Yasmin and rash on

Yasmin is definitely the cause to this rash! I was using it for 4 months and a month after using it i started to get this little rash on my hand. After 2 months it grew to the size of a lemon! Stop using the pill, as soon as i stopped it slowly started to go away. I also applied a cream called nystatin/triamcinolone which speeds up the recovery!

I have just started my fourth pack of Yasmin and hadn't really experienced any serious side effects. However, whilst finishing my second pack i suddenly got a bumpy, itchy rash across my face and swollen eyes which i just thought was an allergic reaction to make up i was using. But these symptoms have continued up until now, sometimes getting slightly better but then worse again. I have stopped using anything which could be irritating my skin but i can only think it must be the Yasmin. I normally have oily skin but now it is so dry and itchy, i have eczema around my eyes and they are very red. My entire body is itchy really but the rash has not spread. I am going to stop the pill now and see if my skin improves because i cant put up with the pain anymore.

I took Yasmin for the first time on Friday and for the last time on Sunday.

Developed a rash on my inner thigh, became unexplainably moody and depressed and then to top it all off became regally nauseous and blacked out on my bathroom floor - important to mention that I have NEVER passed out before which makes me think it has something to do with it.

I also had leg spasms - i'm not sure if these are the cause of Yasmin, but am going to go and see my doctor and check the side effects..

Has anyone else had similar side effects??

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i have been experiencing terrible headaches for the past couple of months and have had 4 major migraines in the past 3 months also which involved paralyzing head pains and constantly being sick. i have also been getting very dry skin on my hands and a rash on my hand which looks like thousands of tiny burst blood vessels. my boobs have also gone up a size and been very sore. i have not been feeling myself, very emotional and depressed. i never put two an two together and thought that Yasmin had anything to do with what i have been going threw, but after seeing this site, i have stopped taking Yasmin strate away.

Hi ladies,

I just finished my last pack of Yasmin on Thursday because I felt I was pumped with hormones. I googled "coming off the pill Yasmin" and came across your comments.
I was originally put on Yasmin by my Doctor as I had put on a few pounds. I lost that weight with exercise (can't diet) but I have never lost my DD breasts (I was a C cup before Yasmin) and I've a tummy which when I bloat the week before my period, I look pregnant!
I've been experiencing a lot of the negative side effects of Yasmin over the last year and I was beginning to think I was going mad.
I suffer from very bad headaches, water retention, bloating and loss of sex drive.
In the last 2 or 3 months I'm now suffering with nausea, leg cramps, sore breasts, anxiety and feeling down.
As most of these symptoms have occurred in the last year, I just got fed up. I've been on the pill for 14 years (on and off), and on Yasmin for at least 6 years. I'm now 32, I'm married and would love a child.
I feel by coming off this pill, my body will settling into a routine before I hopefully conceive.
So glad I found your comments and I'm not alone in how my body feels.
Thank You.

Hi, ive been on Yasmin now for 1 month and 3 days. A few days after starting it I got a rash on my chest and upper arms which i thought was sparked by the sun/heat. It went away and then a week later my skin slowly started to get itchier and itchier until I was covered in a rash from my ankles to my neck. I looked like I had a weird disease. Even the doctors were impressed, but no one could help. We suspected the pill as it was the only thing that was new to my system, but then it disappeared and we put it down to being caused by stress. Ive just started the next month (like I say 3 days into it) and once again I find myself scratching an feeling basically itchy and very very tired (not that it is unusual the tiredness I have to say, it just seems a little more than normal). I am now pretty sure it is the pill, but am nervous just to stop taking it. I just don't want to go through all that ive just been through with the previous rash, it was HORRENDOUS! Has anyone else had such a severe rash reaction? They were red, itcy spots with a watery kind of top to them........

Have any of you developed Leukemia after taking Yasmin? Or do you know some one who has developed it and they just happened to be taking it at the time? Any feedback would be appreciated.

