Yasmin and joint pain

Hello, this is E. again. My son took a nap, so I was able to read a lot of the posts. Many things that occurred to me over time were things that I thought came with the change of life of being married and having a child. Just life, in general also. But, now that I think of who I was before motherhood and being a wife, it just doesn't add up. I believe now the additional things that were happening to me were indeed extra side effects of the pill. They include, no sex drive, weight gain, migraines/headaches, fatigue/tired, joint pain, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, insomnia, nausea, and stress. I have been hospitalized and have had certain procedures done for some of these symptoms. Today I am stopping the pill due to the reasons of my previous post. Within time I will let you all know if there have been any improvements. Take care, E.

I have been on Yasmin for over 5 years, and just thought that I was a hypochondriac. After starting Yasmin I experienced severe nausea and unrelieved hunger pains. I saw a gastroenterologist who performed an EGD and Colonoscopy at the age of 20. It was normal and I was placed on Protonix to help with the GI issues. Also I have severe joint pains in my knees, hips, elbows and shoulders. I have been tested for everything from Lupus to Rheumatoid Arthritis, and it was all negative. I get headaches, have little sex drive if any, my skin is not clearer than usual and nor has it been since starting Yasmin. Thanks to all those people who have voiced their concerns and shared their stories, it makes us feel less crazy. I threw out all my birth control pills last night and I am going to try another form of contraceptive. I mean my headaches and chest pains have gotten so bad that they have forced me to go to the ER on several occasions. I DO NOT THINK THE BENEFITS OF YASMIN OUTWEIGH THE RISKS ASSOCIATED.

I would also just like to add that I have developed a ganglion cyst in my right wrist, and do experience frequent joint pain. I don't know if this can be attributed to the use of Yasmin.

lower back pain, hair loss,joint pain, complicated migraines, vertigo, palpitation, hormonal imbalances (lowered DHEA, increased aldosterone-it affected my adrenal glands and kidneys), epigastric pain, bleeding, extreme fatigue, anxiety,pulmonary failure etc. I had to go through ER, 2 CT scans ( abdominal and brain), 2 MRIs, neurologist, endocrinologist, GI, gyno etc. I threw my Yaz pills in the trash after the first CT scan that revealed multiple tumors in my liver and left adrenal gland ( i took the pills for about 3 and 1/2 years)... the past 6 months have been a hell, but there are no more migraines, anxiety or other neurological symptoms at this point. By the way, one of my best friends who just started on Yaz recently ended up in the ER last week with a blood cloth in her left lung. Please stay away from that drug!

so far, ive been on Yasmin for almost 3 wks. the first week i had no side effects but as time progressed i started getting abdominal craps with a watery vaginal discharge; it sorta feels like i'm having my period except ther's no blood. i'm constantly nauseous and i have no appetite. my legs can feel numb at times and i get these really sharp pains in my chest. my body practically feels tender all over. i'm really depressed lately and my moods change drastically. Is this normal?

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.

Hello all. I was wondering if any of you who have been on Yasmin for a few years experienced any joint pain or swelling in your hands/feet because of this. I notice that it is a side effect, but was wondering when it developed for people who have been on it a while. I have swollen, painful joints in my hands, but the blood tests turn up negative for arthritis and my docs (primary and neuro) have quizzed me about Yasmin - the only prescription med I take.
Also, I had terrible migraines upon starting Yasmin but those subsided. I also experience the sex drive/dryness/increased UTI frequency issues others of you describe.
I am 32 and have not been pregnant before. Have been on Yasmin for three years.

WOW!!!. I'm in my 40s.. Ive been on various Bcp for about 10yrs due to a fibroid that causes me to bleed too much and I got anemic. I have been on Yasmin for a year-- and didn't like it so the Dr, suggested I try Yaz. So I did for 6 months.WHOA!! Major muscle tightness that got progressively worse-so much that I couldn't even bend over to tie my shoes. I ached all over, headaches and tired. I also had muscle cramps at the least provocation. I notice that the weeks I had my period and wasn't taking the pill daily, I felt much better. IM very athletic and as a former dancer was very flexible. Ive been of about a week and a half and really feel a difference already. I think Ill Detox and see what my body does. This is crazy.. Anyone else have this???

