Yasmin and agony

Hi Guys

I am taking Yasmin since May 2006. I have been suffering from chronic daily headaches since March 2006 and wondered if Yasmin could be a factor in this? For my headaches I have tried so many different things and not been successful and hadn't looked at the possibility that Yasmin could be a problem until I started to google it. What do you guys think? Could Yasmin be adding to my problem of chronic daily headaches? Cos I have the headaches all the time.

Any responses would be greatly appreciated!

Regards
Warda

I cannot believe I did not make the connection sooner, I went on jasmine for 6 months and was incredibly weepy and so emotional. I had pains in both breasts for about 2 weeks of every month, the pain was unbearable so much so that going over a speed bump was pure agony, I ended up having a Mammogram as I was convinced I had Breast cancer, (there is a very strong history in my family), so that worry coupled with my emotions being all over the place I really was not in a good state of mental health. Not to mention the spotting and Migraines,and my poor new husband dealing with awful mood swings, I even brake down uncontrollably in the Doctors. I had no Idea all these other people have experienced similar symptoms. It is outrageous these are being given to Women. How have these not been removed from the market?

I've been experiencing severe stomach pains (not period pains) for the last six months. Symptoms are very similar to that of an ulcer (pain after eating, severe heartburn) except the doctors can't find anything wrong with me. Every day I'm in agony. I started taking Yasmin 2.5 years ago and it's been good for me (other pills have made me depressed and gain weight, daily period pains). I was advised to take 3 packs back-to-back then a 7 day break.

Could all this be caused by Yasmin? If so can anyone suggest a suitable alternative contraception?

I'm so happy I found this site. I've been thinking I'm crazy or just getting old for the last 3 years while on Yasmin. I started taking it at age 29 and almost immediately after started having mood swings, extreme irritability and depression. I had previously been on Ortho Tri Cyclen and the Ortho Cyclen before Yasmin and was on them for MANY years and never had one side effect. I only switched in the first place because I like to have very very few periods and I run all my active pills together to forgo periods very often and I was having breakthrough on the Cyclen. Hence, the Yasmin trial.

I'm actually a doctor (which is why I CANNOT have frequent periods with all the accompanying issues), but I didn't even realize the possible connection between IBS and Yasmin. This needs to be studied and taken seriously. I never once had IBS symptoms until a few months after starting Yasmin. Now, 3 years later I have almost constatnt trouble, to the point everytime I eat I run for the bathroom, yet my weight has never been higher. I asked a GYN friend at work if they could be related and she said definitely no, but reading all of these "real life" examples, coupled with my own experience has made me think otherwise. Often, the symptoms will occur shortly after taking the pill, even when I haven't yet eaten breakfast. It's crazy!!

I'm going to switch either back to Ortho Cyclen or to something new ASAP and will report back. I'm both excited at the thought that my "IBS" might really be Yasmin related but also scared that it might not go away and therefore might really be IBS. I'll report back... It honestly never entered my mind that all of it could be the Yasmin. I had just moved, started a new job in a town I hate and I thought it was all stress related.

I've also had an interesting side effect no one has mentioned yet- my hair texture has dramatically changed. It isn't falling out, but has gone from VERY curly with a nice soft spiral curl pattern to very dry, straight and hard to manage. Nothing else has changed and now I'm wondering if it's not the DRSP. If pergnant women can have hair changes, why not women on the pill?? It's all hormones.

As always with a drug, there are always possible side effects. No one drug is perfect, and humans are so complex in their make up and they way they process drugs. Therefore, please don't judge your family docs or GYNs too harshly as not even the best doctor in the world can predict every side effect.

Hi ipj!!

So you've experienced the "logic" of those gods in white with your magnesium levels too.... Here in Germany we have a sentence, that tells exactly how it is: "Two docs, three opinions..."!