I'm 23 years old and I took Yasmin for about 4 or 5 years. I honestly loved it at the time, or so I thought. Basically, I got switched to Yaz because it was being pushed by my doctor's office and within 2 weeks I was the most miserable person on the face of the earth. Since I was going through a lot in my life I never even thought that my negative attitude was based on my birth control. I began to suffer from severe migraines, nausea, this strange rash on my face, and I gained a little over 20 pounds. I was on Yaz for 6 months when I finally realized that it was what was causing all my symptoms. The Sunday before my appointment, things got so bad that I was about 30 seconds away from killing myself or checking myself into an institution. I have since switched to Loestrin24Fe, and I can't say I'm in love with it, but I DO feel SO much better! Seems to have a few side effects of it's own, but as long as "killing myself" isn't one of them, sounds good to me! Despite thinking that Yasmin was great back then, I started to think back to when I felt my life had started to spiral out of control, and it's when I started the Yasmin. My migraines and over all aches, pains, and anxiety problems started then too! The 2 best years I had were 2 years I wasn't really actively using birth control. My last two relationships have ended in a fiery ball of flames due to the control Yasmin and Yaz have had over me. THIS PILL NEEDS TO BE OFF THE MARKET. It has ruined my life for the past 3 years especially and I can't believe that despite all of us screaming at the top of our lungs, no one is doing anything. All the drug reps keep saying "there's no "bad" pill everyone reacts differently" but HOW can you say that when so many women are this miserable on it? Do countless numbers of us need to die in order for this to be over?

Thank God for this website because it confirms my feelings that Yasmin was causing very negative side effects. I gained 15 pounds in about 2 months, feel very agitated most of the time, very sore breast most of the month, decreased sex drive, oversentitivity to touch, and sometimes feel shakey and have dizzy spells. I have broken out in a rash on now several spots on my arms, and have had little bumps all over my back almost since the beginning of taking Yasmin. Today, because of reading these postings, I have realized all this negative crap has come around since I started taking this pill. The rash on my arms didn't start until 3 months after being on the pill and it is at its worst right after I take the pill in the morning. By bedtime it is very light, and by the next morning it is almost gone. I understand that all drugs effect people differently, but from my experience, this is a very scarey bcp and everyone should think really hard before trying it.

So I started taking YASMIN in December 07. I switched to YAZ in January 08 and just quit a week ago. So about 4 months of bc. A week ago, I broke out in hives and rashes. I would itch one spot and then others would form. The areas get hot and the welts raise up my skin. It started when I was out in the sun but it couldn't have been sun poisoning because I never got burnt. I am diagnosing myself rather than a doctor because they do NOT know everything. After reading into the YAZ and YASMIN side effects, I am not risking anymore problems. Oh and I got an upper respitory infection along with the rash. This lingering cough has a weaze and phligmy sound. My friends are concerned with it too. I have never been the type of person to suffer from any major sickness or skin problem. I am tough skinned and have never gotten any kind of food allergy. I am 24, 5'6'' and in semi-athletic shape. I am an actor and model and I cannot afford to get rashes and a bad horsey cough! YAZ was great for 2 months and now bam! Downfall happening. Temporary relief-cortozone cream and antihistamines like benadryl.
YAZ benefit-clear skin, no PMS
YAZ side effect-rash, no sex drive/libido loss, difficult/no orgasm, appetite like a hog! Food #1 thought. Packed on pounds quick.
YASMIN benefit-clear skin, lost weight quick
YASMIN side effect- a little loopy, speech impediment, no sex drive/libido loss, no orgasm, couldn't even fake an orgasm!

I started on Yasmin about 3 years ago and about 4-6 months on it- I started experiencing ringing in my ears. The ringing started with just 6 hours at a time maybe every other month- very minor in the beginning. Gradually the ringing would last longer and would occur more frequently. I saw an ENT Dr., hearing tests, MRI, you name it... There was nothing that came up and then I started doing some investigating in trying to make connections with the pill and the ringing. The pamphlet that it came with said that you could experience a deficiency in Vitamin B, B12.. whatever. So, I thought that I could start taking the B Vitamin and perhaps that would help.. I haven't gone off of it yet, because this pill has been amazing for me.. I don't have mood swings, heavy periods, bad cramps on it.. I love it compared to Ortho and the generic.. I felt like I was going insane on those! I think I just need to get off Yasmin altogether because of this ringing in my ear.. I really am trying to search for some answers!! If anyone has experienced ringing in their ears with Yasmin and never had it before- please email me... My doctors say that there is no connection and if everything else is great with the pill to stay on it; they say I have Meniere's Disease.. Also, I started getting a rash on the front of both of my calf's.. nothing to serious.. they say that it shouldn't appeared right away, instead of half a year later.. I'm at a loss.. like I said this pill has been great...

