Yasmin and foot cramps

My normal period arrived again , but this time about 3 days too early (30.12.06). And today it's already lasting 8 days!! And it only got a bit lighter today. I'm feeling totally drained, tired, dizzy, completely weak... I wish I finally would be as I was before this Yasmin nightmare... But it seems as if my body will need much more time as it already had to finally find its balance again...... :-(

I had a fainting spell during my gig on silvester and had foot cramps (which is not usual for me......) during standing on stage...

Anybody out there who has also such problems during their period???

Greetings
Silke

This isn't my first entry on this website. Thankfully, about 6 months ago, I found this website and it changed my life. I was on Yasmin for about 2 years. During that period of time, I was on the brink of losing it. I had SEVERE anxiety/panic attacks (was prescribed and anti-anxiety medication), racing heart (was prescribed a beta blocker), awful foot cramps, depression, headaches, and diahreah almost daily -- to the point I could hardly eat a thing!

I went off of the pill last year, and have to tell all of you who are going through this, that I personally am fine now that I have it out of my system. I thought there was something wrong with my head, and if any of you are going through the same thing, think twice about this pill. It may not be you!!

Best of luck to all.

This website has been such a blessing to find! I took Yasmin for 2 years and thought that I was the only one with crazy symptoms that I had NEVER had before -- all of which have gone away since I stopped taking this pill a few months ago.

During the past 2 years, I have been diagnosed with IBS and Anxiety Disorder. I have also experienced migraines, nausea, terrible foot cramps, crying episodes for no reason, and tiredness. I used to be very active, going to the gym every single day. I haven't been there in ages!

Becuase of the anxiety and panic that I had, I was put on an anti-anxiety medication which I now have to work on going off of. This pill just isn't worth it, think twice before you begin. It feels like I have spent most of the past few years going to the doctor, this is not who I was before!

Good luck to all.

Was on Yasmin for about 1 1/2 years, I have suffered from leg & foot cramps, pains in chest & arms, pins and needles in arms, headaches, detoritating vision, nausea, breathlessness, tiredness and kidney infections (caused by the diuretic in it), weight gain, constipation and heavy periods, thought I was becoming serioulsy ill, felt like 70 instead of 30. The only positive thing about this pill was that I didn't get pregenant.
Am off it now about a month and all symptons are just gone.

Just an update on the dizziness.... I'm on the 6th day of my inactive pill week and still experiencing slight vertigo. I read here about someone's foot cramps, which reminded me of my own! In fact, I had asked my chiropractor what the problem was, and he couldn't find anything. Anyway, I talked to my midwife about my dizziness, and she said it was probably from the absence of estrogen while taking the placebo pills. Either way, I told her I am not starting another pack of pills because I'm tired of the hot flashes, the sweating and the dizziness.... even if it is only on my inactive week. I am done with this pill.

I had taken Yasmin for almost two years, and stopped about 6 weeks ago. Reading the postings on this site really opened my eyes. When you ask your doctor if these odd side effects could be from Yasmin, they act stunned that you could even think such a thing...it's supposed to be the new "miracle drug" they say.

Looking back, I can now accurately target just what Yasmin brought to my life since these side effects have disappeared ever since I stopped this awful pill. After about 6 months on Yasmin I began having SEVERE anxiety attacks -- so bad that I was put on medication and wondered what was wrong with me. I was depressed...a level of depression that can almost not be put into words...along with mood swings that made my friends think that I was defiitely losing it. I had foot cramps regularly, acne, shortness of breath and utter exhaustion 24/7. These are the bad things.

On the only good note, my periods were light, pain-free and wonderful. That was why I stayed on for as long as I did.

I was switched to Mircette 6 weeks ago and all of the Yasmin side effects are now gone. Unfortunately with Mircette, I began hemmoraging a week ago (2 weeks before my period was due) and am still bleeding. I now do not know what to take, or if I should go without. If anyone has advice, I would much appreciate it.

I hope that reading about my Yasmin experiences has helped you, please don't think that any of these side effects are just you...no matter what the doctor says.

All -- stop taking YASMIN now if you have any of these symptoms- I wrote in a few days ago with all the same complaints. I went off the pill 3 days ago. Within 24 hours my personality was back to normal. I was no longer depressed or angry, just normal! My physical symptoms are now starting to subside. No new acne has erupted at all and my cysts are healing. My water weight is 70% gone and the tingling in my legs, foot cramps, migraines, and chest pains, and acid reflux and nightly vomiting are all gone. I am so relieved! IT IS THE PILL! GET OFF OF IT AND YOU WILL FEEL BETTER TODAY! I WORRY ABOUT THIS PILL --- IS IS LIKE POISON TO SOME OF US! Good luck to everyone and god bless...

Ack - forgot one more possible negative side effect: foot cramps, not calf cramps, whenEVER (not just nighttime). Never gotten foot cramps like this before. I just posted the long-winded effects immediately before this one. Positive side effects: there aren't many cramps at all, but sometimes it feels faintly like I have them--when it's not that time of the month. Good luck, everyone!

I can't believe I found this website! I have been on Yasmin for 1 1/2 years. For the past two weeks I have been suffering from almost unbearable foot spasms in the bottom of my feet. Also foot cramps off and on for the past year or so. Has anyone had this before?

Also, I have been telling my doctor for months that I feel as if I'm having huge mood swings along with severe depression. I feel like all I do is cry lately--and I'm usually quite a positive person!

One year ago I started having severe anxiety attacks, to the point that I had to start medication for that. Until I read this website I never once thought that there could be a link between Yasmin and that situation. I would love to hear from anyone else who has experienced this.

E-mail me at: ss111131@yahoo.com

I have been on Yasmin for 1 1/2 years. In the beginning, it helped clear up my skin considerably which I was happy about. About 6 months after I started, I began to experience severe anxiety/panic attacks that seemed to come from nowhere! I had to start medication for that. I have also been depressed, exhausted and moody like never before during this same period of time.

For the entire 1 1/2 years, I have had SEVERE foot cramps! For the past few weeks I have been experiencing sharp pains in the bottom of my feet and now I'm told that Yasmin causes severe blot clots (which I wasn't told in the beginning). I have decided to stop taking Yasmin and am being switched to Nepco this week. With all of these side effects, it's just not worth it!!!!