I found another part of your post very interisting: You've said, that you went through a normal hormonal change in your late twenties, early thirties... Well, that's exactly where I am now (I'm 32) and my agony started in the age of 27!!! Well, and that was exactly the time where I started the Yasmin. I think that this was the biggest fault in my life, to start that poison and on top in such a "time of my life"...

I hear from many women in my age, who have different "problems" with their health which no one can really explain.... So I found it very interesting that your doc told you, that within that age a normal hormonal change is going on... Somewhat relieving for me!! (I'm going through very hard times again at the moment, 2 years OFF Yasmin!!)...

Something seems to be wrong with my thyroid which on top can bring the sexual hormones out of whack and so on... A really damn circle.... I hope I'll find a solution soon; had an appt. with an endocrinologist last Friday and got another bloodwork (hormones) done. I'll let you all know, when I have the results back...

Bitter RN,
I hope you did get my last 2 posts. They were pulled to the next site of the forum pretty quickly so I don't know if you had caught them... Thank you again for always trying to help!!

Dear ConcernedBoyfriend:
Well, I think everyone of us here can imagine what you and your girlfriend are going through right now... I felt and still feel so sorry for my husband, who had gone through this all with me (and has to do that now, after 2 years OFF Yasmin again...) and still thinks positive and is the only one, who keeps me going sometimes...

So I think the most important thing for your girlfriend is your love and care. First of all, please try to get her to STOP that poison thing immediately!! It makes me so angry to hear, what such young women have to go through because of this "wonder pill" from hell!!!! I think she has the chance to fell better much sooner than many of us here, because she's so young. Please, take the chance!!!

Who cares of a few pimples or oily skin, that's definitely not worth staying your whole life in such a constitution!! The pimples and oily skin and weight gain were my slightest problems within that agony... Some months I didn't care at all about how I might be looking... I just would have been thankful to be able to get out of my house again someday, even if I had a few pimples or such in my face... And before that nightmare I was such a health and look caring person (I've been a singer in a band for 15 years now....).

I hope your girlfriend will come to this site and see, what is doing all that to her and stop that thing asap!!! I wish you both all the best!!

Best wishes to all.

Silke

hi kim123.
sorry i was not around yesterday,my youngest has just gone off to nursery school so has been a bit manic. as the Guest below seems to think we should not use this forum to chat (even though support is a MAJOR part of why people come to this forum) i will email you personally.

hi,guest 35696.
sorry if the above remark sounds rude,it is not meant that way. i understand what you are saying,that new people come here to find out if their symptoms are linked to yasmin and all they can find is personal chit chat and not a full list of symptoms,but i have no idea how to set up a forum for all the ladies here that find just chatting to other sufferers helps.this site and chatting to people on it literally saved my life. if you know how to do it then please let us know. a lot people seem to post side effects on the other page (yasmin forum) that is where i initially found all my symptoms.
once again sorry if the above sounds rude it really is not meant that way but i am passionate about this site and helping support the newcomers as they did when i was a newcomer and nobody understood me and how i was feeling. i am a computer idiot so have no idea how to start up a forum,if any of you ladies out there know how to do it please post on here.

To the lady with the sore breast... mine were agony pre menstrually and just plain huge the rest of the time. i agree with you saying that it feels like engorged breast like when you were breastfeeding that is exactly how mine felt. they were solid and shiny most of the time!!!
i have been off yasmin since june 06 and mine are much better now although i still get a little discomfort premenstrually but they no longer feel lumpy and hurt just with a t-shirt touching them.i used to cringe if my kids wanted a hug as they were so sore. apparently evening primrose oil is good for breast tenderness.

sarah

hi everyone, it seems like every month i am here asking another question! does anyone get severe back pain in the week (s) leading up to their period? i have been off yasmin for 6 months now and my period should be arriving sometime in the next week (maybe!) i say maybe as my periods have gone from 28 days to the last one at 38 days so i have no idea if or when my next one will arrive. The back pain is quite painful,if i move suddenly or just climbing the stairs it is agony.it seems to be focused on the left of my spine in the small of my back..i am just so reluctant to go to my doctor now as i am sure she thinks i am a hypochondriact (sorry for the spelling) it seems that the pain come during the later half of my cycle.when i said my back hurt the other day my husband said "your period must be due soon then" so even he has noticed a pattern. just wondered if any of you ladies had the same thing?

