Yasmin and half an hour

Hi, I am just after coming off Yasmin 5 days ago...
I 've been on it for 5 or 6 years and it's just really the last year, especially the last few months that I feel like I just can't take it anymore... Previous to taking Yasmin, I had never experienced any period pain, however when I started taking Yasmin the period pain started and got progressively worse from then. The last few months I have been all over the place when I get my period, awful pressure pains in my lower abdominal and emotionally up and down every few minutes, half an hour, I could literally be in great form, and then I'd just get really quite and I can't even tell whats wrong with me because, I feel, there's so many hormones in me my mind does not know how I feel.... Anyway, i refuse to take it anymore, but now I am left with the dilemma of what form of contraception to use and also experiencing very bad back pain and light headaches....If anyone has been in the same situation or has any suggestions at all, they would be much appreciated.....!

EVERYBODY REPLY TO THIS Let's see exactly how many women have had negative side affects from Yasmin. Just reply with the sideaffects. I see lots of posts and was wondering how many women are out there sharing similar problems. So me.... migraines, extremely horrible mood swings all from taking yasmin for 8-9 days next..........? lol

I started Yasmin 6 days ago after having my Mirena IUD removed for excessive bleeding. From day 1 I did not feel right and each day was worse. I experienced constant dizziness, mental cloudiness, fatigue, irritation, and hearing problems. Today, a half an hour after taking Yasmin for the 6th day I went numb allover, was unable to walk, and my hands twisted and stiffened. Fortunatly my Husband was home and rushed me to the hospital where I was stabilized and later releases. Many tests were run in the hospital and nothing was found to be abnormal. Needless to say, I'm throwing these away and intent to write to as many of these message boards as possible.

To the last poster:

Well, I had been writing a very long post for you, but something went wrong and everything I wrote has disappeared.... It took me about half an hour to write all that.

Well, just that much: Please get off this stuff IMMEDIATELY!!!
Reading all of the stories here should give you enough encouragement to get off this drug. And don't think about what MIGHT happen after getting off, because these things all will go away some day. But going on taking this horrible drug won't make things better, and believe, I know what I'M talking about!!!!

I wish I had gone off this pill 3 years ago, when the first symptoms happened!! But I didn't realize that all was brought on by Yasmin and so I went on taking it. In 2004 after 5 YEARS of taking it everything (nearly suddenly) got worse and worse and I really thought that my life was about to end!!! I didn't have a live at all for about 6 months (december 2004 to may 2005!!).

After 1000s of tests and bloodworks in February I thankfully found this site and went off Yasmin immediately!!!

I feel so much better now, although I'm still not back to 100% normal again. (well, I was on it for 5 YEARS!!!)

Please read through as much posts here as you can and you will discover, that there's no better way than getting off this stuff NOW!!!

Greetings and god's bless to everyone out there
from still suffering Yasmin victim
Silke

To the last poster:

Well, I had been writing a very long post for you, but something went wrong and everything I wrote has disappeared.... It took me about half an hour to write that all.

Well, just that much: Please get off this stuff IMMEDIATELY!!!
Reading all of the stories here should give you enough encouragement to get off this drug. And don't think about what MIGHT happen after getting off, because these things all will go away some day. But going on taking this horrible drug won't make things better, and believe, I know what I'M talking about!!!!

I wish I had gone off this pill 3 years ago, when the first symptoms happened!! But I didn't realize that all was brought on by Yasmin and so I went on taking it. In 2004 after 5 YEARS of taking it everything (nearly suddenly) got worse and worse and I really thought that my life was about to end!!! I didn't have a live at all for about 6 months (december 2004 to may 2005!!).

After 1000s of tests and bloodworks in February I thankfully found this site and went off Yasmin immediately!!!

I feel so much better now, although I'm still not back to 100% normal again. (well, I was on it for 5 YEARS!!!)

Please read through as much posts here as you can and you will discover, that there's no better way than getting off this stuff NOW!!!

Greetings and god's bless to everyone out there
from still suffering Yasmin victim
Silke

This is an interesting and informative forum. I'm sorry to hear of all the anguish many people have expressed here while on Yasmin. Here's my story:

I have been on b/c pills for about 8 years - and I am just about to STOP them to get my body back to normal and give it break. But - that aside.....

My OBgyn prescribed me on Yasmin in mid-2003 - citing it as a new b/c pill and therefore she seemed to figure it would be the best thing for me. They didn't tell me it was $36 a month - niiiiice.

When I began Yasmin in summer of 2003 - I noticed a strange pattern in my scalp hair. The right-front quadrant of my hair thinned to where one could see the skin beneath if my hair was tightly tied back, and a small area of hair on my right temple began sticking out - like it would not grow past 2" long (my hair is longish - down to the middle of my back). This made me look a bit weird, to say the least - but I didn't attribute it to Yasmin- yet. Only when I began doing research on lists like this did I find out that hair thinning and shedding appears to be an all-too-common side effect of YASMIN. Lovely. Hindsight is 20/20 - but if I had known that before going on it - I wouldn't have bothered.

I cannot tell which complaints of mine are due to Yasmin and which are just woman-stuff - but I have several very dabillitating side effects which I am hoping are caused by YASMIN. Alll through the month - at all times of my cycle - I have a CONSTANT vaginal discharge ALL THE TIME. Every time I go to the bathroom I dread it because I know I'm going to have to spend half an hour (OK time overestimated but you get my drift) sitting there wiping and wiping and wiping and wiping - frequently having to flush more than once and/or get more bathroom tissue. WHAT A HASSLE!!!!! The discharge varies from green to yellow to brown to clear.

My face complexion is a DISASTER. My pores on my nose are enlarged so much that when I put foundation on I look like a golfball, and I have to use facewipes every 3 or 4 hours to scrape the grease off my forehead, nose and chin. I literally SHINE with the stuff. It's really horrid. When I go and look in the mirror, if I look close enough - I can see my pores dischrging immense amounts of sebum that sits in their small indentations like water. I have begun using toner in hopes that it would help. It doesn't appear to.

Also - YASMIN does NOT alter or alleviate my PMS. I still get cramps (although I never have had TERRIBLE ones) - but by far the worst is the mood swings and anger-management issues I have in the run-up week to my period. I snap at the slightest thing (husband puts a dish in the wrong place) and I am overly-emotional.

HOWEVER - by far the most DEGRADING, EXASPERATING, DEPRESSING AND WORRYING problem I have right now which seems to be attributable to being on the Yasmin birth control pill - is the COMPLETE lack of LIBIDO. Now, after doing research, I find out that Yasmin contains antiandrogen and antitestosterone agents in it. That means that it lowers or suppresses the male hormones inside of you like testosterone - which is what gives you sexual excitement and desire. YASMIN appears to be the single worst pill to take if you do not want libido problems.

The only time I have any sexual desire is DIRECTLY AFTER my period after I have been taking the inactive (or placebo) pills for 7 days. Does that ring alarm bells??

I'll stop now unless somebody writes back wanting to know any more specific advice on what I have been going through - but I can tell you that for $36 a month and considering we're usually too tired to "do it" at nights anyhow - I'd be as well stopping YASMIN and buying our family Life Insurance.

KEL