My gyn told me that yaz is a "great" drug. I started this pack of pills 4 days ago and have not slept for two nights. My legs are so sore. They burn, ache, and feel swollen. Worse at the knees. I will not be taking this pill today or any other day. I would rather gain five pounds or be moody on my regular pill than deal with this hell. I don't take any other meds aside from the occasional Tylenol and have no medical problems. Nothing relieves my legs except for walking the floors at 2:00 AM. As soon as I lay down, they start aching again.

I am a 34 year old and have been taking Yaz for almost a year.

I had some minor side effects until this past month when everything came apart at the seams. I do not know if yaz is the culprit - but the number of women with the EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS as me listed here SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME.

My "minor" sude effects were the following:

* No period for 5 months
* No sex drive (was not the case before taking Yaz)
* Panic attacks / anxiety (no history fo this. My doc has now put me on Zoloft.)
* Bloating / weight gain
* Brown blotches (like age spots) on one side of my face

This is NOTHING compared to the last month of my life. Basically my life has sucked for the last month. Roughly a month ago my symptoms started with a red rash on the left side of my face and pain in my left ear that led to a migraine that has not gone away at all. (The pain level goes between a 5 and 10, but never lower than a 5.) The rash went away in 2 days, but my ear still hurts today (a month later).

My vertigo began roughly 5 days after the onset of my rash and ear pain and has been non-stop since. I've taken phenergan, valium, etc. - but they are not working. I get spinning/dizzy every time my head moves (up, down, left, right) and with up and down eye movement. It seems like my migraine pain intensifies when my vertigo hits me. If I lie completely still - I have no vertigo - but my migraine is still there. To make matters worse, I have become very disoriented, like I am in a fog all of the time. I am only 34 years old and feel like I am losing my mind. I cannot remember simple words at times and have a tough time completing sentences.

All of these symptoms coincide exactly to the day I began a new packet of the birth control pill called YAZ (Yasmin). I had taken this brand of pill for a year, and though it has worked (not pregnant) I have had some minor side effects up until the last month. The biggest side effect is that I have not had any period at all for the last 5 months. I have also had anxiety (no past history) and have no sex drive (not my normal self.) I stopped taking the pill about a week ago - after reading literally thousands of people with the same side effects I am experiencing on a website called medications.com (My neurologist also told me to stop taking it.)

I am NOT having ringing in my ears or loss of hearing. I mention this because I know other ailments have these as symptoms.

I have already been seen by my dentist, physical therapist, ENT, 2 neurologists and a gyn. So far - they are not helping. I have even been hospitalized for 5 days and all they really did was try and dope me up to sleep and had me take a very potent anti-migraine drug called DHE that must be administered over a 36 hour period via IV. Guess what? It did not work.

The most scary thing is that even though I get severe vertigo any time I move my head (even to the point of waking me up while I sleep) - NOT A SINGLE DOCTOR EVEN MENTIONED I MIGHT HAVE BPPV ( BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO) and they did not test for it at all. They were all interested in treating my month-long migraine with anti-migraine drugs. They all swore up and down that my vertigo was related to my migraine. They also said my fogginess was because I was "tired and sick" and many migraine sufferers are that way.

After my husband and I searched the internet and found dozens of websites, we are pretty much convinced that I have BPPV. We are going to get in front of a vestibular specialist ASAP.

So you know, I have been through a CT scan, two different MRIs, basic blood work on my white cell counts, thyroid levels, potassium, etc.

They have ruled out a sinus infection, brain tumor, pituitary tumor, stroke, blood clots, etc. They have simply treated me with anti-migraine medication - and it has been worthless. I have taken Topomax, Frova and DHE (the drug mentioned above) and my migraine is still there. These drugs have not helped one bit. My neurologist swore that the DHE would do the trick. Guess what? He was wrong.

I discharged myself from the hospital yesterday and am now at home.

I just want my normal life back. I cannot drive, work, take care of my family, etc.

