http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335 Has anyone else had problems wearing contact lenses with Yasmin? I've been on it for about three years now -- about a year ago my eyes started completely rejecting my contact lenses. I'm at the point where I can't wear them anymore. I'm thinking of changing Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:58:41 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=4428 Yes, I have had this same problem. I realized that it does say on the prescription information that Yasmin can cause problems with contact lenses, it doesn't say why. So I think that it is a side effect of Yasmin specifically, and not all birth control p http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=4428 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:24:27 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=5018 i've been on Yasmin for 8mths. and my contacts have been dry and iritate my eyes... i was trying not acknowledge it a a side-effect and i just keep putting eye drops, but after reading all these posts i think it prob. is from the pill... http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=5018 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:52:06 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=5159 My eyesite has become very blurry and I can't focus very well, I read on another site http://www.createforum.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=1&mforum=yasminsideeffec sorry I don't have the exact link to the post, that one woman's eyeshape had completely been cha http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=5159 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:09:00 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=9504 I have been on Yasmin for two years and recently got contact lenses. They were very painful and stopped wearing them. I stopped using the birth control pill and tried my contacts one week later. I can wear them now with no problem. I read that the birth c http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=9504 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:26:39 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=10717 HA! Finally someone else with this same contact lense problem. I am calling Monday to get a new pill as Yasmin has made it impossible to wear contacts. Thank Goodness for the Internet! Thanks for your posts http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=10717 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:15:20 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=11761 oh my gosh...your comment just made me realize why my contacts have been bothering me! i just switched to this brand and its been killing my eyes when i put contacts in. is it because of the pills?? http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=11761 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:44:39 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=17723 My problem hasn't been with contact lenses, but with eye twitching and i don't even want to begin on the "insane hormonal imbalance i've experienced. I have stopped and and i am happy to be "back to normal". Other side effects i've experienced: not ab http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=17723 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:05:32 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=18012 I think I may try Nova Ring I read on another post that someone tried it and has no problems with her contacts now. I know I had to be re-fitted for new contact (gas permeable) and that cost me over $400.00! It was because my corneas had changed shape an http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=18012 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:41:56 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=19364 Has anyone switched birth control pills due to contact discomfort? If so, were your contacts more comfortable after the switch and what pill did you switch to? My contacts are extremely uncomfortable and I am thinking about going off of the pill for http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=19364 Sat, 09 May 2009 01:20:43 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=19636 i've been on the generic Zovia birth control for about a year and a half now and have been unable to wear contacts for about half that time. when i do wear them it can only be for about five hours and my eyes are bloodshot and watery for the next few days http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=19636 Fri, 29 May 2009 11:35:27 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=20210 I have a different problem. I just stopped taking Yasmin and now my contacts/eyes are dry. I have taken Yasmin for about 5 years without any eye problems. I stopped about a month ago and my eyes are dry and blurry. I just had an eye exam and the dr. sa http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=20210 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:23:58 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=22416 i think it has something to do with your tear glands...i had dry red itchy eyes and rarely wear my contacts and my optometrist told me my tear glands were clogged up ans she told me it was caused by my past pregnancy but it started when i restarted Yasmin http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=22416 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:32:31 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=24603 I've been on Yasmin for 5 years straight I find it impossible to wear contacts, they dry out and fall out of my eyes, as soon as I put them in. My lens is -3 so wearing contacts is something I won't give up. Although I only wear them on weekends and use d http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26335?item=24603