silke,
well done you! i am so glad for you that yasmin has not totally wiped out the things you love doing,you are an inspiration to us all,i know you have kept me going on many of my darker days.everytime you tell a bit more of your story it really hits home with me,i can associate with vurtually everything you say,you inspired me to want to help the women that come to this site so i share my experiences and what i have read and learnt, i hope that i can help people the way that you helped me. i really wish you the best silke. good luck with your band,if you ever come to england let me know where you are singing!

sarah

Hi Virginia!

Here I am! I've been off of Yasmin for about 1,5 years now and still struggeling with some symptoms off and on!! In my special case my first normal period has arrived only about 8 weeks ago after stopping Yasmin!! So my hormones are definitely still not back to normal after such a long time!! I never before had any problems with my period, it always was there around every 5 - 6 weeks.....

May I ask how old you are Virginia? I'm one week before my 32nd birthday and as many women wrote already it seems, that getting back to normal after such a hormonal chaos is more difficult in "higher" ages...

The only thing that I know is, that all that agony DEFINITELY was brought on by Yasmin and every symptom that is now still coming up sometimes (but keep in mind: NOT AT ALL as severe as it was WITH Yasmin!!) is caused by that still lasting hormonal chaos in my body.

I feel very unsure and anxious around the time I should be ovulating and again around the time my period should start. Then there are a few very good weeks again nearly without ANY problems and then it starts again... It goes up and down always with the hormonal changes during a monthly cycle!!

Well, you also should have checked out your thyroids (as flowerbabies already told in her previous post). Perhaps there is something wrong after stopping Yasmin!?

I decided to give my body even more time than I already did to get back to normal. Hormonal things are no flu or just a cold... It can take a very long time to rebalance everything again but I still feel a n improvement of my fitness every month!!

You said, that you are taking Clonozepam occasionally for the anxiety, well that could really be another reason for your still lasting anxiety. That might sound weird but I know what I'm talking about!! In February 2005 I had to take such stuff, too, because I was totally in despair and didn't know how to get through another day of this agony... I took it for only one week, because I felt the same things as you do now: It made me even MORE tired than the Yasmin already did, my muscles got weak and like rubber and I didn't feel like myself at all...

Please research a little over the internet about the side effects of diazepam or clonozepam. I'm pretty sure you'll find your symptoms!!

It might sound very hard Virginia, but I think you really should give your body time WITHOUT ANY chemical to get back to normal by its own. The only thing that I always had with me during the very hard times of 2005 was some Valerian (a herbal remedy), which always helped me to calm down a bit when the anxiety seemed unbearable, but with absolutely no side effects, especially without giving me weakness or tiredness!!

I think the multivitamin and b-complex is also a very important thing to take. Even if in my case the b-complex gave me some strange nervousness always a few hours after taking it... I don't know if I'm extra sensitive about such things or so... But the b-complex is really important. So you should try out by yourself, if it's good for you or not.

Another important thing especially for your nerves is MAGNESIUM! It helps with stress and nervousness so much!! I still take it in times, when I'm under stress or feeling weak again and it helps!!

OMG, I hope my post sounds not too confused, though I always really try my best to say what I mean in english (I'm from Germany...).

If there are any other questions or you're in need for pep talk, please post here Virginia and all of the other still suffering Yasmin victims out there!!

Best wishes to you and god's bless.

And thank you flowerbabies for your posts everyday!! I'm still coming around here every day to see what's going on and am so glad to see, what you're doing!! All the best to you, too!!

Silke

I got married in May and started taking Yasmin just before and it has been HELL ever since! It has cost my husband and I money and quite a bit of unnecessary turmoil!

