Yasmin and chills

I would just like to thank all who left posts on this page. You can not imagine the relief I feel that I am not going mad. I have been taking Yasim for about 4 years now. I have been getting very dizzy, been having heart palpitations, sweating, chills, panic attack like symptoms, feeling faint, blurry vision, feeling foggy in my head and lack of concentration. I have been to 4 doctors who ALL found nothing wrong with me. I spent 4 days in hospital with these symptoms and was told that I had vertigo. I am so annoyed that no doctor made the connection between Yasmin and my symptoms. I have wasted the last year of my life in a foggy haze over this pill.

Thanks... I no longer feel like I should be committed...

PS Does anyone know how long it takes to get this demon pill out of your system???

Hi Kim123,

Your story sounds like an exact exact replicate of my own. I stopped Yasmin in May 06, and until now am still suffering from it's effects. The first 4 months off were the absolute worse. I became an exact opposite of my former self. All of sudden, I would get SEVERE panic attacks esp. while eating.... I too lost 14 pounds and went from somebody who couldn't stop thinking about food, too somebody who absolutely detested and feared it.

I went to tons and tons of Doctors. The one thing that they finally found was subclinical hyperthyroidism with a tsh as low as .009. Finally in October of 06, after getting to the point of wanting to end it all, I gave in and took fluoxetine 10mg, every other day. I feared taking any more drugs because of what Yasmin did to me., but at that point it couldn't get any worse. At that point I finally started making slow, but steady progress. The fluoxetine helped a lot with the anxiety and also with my gastrointestinal problems. I researched many hours on the drug type and realized most Dr's prescribe to high of a dose and it is better to take the lowest possible dose to avoid the extra side effects.. Btw, I never had any side effects from the drug.

The first four months, I couldn't eat anything. I had chest pressure, tightness, difficulty swallowing/ sometimes breathing, anxiety, panic attacks, all day nausea, chills.

Now at almost a year off, the chest pressure and swallowing problems ceased. The nausea ceased though depending on my cycle I still cannot eat too much and sometimes feel ill after eating. The anxiety is much less and the chills went away. So even after a year off, I still cannot eat as I used to, but I did make progress and so will you.

Kim, it's probably going to be a long hard journey back to health as all of us on these boards now. The one thing that keeps me going is knowing that eventually there will be more good days then bad... and that one day I will have my health back and that I will never ever take for granted again.

Best wishes, and God bless.

Jen

I took it for just a little over 2 weeks. I felt totally sick, nauseated,tired,weak,moody,sad,chills...didn't feel like doing anything AND my face totally broke out more than ever before!!or since I can remember!) Also had the acid,gas,burping...I went to the Dr. for bloodwork, thinking I might be dying!! Finally stopped taking the yasmine and after 4 days I am just starting to begin to feel normal. I have 4 children and felt worse than I ahve w/ any pregnancy! Also lost all sex drive! My husband thought I was totally hormonal and wanted the "old me" back! I was not told of any side effects when i went on it and after week one was told to stick w/ it. After week 2, could take no more!! I've missed almost 2 weeks of exercise b/c i felt so bad and also my appetite was increased b/c I kept thinking I might feel better if I ate something! The only reason i was put on it was to regulate me and made me more irregular. I agreed to go on it b/c I was told it helps you lose weight. It's not worth it! I've taken many fertility drugs, and have never been effected w/ any as I was this! Glad to be recovering!! I will let my husband have the surgery (Father's day present!)