Yasmin and toilet

Has anyone out there had an increase in urination? I started Yaz in Feb. and since then I've been peeing like a race horse. My OBY said it was probably an overactive bladder, typical for a peri-menopausal woman. I had tests for bladder infections and they read negative. I was in the middle of relocating my family across many miles and I just put up with the symptoms. Now I find out there is microscopic blood in my urine and I am scheduled for a slew of tests probing for tumors, cancers, polyps, etc. in my bladder and kidneys. My Dad had bladder cancer so I'm pretty scared. However, I am starting to wonder if there is a Yaz connection. I hate the thought of returning to periods where I couldn't leave the house because I was bleeding so much but all the risks here are scaring me. I don't have an OBY here yet but assuming I am not harboring cancer or an other disease (i.e., kidney stones) I think I'll go off Yaz. I already have horrible migraines and acne so I'm wondering if it will all get worse. My headaches are the same (2-3 times a month) with Yaz and my skin is better. It's been pretty good for water weight but as I said, I am in the bathroom way too much.

After using Yasmin for three months I started to get syptoms of Cystitis.... Needed to go to the toilet all of the time and it was really uncomfortable. The doctor told me it wasn't because of Yasmin and that I should try special drinks etc to ease the cystitis. After a few weeks of pain and awkwardness I decided myself it must have been Yasmin causes these problems and stopped taking it. Instantly the apparent 'cystitis' disappeared. Remember, no-one knows your body better than you do.

I'm so happy I found this site. I've been thinking I'm crazy or just getting old for the last 3 years while on Yasmin. I started taking it at age 29 and almost immediately after started having mood swings, extreme irritability and depression. I had previously been on Ortho Tri Cyclen and the Ortho Cyclen before Yasmin and was on them for MANY years and never had one side effect. I only switched in the first place because I like to have very very few periods and I run all my active pills together to forgo periods very often and I was having breakthrough on the Cyclen. Hence, the Yasmin trial.

I'm actually a doctor (which is why I CANNOT have frequent periods with all the accompanying issues), but I didn't even realize the possible connection between IBS and Yasmin. This needs to be studied and taken seriously. I never once had IBS symptoms until a few months after starting Yasmin. Now, 3 years later I have almost constatnt trouble, to the point everytime I eat I run for the bathroom, yet my weight has never been higher. I asked a GYN friend at work if they could be related and she said definitely no, but reading all of these "real life" examples, coupled with my own experience has made me think otherwise. Often, the symptoms will occur shortly after taking the pill, even when I haven't yet eaten breakfast. It's crazy!!

I'm going to switch either back to Ortho Cyclen or to something new ASAP and will report back. I'm both excited at the thought that my "IBS" might really be Yasmin related but also scared that it might not go away and therefore might really be IBS. I'll report back... It honestly never entered my mind that all of it could be the Yasmin. I had just moved, started a new job in a town I hate and I thought it was all stress related.

I've also had an interesting side effect no one has mentioned yet- my hair texture has dramatically changed. It isn't falling out, but has gone from VERY curly with a nice soft spiral curl pattern to very dry, straight and hard to manage. Nothing else has changed and now I'm wondering if it's not the DRSP. If pergnant women can have hair changes, why not women on the pill?? It's all hormones.

As always with a drug, there are always possible side effects. No one drug is perfect, and humans are so complex in their make up and they way they process drugs. Therefore, please don't judge your family docs or GYNs too harshly as not even the best doctor in the world can predict every side effect.

Kim:

It seems you didn't read all of the posts, that have been written here during the last days. There is noone who says, you will be like you are now forever!!

You think noone here was as bad as you and dejay Kim???
Ok, I think I didn't tell my whole story for too long. So here it is. And dear, believe me: I and many other ladies were exactly as bad as you and maybe even worse!!!

I also nearly lost my job, because I wasn't able to work for months!!!!! I wasn't able to sing in my band, which I had done until that time for 14 years, which really broke my heart!!

I didn't even leave my house for about 3 months, and after this time I went out to the supermarket only together with my husband, never alone and only for a few minutes because I wasn't able to stand more than a few minutes without getting a fainting spell!!! I simply was no longer "alive"!!!

Tingling arms and legs, hurting muscles, muscle weakness, headaches to the point where I wanted to put my head off! Fainting spells without any reason, just doing a few steps to the toilet nearly made me break down, breathlessness like an 90years old ill person just after doing a few steps around here in my living room, aching joints, numb feeling in my legs, arms, and the list goes on!!

I went through a total hell and worse! I really believed I was goin' to die within the next months and believe me: At some point I couldn't even awate it, because I didn't want to feel all this any longer!!!

Well, I normally don't really want to think back to that time, because it was a living nightmare, which I'm still somehow shocked about!

Some days I even wasn't able to go into another room here in my own house because of the anxious feeling, the dizziness, the faint feeling and the breathlessness and weakness! Most of the time, my husband had to stay with me even on toilet!!!!!!

