Yasmin and digestive system

Hello all-
I only took Yasmin for a little over 2 weeks and felt liek a completely different person. It didn't help that I took it during a major time of transition (live-in boyfriend moving out, etc) but I was in such a haze that I couldn't even deal with my feelings. I was also ALWAYS nauseous, bloated, constopated then had diarhea.
So now I have been off of it since July 5th and I felt the haze lift after only a few days. Unfortunately, my digestive system is nowhere back to normal. I am now super bloated and having extremly bad cramping. Does anyone suggest taking anything in particular to help with this? Would a water pill help? SInce I was on it such a short period, I am hoping that the side effects go away much faster but maybe that isn't the case. Can anyone who has been on it for a short time let me know when they physically started feeling better?
I just spoke to the nurse at my doctor's office about it and she said all tehse side effects sound like more of an internal medicine problem and they are probably not related to the YAsmin. I find that EXTREMELY hard to beleive seeing how this all started when i started the Yasmin. And to think my doctor recommended this drug saying that it has the least side effects.

Post your symptoms since stopping Yasmin!!!

Hey everyone it's Kay21 here and I just wanted to post my 3 month off Yasmin update. Because stopping the pill is a hard decision, I figured we should all post are updates here to help/support those who are planning to stop or who have recently stopped Yasmin.

I have been off of Yasmin since April 17. As some of you already know, I was experiencing horrible side effects while on Yasmin for 3 years (particularly stomach problems, vaginal dryness, muscle cramps, increased blood pressure and heart rate and anxiety).

The first 1 month off of Yasmin was okay. In fact, I felt the best I had ever felt in a while. My blood pressure and heart rate decreased and the migraines and muscle cramps went away. But when I hit the 2 month (8 week) mark, I felt HORRIBLE. I was severely depressed and anxious. I was crying all the time and felt a severe sense of DOOM! The physical symptoms also started to become problematic. The acne increased and I started growing more facial hair. The worse symptom, however, was that I started losing a ton of hair. I would lose stray hairs all day (probably about 200 a day). Since I have hit the three month mark, the hair loss has gotten MUCH WORSE! Now I am losing CLUMPS of hair all day. I have seen several doctors about this. Some say it's because of stress and a few (a derm, GYN and endo) say that hiar loss is common after stopping bcp. I have already loss about 1/3 of my hair.

I am also really concerned, because I have not had a period since April 22. So my doctor has put me on provera for 10 days to induce a period.

For those who have stopped Yasmin, what have your symptoms been (i.e. increased acne, weight gain, anxiety, etc.). Has anyone experienced hair loss? How long did it take to get a period???

Thanks...

I am a 47 year old peri-menopausal woman who was put on this pill to regulate irregular and very heavy menstrual periods. I did not bargain for what I got in return.

I was on this pill for 2 years before my internist suggested that the problems that I was having might be related to this pill. I had had ulcerative colitis many years ago and then it calmed down for 10 years, until about 4 months after being on this pill, it came back with a vengeance, as did many other intestinal and issues with my digestive system.

In addition, about 1 1/2 years after being on this pill, I started having insomnia for about half the days in the month, and also feeling wired and paranoid about things that did not make any sense. Then the panic attacks started. I was told that I was anxious because of my colitis and prescribed anit-anxiety medications.

I did not realize all of this was from this pill, I thought maybe a change in life coming or maybe my colitis. Well, I decided to throw all the pills away mid-cyle anyway. Why take a chance?

It has been about 3 1/2 months since I stopped taking them and it has taken all this time for me to feel like my old self. I have not had a panic attack in quite awhile, and I have anxiety only occassionally. Also, many of my digestive issues have improved, but I am still not back to 100 percent. I think some of this IS related to a change in life coming, but definitely not all of it.

If you are a 40+ woman, and your doctor suggests a low dose pill, specifically, Yasmine, think again. Yes, it does control pre-mentstual bloating, and Yes, it was easy to keep my weight down on this pill. But in doing so, I did not feel well most days. Think about it. Taking it may be like making a deal with the devil.

Good luck to all who have been on this awful "medicine"

WOW! I am thrilled and amazed to have found this website. About two years ago, my doctor put me on Yasmin to remedy my severe bloating during PMS. She told me that Yasmin has a diuretic component and should help. My first month on Yasmin, I passed out in church. I literally took a header, knocking my head on the pew in front of me. (My poor husband - my 6-year old daughter starts yelling "what did you do to mommy?!") Anyway, the doctor in the congregation told me it was probably the heat (doubtful since it doesn't get oppressively hot in San Diego) and I didn't think twice about it.

While it did help me with the water retention (although I never had complete relief), I gained a good 15 pounds in those two years (not changing my diet, remaining active, etc.), my digestive system BLOWS, and my normally healthy sex drive has been reduced to nill. However, I thought it was just me and didn't make a possible link to Yasmin until after reading this forum.

Thanks to my darling husband getting a vasectomy, I went off the pill this month for good. My question is this... I have been feeling extremely bloated almost immediately after going off. Has anyone experienced this and, if so, how long before those symptoms go away, if ever? Am I doomed to a life of diuretics?

Thanks ladies!