Yasmin and appointment

ive been on Yasmin for 5 months. its been the worst 5 months of my life. been VERY depressed desperate and had suicidal thoughts. its made me cry and cry and cry. im still currently taking this but am waiting to finish this pack and change to loestrin 20. all women react to different pills. but from my own experience i wouldn't go near this pill. i wish id changed pill sooner because i cant handle my life at the moment.

Well where to start. It started one Weds morning at work. Suddenly came over all dizzy and light headed and felt really really sick. Went home and started with a temperature. Parents say I was pretty spaced out for several days and didn’t really want to talk to anyone. It’s like I was there but I wasn’t. Went to doctor a couple of times and they diagnosed a virus. Problems with sleeping started. Ended up at the hospital out of hours as I was shaking, felt sick, thought I was going to pass out. Nothing found so sent back home. Saw doc again and was referred to a doctor at the hospital who had an interest in viruses. Saw doc and loads of blood was taken for testing. Went back after a couple of weeks and blood tests where clear. By that point I was feeling a bit better so they thought it was post viral fatigue. Went back to work part time and worked myself up to full time. Then it started again. Had to be fetched from work. Colleagues said it was more like I was having a panic attack. Broke down completely. Couldn’t stop crying and was in a right state. Went to docs and was diagnosed with depression and still post viral fatigue. My main symptoms have been, panic attacks, anxiety, faintness, dizziness, nausea, general feeling of unwell, blocked ears, palpitations. There are probably more but I can’t think of them at the minute (Oh yeah, brain fogginess as well !) More blood tests were done and that’s when they said my hormones were a bit low but they didn’t think it was anything to worry about. That’s when I started researching Low hormones and started to come across the problems with Yasmin. I cannot tell you what a relief it’s been. I honestly thought I was going mad and that there was nothing wrong with me and it was all in my head. I sat looking that the screen going ‘that’s me !’ Have stopped taking them straight away. Will see how we get on. Doctor didn’t know anything about the problems and has said he will be interested to know how I get on. I cannot believe they didn’t know. Main thing is I know now and can start getting better.

I've been on Yasmin for a bit over a week now (after changing from Cyclen because of unusual bleeding) and after the second pill I had really bad side effects. First day, I was happy, my sex drive was to the roof! and felt great. The second day, I had two fights with my boyfriend over stupid stuff and then I cried all day. The third day, still crying with anxiety, almost paranoia. I couldn't go to sleep, racing thoughts, sweats. And then for the next few days, I kept the anxiety, the mood swings, stomach problems, I felt depressed (really bad thoughts) and felt just weird, totally not normal. I forgot a pill and the day after, I felt GREAT! I didn't take it for 2 days and never felt better. I took one last night and all of the side effects are back... I threw the pack this morning and called my doctor for an appointment. I will NEVER touch this thing ever again...

Hi Gosh I can't thank this forum enough. I have booked my appointment for the Doc today I have felt so bad, and then came across this forum. I used to suffer from Panic attacks about 5 years ago. It happened suddenly and it got so bad that I ended up in Hospital. I was put on anti depress. for a year. Now I know I was on the pill then but can't remember which one and never thought about a link. However I have been fine for the last few years and was not in a relationship so didn't go on pill. Now in one for the past year and a half and firstly went on Dianette as I had bad acne then6months later went on to Cilest, had really bad breakthrough bleeding on both. So last month switched to Cilest. Have had two major Panic Attacks within the month, and as I never associated the pill with the attacks the last time it never occurred to me until now that it could be related. It was obvious to me that there was a connection to Yasmin as I just went from normal to mental this month, had a huge row with my Fiancé over nothing, had two major attacks. On Saturday was out at a meal and my mouth went like sandpaper, couldn't get rid of it then almost a second later major diarrhea
and felt heart palps. Was up all night anxious. Now my head is all fuzzy, ringing in the ears, feel my neck is stiff and I am dizzy all the time and my heart is really beating out of my chest. My contacts are also a nightmare with dry eyes This is after one month on Yasmin and it has to be it as nothing else in my life has changed over the month (except getting engaged< so I can’t be depressed!) I have really felt out of sorts and bloated too. I have talked to my Fiancé about it and have said that I may just come off the pill all together and get an alternative non hormonal contraceptive as I am just so unhappy on the pill and sick of changing.

I started taking Yasmin at the end of July due to abnormal bleeding of the uterus. At the time that I started the pill, I had been having a period for two weeks so I was relieved when it stopped. However, I have been extremely tired to the point where it is hard for me to keep my eyes open especially right after taking the pill. I have also had extreme tenderness in my breast to the point where I can not sleep on either side of my body. I have always had cramps but this time they lasted throughout my entire period, and they were the worst I have ever experienced.

