Yasmin and lips

I am so glad that I found this site. I was beginning to feel like I was losing my mind. I have been on Yasmin for only 2 months but have been experiencing many of the side effects mentioned- fatigue, chest pain, irregular heartbeat, anxiety, dizziness, and flu-like symptoms. I had these same symptoms when I was on Yaz last year. I wound up going to the hospital for shortness of breath and chest pain. The doctor thought it may be blood clots, but after testing he diagnosed me with bronchitis and asthma (I am 26- never had either in my life). There is definitely something wrong with these pills. I do have anxiety and currently take Xanax. But I have not had panic attacks like this since I was on the pill last year. Sometimes I need to think about breathing to catch my breath and lately it had been hard for me to sleep because my heart is racing. My periods have been lighter and my migraines less severe, but it is not worth it to continue on Yasmin.

34 with a diagnosis of a Hormonal Imbalace which consisted of the following symptoms: Vaginal dryness, acne and mood swings.

First pill was Valette 30mg which made me sick to my stomach. I was on that for a week. Then switched to Loette 20mg, which was good, but the state health care doesn't subsidize the medication. I then switched to Nordette which is the same as Loette, but a stronger form of 30mg and experienced rashes with Nordette and I believe Nordette lowered my immune system in which I caught the Herpes Simplex One on my lips. Since I have contracted the virus on my lips, I have not be able to get the virus to suppress itself as I believe my immune system is being affected by the pill.

I was then advised to switch over to Yasmin because my other doctor, which I have many doctors that I see as having a second opinion is important to me, said that Yasmin was the best pill for my health issues. Since being on Yasmin, I have experienced extreme skin rashes on my face, neck, chest, arms and hands, which itches like crazy.

Since I was on Nordette, wearing makeup causes me to get eczema on my eyes and has been consistent since being on Yasmin. So I cannot wear any makeup unless I am going out for the night and then have to remove it the moment I get home and treat my eyes with Hydrozol.

I am concerned with the side effects of the Yasmin and will be consulting with a different doctor about an alternative hormonal imbalance treatment with less side effects. To summarize my experience, Yasmin is causing me very itchy skin rashes all over my upper body and I will probably stop taking it as soon as I see my doctor.

The only good things that have come out of being on the various pills is my skin acne is gone and my vaginal dryness is gone. My libido is still kicking, but its not worth the rashes.

Here is a new one...I have most of the above mentioned as well, mainly stomach upset..but has anyone else had problems or extreme bloating from IV narcotics or painkillers?? I broke a rib and went to ER..they gave me IV Dilaudid, another time I went to ER for severe strep throat given same IV painkiller..both time after about 10 minutes I bloated up like I was nine months and my lips turned blue and cold..I thought i was having a heart attack. Very painful...I thought it was because I no longer have my gall bladder...ER docs said that is no correlation....is it the YASMIN??? Anyone??

I have been taking Yasmin since November 2006, since July this year I have been suffering from a condition called Chronic Urticaria. This involved a very itchy nettle rash, painful joints, swelling on my hands and feet, so much that I cant walk. My eyes swell up so much that I cant open them, my lips swell up, tightness in my chest almost so much that I can not breathe. I have been to the hospital loads of times, seen about 20 different doctors, been put on 5 different steroids, anti leprosy pills, antibiotics, post transplant pills, anti histamines and many more. I am just wondering if anyone else has suffered from any of these side effects whilst taking Yasmin?

This Yasmin pill seems to be not all its hyped up to be.

I am on my third pack now, and although it has taken away my period pain, I get prolonged periods (longer than 8 days!!), and my mood swings are unbearable.

Also, I don't know if this is just me, but when I go out into the sun to get a tan, I develope a very patchy tan. And it seems to go dark above my lips and on my chin. It looks terrible. I have never had this before, I am naturally olive skin coloured, but ever since I started this pill .. my self esteem has dropped.

I must note tho, I have lost about 4 kg since starting it... that can't be a bad thing.

Thats all.

