Yasmin and constant hunger

Severe depression,personality change, suicidal thoughts, panic attacks. Acne on face and body, hair growth on face, red,blotchy skin, bloated face. Hair loss on head. Constant hunger, sugar and caffeine cravings. Constant feeling of cold, even in warm environment. Frequent urination, dry eyes and mouth. Greasy hair and skin. Muscle and joint pains. Raised blood pressure. All these symptoms began when I started taking Yasmin and have cleared up since I stopped taking it. Never again!

Hi

I have been taking Yasmin for 10 days - after 7 days I started getting headaches which I very rarely get normally - and one day a severe headache. I also started getting allergy-like symptoms - constant sneezing and itchy eyes. Apparently one of the side-effects of yasmin is hypersensitivity - in any case nothing else has changed in my environment, diet, lifestyle.

Although these symptoms may disappear - given all the messages I have read I have decided to stop taking Yasmin - even if the symptoms arent so bad now I could be storing up trouble.

Yasmin was effective in stopping the bloating and constant hunger I had on my previous pill - but I think the potential risks outweigh this benefit. Like other people I have looked on the net for complaints about other pills and found almost none. It seems like this is a new product which is being aggressively marketed (like all new drugs - nothing different there), playing on women's insecurities about weight-gain and skin problems and which has not been properly tested. I was recommended this pill in South America...... so this is not just Europe or N America. Apparently the manufacturers have been doing very well.

Hi girls, first of all thank you all for your postings, which have really helped me a lot. I was on Jasmine (as we call Yasmin in France, where I am writing from) for 7 months and I have felt the same depression and lethargy you are all talking about. My worst problem was constant hunger and obsession with food. My family didn't recognise me as I was constantly bloated, I looked like I had a tyre around my belly, plus I needed to urinate every 15 minutes or so, but was also very constipated... Great! I would also wake up every two hours at night; I have never been a good sleeper but it had come to a point where my nights were at maximum four hours sleep. I stopped taking the pill 2 weeks ago and my belly is much flatter now, I still feel pessimistic about life can contol my feelings much more. Feeling a little more in control of my body really helps. Bonne chance to you all!

I am sitting up at 1 o'clock in the morning reading all of your entries because I am experiencing yet another sleepless night since starting Yasmin. I have been taking it for just over 2 weeks now and cannot tell you how glad I am that I have stumbled upon this information.

My side effects have included: Extreme lethargy, extreme muscle fatigue (think noodles), dry eyes, irritability and bipolar mood swings, extreme anxiety, constipation, upset stomach, BLOATING (I look and feel 6 months pregnant), insomnia, constant peeing and urinary spasms, shortness of breath, lower leg cramping at night, constant hunger

I am going to stop taking this pill immediately. I don't understand why the doctors love it so much. My doctor couldn't say enough good things about it. He really did make it sound like a miracle pill. It was definately not for me!!

Im half-way through my second pack of Yasmin and have all the above mentionend side effects. Mostly extreme emotions, crying, depression, constant hunger etc.
I know I have to come off Yasmin but have been on Dianette previously and had similar side effects.
I have PCO's - can anyone recomend a pill suitable for me with little or no side-effects?
Thanks