Currently, I'm still on Yasmin and after reading all this am I definitely getting off of it! Everything that I have read is TOO faniliar! My agony includes:

-Insomnia (I was up until 3am last night)
-lathargic all day (very unmotivated and sleepy)
-a VERY low sex drive (my husband just LOVES this one)
-high irritability & mood swings
-frequent dizziness & light headedness
-had my 1st migraine ever (thank GOD I've only had 1)
-mild depression-want to cry all the time (& do) for no reason
-breasts are hard with knots (he loves that too)
-i pee all the time
-back pain in the morning (After sleeping in our guest room for a month, we have actually started shopping around for a new mattress-didn't even cross my mind that it may be the pill)

I'm on my 7th pack and can't wait to get to my doc to switch to something better. Anyway, my question is...for all of you who have already switched...what did you switgh to? Are your side effects less? (Off the pill, my periods are normal, short, and for the most part cramp free (Don't hate me!) My husband and I just want to enjoy being married a little longer before having any little ones!) Any suggestions?

@ flowerbabies:

Well, it seems to be pretty normal to have a totally screwed up cycle after that Yasmin nightmare (I'm also only 32 and sometimes feel really menopausal!!!)... I didn't get my period at all for about 1,5 years after stopping Yasmin!! Then, about 5 weeks ago, I finally got my first normal period after Yasmin and now I'm awaiting it again... A few days ago I only had a little spotting and thought it was my period coming on. But after about 2 - 3 days everthing was gone again... Don't know what that means.... Holy sh..... I hope that this nightmare someday will have an end and I'm really back to 100% normal again without waiting for my period months and months and feeling like an old menopausal...... Sorry ladies, I'm a bit down at the moment again because of all that agony Yasmin brought into my life.....

What I wanted to say is, that I think it's pretty normal, that our bodies need some time (in some cases A LOT OF time...) to get back its own balance...

And all of you, ladies: forget those doctors or nurses that try to tell you, you HAVE TO feel better after about xxx weeks or xxx months, otherwise it's all in your head. There's noone who can say how long it takes especially for YOU to feel better or to be completely back to normal again. That depends on so much things...... your metabolism, your weight, your age, your hormonal state before Yasmin, and so on!

For some women it only took about a few months to feel normal again, for other women over a year. There's definitely NOT only ONE rule for everyone of us! In my family for example there's been hormonal problems over generations, so that's the reason, why it takes me that damn long to get back my normal hormonal state again.....

So all of you out there, still in Yasmin recovery, stay patient!! That's so important!! Give your body the time it needs, even if it might be months or years!! It's not just a little cold or the flu we're all going through, it's a real heavy hormonal chaos, that Yasmin has caused in all of us and such things need time!!

Flowerbabies: I completely agree with everything you wrote (about the vitamines, etc.)!! That's the only things that really might help!!

@kendra:

That sounds as if I had written it about 1,5 years ago!! After such a short time without Yasmin those symptoms are pretty normal, believe me! It's your body trying to get back its own balance and put on its own hormonal production. After getting off Yasmin I felt so bloated, none of my clothes didn't fit anymore. And some time later everything went away again, especially the weight, I had put on after Yasmin, is going down month by month, without changing anything in my habits!!

All you need is time ladies!! Just keep that in mind and don't quit, stay strong and hang in there! You will get better!! I promise!!

All the best to everyone out there and god's bless!!

Silke

Hi everybody, Sherry, Lisa, Sophie and all the other wonderful ladies here!!

Thank you so much for your kind posts. It feels so good hearing, that my posts are somewhat able to help so many of you. That's what I supposed them to be!! Your posts nearly brought me to (happy) tears!! :) Well, if that agony had only one sense, then that I know use my experiences to help others, who are going through the same nightmare, as I did!!

And believe me, I'll keep on posting here as much as I can, if someone is in need for help!

