Yasmin and cellulitis

I've been on Yasmin for nearly 4 years and decided to stop taking this pill because like most of you I felt REALLY bad!! I had symptoms like cramps in my feet and legs, regular blackouts (I was taken to ER everytime), dizziness, shortness of breath, migraines, ear congestion, complete lack of energy and worst of all anxiety. I've also developed arthritis in my right shoulder for which I went to see a physio and thank god it is getting better.
I saw so many doctors and none of them could find anything wrong with me and none of them had the wonderful feeling that this may have been caused by Yasmin. When I told them I wanted to stop the pill, they told me there was no reason why and that I should carry on. So that was my decision to stop it and a very good one!! The doctors are wrong !
I am off Yasmin now since 1st of July 06 and it's only now that I start to feel better! I've been through so many weird symptoms: pains and swelling in both of my calves, cramps in my legs (streching helps!), nausea, heavy sweating during the night, my ears feel like they are blocked but no more of the other symptoms (blackouts have not come back)and my periods have come regularly but are very short (3 days).... My body is recovering and my calves are getting better. I also found out that I start to get cellulitis on my legs (what a nightmare), I was told by a friend that' s because of the pill!!
I am now full of energy, the anxiety has gone (I can face the world now), and I am determined NOT TO GO BACK on any C pills anymore.
I am 38 years old and have been on different pills since the age of 19, I would like to know if anybody of my age (or anybody) experienced symptoms like mine after they stopped Yasmin and how long it takes for them to disappear....

All you ladies, and expecially femalepara:

You shouldn't tell ANYTHING about this pill, as long as you haven't been taking it AT LEAST over a few months!!

Reading such a post like "I just started taking it TWO WEEKS ago and this is so much better than..." feel like a slap in a face of someone who had suffered and is still suffering because of this nightmare pill!!

Surely everyone reacts different on medicine, but you always should be careful and very sensitive about ANY symptoms you experience while taking Yasmin!!

In my case the worst symptoms started after 2 YEARS on it!!! Then another 2 very bad years (always tired and dizzy) without noticing, what this chemical was already doing to my body and then the total breakdown after 4 years on this stuff!! The first 2 years I thought it was the best pill I ever had taken and then in 2004 my life nearly was about to end because of that sh....!!!!

So please ladies, don't tell anything about a medicine as long as you weren't on it at least for one year!! Believe me, before that point you don't know ANYTHING about it!!!

I wish you best of luck, that everything stays that good as it does at "2 weeks" on it. In my case the diuretic effect changed into the opposite!! After about 3 years on it I got such bad water retention I've never had before in my life and cellulitis all over my body (not only legs or so!!), even at my arms!!! After about 4 years on it I looked as if I was pumped up with tons of water, my face looked like a big balloon (I ALWAYS was a very fit and slim person BEFORE!!! I swear!!), my belly wobbled with every move I made.... It was terrible!!! And still, even after one year WITHOUT Yasmin all the water I had retained is not gone completely. I'm just so thankful that it gets less every month; already I lost about 10 pounds during the last 4 months and my body and face finally starts looking like my old self!!

So again: Please be careful with that medicine and don't praise it to the skies since this is a bit hasty at such a short time on it!

All the best to everyone out there, who's still suffering or recovering of their personal "Yasmin nightmare"!! God bless you!!

Silke

about the weight gain after getting off:

YES, I'm suffering from a huge weight gain since getting off Yasmin, too!!! I don't eat more than before or do anything else different than before!!

My opinion: Yasmin has got an antidiureticum in it, which should help to get all the water out of your body, so that it's now, after getting off this "antidiureticum" which your body got used to over the years (in my case 5 HORRIBLE years!!), all the cells which have been diswatered now just the more retain all the water they can get.

OMG I hope you can understand what I'm saying, sorry, but my english is not as good as i would wish to tell you everything about this "Yasmin-Shit"!!!

Well, that's what I experienced about my body since getting off. Horrible cellulitis all over my legs and bell and even my arms!! My doctor has got the same opinion as me but he also is thinking positive about that, because he thinks that every pound I have gained now will disappear, when my hormones are finally back in balance. And that might last a few months...

Well, I believe in him, not to get rid about these "after Yasmin symptoms" as well as on the "during Yasmin symptoms".

I think we all should be glad, if we can get our health back completely and not be to worried about the pounds we might gain now... I know it's hard (I was a very fit and slim person before taking Yasmin!!!), but we'll get over that all!!! I'm sure!!

Something else: Yesterday I was so angry again about this pill and especially its german website which still tells about Yasmin as a real wonder drug that I wrote an E-Mail to the "Schering AG", the german sales department of Yasmin!!! I wrote down all my thoughts and experiences and especially that Yasmin nearly had ruined my life!! I wonder if I will get any answer from there....

Ok, enough for today. Please every lady off Yasmin keep us updated on how you're doing!!! It's still this website which on somedays is the only way to keep me alive and going on through this "after Yasmin torture"!!!

All the best to you out there!!