Yasmin and smile

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.

My name is Bobby and I've been dating a girl who has been through some tough times. She took my advice and started taking an antidepressant, Celexa, 5 weeks ago. 3 Weeks after starting the Celexa, we began to have the relationship I always knew we could. I love her so much and for one week I was the Happiest man in the world.
Unfortunately, against my advice she started taking Yaz a week after beginning the Celexa. I told her that beginning two new drugs at once will eliminate the ability to identify which drug is causing which affects whether they be positive or negative.
After 3 weeks of Celexa and 2 weeks of Yaz, my girlfriend started acting alive and excited about life again!! She even started losing weight because of her beautiful new-found energy and zest for everything. She was playful, she was laughing, she was sexual, she was the girl of my dreams and we fell more in love than ever.
One week later (After 4 weeks of Celexa, and after 3 weeks of Yaz) a monster emerged who no longer can stand the sight of me. She doesn't want me to touch her, hug her, or even kiss her. She doesn't sleep at night. She screams and yells at me for being annoying when I'm doing things that once made her smile with love in her eyes.
I found an apartment today and decided to move out... I have never been treated so poorly by anyone in my life before. She's aggressive and verbally abusive. She's been complaining that people are talking about her and she seems paranoid. I made the mistakes of taking steroids a while back and I can tell you she is the monster now that I was then and both Yaz and steroids affect hormone levels and I'm telling you I just can't believe how many relationships this drug must be ruining.
Tonight I took the Yaz and threw all of it out. She got mad at me because she's afraid that she'll stop losing weight... I mean she's just completely lost perspective. I showed her pictures of us happy together and she still chose losing 3 more pounds over our relationship. I'm losing my mind... Just a few weeks ago she reminded me again that she wants to marry me and give me babies. Where has my future wife and future mother of my children gone??

I'M LIVING IN FEAR THAT SHE WILL FIND A WAY TO GET MORE YAZ B4 SHE'S BEEN OFF LONG ENOUGH TO SEE WHAT IT'S TURNED HER INTO.

SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!!!
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WOW. This is crazy to read all of these testimonials.

I started taking Yasmin on two weeks ago. I have had many of the same symptoms as everyone else on here. I have been depressed, lethargic, angry, frustrated very easily, nothing can make me smile, and so on. I feel extreamly overwhelmed and all I can do is sit on the floor and stare, feeling like I want to scream, but I cant even do that. Everyone I love, including my husband irritates me right now. I just caught myself standing in the bathroom, staring in the mirror, hating everything I saw, and feeling angry at all that I have to do (my usual things I do). Thats when I decided to get online and look up my BC side effects and this was the first site I found.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING CRAZY!!!

Until I read all of these testimonials. I am stopping to pill today, and I hope I get to feeling better soon. I have a huge x mas party to go to tonight, and I don't want to talk to anyone!

thank you everyone.

Flowerbabies...... You make me smile a bit, because that's exactly the way how I'm going through the world at the moment, too!! :) Go from one room to the other and until arriving there I've forgotten, what I wanted to do there...

Hope you're feeling a bit better again???

Best wishes
Silke

hi dejay78,
i am so sorry that you feeling so bad,i really feel for you,i made me so sad to read your post as i can remember feeling that i would never be well again and that i just wanted my life to be over. please do not feel bad about taking the lexapro,if it will help you then that is all that matters.do not feel that because other women survived without taking anything it makes you a weaker person ,it does not! i have no idea if taking a medication would have made my recovery easier or not but i was sooo terrified of taking another medication that i thought i would take my chances without,it does not make me a stronger person that you at all,all that matters is that you get well again and that you can cope with your children again and that you can sleep again and that you can smile and enjoy your life again.it does not matter what you take or don't take as long as you recover,each of us that has been affected by yasmin have had different symptoms and imbalances and different medications or vitamins etc that have helped us,hopefully the lexapro will give you enough relief from your symptoms that your system and your mind will be ready to fight back, we all need a little helping hand now and again, it makes no difference what works as long as it does work. if you need moral support you know where we are, all the wonderful ladies here will always answer your questions or give you support when you need it.

my heart goes out to you and your family.i really hope that the lexapro will give you some much needed rest from your symptoms. i did have twitchy legs at night,they would jump and fidget but that seems to have stopped now (8 months off yasmin) keep the faith that you will get better,tell yourself everyday that you will and are getting better,i know it does not seem like it now but it will happen little by little and day by day.

sarah

Hello Ladies!
I am so glad to have found this site! As many of you will probably agree, it INSTANTLY reassured me that I wasn't going crazy or dying of some incurable disease! What I would LOVE to hear is how long it takes for someone to start feeling like they did PRE-yasmin, including the weight gain and bloating. I KNOW this is different for every woman, including how long they were on it, but it sure would help! Also, if ANYONE knows of a way to SPEED up the process, SING OUT!(SMILE!).

I, too, amy being treated by a femal OB-BYN, who totally denies any involvement with Yasmin for my problems. I'm working with a nutritionist to gain some relief from the continuing side effects(sweats, breast tenderness bloating and weight gain) as my gyno only instructed me to take Evening Primrose Oil, which is used for PMS-type symptoms!

Sigh!
Hang in there!
RioRita
PS - I remember seeing an email about the site for "curezone". I don't know if this is a supplement or not but plan on checking it out! I'm DESPERATE!