Sophie, I fear you were right... The last 4 days I felt totally miserable... I felt so weak and tired and dizzy, and the anxiety also rose up a bit. And now you helped me with one little sentence in your post: I didn't know, that it was pretty "normal" to feel that way during period, as I didn't have one regular period WITHOUT pill for about 10 YEARS until you wrote, that you're feeling the same during period! The bleeding you get during taking the pill is just a withdrawal bleeding which you can't compare with a natural normal period!! So I think it will take my body another few months to get used to that hormonal changes during period again... But I'm sure I'll stand this too!!!

Well, today the weakness is getting a bit better, but the tiredness is still lasting. But I think I lost al ot of blood during the last week, because this first period after 1,5 Years was really heavy... And nevertheless I'm still happy to have gotten it finally! The two weeks before my period started I felt so good! I was fit and worked in my house like crazy! :) But also my breasts were hurting very bad, so I already supposed something could be happening with my body...

Ah Sophie, you asked about the eye problem: YES!! I have that, too!! Sometimes it feels, as if I couldn't look straight ahead and as if my eyes were always moving. And as I read in many german websites, it's pretty normal during period to be very "nervous" for some women (that's how this eye problem feels to me: Like a very heavy nervousness)!! This should go away within a few days after your period!!

Sherry, I'm so glad to hear that you and your baby are doing fine!! I had thought about you now and then during the last months and wondered how you might be doing. Please let us know when your baby is here!! I wish you all the best for the birth!! I'm sure your body will be recovering completely from Yasmin after the pregnancy!!!

Virginia: So good to hear, that the Valerian has worked for you, too!! It's definitely better than taking those chemicals for calming down!! And I promise, some day you won't even need the Valerian any longer!! :)

Ok, ladies, I'll stop for today. I feel a little tired again, but as I know now that is really normal during a period! I have to get used to those things again after such a long time without a normal hormonal balance!

All the best to you out there and hang in there! We're on the right way to a healthy new life!! God bless you all!!

Silke

Hi ladies, Lisa, 2girlsmom, Sherry, and everyone else!

GOOD NEWS from Silke:

I FINALLY GOT MY FIRST NORMAL PERIOD after stopping Yasmin in February 2005!!!!! It's taken me the whole of 1,5 YEARS to get here where I'm now!!! I really was about to think I'm already menopausal in the age of 31.... And I'm so proud that I stood this 2,5 years lasting Yasmin-agony without any medication or antidepressant or anything else...

So ladies, my story is the proof:

Please give your body the time it needs after stopping Yasmin to get back its own balance!! Your body can heal ITSELF; if you were healthy before Yasmin you also WILL be AFTER Yasmin, all it needs is time and VERY MUCH patience!!!!!

I refused to do anything to my body after the nightmare with Yasmin, my gyn told me last year, that he could give me "something" to get my period and I REFUSED to take that stuff!! And I'm so glad, I did!!! God knows what this stuff perhaps would have caused again to my hormone balance....

I feel so happy and delighted ladies, I can't tell.... Well, I got a little cramping, I feel nauseous, got a little headache and a little dizzy, well, just normal things during your period, and nevertheless feel HAPPY!!!!

My weight is still going down month by month without working out more than before or eating less... My whole system is healing itself, I felt it and now I also can SEE it!! :)

So again this goes out to every Yasmin victim:

Get OFF that stuff, as fast as you can, midpack or not, throw it away!! And then be patient and WAIT for better times. Take a little magnesium and/or Vitamin B to help your body, drink lots of water and eat healthy. That has been my plan for the last 1,5 years and it helped!!!

The hair loss after Yasmin is completely normal!!!! That happens due to the hormonal changes you're going through. That even happens to some women after pregnancy!! And taking the pill is something like a "false pregnancy"!!!