My symptoms are not as bad as some of the ones you all have posted, but I want tot stop this pill before things get any worse. My doctor said it would also help me with my weight loss, but I'm too exhausted to even take initiative. I called my doctor to make an appointment so I can get my meds changed. Wish me luck.

I had been on Yasmin for a couple years then became pregnant. After the baby, my obgyn suggested taking Yaz b/c he said there were less side-effects. So, I began taking it and with in a few weeks time I had began fainting at work, good thing I am an R.N. in the E.R. and was having irregular heart rhythms. I was told I had very low Potassium and began taking K + supplements. Although, no one made the connection to the birth control. I kept telling different doctors that the only new change was that I had begun taking Yaz. They just kept saying I was stressed and my body was still adjusting from a very difficult pregnancy, which was true. So after resuming with Yaz I again started to feel lethargic, muscle spasms, headache and palpitations, I finally have an appointment with my ob and can't wait to switch pills!!!! Yaz is not what is cracked up to be........

I am 21 years old and I was on Yasmin for three in a half months (i stopped the last pack half way through). The first month i was on it, i had a lot of leg pains especially at night and sometimes to the point where i couldn't sleep. I went to the doctors and told her about this and she said it had nothing to do with the pill. My leg pain stopped after the first month i was on it and for two months i was fine. At the end of the third pack i began to get leg cramps again, but this time it was different i had little sharp pains here and there and tingling and my legs became extremely itchy. In the matter of two months i got spider veins and cellulite on my upper legs. Before the pill i had NOTHING on my legs. I searched the internet and found that birth control can cause spider veins because of the hormonal change so I thought my legs were itchy because of the spider veins so i stopped using the pill and made a doctors appointment. Three days after stopping i got my period for the second time that month. I also broke out with lumps that are red and extremely itchy. The doctor told me that the bumps are eczema and i also have a lymph node, which she said is from the eczema (which i find very strange). Two days after i broke out and got a lymph node, i got sick with a fever, extremely soar throat and a swollen neck. Today is my 7th day off the pill and im still sick. Hopefully i get better. But from being a 21 year old whos 95 pounds and having nothing wrong and starting this pill and getting spider veins, cellulite and then eczema all around the same time, i feel like im aging before my time. If anyone else has had any similar effects please let me know. Thank you.

I've been off Yasmin for 2 months now, and it's the best thing I've done!
A month after starting it I started having sharp pains in the lower left side of my stomach, excessive bloating and constipation at least once a month, severely enough to make me short of breath, light-headed and I could not work. I saw doctors, did all kinds of tests for viral infections, but nothing was wrong with me. Saw a gastrointerologist who sent me for ultrasound and x-rays, still nothing. He said if it continued to come back and we'd do a colonoscopy. I'm 34 yrs old. Luckily after my last appointment a friend told me she had similar problems and changed BCP and it go better. I hadn't made the link between Yasmin and the pains but when I realised the problem started a month after switching to Yasmin, I switched back to Alesse. No stomach pains since. Unbelievable!

Hello! I'm 27 and I've been taking Yasmin for probably 7 years and never had a single problem. My weight stayed the same, my periods got VERY regular, to the DAY, and things were ok.

Starting about 3 months ago I was on my honeymoon and decided to skip my period that month which I do a few times a year and Yasmin never let me down! Anyways my period came anyways and not only that, but I spotted an extra week after! It was most noticable in the mornings after having sex. It was just brown and yucky. Then I didn't have a period the next month, only 24 hours of brown and this month I had a regular one. On top of that I've suddenly gained 5 pounds without changing ANYTHING. I wonder, can Yasmin suddenly screw me up so many years after I started taking it? I hear horror stories about Yasmin but I only see it from women taking it for a few months or maybe a year? It was always so good to me. What's going on? The weight gain terrifies me too because I so easily gain weight and I've been trying so hard to eat well and I feel like it's been pointless. It ticks me off more because I have to pay $50 a month for Yasmin even AFTER insurance pays 15, and now I think it's messing my body up too.

I have a OBGYN appointment in a few weeks and I'm going to talk to her about it and see about getting on a new pill anyways for price reasons, but do you think all these weird sudden symptoms are from Yasmin? Can you recommend a pill? I can't afford to gain anymore weight. I just can't...