Hi all! I just began taking YAZ two weeks ago and things were fine up until two days ago. I started experiencing itching on several parts of my boy an last night, realized I had hives on my waist at my back, near my underarms and have serious itching all over the rest of my body including the palms of my hands. Please, please, please if anyone reads this an has had similar side effects, please let me know. Furthermore, I did not take the pill last night as I knew this could be the only thing causing these issues. Does anyone know the reprecution of stopping the pill mid month? Please let me know and thanks for your help!

So I'll refer to today as Hell Day, the day when all the horrible symptoms of my birth control pill attack me at once and I literally cannot take it. I had this exact same thing happen when I was on the nuvaring, and I stopped it immediately. I'm willing to sacrifice having 100% safe sex if it means I don't have to feel like I'd rather shove a knife through my brain than exist. It's only my second month of Yasmin, and I'm feeling more fatigued than ever before in my life. I feel so horribly depressed. It's beautiful outside and I was lying on the grass, thinking only about being DEAD. I'm not one to be depressed. The only other time I've felt this awful was my third month into the Nuvaring. I specifically asked my doctor for something that wouldn't make me depressed, nor gain weight. Well, I gained about 5 pounds that won't come off no matter how hard I try, and the depression is just getting worse and worse. I'm stopping this pill tomorrow.

Other symptoms included:
*Initially: a sharp breathing pain under my left lung
*Weird, small rash on my leg
*Would rather be in bed than do anything
*Overwhelming feeling of loneliness, questioning self-worth, etc.

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!

Okay I havent read anything about this so far but i hope someone can relate. Ive been taking yasmin for a little over a month and i just recently started tanning again. Ive NEVER had a problem tanning, ive always used the same lotion so that isnt the problem. Anyway.. after about three minutes in the bed my arms and legs feel like needles are poking me and about four hours later i get a red itchy rash on just my arms and legs. I am convinced its yaz, anyone else have this issue? Think i might have top give up either tanning or this pill..

hi, my daughter has been off yasmin for 3 weeks today, she was diagnosed with depression earlier this year. I thought for a long time that it could be the pill but doctors assured us that yasmine was a great pill.
She has felt that she has had depression for 2 years, so i dont know if it was just yasmine causing this or the pill in general, she has been on yasmine since august last year and was on it for some time before that.

She was put on lexapro which worked wonders for the depression/anxiety but about a month ago she went down hill and the doc increased her lexapro to30mg which didnt help, she could hardly work, she is a receptionist and could not answer the phones she lost all confidence in herself, she has suffered from nausea, has turned off some food that she always enjoyed , felt lethargic, anxiety attacks, hive like rash on her stomach and back, getting up during the night to wee.
My beautiful daughter is only 17, she has a boyfriend who adores her, yet she had become this exhausted, panicky shell of herself.
A new doctor told us it could be the pill, so she has stopped taking it, the last week has been a complete turn around, she has gone to work all week, seems very happy and confident again, stopped going to the toilet during the night. Could it be from stopping the yasmine? it seems so quick.
She is taking multi B supplements, she had borderline levels of b12.
I'm quite sure that yasmine caused all these problems but there is a slight chance the turn around could be from the increase of lexapro or the vitamins. I'd be interested to hear others thoughts

I just switched about 2 weeks ago from Diane 35 to Yasmin and I've noticed that I've started breaking out in what looks like a rash on my face. I have eczema and I think sebhorrhea as well, and with Diane 35 my face was totally clear except for a couple of spots caused by eczema which i could deal with. Yasmin seemed as if it was killing my appetite but if it cannot deal with my eczema and sebhorrhea (most likely) I think I should go back to Diane 35 and gain the weight for the sake of good skin. Should I stop taking Yasmin immediately or should I continue with it till I get my period then continue with Diane? I'm confused. Anyone with the same side effects?

I had taken myself off birth control (Mircette) about 6 months ago and never got a period after that. So, my doctor gave me one month worth of Yasmin to have my period start up again. I just finish the month and after the 3rd week I broke out all over my face. Not just one or two pimples but a rash of pimples all over my face. Did anyone else break out from this pill?? If, so did you take yourself off and how long did it take to get back to normal??

