Yasmin and googled

I have been taking Yasmin for almost 2 weeks and already I'm noticing major side effects. Both good and bad. I have lost a little bit of weight and my breasts have gotten a little bigger. But those positives don't outweigh the negatives. I had one day of horrible naseua but that didn't last long. My skin has been a little pimple-prone but I'm not sure if that's due to the pill. I have had some spotting, but I know that that is normal and something I can live with temporarily. The MAJOR thing is I have never been prone to getting depressed or being emotionally unstable, but ever since I've been taking this pill I am constantly insecure and crying over absolutely nothing. I am sensitive to everything. I never used to be like this at all. I mean, I am human and I will have my downtimes, but this is too noticibly different. After googling the side effects and seeing depression as the first thing to pop up, I know that this must be the reason for my sudden mood changes. Even if they are temporary, I am not taking the chance. I am going off of this pill as soon as possible. Has anyone else experienced these problems after being on the pill for a short time? I'm wondering how long it takes to get back to 'normal'.

Obviously every pill is going to have different side effects for different people. I'm sure this pill could work fine for some people. But I don't like the effect it has had on me.

I have been on Yasmin almost 2 years. I finished a pack last week and do not plan on starting a new one. I googled "side effects of Yasmin" in a hope to see if there was a chance someone out there had noticed any facial hair growth since taking it. What I found was this sight that has given me a ray of hope. I left my husband 2-3 months after starting the Yasmin. As I assumed was normal, I experienced depression, mood swings, everything you might expect after ending a relationship you expected to last forever. I have been seeing a counselor for the past 8 months, because my mental state was not improving. Since then, I have had improvement, but the insane mood swings haven't stopped, especially the week before my period. I had attributed this to getting older (I'm 32) and was just pushing through, knowing I'd swing back to "normal" eventually. I am hoping so much that they will stop and I will get totally back to my normal self. Before starting Yasmin the emotional end of my PMS consisted of one day, right before my period started, of bitchiness. Since I started my period at 14, this has been it. No sobbing, no suicidal thoughts, no wanting to sleep all day. I would give anything to get that one day back and lose all of these other days of insanity.

I've also just recently noticed some slight hair growth along my hairline down to my jaw. Which is how I got to this sight in the first place. Funny how I put up with mood swings for almost 2 years, but some extra hair on my face has me running to the computer in a panic!! :) Additionally, I've experienced shortness of breath, and in the past couple of months, leg cramps. I have never had a cramp in my calf in my life until these past couple of months. I don't know if Yasmin is the cause for any of these things, but it'll be interesting to see if they persist. As for sleeping, I have noticed some issues, but also attributed that to the divorce.

Hello, i just googled 'migraine with yasmin' and found this site, I have read through many of the posts, and feel that a lot of it is exaggerated scare mongering, however i have just started yasmin, i am on my 5th day and i am coming right off it. I have experienced, bad vision, extreme tiredness and migrain in the last 3 - 4 days.

Is yasmin really renound for having bad side affects? I am quite worried.

Hello, i just googled 'migraine with yasmin' and found this site, I have read through many of the posts, and feel that a lot of it is exaggerated scare mongering, however i have just started yasmin, i am on my 5th day and i am coming right off it. I have experienced, bad vision, extreme tiredness and migrain in the last 3 - 4 days.

Is yasmin really renound for having bad side affects? I am quite worried.

I've been taking Yasmin since March of 2006... My periods have always been light and short in duration (3 days). In the past few months my periods have been 6-7 days with severe cramping... In addition, my hair started shedding excessively about 2 months ago and I've probably lost at least 1/3 to 1/2 of my scalp hair! My doctor tested me for thyroid problems, but determined that the hair loss was telogen effluvium (caused from stress). I have also been having issues with my stomach being upset and have lost nearly 15 lbs since I first started taking Yasmin. If anyone else has ever experienced hair loss from Yasmin, please let me know. I've read articles that have stated you can lose hair when stopping Yasmin, but I'm wondering if taking it could be causing my hair loss???