I was on Yasmin since 2001. I LOVED it, it was great for me. At the end of 2006, I read about Yaz and asked my doc to switch me and so he did. I developed hives and cystic acne all over my face and back. It was terrible, and I thought it would get better but it got worse. So after 3 months of Yaz i went back to Yasmin. I currently have no health insurance and have been paying out of pocket for it. EXPENSIVE! but worth it. I never had any negative side effects while on Yasmin. It actually was beneficial for me, cleared up my skin, no more ovarian cysts, lighter periods and little cramping. For me Yasmin works great. Until I had to stop taking it 2 weeks ago, everything was rosy. I moved from NYC to Upstate NY, 300 miles away, and transferred my prescription for Yasmin. When it ran out last month, I called my doctor in the city to request a refill and he declined without me going to visit him for an exam since it has been over a year, which is ethical but BAD for me, because it's not convenient or cost effective for me to get to my doc 300 miles from here. So I went to Planned Parenthood and they refused to prescribe Yasmin for me because I checked the box in the health history that asked if I have ever had a history of headaches. I have gotten tension headaches for years but none in the last few years and they told me that because I checked the box they can;t prescribe anything with estrogen in it to me. I was so mad, I walked out without my exam. I called my doc in NYC and am taking the train down for an appointment this week. Unfortunately, I have to spend a month off Yasmin. I have been on one pill or another since 1993, so I know what works for me by now, and Yasmin has been a GODSEND. I am currently a disaster. I have developed severe cramping and bloating in my abdomen, which is normally flat as a pancake thanks to working out a ton, I am ravenous and want to eat EVERYTHING, I am moody and have developed a few large painful acne cysts on my face, and so far it's only been 2 weeks off, 3 if you count the placebo pill week. I want to kill someone. I am totally miserable. My mood was level all the time on Yasmin and I never had acne and my ovarian cysts had ceased. Did I mention that I am miserable? I am experiencing extreme fatigue as well. I am actually considering going to the county clinic tomorrow just because I can't take it anymore. I'd sooner take the morning after pill (which Planned Parenthood gave to me to take before they gave me a script for some stupid progestin-only pill) to trigger my period, which I think I am going to do, and order a month of Yasmin through an online Mexican pharmacy, just to get this nightmare to cease. I'm going to go do just that right now. I can;t take it anymore.

I'm 23 years old and I took Yasmin for about 4 or 5 years. I honestly loved it at the time, or so I thought. Basically, I got switched to Yaz because it was being pushed by my doctor's office and within 2 weeks I was the most miserable person on the face of the earth. Since I was going through a lot in my life I never even thought that my negative attitude was based on my birth control. I began to suffer from severe migraines, nausea, this strange rash on my face, and I gained a little over 20 pounds. I was on Yaz for 6 months when I finally realized that it was what was causing all my symptoms. The Sunday before my appointment, things got so bad that I was about 30 seconds away from killing myself or checking myself into an institution. I have since switched to Loestrin24Fe, and I can't say I'm in love with it, but I DO feel SO much better! Seems to have a few side effects of it's own, but as long as "killing myself" isn't one of them, sounds good to me! Despite thinking that Yasmin was great back then, I started to think back to when I felt my life had started to spiral out of control, and it's when I started the Yasmin. My migraines and over all aches, pains, and anxiety problems started then too! The 2 best years I had were 2 years I wasn't really actively using birth control. My last two relationships have ended in a fiery ball of flames due to the control Yasmin and Yaz have had over me. THIS PILL NEEDS TO BE OFF THE MARKET. It has ruined my life for the past 3 years especially and I can't believe that despite all of us screaming at the top of our lungs, no one is doing anything. All the drug reps keep saying "there's no "bad" pill everyone reacts differently" but HOW can you say that when so many women are this miserable on it? Do countless numbers of us need to die in order for this to be over?

Help me! I have stopped taking Yasmin for about 4 or 5 months because my husband and I want to conceive. I AM STARTING TO LOSE MY HAIR! I am so worried about this as I am losing at least double the normal amount everyday and this has been happening for about a week now. I have noticed the difference as my hair is not very thick. My husband has noticed. My friend says she can't tell, but if you look in my bathroom and my comb you would think I was undertaking radiotherapy. I went to my doctor two days ago and she thinks it could be thyroid or iron problems. She thinks it could be ceasing the pill but is unsure......PLEASE, is there ANYONE who has experienced this? And if so will it stop? I am so distressed about it.

I am 17 years old and before I started taking Yaz my periods were heavy and my cramps were so painful I could barely move, but it only lasted 3-4 days. I am on my second pack of Yaz and my period was a week late, when it did finally start I was glad that it was light, and my cramps are not as painful, but it has lasted 12 days and is still going. ( I am going to ask my doctor about that at my next appointment.) I don't know about loss of sex drive cause I am still a virgin and am only taking Yaz for fewer and lighter periods. I haven't smelled anything odd yet and I hope I never do. But I did get headaches when on my period and I was hoping Yaz would help that too, but it hasn't worked so far. Reading what other people have wrote has scared me a little cause right now my only problem is the length of my period. I hope I don't get anymore bad symptoms. Is there another kind of BCP I can take that doesn't cause so many problems? Cause I don't want to wait for these problems to happen to me, I want to prevent them!