My two biggest questions are:

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF BPPV CAN CAUSE MY MIGRAINE? The reason I ask is that the doctors all think that the migraine is causing my vertigo. All along they have been treating my migraine (with zero success) and have been giving me valium and antivert to simply mask my vertigo (no success there either.) No one has tried to really diagnose and treat my vertigo. Is it possible if I get my vertigo fixed my migraines will disappear?

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL PILLLS CAUSING BPPV? I saw woman after woman on medications.com have the same symptoms of vertigo, migraines and brain fog while taking the birth control pill Yasmin. I also know that my avalanche of symptoms eerily coincided with my first pill from a new pack. If they are related, I am most interested in what to do to get my hormones back on track in an effort to stop my vertigo.

This is all driving me crazy. A month ago I was absolutely normal. Now I am 100% disabled. I just want my life back.

Please help!

Wow....i never thought in all my life that i might be able to pinpoint all of my medical problems. I started Yasmin August 2005, come October of 2005 i started to get sick, like flu symptoms and headaches. My doctor just thought it was the flu. Come New years day 2006, i could barely even move. I had severe joint pain, headache, dizziness, pale, tired. This led me to months and months of doctors visits and numerous diagnosises. I've been to the ER twice with severe pain around my breast bone, left leg pain, headaches, and fatigue. I developed iron deficiency anemia, and right now i supposedly have viral arthritis. Ugh....the list can go on and on. Doctors thought that i has lyme disease, lupus, arthritis, depression, gastro problems, i could go on and on. Finally last friday my primary doctor decided to take me off Yasmin, due to my high blood pressure. Low and behold, i think that Yasmin has done all of this to me, and am sooooooo glad that there are other people that have gone through the same thing, and i am not really that CRAZY!! Is there somewhere that i can write to tell my story and warn others?

I was absolutely floored when I started researching the side effects of Yasmin. I switched 6 months ago and was told it was no different than my former bcp. After a couple of weeks, I started having symptoms that I would never think to relate to a birth control pill, including muscle soreness, joint pain, lightheadedness, and tingling in my hands, feet and especially the face. I also had depression, but attributed that to the chronic pain. I am over my head in medical bills from trying to find answers, and lo and behold, it looks like this stupid pill could be the cause all along! I feel quite foolish for not finding the correlation before now, but looking forward to finding out if getting off yasmin will allow me to eventually get back to normal.

Hello, everyone! I tried Yasmin a few years ago. My experience didn't last long! I experienced dizziness, heart flutters, and developed a vericose vein in my calf. However, the worst side effect was the joint pain that began to appear in both of my my knees. I thought it was arthritis, but it began only days after I started Yasmin. I still have this pain, and have had to stop doing many of the things that I like to do (dance, aerobics, etc.) because I'm affraid it will hurt too much. I'm not even sure what the pain really is. Has Anyone else experienced pain in thier knees from Yasmin? Is there a way to make it stop?

hello all. i have been taking yasmin for 3 months. my obgyn suggested birth control pills to control my extremely heavy menstral cycle due to a fibriod tumor ( my tubes are tied). since using yasmin, my sex drive has decreased to almost nothing. i am 42 and recently married. i have never in my sexual years had a problem. after reading some of the responses here, i can add that i do have joint pain, nausea, headaches...and did i mention no sex drive! i dont like taking meds and really hate taking these pills as a temporary means of my problem. i agreed to try pills because my only other option would be removal of the fibriod tumor along with my uterus.

I have been on Yasmin for 6 weeks now...i have horrible joint pain and muscle pain in my legs at ngiht...and i have that awful itchy, burning feeling on my legs like Resltess Leg Syndrome...has anyone else suffered with bad muscle pain in their legs being on Yasmin...happened with the last pill I was on, but not this bad...

Thank you so much for sharing all your stories! I had been on Ortho-tri for 13 years. (With headaches, low sex drive, crazy moods). Went of 3 years ago to have children. Within a month or so ALL symptoms were gone. Sex was wonderful again and i was not crazy.
So 3 weeks ago i get on Yasmin. Since i've had the joint pain mentioned (figured it was something else i guess), NO sex drive at all, blurred vision (had this before due to anemia), i'm so tired and sad it seems. I couldn't figure it out. Yesterday i started thinking it might be the pill. So i'm stopping the pill today and going back to condoms until my husband gets his vacetomey. I'd rather feel good and use a condom i guess.
I wonder if the low sex drive is due to the fact that the pill keeps us from ovulating?? I know i get really in the mood for about a week around the time i normally ovulate. Any thoughts on that?