I'm so glad I googled side effects of Yasmin and found this site. All of the sudden my mood swings for the past almost YEAR make sense. I started out fine. The pill was great, and I haven't had to worry about acne at all. Of course I gained a few pounds, but not too much. However, I'm a pre medical student trying to study for the MCAT this summer. I've been SO tired and drained and majorly depressed that I just can't seem to concentrate. I feel like I'm always crying over the stupidest stuff (AKA: no reason at ALL), and my grades are starting to suffer. Hopefully now that I've read this, I can stop taking this pill and see an improvement. It's just not worth the depression. I'm 22 right now, and until recently had never had a suicidal thought. I was starting to panic, because I couldn't identify the cause of my depression. I'm a good student, have lots of friends, and have the most amazing boyfriend and family. Life is good, I shouldn't feel this bad. Now that I have a clue as to what this may be, I can fix it.

I googled 'vomiting', mood swings' and 'fatigue' and this forum was the third result and since I'm currently on Yasmin, I figured it must be related to what I'm experiencing, and I was right. The first month that I started Yasmin (December 2006), there were little or no side effects, only minor nausea and headaches. I got married in January 2007 and the side effects started to intensify but I attributed them to other things like stress and nerves. I get frequent headaches, some minor, some major and would vomit almost every month right before my period. My husband has also noticed and commented on my constant change of mood throughout the six months that we have been married and that I appear depressed at times. He says that I have become a different person. This inconsistency has often led to arguments that I cannot seem to find the root of until now. My sex drive is also much like a yo-yo nowadays, I simply feel disinterested most times even though we're both in our prime and it is not helping with my marriage. Therefore, I have made the decision to stop taking Yasmin. I might opt for a different pill or just stop altogether. I am 22.

AVOID YASMIN LIKE THE PLAGUE! I never have got on with contraceptive pills, but this pill is absolutely the worst of all types I've tried. I specifically told my doctor that responded badly to hormones in BC pills such as weight gain and tender and enlarged breasts - well, two days after starting Yasmin, I started to get shooting pains in the sides of my breast and I grew at least a full cup size. I was miserable, having to wear sports bras and unable to move in any way without feeling discomfort.

The discomfort was not only in my breast, I also started to get extremely moody and a bit depressed. My best friend and husband and I were on a weekend seminar and the two of them called me 'punchy' all weekend. This occurred for about two weeks, succinctely during the two months, I was on Yasmin.

Other side-effects were: heavy periods, spotting, weight gain, dizziness and I swear, I could have slept my life away on this pill. I was always feeling tired and like I needed more rest.

I'm now trying Loestrin 20 now - hoping that will be ok for me.

About a week ago I started to feel like there was a lump in my throat. After a few days my esophagus started to feel like to was swelling up. I went to my doctor the next day and was treated for acid reflux. I found it odd that the only time I felt better was when I was sleeping flat. The swelling in the esophagus was so bad it times it felt like someone was chocking me. I had bouts of dizziness and was light-headed often. After 5 days I finally googled my symptoms along with Yasmin. I have been on this pill since March of last year with little to no side effects. I called my doctor when I saw the allergic reaction information for Yasmin. She told me to just stop taking the Yasmin and to take Benedryl if the symptoms were too bad. Has anyone else suffered from the same symptoms as me from taking this med? And if so, how were you treated and how long before you felt better?

Thanks for your advice Sarah. I will see how I go.

I want to personally thank you for setting up this site and sharing your knowledge and experience. I am in Australia and when I googled Yasmin here all I got was drug company propoganda about how good it is. Great to have some real life experiences to wake us all up about what we are actually putting into our bodies!!.

I hope you return to full health soon.

