Yasmin and happiness

I want to thank each and everyone of you for writing in and spreading the word, I've been off Yasmin for a week now because of antibiotics and I'm so happy, I am so elated I feel like crying from all this happiness!

Can anyone recommend another contraception that I could use?

I was put on Yasmin because I have very bad period cramps and heavy bleeding.

I have a 16 year old daughter that has always been extremely healthy, very out going, very happy and energetic...until YAZ! My daughter was put on Yaz for irregular periods, it was nice that it helped her (very) mild acne. The first couple of months were fine, but then she started having a lot of symptoms...hair falling out, heart palpitations, bloating, depression, anger, crying, down mood all the time, I have rarely seen her smile in months, leg/joint pain, anxiety/nervousness, I can see her shake a lot, wanting to be by herself (which is totally not like her at all.) This medicine has helped her acne and period cramps, but totally destroyed her personality and her happiness! Is it worth the price...absolute NOT! I AM TAKING MY DAUGHTER OFF YAZ TODAY!!! Honestly, I do fear what this medicine could do to her life if she is not taken off of it ASAP. How sad this medication is even available, much less being prescribed to 16 year old! I only wish I would have known about this before my daughter took this evil pill! I am so sorry for those of you that have gone through all of this as well.

Yasmin - Sudden Panic/Anxiety-

I have been on Yasmin for 7 years. I started a new box and pack 3 weeks ago and 72 hours later had what I thought was a "panic attack". I had never suffered panic or anxiety before and I am 32. Then, the chest pain and anxious feeling wouldn't go away (not normal with panic I hear). I went to the Dr and my bloodwork was all "great". I went to a cardiologist and they tested my heart. It was indeed beating "extra" so I had to be one a monitor. Still, the entire time I was miserable and wondering what the heck had happened to me. How could I go from being a normal, well adjusted women to a crazy lady in one day. I was crying and couldn't function, concentrate or eat. I felt like an "out of body" type of experience almost, like it wasn't really me who was feeling all this. Very disoriented feeling. Well, the Dr gave me anxiety pills and I was going to take them. But, in the meantime I went on the "sugar pills" of my Yasmin and guess what? 72 hours after I stopped the pills I felt normal again!!! I'm still not 100%, I'm 90%. Now I have no hard evidence that Yasmin caused this, particularly since I've been on it so long but I can't help wondering if they changed the dosages or something. I have NEVER experienced any level of anxiety or panic before this and going off the pills was the only thing I changed when I started feeling better. Sounds like more than a coincidence to me.

Has this happened to anyone else recently???

Hi everyone, ok i have never been a good 'pill' accepter, my body hates any kind of rubbish but I have ME and sometimes it's very hard to monitor symptoms related to pill, medication, virus or anything other. I haven;t got on with any pills, except microgynon 30, the only prob is you sometimes think they're causing something they're actually not. It turned out co-codamol causes headaches so it wasn't the pill. Yasmin seemed ok for first few days, but then small spot rashes on chest, forehead and shoulders, itching in places, extreme tiredness, which doesn't help with ME i am very aware of my symptoms and this is the only change i have encountered so must be the pill. I have chronic stomach pain, bloating, wind, constantly urinating, discharge thin and very regular, so a few are acceptable but this is the 2nd pack and the pain is uncomfortable, I'm like a balloon and feeling very anti social as it's not really the nicest symptom to have....thought gastric flu, but doesn't last 2 months????? I'm going back on microgynon. Will we ever find happiness as women..coming back as a man next time lol

Hey Silke,
Congratulations.
My happiness for you is beyond measure. You truly show us that there's a light at the end of the tunnel, albeit a long and arduous tunnel.
I know I haven't posted in a while, but just to update you, my baby is due next month god willing. (which is a miracle in and of itself as I wasn't ovulating after getting off the pill.) I gained a lot of weight and I believe it's because of the yasmin. I hope that after the baby my body will start healing itself and I will go back to normal, but time will tell.
Good luck and many hugs to you. Your an inspiration to us all.
Regards,
Sherry

I am not the type of person that would ever post my feelings on any board or such. But I just felt compelled to write about my experience on Yamine. I was on Yasmine for about a year and it has been the worst year of my life. During this time, I got married and had a lot of happy things happen but I could not feel any happiness at all. My mind was so clouded that I could not think straight. I would cry 10 if not more times a day. I started experiencing panic attacks and terrible pain in my chest and left arm. I can't even believe that my husband married me after what I have been putting him through. He was the one who suggested I go off the pill, which I did about 4 weeks ago. Well, there is hope because the cloud has finally lifted and I have not had a panic attack for at least 3 weeks. I still have some sad moments but compared to how I was, this is nothing. My legs are still very dry and I never had dry hair. I still have to get up and go to the bathroom at least 3 times a night, I am hoping that will improve soon but I am beginning to think that it damaged something and that won't improve. I am now just using condoms and I don't think I could ever trust another drug again. I have noticed some weight gain now that I am off but it is more like being swollen and bloated. This is my first time in my life that I have been on birth control and I am 37 and this is the first time in my life that I have had any of these syptoms. I always got moody right before my period and the stupidest commerical could make me teary eyed but that was the extend of my depression before the pill. So I know that it was Yasmin that did this to me. I am not angry at anyone, I was the one that did this to myself but if I was still on that pill....I would be very angry and not even know why. Thank you to all of you that have written in, just reading your posts have made me feel a great deal better. The whole reason I looked for them today was because I had a feeling that something was wrong with Yasmin but now I am 100% sure.

i have been taking Yasmin for about 3 to 4 months now, and so many things have happened. my vagina has Dried up. its always itching and burning. my sex drive is completley gone. i have a hard trouble breathing at night my chest feels tight and i get really bad anxiety and cant sleep. but this is my 4th bill ive tried. im thinking about going on the patch. i dont like taking these pills but i have to for cysts. i have been Really moody also and very depressed and my happiness is gone. i barely even show emotion to my boyfriend or loved ones. im either to weak or tierd to and im just cranky all the time. and for some reason i cant sleep until real late at night. is anyone else taking the patch that can email me some information?