I have been on Yasmin for 4 years. I switched from Ortho-Tri-Cyclin because the massive weight gain. I have had no visible problems with Yasmin until recently. I have not gained any weight, but I work out 5 times a week. Now, after reading other posts, I realize that I have had many of these problems. The past year or so, I have been crying for no reason at all. I have been extremely tired no matter how much sleep I get, a loss of sex drive ( which is hurting my relationship), very painful sex, and have had respiratory problems. Over the past couple of months, I have had severe gas, which has never been a problem before. It is painful. I have had very bad TMJ for about 2 years now. I have never had any problems with my jaw before then. The pain is on my left side. I just read some of the side effects of Yasmin, and left-sided jaw is one of them. I am going to talk to my Gyno about switching at my next visit. Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone know why this happens?

I am only 20 and I am confused having read all these complaints about Yasmin. The thing is that the pills have been prescribed by my doctor because of a low-progesterone level and a high-testosterone level. He says this is the only way I can regulate my hormone levels. I am now having some side-effects like depression,headaches.And it's only been the second day of taking Yasmin. Could anyone help me?

Hi there!
I have to say, I am so happy that I have found this website. I feel like I'm crazy!! I have been taking Yasmin for a little over a year or so and within the past two month I have noticed significant stress, anxiety, depression (which I have NEVER experienced in my life). Although, over the past year I have noticed I have been tired, overall low energy, and snappy for no reason. Really high strung. I never knew why.

I do have to ask though, those of you who have stopped taking, or switched from Yasmin...have you noticed a shift in mood for the better? Have you noticed a difference in depression? I am planning to make an appointment for my OB/GYN tomorrow to get off this pill. I just want some hope that things will indeed get better, you know??

I took Yaz for 7 days. In that amount of time, I began experience the most horrific symptoms I have experienced in my life. They included: chest pains, nausea, vomiting, arm pain, and the feeling of imminent death (these caused me to go to the emergency room since they are classic heart attack symptoms for a woman); leg and arm weakness; lethargy; migrane; panic attacks; severe insomnia, diarrhea, and vision problems that caused my contact lens perscription to change and night time vision had profound halos when driving, etc. I was literally unable to stomach any normal food portions I was so nauseous. I normally run 3 miles and could not even make it to the gym for weeks. I was afraid to stay home alone with my 4 year-old and 17 month-old for fear something would happen to me while they were in my care. At the ER they found low potassium levels (which makes no sense given Yaz has a potassium sparring diuretic component). In another blood test, I had elevated iron, which I have never had previously.

I am 35 and have been on bcp's periodically for 12-15 years. I have never had any of these symptoms prior to this experience. I have never had anxiety, depression, or any other underlying health condition. I immediately stopped taking the pills once I made the connection. So far, my recovery has been slow, but at least it is improving. I resent that my ob/gyn and internist both said that the pill would be out of my system in 24 hours. The effects are clearly long lasting (I am approximately 7 weeks off of Yaz).

Finally, my eye doctor, of all people, said that he has seen and heard of people having problems similar to mine and that it was understandable that I would have anxiety when I felt like I was dying from a heart attack. No one perscribing this medication bothered to tell me of the diuretic component or any component that was going to affect depression. I am attorney and have always thrived under pressure, not turned into a panic attack ridden mess like this medication caused.

As for the previous post who stated these are common symptoms described by women, at 35, I know the difference between my normal body function and the hell that began when I started taking Yaz. Unless you have experienced this, then you clearly would not understand. I appreciate that Yaz and Yasmin have worked well for some, but that clearly has not been my personal experience. So, I write this not to discourage someone who has had a positive experience, but to provide support for anyone else who has suffered like I have.

I have been taking this for 3 days and I am a little worried. My legs feel kind of tingly and sore (started about an hour after i took the 1st pill). I am not swollen or anything...this is pretty much my only side effect, but I can't get a hold of my obgyn to ask her about it, since I have to wait 2 months to get an appointment with her...I dunno. The leg cramps can't be a blood clot this soon? This site is really worrying me now.

It is not a shooting pain like they say in the pamphlet Warning Signs, just kind of a dull pain. I had a lot of leg cramps as a child and this feels just like it, but more mild.

Over the past few years I've had 3 different doctors convince me to try Yasmin instead of my very old fashioned but tried and true Demulen. I'm a military wife and we move a lot... I told each doctor that I really feel awful on Yasmin but none of them believed me. Last month I let the third doctor convince me that I should be on Yasmin. The same old side effects started within days...bitchy, depressed, irritable, frustrated, scared, short fuse, etc... I stopped after 1 month and have an appointment tomorrow. I don't care if any doctors believe me....it IS the Yasmin. I've tried it 3 times. Stay away from this POS drug. Oh yeah, I had yeast infections the whole month.