Hang in there ladies! I guess having control over our bodies is not always easy..... :)
CB

Hi guys,
I'm 23 and I have severe joint pain that I have had for 5 weeks now. I believe it's from the Yasmin reguardless of what my obgyn says. The pain started in my knees, elbows, fingers, hip area etc.. Most of the pain went away but I'm still experiencing pain in my knees and hip area. Has anyone else had this side effect from Yasmin. It's wierd how I've been off Yasmin for about 3 1/2 weeks now and I still am having this pain.

I've been on Yasmin for about 2 years. It cleared my skin up really well, but gave me serious joint pain. At month 2, I went back to the doctor and he said that the side effect wasn't reported by anyone he was aware of and that the symptoms were probably unrelated. He said to stay on it a few months, and if it didn't get better, see a rheumatologist. Anyway, I stayed on it and didn't go off because I was pleased with the skin-clearing effect. The joint pain continued to get worse and my hair started falling out in clumps (it was just so dry), and last month I just got tired of it and started taking Alesse instead. In the three weeks I've been off Yasmin, my joint pain has almost completely disappeared, my hair is more healthy, and I'm sleeping much better (it's hard to sleep when your joints ache constantly!). Other than the severe joint pain and hair/skin drying, I didn't have any problems...but those side effects were severe enough to me that I probably will not go back on Yasmin again.

I thought I was going crazy after getting constant yeast infections over the past year with no help for looking into possible reasons for this from the nurse pract. I was someone who had maybe one yeast infection every other year - now I have had one pretty much constantly for the past 8 months. After reading several other posts on this I think that Yasmine may be the cause.

I have also had insomnia for over a year (been on this pill for almost two years) and never would have made the connection to Yasmine if it was not for this site. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia as well and now I wonder if the joint pain, leg pain, numbness in my legs and feet might be Yasmine as well. Not to mention the leg pain waking me up at night. Doctors thought that I might have neuropathy (nerve damage). I wonder if all of this might not be from this pill.

The last 6 or 7 months (of the 2 years of taking this pill) I have noticed increased bloating and HORRIBLE cramps and the last 2 months weight gain (with no change in diet or exercise).

I am going to talk to my GYN next week about this and even if she does not agree, I am going off this pill given everything I have read here. Scarry that all of my symptoms might be tied to this pill.

Thank god for these posts. I've been taking Yasmin for almost a year. My previous dr switched me to it because I was getting cists from my previous pill. At first, it was great, my periods went down from 7 really heavy days to 3 really light days, my mood swings and cramps settled down and I was happy.

Then it all went wrong. I started noticing my sex drive fade and blamed it on being tired from work. Then I noticed that I was gaining weight, and again blamed it on work. I quit my job and then noticed I was getting more and more apathetic and tired. I blamed that on not working. When I got a new, ACTIVE job, it seemed all of these issues multiplied to the point where I had NO sex drive at all, I was always either bawling-my-eyes-out depressed, or completely apathetic or flat-out viscious to everyone!

I am NEVER happy. I am gaining weight like crazy. I am always hungry. I am so tired that I can barely force myself out of bed, and even after a full night's sleep, I still can't make it through the day without a 1 or 2 hour nap! I'm constantly broken out, my eyes are messed up and I get headaches every day. My skin is super-sensitive to touch, it's to the point where if my boyfriend tries to touch my breasts, it makes my skin crawl and even the lightest touch on my hip makes me feel like I'm being pinched. My nails won't grow anymore, my hair is dry, my skin is oily and I get joint pain. And to top it off, now my periods are up to 8 days of nasty sticky, thick mess and my pms is back with full force. And I feel like I am never going to be happy again.

