Yasmin and swollen glands

Hi, I have been on Yasmin for 2 years now. I have ALWAYS been a very confident and outgoing person. For the past year i have had panic attacks regularly. I am very hot at night, I have trouble sleeping, yet my period pains are at a minimun and I have few symptons of PMT. (Mind you it is still bad enough to take codeine and paracetamol on the first day of bleeding).

Other side effects that I thought would clear up but which haven't are:- dark patches on my forehead and above my lip (doc said they would go, but seem to 'come' and go) and a very sore throat accompanied by swollen glands, sometimes on the right, sometimes on the left side of my neck. My fingers are tingly and my joints are swollen. The Chest pains could be related to anxiety. I get a migraine 24-72 hours before I bleed, regular as clockwork now.

The worst is the mood swings and the depression, I just really don't recognise myself, tired and teezy all the time.

I was very happy for the first 3-6 months that I took Yasmin, but after that I have known I haven't been 'right', but my anxiety and depression have made me unable to make a decision or be focused why.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed on the site, it's great to know I'm not the only one.

Guest 34613,
Yasmin is a pill that causes tons of side effects when going off of it. If you go through this whole forum like I did when I first found it you will be amazed. I was on Yaz the sister pill for only 2mths and it practically took my sanity. I did get swollen glands and felt achey. The feeling and down and depressed well you can definetly see from here that is from the pill. I had to go on a A/D because of such bad depression and anxiety. Yes it does affect the adrenal gland, I had a friend that was on Yasmin and it messed up hers. I also have seen it in some post on here. Have you lost any weight? I am so tired since going off of it. I think it just drained our body so much.

I realize that there are some on-going conversations here between folks but I would really appreciate it if someone could please address/answer the following:

Would someone please tell me if they've experienced the following symptoms coming off of Yasmin?

Re-current:
Soar throat
Chest tightness/congestion
Fatigue
splitting/breaking nails
dry skin
Feeling down and depressed

I've been off now for almost two whole months and the month I went off of it, I got a cold that lasted two months. Then a month later, it came back for two weeks. And now, into my 3rd month, the soar throat and swollen glands came back again? I've never had this happen before in my life???

Did someone write about this pill affecting our adrenal glands and if so, where did you find that? What does anyone recommend? Could all of this be coming off of this pill?

Would someone please tell me if they've experienced the following symptoms coming off of Yasmin?

Re-current:
Soar throat
Chest tightness/congestion
Fatigue
splitting/breaking nails
dry skin
Feeling down and depressed

I've been off now for almost two whole months and the month I went off of it, I got a cold that lasted two months. Then a month later, it came back for two weeks. And now, into my 3rd month, the soar throat and swollen glands came back again? I've never had this happen before in my life???

Did someone write about this pill affecting our adrenal glands and if so, where did you find that? What does anyone recommend? Could all of this be coming off of this pill?