Hello,

I read about how YAZ birth control pill affects the body and psych and I am now scared. This is my 2nd day of YAZ (I've never been on birth control pills ever and I am 27 years old), it's all new to me but after reading all these negative posts about Yaz I don't know what to do. Before the birth control pills, I was depressed, annoying, serious weight problems - 210 lbs :~~((, low energy, low libido, always tired, terrible migraines every 2nd day, ridiculously increased appetite and excessive hunger, hair where it shouldn't be, menstrual blood clots, excessive cramping etc
I have all these problems for 3 years now and now that the family doc. put me on YAZ birth control pill I am even more scared - mainly of more weight gain, it would be a tragedy for me, I am fat enough already and what's worse I can't lose the weight, exercise doesn't help, diet doesn't help, NOTHING. Will YAZ birth control pill worsen my already tragic condition? I just don't know what to do and what to believe ... I appreciate any advice or help you can give me ... Thank You to all!

EVERYBODY REPLY TO THIS Let's see exactly how many women have had negative side affects from Yasmin. Just reply with the sideaffects. I see lots of posts and was wondering how many women are out there sharing similar problems. So me.... migraines, extremely horrible mood swings all from taking yasmin for 8-9 days next..........? lol

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.

i posted a few months ago about my side effects with no sex drive because of yasmin. My side effects are worse. Im depressed, i want to sleep all the time, im hungry all the time, and im not the same person i use to be. I cry over everything. I almost lost my future husband because i never want to be loving with him or cuddle anymore. Ive got an appointment on april 10th to get my medicine changed.

The only thing i love about yasmin is i have no cramps and my cycle is 3 days or less. I want to stay on birthcontrol but i dont know what would be a good one to go on?

i was on yasmine for over 2 years. i then went to a new gym that suggested i go on yaz. i feel like i gained 5 lbs since i started yaz. now that i am off, this is my first month, i am experiencing a lot of hair loss from the scalp. does anyone know if this is a common side effect?
has anyone else experienced this????
i feel so helpless. i have made an appointment with my dermatologist for some remedies for the hair loss as well as an appt with my gyn to understand why and how this could be a side effect.

Hi bitter RN!! Hope you read my last posts... (I fear they were displaced in the meantime to site 2 or 3).

Just had a phone talk with my doc's office. They didn't tell me every result of the bloodwork but I asked them especially for those here:

TSH (Thyroid) 4,1 (!!) --> the highest it has ever been...

Transferrin: 340 (within the normal range but at the upper end of them; so it seems to be a bit high, which could show, that my iron storages are a bit low........

Iron: 76 (which is also still within the normal range but at the lower end of the normal ranges!!)

I have an appointment with my doc to talk about all the results on tuesday next week in the afternoon...

I hope they can finally help me somehow.......

Flowerbabies:

As you told, you have hashimoto's... do you know or could you tell me, how your TSH is??

Thank you both in advance!!

Best wishes
Silke

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Go get blood work done and have everything checked... especially your magnesium. I was having really bad palpitations and it turns out my magnesium was dangerously low (magnesium is an important mineral for your muscles, regulates heart rhythm). You may be depleting your body of minerals because of the diuretic in Yasmin, but go get your blood work done to make sure that's what is going on. I don't know what effexor is.

I am no longer on Yasmin and have an appointment next week for my magnesium levels. BTW- I feel great, I take a magnesium oxide tablet every morning for now.

I am currently on Yasmin (have been for about a year). I have been thinking about getting off of it, but I wasn't sure if my side effects were because of it or not. I do not take any other medicaton.

I have found that I now have NO libido WHATSOEVER! This has definetly put a damper in my relationship with my husband. I also find myself lethargic most of the time. It's a constant tiredness that just becomes so annoying! I also find that I get real moody and crabby for no reason.

I have a Dr.'s appointment on Friday and I'm gonna tell my Dr. no more Yasmin. I was just wondering, what methods are you all now using? I wanna get off the pill but my husband and I are not planning for children yet. What have you guys tried?

I have had the bronchial problems while on yasmin and while on ortho-cyclene. I never related the two.. I still think it's allergies because it started when I moved to NC, and it only happens in the fall/winter.

My experience with yasmin I thought was great until I started to put two and two together. I didn't have the mood swings and my skin looked great. But when I realized my magnesium levels dropped causing my heart palpitations and ridiculous need to pee ALL the time, as well as my blood pressure going through the roof... I joined this forum and now I'm off Yasmin. My husband very supportive of my decision.

One thing I will say, I'm so grateful I listened to my body and went in for a check-up because I felt "funny". I know I would have had a stroke- my BP was 160/120. Now with medication it's normal. Hopefully with time I can get off BP as well, that's my goal.

I'll keep you all posted on my magnesium I have an appointment in Feb.