After getting off the pill I also had dizziness, nausea, and many other things, but I always kept in mind: It's just the hormones trying to get back in balance; every few weeks those symptoms got worse and then better again (well, always around ovulation and then again around the time my period SHOULD have started) and BINGO: that's what it was!!!

Ladies, that was a very hard time for me, as you know if you've been reading all of my posts since 2005 and now I'm back again!! Sometimes I thought, I couldn't bare all that anymore and nearly was about to give up my life, I swear!! Trying to put me on antidepressants in January 2005 just made it worse and I'm so glad now, that I stopped taking that stuff after one week and never touched it again!!

In my worst times I only had some valerian with me, which isn't knocking out totally out but just calms down a bit. And it worked!! And since around May 2005 I even didn't take valerian again.

Ladies, YOU CAN GET OVER THAT agony by yourself, even if it needs a lot of power. Believe me: I KNOW it!!!

Best wishes to you all and god's bless!!!

Silke

Deanna - Sorry to hear of the agony you went through with Yasmin. I can totally relate. I am now 36 and do not want any more children. I just don't think I can ever take another BCP. Don't be alarmed if your side effects linger. The nausea I had with yasmin was worse than when I was pregnant. And, the pains in my lower legs was unreal! My anxiety peaked back in Dec. 2005 and my BP skyrocketed. I am slowly getting back to normal. I am going to see my doc next month and try to wean off of effexor and be totally prescription free. I take a multi vitamin, fish oil and flaxseed. These shakes are the worst.
Hang in there. Glad that you are yasmin free. keep us posted on your progress.

Dear Sophie,

I totally understand that you don't like to talk every day about that nightmare... And it's absolutely ok!! Just take and do anything you need, all that matters in the moment is you and your health!!

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Well, what should I say: This sentence could have been written by me around January to June 2005!!! I felt totally old and tired and ill, without any hope to get better again some day and look at me now: I finally start feeling like an 40 to 50 years old happy woman and hopefully in a few months I will be feeling like the 33 years old, healthy and happy Silke again, which I always was before taking that nightmare pill!! :)

I feel so happy that I'm finally able to sing again (I've been a singer in a band since I was 17 years old and had to stop it 2 years ago because of my Yasmin illnes...). That was one of the worst things that was caused by this agony, that I even was no longer able to sing in my band..... I missed that so much!!! So I think this is the best proof for the fact, that there really IS a life AFTER Yasmin!! It might last a long time, but your old self and fitness will come back!!!

So keep looking forward, Sophie and everyone who's within the same situation right now. Better times are ahead!! The first and most important step was to get off Yasmin immediately. The rest will be done by your body himself, all it needs is time and patience!!

Big hugs and love out to everyone out there and god bless you, too, Sophie!!

Silke

Hi Sophie!

Different than the last post I don't think that your life is really in danger... Don't worry (sounds very weird, I know.....). But, YES that's exactly the way I felt, too, under and even about 3 - 4 MONTHS AFTER Yasmin!! And so much times I was really about to call 911 (well, though here in Germany it's 112 ;).

The Valerian you can get in every pharmacy / drugstore. It's a herbal medicine which helps you to calm down a bit. In my worst times I had them with me every day. It's not as dangerous as all of the chemical antidepressants or sedatives, which I would refuse to take, if I were you, as long as I could!!

And if the panic attack gets that heavy, that you think you REALLY can't bear it anymore, there's always the chance to call 911 to perhaps give you a slight injection or such to just help this one attack.

You should always keep in mind, that those attacks won't be there every day of your life!! I swear they will get lighter and lighter every month, I definitely KNOW what I'm talking about!!! Today I'm nearly free of them (well, I feel a change every few weeks, when my period "should" come or so, which is because of the hormonal changes a body goes through within a month!!)

Sometimes it helped me also just to hear some music, that I'm really keen on or just read a little bit or even watch TV. You should try to not stress up yourself to much with other things (doing your household or anything). Everything is unimportant besides your health at the moment!!