I'm 26 years old, for gods sakes, and I feel like a re-animated corpse. After examining everything else in my life that has changed I can only put the blame on Yasmin. I've done everything short of committing myself to the local psychiatric hospital to get myself out of this aweful place and had a feeling it had to be the Yasmin. I even told my boyfriend it had to be the Yasmin and he didn't really believe that such a tiny little pill could have such a massive effect on so many aspects of my life. Then he came here and found all these comments and immediatly called me. "Every side effect you've mentioned is listed by these other women! I read one and thought you had written it! I want you off this stuff NOW!"

We are calling my gyn in the morning and I am switching to something, ANYTHING else. I'm horrified that a pill that's supposed to help me is doing so much physical and emotional damage to me and I was never warned about it! I'm just relived that it's not all in my head.

I have been on Yasmin for about 2 years now, and I really never had any problems until about 1 1/2 yrs into it. The following are my symptoms:
-feeling like I got hit by a truck (im 24 and feel like im in the body of a 80 yr old!)
-heart palpitations
-ALWAYS thirsty, even after I just got done drinking!
-short-term memory is poor
-dizziness and nausea in the morning
-shakey
-muscle/joint pain (i am currently seeing a rheumatologist)
-when I first started taking Yasmin, my vision CHANGED and got slightly worse but I didn't think anything of it)
-headaches
-feeling like i have one big bruise all over my body (i am soooo tender and sensitive!)

I can't think of any more for now, but I'm sure theres more!
I am stopping this pill TODAY because for some reason, TODAY is when I realized that Yasmin could be doing this to me. I kept asking Doctors if Yasmin can be contributing to all my muscle/joint pains, etc...but they ALL say NO!!! I don't get it?!?!?!? And after reading all your postings, i KNOW its YASMIN!!! I hope there's no permanent damage, b/c that would REALLY suck! I don't wanna live with this pain for the rest of my life! I have another rheumatologist appt this week AND I have to make an appt for my palpitations with a cardiologist, AND i just made an appt w/ a new Gyno. I am so scared, you have no idea! I never wanted to get on the pill b/c I was terrified of the side effects, but my boyfriend INSISTED and now look what happened...

I took Yasmin for 6 months. During this time I started feeling tired and achy and having joint pain. I also noticed an increase in headaches,forgetfulness, and weight gain. I had blood work done testing me for autoimmune diseases, thyroid problems, arthritis, etc. I have been off Yasmin for 1 month now and I am feeling much better.

Took it for a month. Being a person who was prone to depression and panic attacks in my younger years i wish I had read this first.
Constant head aches, diorreah, Pain in legs, chronic leg cramps, Very severe depression, putting my self at saftey risks due to sever depression, diziness, feelings of "out of this world", neck pain, tierdness, insomnia, joint pain everywhere, loss of vision, loss of sex drive, loss of loving emotion for boyfriend, unreasonable fits of crying, and general feeling of crap.

This pill is dangerous!

I am 36 years old and have been on Yasmin for almost 2 years. My dr. switched me from ortho-cept because of terrible mood swings and said this was a much lower dose bc pill. When I first started, I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread!! Over the last year, however, I started with all types of aches and joint pain and major fatigue. Only being in my mid 30's, I felt as though I was in my 70's. Over the last year, I have been through tests for thyroid, lyme disease, etc. I have even been to a rheumotologist. Within the last 2-3 months, I have started with break through bleeding which I never had before. Also, I am getting severe headaches which seem to be more prominent when I am on the placebo pills. They subside after about the 3rd pill of a new pack. Some headaches have been at the migraine level with my vision also being affected. I have noticed severe dizzy spells, nausea and the cramps has returned with a bang. I have contacted my dr. and they have told me to stop when I finish the next pack and they will put me on another pill. I realize everyone's body is different and there are those that this may be the mriacle pill. But after this roller coaster ride, I think I am going to take a couple of months off and see if my body can or will recoupe and I may feel better.

Have been taking Yasmin for 6 days- severe diarrhea on day 2 only and headache and joint pain ever since. Low grade fever too so maybe it is a virus? I will wait it out. Both knees are very sore- anyone ever have joint pain with Yasmin?