Amy

hi,dejay78.
my heart goes out to you. i was exactly the same with the same fear that i had gone mad and was going to end up institutionalised. i also have 2 children. i started taking yasmin after i stopped breat feeding my youngest. i fed her for 1 year and did not have a period in that time.my doctor suggested yasmin to get my hormones back into whack,in fact it did the complete opposite but i didn't realise it at the time.i was on it for 6 months and all seemed fine.my skin cleared up,i lost a little weight and my periods were light and regular. Then i started to need to pee more.i had major IBS symptoms,then the panic attacks started,then came the constant anxiety,i was terrified all day every day. i had terrible unthinkable thoughts. i became scared i would do something awful like hurt one of my kids,i knew i never ever could but the thoughts in my head made me think i was mad and unstable. i couldn't go out and became scared that i would be raped or attacked if i left the house. i couldn't sleep or eat or function at all i just cried. i had aches,pains,numbness & tingling,i thought i had a tumour or cancer or something horrible. My doctor told me i had an anxiety disorder,i thought that was odd as i had never had a problem before but i accepted his diagnosis,i asked whether my pill could cause this as nothing else had changed and he just laughed and said no. the pills he gave me for the anxiety made me worse to the point that i actually wanted to die,i had had enough as i thought i would never recover.......then i googled yasmin and found this site and it literally saved my life! i read as you are now about all these poor women with the same experience as me. i stopped taking yasmin and started to feel better within a month. i have been off it now for 7 months and while i am not 100% yet i am well on my way there. The anxiety gets less and less every day,the scary thoughts are a thing of the past as are most of the other problems. i promise you dejay78 you are NOT going mad,your hormones are just so messed up that they are making you feel that way. take a good multivit,some B6 and some magnesium and think positive thoughts always! distract yourself,keep busy,sing dance and laugh.i know you don't feel like it now but it will get better. if you need any more help or advise or just someone to share this awful pain with you are always welcome here,there are so many wonderful women on here that will support you and understand you.

i wish you all the best.

sarah

I just googled to see if my symptoms were abnormal or if it were something other than Yasmin that causes my symptoms, but now reading this I think I need to make some changes in my birth control.
I have been on Yasmin since I married in aug of 2005 and every since then I have had migraine headaches, frequent trips to the bathroom, weight gain, depression, dizziness, and even vomiting.

So I guess I need to change my BCs, any suggestions?

Hi everyone!
I took my last Yasmin pill on Friday because on Saturday I got the worst migraine in my life... I was super sensitive to light, smell, and noise and hated everyone and everything. I never used to get migraines before so finally, convinced that it was the pills, I stopped taking them. I have been feeling very anxious all day long after my first Yasmin-free night and I googled the side effects to try and convince myself I'm not crazy when I found this site. Thanks to everyone who's been posting here, I already feel better about my decision to stop them. Has anyone found a replacement that works well for them? I think I will go pill-free for at least a month and see how I feel first.
My side effects include waking up in cold sweat with severe panic attacks, increased heart beat (that scares the hell out of me), chest pain and pressure, fatigue, nausea, unbearable migraines, depression, yelling and crying for no reason (I never yell!), and what not... I had only been taking them for four months... any idea how long it will take for the symptoms to go away? I read over and over that the first three months are the worst, is it still that bad if I haven't been taking them for long?

Thanks again everyone,
B.S.

I started Yasmine 1 week ago yesterday. I vomited on Wednesday night and have been nauseous ever since. I can't eat and I have to stay close to the bathroom since as well because the diahrrea won't stop. I have lost all motivation to do anything. I lost sex drive as well which hasn't ever happened. I am exhausted all the time. I am very easily irritable and have snapped at my husband for dumb things all week. I cry at the drop of a hat. Does anyone know the tv show Scrubs? I started crying at the end of that. I get entire body aches. I am going to call my doctor tomorrow to get off this. I feel a bit better towards night, then I take my pill right before bed and then by morning I feel terrible again. My arms have been extremely dry. I knew immediatley that it was Yasmin because of the immediate extreme side effects. I switched because of the weight gain from the last pill. I'll take a few extra pounds over what I'm getting now. My husband immediately googled the side effects of Yasmine and I'm so grateful to know this is the pill and that I'm not psycho and falling apart.