Yasmin and grocery store

Hi All! I am very excited that I came across this site because if I wouldn't have, I think I would have driven myself crazy. I was on Yasmin for about 8 months before I started feeling VERY anxious, suffering from panic attacks, always crying, very low sex drive, palpitations. I couldn't even go to the grocery store without having a panic attack. I went to see my doctor and he put me on anxiety medication (which is a concern for me because I do not want to be addicted to Xanax). I have now been off Yasmin for close to 3 months. I do feel somewhat better, but I have noticed that when I am close to getting my period and on it, my anxiety level increases. ITS DRIVING ME CRAZY! Does anyone know how long it takes for this awful medication to leave your system? I want to feel normal. If anyone has any idea…PLEASE HELP!!!!

I just started taking Yasmin last month. Throughout the month I couldn't realise why I wasn't my self at all. I was extremely anti-social, which is extremely out of my character. I was waking up feeling depressed not even wanting to get out of bed. I would cry at the drop of a hat! I was in the grocery store getting some vitaman B12, which just so you know does help with your mood and temprorarily was the only thing that would. I would also CONSTANTLY feel hungry, to the point of eating double the amount I regularly could. In the past month I have gained about 5 pounds, and I am very active.
This past week I haven't been taking them because I have been on my period, and I notice I actually wake up in a good mood, and feel so much happier. My appetite is back to normal after a few days, i guess cause I wasnt on the pill that long. I'm defintly going to try something else because I just didn't feel my self at all. What you guys are describing is exactly how I would feel... and I was afraid it would cause problems between friendships, and my relationship with my boyfriend. Defintly don't recommend this pill at all.

I have only been on Yasmin for one week and I kept telling my husband I feel as if I am in my first trimester of pregnancy. I have been lightheaded, dizzy, i hace had nausea, heart burn, my hands feel numb, fatigue, my arms felt like there were bruises and there was nothing there and over all horrible. I have just had an emergency D&C done last Wed night and the doc wanted me to take the pill to help regulate my cycle again. But I would rather bleed every day then to go throough this. My last straw came when I was leaving the grocery store with my 5 year old and almost past out in the parking lot. I was so dizzy, I could not even walk, the dizziness then made me extremely nauseated and it was all I could do to find my cell and call my husband to come and get me. If this had happened while I was driving, God Help Me. I probably would have wrecked. I have called my doc and she wants me try another BCP, but I am a little gun shy. HAS ANYONE HAD ANY GOOD LUCK WITH OTHER BCP'S? Please post it on the site.........I agree with other people, get off this pill