IPJ

Sorry I haven't been on in a while- just to answer the question: I had blood work done, that's how they determined that my magesium was low. It's not climbing very quickly either, we'll see after my appointment.
Also: the bronchial stuff... I thought I was developing asthma! I moved to NC and have had issues with a feeling of compression, but only in the winter months. It seems to have passed, I'll keep you posted. It probably is allergies because when I went to MD it completely went away.

Interesting to hear that I'm not the only one with the magnesium deficiency. This is the only site where I've seen it posted.

IPJ

@ bitterRN!!

Hi you! Hope you're still there!?

Just wanted to let you know the results of my bloodwork of last week (hormonal test):

LH 3,27 mUL/ml
FSH 5,38 mUl/ml
Estradiol 38,36 pg/ml
Prolaktin 26,00 ng/ml
Testosteron 0,37 ng/ml

I'm sorry, I don't know the english words for the above... I hope it's nearly similar to the german words and you know what those results mean...?

A few weeks ago you mentioned a thought about low testosterone. Does that sound low to you? (Don't have any idea about those results, yet... I have a telephone appointment with my gyn in about 3 hours to talk about it.)

Thank you in advance!!

Best wishes
Silke

Hello everybody.
I am hoping that somebody here will be able to answer my question.
I have also had terrible problems after taking yasmin for 4 years. I stopped taking it about 9 months ago. I have gradually been feeling better but have been undergoing hormone testing because of terrible pms and a short cycle.
I had my first hormone testing done at the beginning of this cycle. It was done on day 3 and all the results were normal. However the second part of the test was done on day 7 after i ovulated. This test was for progesterone and estradiol. I got the results today. The progesterone level is 37 and estradiol level is 257.
I spoke to the nurse at the practice and she said they were low. I wont have an appointment with the doctor to discuss the results until next week. When i look it up on the internet i cannot get any definite answers as to what this means.
I hope there is somebody here that can help me.
I am afraid i have been left with some permanent damage after yasmin.
I dread to think what this means.
Does anybody know.
Please reply if you can help me as right now i feel i have gone back to the days immediately after stopping yasmin.
Thanks in advance
murph70

Since comming off Dianete for a lower dose pill which the doctor recomonded to me Yasmin. I wish she hasn't, i wrongly was attracted to the possitve side effect as it apparently can induce weight loss, which i needed after being on such a high dose pill for over a year and gaining a stone in weight,

My sex drive has pretty much curled up and died since I changed pill, i changed pill as soon as i got back from holiday and have barely had the urge to make love to my partner since June...and this is unusual for me, i have never had a problem with my sex drive and it's frustrating for both me and my partner.

Just over the last few days I have had a constant headache, and a panging head rush whenever i stand.... at first I thought it was just a migraine but after reading through this site i have quickly booked a doctors appointment tomorrow.
My head is killing me, my brain is foggy as is my eye site.

This pill has also made me incredibly tired, constantly, no matter how much sleep i get i am still always exhausted.

I just hope that these headaches clear when i stop taking the pill quickly, as it's making me very very unhappy and i leave for university in a week.

I started taking Yasmin about three years ago. I was so excited when my periods became shorter, more regular and less intense in pain as well as being able to see my skin clear. Then at about the end of year one beginning of year two the side effects began. Since taking Yasmin I have gained a whopping 30 lbs! It has also taken me almost a year to try and loose 16 lbs of that total weight gain. I have suffered from anxiety, severe depression, extreme anger and paranoia. It was bad enough that my regular physician prescribed Wellbutrin and Xanax. My sex drive has also plummetted to the point of non-existence making me feel horrible not being able to feel close to my fiance. There have also been problems with my vision meaning it takes me a good two minutes with lots of blinking to get a grip on my sight. Migraines have also been severe and frequent. I had a week of nothing but migraines one for every single day. I have to say since taking Yasmin I have been far from my normal self, up to the point of calling off my upcoming wedding! Thankfully I had a brief moment of normal thought and realized that it was a huge mistake. It has been agreed by all parties involved that as soon as I get a doctors appointment I will switch to some other form of BC and destroy my Yasmin pills. Those who are considering taking Yasmin STAY AWAY!!!

I have been on again, off again with yasmin for about nine months. I've been off it for 3 months, but i just started up again less than a week ago! Within a couple days, I felt off: depressed(for no particular reason), nervous, anxious, etc. Because I'm usually a perky, happy-go-lucky person, my family and I decided it was surely because of the pill. I have made an appointment at my gyno and I know I'm going to get off the pill right away, but I'm scared to think that my symptoms will still occur even after I've been off it for awhile. Does anyone have any idea of a time frame? Or advice?

I can't believe what I'm reading. It's all finally starting to click for me.

I have been on Yasmin for a couple of years. And a couple of years ago, the panic attacks started. I finally got over those for the most part. They still come and go from time to time. However, over the last 6 months I have been suffering from horrible lower back pain, UTIs, constant sinus infections, etc.

