Yasmin and coz

I posted a story on January 16 about my 16 year old daughter who turned out to have Factor V Leiden. She went on Yaz and nearly died a few weeks later. Factor V Leiden really is very common. Especially if you have Scandinavian blood or red hair. But it affects all races and ethnicities at lower levels. If you want to read more, the New York Times had a good article on February 24, 2008. It was about the decision whether to get a genetic test before going on birth control. B. A.

hey ladies... i've been on yasmin for a year, had all the effects - i went from being a 34 c, now a 38c/d... i gained 3 stone, in part due to the yasmin, had really teary times, id cry for no reason, and wonder why i cried the next day...

anyway... i came off yasmin - my partner realised that i had headaches at the same time each month - a day or too after comin off the yasmin, until my period started, felt like my vision was... flickery wi the headaches...

so when i last saw my partner - he wrks, an im stil at uni - on the 15 oct, wen my last period started, i decided, no more yasmin...

but today, i woke up feelin crampy, and have had to put a pad on, coz im bleeding! not sure if its jus break thru, or a period, or a withdrawal bleed from the yasmin? any ideas?

also, ive had SO MUCH probnlems wi doctors - one suggested to me this was just "mental issues" i was experiencing - didnt go back to him... ive had coutless blood tests, coz they think i may have an underactive thyroid, goion in for another one, and coz i was originally put on the pill for heavy crampy periods - wen i was 11, thats 9yrs ive been on the pill now, im scared that they will be as heavy and crampy as they used to be - an i may have investigations, swabs etc to see if im alright inside, to see what makes me so crampy... n then, i may be put on the mini pill to stop the cramps!

wish id know how yasmin does make you feel - some drs will not prescribe yasmin, others think its amazing...

its the most expensive contraceptive on the nhs in the uk...

but for me, its not the best for my body...

sorry for the long post, but it needed to be said:)

any advice anyone?

emily

I met my ENT doctor today. He checked my throat using laser technique and said that my throat is as such a textbook throat..its perfect no problem whatsoever. No acid reflux, no post nasal drip yet my sore throat is the same. So finally he agreed that it might be related to hormones. And told me to wait coz my gynaec has also told me to wait for 6 months and do a hormone levels test again. my hormone levels were not slighlty different that normal about a month back. Hope this helps some other ladies out there who have had sore throat after taking yasmin.

hi all..

coming of yasmin is feeling like hell right now.

i had taken yasmin for only 1 cycle before i realised the side effects so i stopped.

now everytime i have full fledged PMS symptoms. a week before period i get a bad sore throat. doc tells me to cut down on salt a week before period. coz the throat lining swells when estrogen is produced more just before the period.

right now my throat is hurting so bad that i feel like STRANGLING MYSELF AND ENDING ALL THIS.

my eye twitching starts again in this time and currently i am desperately waiting for periods to start so my throat will get better.

Samp

thanks for all the informative posts. i started on yasmin 3 days ago and have been so tired i'm asleep on the couch by 9pm, also started getting dizzy today. my doc put me on yasmin coz it's supposed to have less side effects than most other low dose pills.