Yasmin and good shape

Hi, I was on yasmine for 4 months then switched to ortho tri lo. A month arfter taking yasmine I started loosing large amounts of hair. I had long hair with long layers down my back and now I have extremely short layers and shoulder length hair without ANY hair cuts. I came across this site and see that alot of people on yasmine has had the same problem. I'm going off all birth control to see if I can get my hair back to normal. Has anyone had any luck regrowing there hair?

HI Sunflower,

I had nausea on and off, more so when I went off of Yasmin. I also have left shoulder pain (feels like a joint is sore) but then sometimes, is actual pain/ache under the left breast or between my shoulder and armpit.

Does the swelling feel like it is in your espophagus? Or your throat? Or both? Or glandular-like at either side of your neck? Why I ask is that a side effect that was experienced during clinical trials by women was something called adenovirous which apparently was experienced as "common"-where lymph glands swell.

I too was on Yasmin for 1.5 years before I really started adding up what were a number of side effects that just continued to grow while I was taking Yasmin over that time period-none of them very concerning or as concerning until May 2006 when I noticed unusual "ache"/pain under my left breast. Two months later, it was a squeezing sensation across my whole chest. A month later I saw an RN who confirmed a heart murmur/sinus bradycardia. I was not in good shape.

What I trying to say is that there are a number of women here who have experienced side effects I think are similar to yours. I was originally misdiagnosed with possible GERD as well because the symptoms I was experiencing mimic those of other things.

I'll email you privately. I am glad you found your way here.
Jasmine

HI ALL! I am back! I tried to stay away from this site and just not think about my problems at all....but yet..this site helps me so much! Just an update: I have been off of Yasmin 15 months now. Physically, I look great and am in pretty good shape. Mentally, I am STILL fighting the anxiety. My symptoms are weakness, vomiting (always in the morning), nervousness enough to make me crazy although no panic attacks anymore, sleepiness, and minor aches and pains in head and muscles. Sometimes I have trouble sleeping as well due to the nervousness. I take Clonazepam occasionally (not very often at all), and exercise as much as I can stand. I recently went back to the doctor for the vomiting and nervousness and they also gave me Lexapro. I was also terrified of it. I was so disappointed they gave me something like that, I actually BECAME depressed over having to take it. Needless to say, it is still sitting on the counter unopened. If you are taking Lexapro, is it helping you???? Please let me know! Would you start taking something like that when you have already been off 15 months (although anxiety is low grade, it is constant!)?
Virginia

I have been on Yasmin for about 9 months and for the last 7 or 8 months have been having extreme difficulty breathing. I have always been an avid runner and been in very good shape, but noticed while weight training one day that I was having a hard time catching my breath, like I just couldn't get enough air. I thought maybe I was getting a little cold and dismissed it. Day after day it got worse and worse and has been an ongoing problem now for 8 months. At first it started in my workouts and progressed to the point where daily activities have me short of breath. I thought it was allergies, went on allegra, then zyrtec, then inhalers. Have NEVER had breathing problems in my life, used to run 5-6 miles a day and now can barely make it to 3. Have also been weirdly irritable all the time, to the point where I don't even feel like talking to my family or friends. Also just unhappy in general, for absolutely no reason, it's like I'm not sad, but I'm not happy, I'm just there. I've never been like that before. It's been so frustrating and I'm pretty sure my boyfriend thinks I'm crazy, which I was starting to think myself. It was such a relief to find this website, I can't believe I went so long dealing w/ this. I just finished my last pack and will not be starting a new one. Has anyone else had a similar experience w/ the shortness of breath?