This is my first month on Yasmin - I just started taking my inactive pills so expecting my period any day now. Anyway, last week I spent one day vomiting and couldnt even hold my head up (figured it was a 24-hour stomach bug), but now I have unexplainable hives/rash on my arms, back and stomach. I too have low sex-drive and hot flashes now and often feel like there are bricks being piled on top of my chest. Calling my gyno tomorrow to see what she says about it.

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.

This is a bit of an answer for birth control queen....

About ten years ago i was taking cilest and had severe IBS symptoms - I had lots of tests and did an exclusion diet which lasted about 12 weeks before the doc concluded that he could find no reasonable cause and that perhaps I was intolerant to fibre (the idea of eating white bread still disgusts me!). Anyway he did always say that he could link the problems of IBS with my menstrual cycle, but then he was not a gynie...

I never really questioned it before but my symptons of IBS cleared up about 2 years later, after I'd finished some big exams and finished a stressful relationship, so I just figured it was down to stress.

I've recently been having tests for endometriosis, which my gynie said probably account for the IBS symptoms I'd had... He is a fantastic professor, who specialises in endometriosis and he was happy to give me an IUD... I know that in Europe this is seen as a really bad contraceptive device, but I've never had any problems on it and it does not have any hormones in it at all. Recently he convinced me that I should try taking Yasmin for the pain that I get during the month.... Contrary to what a few of my friends experienced I had no extra pain as a result of the IUD - yasmin, however, made me have a month long period (i'm on my second packet), cry all the time and now I've redeveloped the IBS symptoms - feeling sick all the time with a feeling like a rock in my stomach, unsure of what to eat that will not affect me. I've just woken up with a big rash on my back too, which is usually a classic sign of a food intolerance.

My doc recommended that i give yasmin 3 months to settle down, but that was after the prolonged bleeding - there's no way that i'm going to go through the IBS symptoms again - any doctor can only guess at what causes it and none are really prepared to look at the connection with taking the pill in my experience.

I can highly recommend the IUD i've got (i can't remember what brand/make it is, but it's a small white plastic one without hormones - i'm sure your doc will know which one!)... For mood swings my partner agrees that agnus castus seems to be the best cure - if you're in oz / nz then great as the best makes are there, get it in liquid form - it makes you feel normal again and not like a complete psycho.

I don't have any answers for libido - endometriosis is not the best thing for sex drive... but hopefully some of wittering is useful!

I have just one question - have most of you who have stopped taking yasmin done so midmonth without any more horrid side effects??

wow, wrapped to have found this site let me tell u!! I just got back from the dr's fearing i had chicken pox... it seems i have dermatitis all over my body!!!!! The Dr believes it is from a cream... i am certain its from Yasmin... One of the main reasons i took it was because i have been very sensitive to all the other pills i have tried... the last pill i was on also gave me a rash on my face only. the fluid retention is worse then ever...i am eating like never before (not helping that it was just Easter!) I have constant headaches and feel premenstral all the time. I burst out crying when i saw an email i would have normally thought funny and am having fears of dying and really dark thoughts about how short life is!! I stopped it 2 days ago and am still feeling batty... this hormonal stuff is powerful. I heard such good things about this pill- its good to know i am not the only one having trouble.

Recently, I was diagnosed with PCOS and my OB/GYN prescibed Yasmin about 2 months ago. During the first month, my period increased from 4 to 5 days. About 2 weeks later, I began to spot which progressed into a heavy bright red flow which has yet to go away.

For the last week, along with the neverending bright red heavy flow, I have been plagued by bloating, headaches, chest pains, hot flashes, extremely tender breasts, and an itchy lumpy red rash on my chest, arms and legs.

Over the last couple of days, I have been comtemplating taking myself off this medication but after discovering this site and reading the problems of others, I threw my last pack into the trash.

I plan to report this to both the manufacturer (Berlex Laboratories) and the FDA. I suggest others do the same.

This has been a hellish nightmare!

I've been on Yasmin for about 6 months, the first week of "active" pills are the worst. I experience all of the same symptoms as i did in the beginning, (nausea, breat tenderness, stomach discomfort and shortness of breath). Once concerning, reoccuring issue is the small rash on my breast EVERY begining on the month. I've been experiencing MAJOR mood swings and all over unhappiness. My appeitite has increased greatly which has caused me to put on several pounds...I want to discontinue BCP all together but am curious as to what is the safest way to do so. Does anyone have some side effects that have occured once you've stopped taking Yasmin?