I have had every kind of test run possible trying to figure out what it going on. After reading all your posts as well as doing some additional research it is frightening clear what is going on.

I have made an appointment with my doctor for Monday. I told her what I suspected and she was very open to discussing my suspision and even said "sounds like we might have found the problem".

I just started my period, so I'm not planning to purchase any more Yasmin. I need to get this out of my system. I just hope I don't experience worse effects trying to clear the drug from my system.

Hello Ladies,

I began taking Yasmin about 2 weeks ago. I've taken Ortho Tri Cyclene and Ortho Lo before and have never had any problems, but I went off the pill for about 2 years and my Gyno said that this would be a good pill for someone going back on birth control. I thought that my side effects were just my body getting used to the pill again.

I started the pill pack on the first day of my period, and my period dissappeared in a day. I continued taking the pills and every day since I've been getting these cramps in my lower stomache (I can only describe them as similar to menstrual cramps- and I often feel nauseous), my back has been killing me, and I've been noticing more and more breakthough bleeding every day. It's almost like I've had a light period for 2 weeks. I've started to consider taking a pregnancy test but I don't know if these would be the side effects to taking the pill when you're pregnant, and I really don't think I am-- I think I'm going crazy.

I'm going on vacation in 2 days and I'm going to see if I can get an appointment with my doc to change the pill, because I'm not going to quit and get my period and I can't keep taking this horrible pill.

If anyone has any new advice, please let me know!!

I have now been on Yasmin for about 9 months and I am just realizing how much of an effect it is having on my life. Once I started taking it I noticed that I was very tempermental and that my sex drive decreased severely. I figured these symptoms would go away once my body was used to the horomones. But here I am 9 months later and still having the same side effects. Am I supposed to get married in the fall and me and my fiancee are now experiencing problems due to my symptoms from taking Yasmin. I am planning on making an appointment with my physician next month to see if there isn't a better bcp with less side effects.

hello, im new to here but been reading everyones postings. i have been on yasmin almost 2 years. about 6months ago i started noticing this fogginess i felt all the time and blurry vision. about a month ago i started getting a major pain on the left side of my head. my dr has had ran tests, had me get my eyes checked and so far no explanation. im starting to wonder if its yasmin. i also for the 2yrs had normal periods till 3months ago and now i dont have anything. i notice lately im really tired all the time and nauseness. thought i was pregnant and took a test but the first one was positive the 2nd was negitive so i stopped 2wks ago taking my yasmin till my appointment. none of the symptoms ive mentioned has went away. some has weakened but still there. i was woundering if anyone has had anything happen like this and/or got pregnant on yasmin. thanks!

Hi everyone!

Well, it's been five days since I stopped taking Yasmin and my last entry on this site. I got my period right away, so haven't noticed any improvement in how I feel. I've had a killer headache just about every day, a nice juicy cold sore on my lip and one day after stopping the pill, noticed what looked like a broken blood vessel in my eye before I went to bed, but it was gone by the next morning, plus I've woke up every morning cold and sweaty. I'm certainly very scared to try any type of hormonal treatment again. My only hope is that I start to feel more like myself soon. I have an appointment with my GP tomorrow and was considering trying Alesse, but have decided against this. Has anyone had any sort of success with any natural/holistic products and/or treatments?

Julia

My doctor put my on Yasmin 3 months ago after Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo gave me yeast infections. Well Yasmin gave me them too and it made me totally miserable. I feel paranoid all the time, I cry about every little thing, I can't fall asleep unless I'm exhausted, I have acne, my breats are sore almost all the time, and recently I noticed that my hair is falling out more than it used to. I got on the pill to help with cramps, and it has. But all the side effects are not worth it to me. I stopped taking it today in the middle of my pack because I don't want to lose any more hair! I want to try another brand but I'm afraid that I'll be miserable again. I'm goning to get an appointment sometime soon and hopefully get on something that works for me.

Hello.

I posted yesterday explaining how bad my depression has gotten lately. Like i said i started it a little less than 3 months ago and since then i've been extremely emotional and constantly down for no reason what-so-ever. At first I didn't want to think that yasmin was the cause, but yesterday after reading this board, and thinking about it, it became so obvious that its the pill.

I figured I would talk about it with my gyno at my 3 month check up appointment, but i didn't want to have to wait another few weeks living in this hell. So, I stopped taking it yesterday.

I know that a lot of you have gone through similar things and decided to stop taking it. But my question to you is did I make the right decision and how long until I feel back to normal..?

Well, I took my last Yasmin on Saturday, but I'm still debating whether or not I will stay on it, I have a gyno appointment next Tuesday. I can't decide if I should just stay on it until I go in or if I should go off it completely and see what he says. Does anyone ever feel like they have something stuck in their throat. I know you can get that feeling from anxiety but I think mine is something else because my thoat and chest often feel tight. Also, even though my pulse is over 100 bpm my blood pressure is usually only 106/60

re 34567, #14982 comment.

