Yasmin and blod clot

Girls Girls Girls! My experience with yaz was a near fatal one. I took yaz for 21/2 months and ended up in the hosp with a massive blod clot to my left leg and a small one in each lung. I'm 42, and basically healthy except for the killer periods. I also felt nauseaous the first month then things got better, lighter flow, less cramping and back pain. halfway into my third pack is when things got ugly. Sudden onset of shortness of breath with normal activity and a leg that was 2inches bigger in diameter. For you older girls I think the ob/gyn should take labs prior to starting yaz. check cholesterol, clotting time,and potassium and hormone levels then monthly for the first 3-6 months to see how your body is responding. Dont let moderate side effects go on >1month before calling Dr.

Happy New Year to all

Hi there i am officially one year and 2 months off yasmin and i can tell you all its hard and each day is hard as you go through each and every symptom and every anxiety attack and every pain that you think may be leading to a heart attack/stroke/blod clot etc, and i am still here 14months after finishing this damn pill but i can tell you ITS GETS BETTER. to the new ladies to recap i was on the pill for almost 3years and yes i went through every side effect and struggled each and every day to the point i thought i was losing it even having a heart attack and life was so hard with a job and three young children and i felt like i was going insane and then i stumbled on this site and found silke and all the girls.
the first three months were horrendosu and the symptoms were so severe and i struggled immensly but then as i approached month five it slowly began to get better each and every day and i had everything high blood pressure huge weight gain massive anxiety heart palps i had to quit my job i was not coping and yet every day i came to this site and after a long six months i was getting better and better, i just want you all to know to hang in there i took it day by day and i know thats so hard when you are going through it but guess what i have been there and its gonne be ok. I took magnesium, vitamin c, a good multi vitamin and flaxseed capsules and i think these helped immensly, I have just been diagnosed with low iron so am on an organic supplement and my liver is not working as good as what it should so my naturopath will give me something for that in late january and thats why he thinks i have massive weight gain so lets see if what he gives me helps.
take care all and remember all of us who have travelled the road and still are are here to help you to realise you are not going insane and that you are on the road to recovery even though you fell like its a battle you will never win
take care
LISA

Hi everyone,
I can't tell you all how relieved I feel after my husband and I came across this board tonight. I started yasmin in Nov. and at the end of December I started getting migraines and extreme nausea every other day. I felt like I was going to die. I couldn't take it anymore and quit the pill on Jan. 6th to see if that was what was causing my pain. So, I've been off yasmin for three weeks and still feel just as bad. I can't do my job at work, I just want to lay down all the time. I have headaches, nausea, fatigue, am light-headed most of the time. My heart pounds so hard sometimes and my body often tingles. This whole time I've been so terrified thinking that I have a blod clot or something else horrible. But it sounds like I'm not the only one with these symptoms caused by yasmin. It makes me so angry, I've lost the last month of my life to these problems and I fear the future. I actually have an appt with a headache clinic on Tuesday, I'm going to keep it to see if the doc has any helpful suggestions.
THANK YOU all for posting, it does make me feel so much better to know I'm not the only one.
-C