So glad I found this site and that I am not nuts! I tried Yasmin in the past and I felt so crazy that I stopped it right away, but I was dumb enough to think that I should perhaps try it again (left over samples when I was out of pills). I have been taking it for only a couple of weeks and I feel awful! I have lost 4 pounds, my mouth is dry, my throat hurts, my lips are cracked, I have sores in my mouth. I am always nauseated, have no appetitite, and have diarrhea. And to me, the worst part is I feel like I'm losing it! I'll be fine one minute and the next I feel like screaming at people! I am stopping now midpack, I saw my Dr. yesterday and got a new prescription! I'm sorry for everyone who has experienced this stuff!

Twitching in eyes and lips, anxiety, weak legs, crying at everything all the time not just PMS week.

I have been on Yasmin for about 3 years now and recently decided to read this post. I can't believe what I'm reading! I have had a steady decline in my libido which is now a total zero. Depression and an inability to control my emotions, specifically anger. Increasing weight gain and the reason I started looking up side effects...a discoloration of the skin on my face which is getting extremely bad. I started out with a brown spot on my forehead about 14 months ago. I now have a brown patch covering about 2 inches of my forehead, across my eyebrows, coming down around the outside of my eyes and now stretching across my nose and starting around my lips. I am never taking another Yasmin ever again and have warned my husband that I'm never taking birth control again. I have a feeling my whole life will change very soon. Thanks to everyone who posts their problems and reports their improvements...I will keep you updated.

wow I thought some of the symptoms i'm having were do to other medications... headaches shakiness, burning in my sinuses and cheeks and a red rash on my cheeks.

I alos get tingling in my lips, and tongue... numbness in wrists and fingers..

I'm goin to see my PCP and goin to bring these symptoms up.

I have been off the pill now for one week exactly. I had 3 weird attacks on sat. I guess they are panic attacks. Where my face, leg lips and arm go numb, then I get really foggy. It lasts about 10 minutes, and I can tell when they are coming on. I just breathe really heavily and slowly and they eventually go away. When I woke up sat. I could tell I was going to get one b/c my leg was numb. Is it normal to experience more anxiety once you are off the pill. Also I woke up last night at about 3 in the morning and was so sick I vomited 2 times. Also has anyone experienced this. Come to think of it. This used to happen every now and then when I was on the pill. I think it was mostly after I drank. Not a lot, but if I had a few glasses of wine. I always thought it was just food poisoning, but I guess it could be the yasmin. I did have a few glasses of champagne last night celebrating valentines day. Has anyone experience this while on the pill or after.
Again, I still have the anxitey, numbness, and chest pains. The numbness and chest pains, aren't as bad as they were while on yasmin. But the anxiety seems to be getting a little bit worse. I have also been taking an aspirin every day just in case there is a chance I have a clot.

hi girls i havent put a post on here in a while now i have been off yasmin now 10 weeks no and the only problema im suffering with still which is the worst one is anixety and panic attacks im still having them now and agin i went shopping to ikea with my husband 2 days ago and had to get out of there after a bit i didnt feel good at all around all them people i was scared when i got out of there i calmed down and was ok and today my lips just dry up and my mouth i have to drink loads of water to try and help me this is all down to thsi stupid tablet
any help from others who are still struggling with this and how long if anyone has stopped having panic attack etc.. did it take to acyually stop getting them
my stomach problems are still there on and off my doctor gave my some tablets to help this pain when i eat not as bad as it use to be thou all my othere side effects have near enough gone but i do get really bad when i am on my period with aniexty and attacks my periods are normal now ive had 2 since coming off and regualar so that good any info greatly appreciated thanks good luck nicola

I've been taking Yasmin for 3 months now and my symptoms just started to appear in the past 3 weeks. I've always had slight depression/anxiety, but oh my god, it's absolutely HORRIBLE now. I cry for no reason EVERY DAY, sometimes twice a day!!!, all I want to do is sleep, my mouth and lips feel fat (anyone else have this one?? might also be cause I just quit smoking last week and the leaving nicotine has left my mouth feeling this way ???) I snap at people for no reason, my period lasts for 8 days now, when before I took Yasmin I only had my period for 4 days. This pill is really dangerous for people who are already depressed and anxious. I feel like I'm actually going mentally insane. I'm switching pills!!