Hi, I have been having sharp pains in my chest, the pain is intense and can last between 3 -20 seconds. My doctor said that it was stress related, but now im not so sure.

I have also had horrible cramping, unlike normal cramping which is at your side, this has been in the middle and only ceases when i lie on my stomach for awhile.

Im calling my doctor tommorow for a appointment.

Thanks.

I have had constant dry eyes since on this pill, dry skin, and rashes on my hands/face. Did anyone else notice this too? All the other symptoms disappeared after 3 packs on the pill, but these dry eyes. Since I have another eye condition this could be a problem.

Thanks

OMG! I found this site by accident and as I sit here and read the posts my mouth is hanging open. I have been ready to leave my family and never look back. I have been terrified of the "monster" that I've become over the last few months to the point of feeling my family would be better off without me around. I had no idea at all that this drug caused this sort of mental condition. I cry at the drop of a hat and have become a recluse, dropping several classes on my campus because I just don't want to be around anyone anymore. I have an appointment for a pap this Wednesday and I was going to tell the doc that I have been certain I've been going through a nervous breakdown. Something has got to be done. I can't continue to live like this. One of the reasons that I agreed to go on Yasmin was because I have PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and was put on this and Metformin to help me regulate my periods and lose some weight. Now that I'm reading how everyone has gained a lot of weight after going off this drug I'm terrified out of my mind! I don't know what I'm going to do now. Any suggestions from anyone?

Need your help!

I have already left a few messages but I have had enough now. I stopped taking yasmin after 9 months and 7 weeks after stopping I started to get heart palpatations, panic attacks and anxiety. After finding this site I felt so much better as I found the reason why I didnt feel right, but the anxiety is driving me mad I am convinced I have a brain tumour silly as it sounds and I cant get the thought out of my head I keep telling myselve I dont feel right because of yasmin but it dont work, as I said before I do not want to go on mediacation as I have two children and next week I am going back to college, I really have had enough now I kept going to the gp and he said he would refer me to a neourologist but the appointment is not until 29th nov, I need to get this thought out of my head as it is really getting me down, any advice ladies??

Thankyou
Joanne.

I can't believe what I've read. I've been on Yasmin for 2 1/2 years and developed symptoms 4 months ago that sent me to the hospital twice. I had hear palpitations, high blood pressure, anxiety (which only made it worse) and almost passed out. I've had an EKG done and an ultrasound on my adrenal glands and kidneys. I am now on blood pressure medicine and Paxil for my anxiety. My panic attackes made my blood pressure so high (170/100) my doctor gave me Ativan to take "just in case." All these things seem to worsen at night even thought they have been greatly controlled by medicine. Neither me nor my doctors suspected Yasmin until my friend (also on Yasmin for 2 1/2 years) has started having the same symptoms. Yasmin is our only thing in common we could figure out. I was just doing a search on it to see if I could find out if Yasmin could be causing our symptoms. I actually have an appointment with a cardiologist next week to find out what is wrong with my heart and if there is any damage. I've never had any similar symptoms ever in my life on any other birth control pills. I'm only 28.

Hello Ladies, Joodles here.

It is day 52 of being off Yasmin and this past Saturday I have developed an irritating headache in the back of my head and have had it since.

Has anyone else experienced headaches while weaning off Yasmin?

I have a check-up with my Primary Care Physician, I will mention it to him. In 2 weeks I have my 2 month appointment with my GYN, she wants to follow-up how I am doing since going off Yasmin. Boy, will I have a lot to say!

Good health to us all,

Joodles

Megkel,

I was only on the pill for 4 months and stopped taking it 7 weeks ago. So far-no period yet and my gyn said I should wait 60 days before scheduling an appointment. Just wondering if you were experiencing severe bloating in the interim too?

First, let me thank all of you for posting your own experiences. It helps me and others realize we are not crazy about what's going on!

I've been on Yasmin for almost 3 months. After reading this website, I just made an appointment with my doctor to switch to another birch control...for three months, I have been feeling exhausted, over-anxious, depressed, and emotional! I have noticed periods of time when my heart feels like it is going to beat out of my chest, and I get night sweats even in the AC! I have been to my normal physician 2 times within this period of time thinking there was something wrong with me...I am now more apt to believe it was the Yasmin causing all these problems for me.

Don't get me wrong, I have tendencies towards being anxious, etc, but I cry at the drop of a hat, and I take things extremely personally that I know I normally wouldn't!

I can't say I've had all the side effects listed (bigger breasts? Nope!)...and I sure hope I don't start gaining weight going off this "wonder-drug".