And you're definitely NOT bugging me, Sophie!! I see which phase you're in and I'm feeling so much with you, because I remember me sitting in the same sh.... as you do now about one Year ago!! And I know that the only thing that can help a bit at the moment is someone who understands you're problems and someone you just can talk with about that agony!!

And another thing, which I guess you are feeling, too: I always thought, I will never get through this and this is the way things will stay for the rest of my life and I always was afraid to completely loose my mind over all this!! And look at me now: I didn't loose my mind and everything is nearly completely gone!! I'm working again, going out again, today my husband and I will do a little shopping tour, which I thought I would never be able to do ever again in my life!!!

Sophie, if I could I would like to give you a big hug right now (My thoughts send you a big hug right now!!) and tell you, that it's just a phase you have to go through now until that Yasmin poison has completely gone out of your system and you're hormones finally get back in balance. And I swear, the sun will shine again for you, too, in a few months!!

Stay strong and hang in there, you have the strenght to get over this, I know!!!

Big hugs and god's bless to you!!

Feel free to E-Mail me or post here again if you're in need for help!!!

Silke

@ Guest 20952:

Well, after only 1 1/2 years ON Yasmin I would surely have said the same things as you do now! I never expected to go through that hell I went through after 4 (!) YEARS on it. And after my first fainting spell and really severe panic attack it still took about 4 months for me to realize WHAT really was causing me such pain and torture (well, I never expected MY Yasmin to do such things to me!! I swear!!)!!

So please be careful and watch your body!!!! If I would have done that and would have found this site earlier I'd surely gone off that pill much earlier and perhaps wouldn't have gone through all this agony I did for the last 2 years!!!

It seems as if in some woman the side effects occur slightly over the years because Yasmin has this diuretic in it which slightly causes an imbalance of electrolytes and vitamines in your body. So it may help, to always drink enough water and perhaps take some supplements like magnesium and so on during times, you are sweating more than usual (a hot summer's day, during workouts, during illness with fever (like the flu or a cold, etc.)).

Everyone out there: Please be extremely careful with that drug, even if you seem to be ok at the moment!!!

Remember I was very well on that pill for over 3 years until everything hit me at once!!!

Greetings
Silke

I received 2 calls from Berlex (the co that makes Yasmin) regarding my complaint about "adverse effects". So, maybe they are listening. When they heard just a few of my symptoms including my BP was 170/120 and I had severe leg pain coupled with a major panic/anxiety attack (unprovoked), I think the woman on the phone took me seriously. I am glad that I called. I am praying that NO OTHER woman ever has to endure the agony that this pill has caused me.

goingofftoday- I did not read what your symptoms & side effects are but I can tell you my experience. As soon as I stopped the Yasmin, I started to feel better almost within a few days. I was on yasmin for a total of about 12 months.

My bloating went down and my other symptoms started to go away within a week or so. In january & feb I had to take medicine (Paxil CR every day and Xanax as needed) which I no longer take. Although I stopped Yasmin on 1-21-06, I take 37.5 mg of Effexor XR each day to help rebalance the chemicals in my brain. I NEVER imagined myself to be on this type of anti-anxiety medicine, but I look forward to getting off of it within a few months.

You should keep in touch with your gyn if you stop mid cycle. Also, don't make the mistake of stopping then restarting the Yasmin which is a HUGE NO-NO.

TAKE CARE and please let us know how you are doing.

Hi everyone,
I am so sorry to read the new posts and that all of you are going through this agony. As I posted previously, I am going through it with you. Today I woke up in such an anxiety attack I had to take a Xanax. The room was spinning. After the paxil and xanax, I am feeling better. I really do NOT believe in taking these type of medications but I am not getting better without it.

I wrote several months ago about my problems with Yasmin. I decided to stop taking Yasmin, and after about 3 days I felt normal again. I was only on it for a month and one week, but I could not stand the agony anymore. I am now on Alesse, and I'm back to feeling good again. Good luck and best wishes to everyone.