremely heavy (unusual f</description>
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      <title>Wow, I have to say, I'm on the opposite side of the fence here, f</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:05:55 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Wow, I have to say, I'm on the opposite side of the fence here, folks!  I was diagnosed with PMDD and given Yaz before any type of SSRI because, at the time, I wasn't on any birth control and the doctor thought it might help.  Well, my cramps have lessened</description>
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      <title>I've been on Orthotryciclin too.  It wasn't as bad as Yaz but my </title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:59:13 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I've been on Orthotryciclin too.  It wasn't as bad as Yaz but my cycle was pretty bad.  

I'm happy that Yaz is working for you.  

Best of luck!</description>
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      <title>I have been taking Yasmin for 2 weeks and I developed hives, itch</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:58:28 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I have been taking Yasmin for 2 weeks and I developed hives, itching everywhere, severe migraine, lump on the back of my ears and hair line, and my boobs are sore. It's very unfortunate that I developed these systoms.

I have been developed all those sym</description>
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      <title>I have been on YAZ for about 1 year.  I was prescribed 
YAZ beca</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:56:29 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I have been on YAZ for about 1 year.  I was prescribed 
YAZ because three years ago I took a birth control that was high in Estrogen which burned out my thyroid and gave me a mild case of Hypothyroidism.  When I say mild, lets just say I had severe memory</description>
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      <title>My daughter took Yaz for cramping and after only 3 weeks I stoppe</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:21:49 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>My daughter took Yaz for cramping and after only 3 weeks I stopped it becasue of her brain fog.  Now it has been 3 monthe and I am wondering when this memory effect will go away, if ever?  It has ruined her school life.  She can do homework, but can't reme</description>
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      <title>OH MY GOD!!!  I have brain fog too and never connected it with Ya</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:46:25 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>OH MY GOD!!!  I have brain fog too and never connected it with Yaz.  I have been off Yasmin for over 6 months now and still experience memory loses!  It's starting to come back but it has been a very slow process.  Unfortunately, I go to work and then coll</description>
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      <title>Wow.  I am so glad that I found this today.  I spent yesterday in</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:48:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Wow.  I am so glad that I found this today.  I spent yesterday in the emergency room, with the worse migraine headache I have ever experienced.  The doctors had no idea what was wrong with me and immediately did ct scans on my brain and sinuses.  Turns out</description>
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      <title>OMG, i am glad i ran into this website, my wife started on Yaz 2 </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:40:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>OMG, i am glad i ran into this website, my wife started on Yaz 2 weeks ago, she started having severe migraine, lack of sleep, and became very irrational, moody, and she broke in hives. I am wondering if she can stop taking the pill ASAP, or she has to tak</description>
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      <title>I noticed that a lot of people are using the med Yasmin interchan</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:53:51 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I noticed that a lot of people are using the med Yasmin interchangably with Yaz.  They are two totally different BC pills.  I was on Yasmin and had a lot of irritability and mood swings.  Now, I have been on Yaz for 2 days and I am having headaches.  I don</description>
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      <title>i have nearly been on YAZ for 2 months and it is horrid. I have n</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:27:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>i have nearly been on YAZ for 2 months and it is horrid. I have never felt so horrible. I've gained wait.. about 10 pounds, my boobs are horribly sore and the fatigue is making me feel like I have a serious disease. It is debilitating. I felt ok the first </description>
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      <title>I"m so glad I found this. I have been on yaz for about 9 months n</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:06:06 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I"m so glad I found this. I have been on yaz for about 9 months now. I was told it would help with mood swings, acne, and severe cramping. I have irregular bleeding, horrible mood swings, irrational thinking, my boobs are sore most of the time, i was just </description>
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      <title>I was on YAZ for 5 days, and then the HIVES appeared!  It is awfu</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:23:25 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I was on YAZ for 5 days, and then the HIVES appeared!  It is awful, has been 2 LONG days with little relief.  I'm on Benedryl, the dr. says I have to wait it out until all the med. is out of my system!!!  </description>
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      <title>hi there...i cant believe suzh a small pill could do this much to</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:18:30 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>hi there...i cant believe suzh a small pill could do this much to people! although i have to admit im 16 years old, still in school (currently doing GCSE's) and i just want to sleep all the time, which doesnt help with exams and eating is the worst of all.</description>
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      <title>can someone please explain to my mate that yes,,,yasmin may make </title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:25:07 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>can someone please explain to my mate that yes,,,yasmin may make your breasts bigger, but its bloody sore please! she only wants yasmin so she can have bigger breasts, shes stupid!!! :)</description>
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      <title>Tell your girlfriend that she can do certain exercises to increas</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:35:16 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>Tell your girlfriend that she can do certain exercises to increase the size of her breasts.</description>
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      <title>Like others I'm so dam glad I found this site I've taken a pregna</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:46:42 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>Like others I'm so dam glad I found this site I've taken a pregnancy test and was so afraid because I wasn't sure of the sypmtoms but that came out negative. So then I went to what meds I was taking and the only one is YAZ not Yasmine I see a little of bot</description>
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      <title>I have been taking Yaz for about 2 weeks and have no side effects</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:18:09 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>I have been taking Yaz for about 2 weeks and have no side effects until today. I developed severe cramping in my lower abdomen. It almost feels like AF is coming but it just ended about 10 days ago. Does anyone know if this is normal or what it could be. A</description>
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      <title>I feel relieved to have read your postings. I have been severely </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:50:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I feel relieved to have read your postings. I have been severely fatigued for months-to the extent that my dr just ran a full blood panel searching for the cause. The test all came back normal, so I have decided to search for answers myself. I suspected th</description>
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      <title>I started Yaz April of 2008.  I started to get mind- numbing migr</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:12:51 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>I started Yaz April of 2008.  I started to get mind- numbing migraines August of that same year.  I HAVE NEVER SUFFERED FROM THEM.  I know everyone has different side effects but this is the worst ever.  I'm looking for something different....besides the c</description>
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      <title>I am so thankful for this posting site.  I just got started on Ya</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:14:11 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>I am so thankful for this posting site.  I just got started on Yaz 8 days ago.  Two days ago, I started itching and noticed hive like bumps on my forehead, neck, and buttocks.  Yesterday, my lips started swelling, and I woke up early this morning looking l</description>
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      <title>WOW! It's been over two years and I still experience hives and ni</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:20:13 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>WOW! It's been over two years and I still experience hives and night sweats plus a few others that I listed in my original post. 

Thank you everyone for replying to my original posting. I'm so glad that I wasn't the only person to endure an experience s</description>
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      <title>WOW, I wish I would have thought to google this last year when I </title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:59:22 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>WOW, I wish I would have thought to google this last year when I thought I was going crazy.  I was on YAZ for 6mths and had TERRIBLE hives and itching.  It was awful!  I have had excema for years, but never that bad.  I ended up on steroids 2x's before I f</description>
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