My head was foggy, I felt as if my life was just a dream and I wasn't really awake. I was sitting here all day in ONE room, trying to read a paper or watch TV, couldn't even work on my computer or do ANYTHING else because I had very bad vision problems and nervousness to the point where I thought, I'd go crazy about that!!

Sometimes a day I got some tiredness which wasn't only tiredness. It felt, as if someone had knocked me down and I was going to faint! I never had such a frightening feeling my entire life before!!!

My mum and dad had to come around here every day to cook for us and do our household because I wasn't even able to wash the dishes or something else because of my severe symptoms. I had turned into a total "baby", just awaiting the day that they would even have to wash me and put my clothes on!!

And for about 5 months NOONE could find out anything, thousands of doctor's visits and NOTHING!!!!! And no one was aware, my bcp could make me feel like this until I found an endocrinologist who really admitted, that all this could be brought on by my holy Yasmin!!!!! That was day 1 of my new life!!!

The next 3 - 4 months after getting off still were pure hell. But Kim and dejay, one thing you should know: I HAD BEEN ON THAT NIGHTMARE PILL FOR OVER 5 YEARS!!!!!!! And not only a few weeks or months!!

What should I tell you more?? I think this should be enough for you to see, that you're not the only ones who are doing that bad!

And comparing how long I had been taking that sh... and knowing how long you only had been on it should give you so much hope! Think about it!

I went through the hell I mentioned above for about 8 months!! And what do you see: I'm still here and look at me now:

I'm working again, singing again (have 3 new bands!), living again. Even though not everything is back to where it should be I started to live again and have still hope, that I'll be back to normal one day and completely can forget, what I've been going through!! What do you think how anxious should I be about a permanent damage, after being 5 years on this poison??????

So please kim and dejay, listen to what the ladies here are telling you and try to keep your chins up and keep in head what you've been told here so many times. IT WILL GET BETTER!!! I think you NOW know that I'm aware how hard that is and that I don't tell you just some "stories" without knowing what I'm saying.

I'm working as a lawyer's assistant and believe me: Even my boss isn't willing to start a lawsuit against a pharmazeutic group! It's sad but true: We can't really prove that we got those problems because of Yasmin and that's the problem!! There IS no doc who will attest us that fact!!! The only thing we can do is help each other, listen to each other and try not to loose hope and stay strong. This is what brought me back to life again, and nothing else!!!

And to your pacification: I finally found TWO doctor's who admitted, that the cause of all this COULD definitely be Yasmin!!

Hope that helps somehow, but please READ it, especially kim and dejay!!

Ant the others: Sorry for that long post, but I think it was really necessary!!!

Best wishes !!

Silke

hi... i have had a few ide effects for awhile and i am planning to stop taking it at the end of this month to see if they stop. i have noticed the effects mostly over the last 6months or so and yasmin is the only conclusion i have. my effects are very sore a swollen breasts, some loss of sex drive, last 2 months my hair has been thinning and comes out in clumps, eye sight in left eye is quite lazy now, forgetfulness (used to remember everything!), needing to use the toilet lots during the night, i have put on some weight. i didnt realise vaginal cramps were a side effect and i don sometimes get this and the week before i am due to stop yasmin for the seven days i have spotting for seven days. these are the main things for me. i am pleased i have read this site as i didnt know some of the side effects. i have taken yasmin for about 4.5 years. i feel its time for a break from it!! thanks

hi guest 31683.
snap on the IBS i hadn't had a problem for years but within 6 months of taking yasmin i has a major IBS attack that then lead to a panic attack (i was in a public place with NO toilet..if you suffer from IBS you will know how problematic this can be!) i had constant attacks after that and like you i also lived on imodium and mebeverine. i have been off yasmin for 6 months now and have not had an attack since.

sarah

Wow - I just started Yasmine two weeks ago. Before that, I had terrible Endo symptoms and incredible pressure (pain) that was made worse by the fact that I'm paralyzed.

I'd have to say that I had all the symptoms people are describing BEFORE I took this pill and it has made everything better!

The diuretic effect is great to relieve swollen unmovable legs from sitting in my wheelchair all day. Short period which was good - first time in a long time. The only problem is having to get in/out of my chair to use the toilet every hour. The nausea is overwhelming, almost dizzying .. but I'm told this will subside after three months.

This is soo much better than Cyclen!

I have been on Yasmin for almost two months now, and for the past week I have been having heart palpitations, and the entire time I have been on it I have been extremely lethargic, and moody. My blood pressure was great when they checked me a month in. After reading all these posts I just flushed the rest of my pack down the toilet, and plan to call my gyno on Monday.

i started Yasmin about a month ago. About a week and a half into the pack I noticed that I was retaining alot of water and that my acne was worse (i thought that this pill was suppose to help alleviate these symptoms). I decided to stop them that day. About 4 days later I got what I thought was a period. By the end of the first day I thought I was going to die! I was bleeding so bad that I could not get off the toilet. I was passing clots the circumference of a baseball!
I called the Dr. who said that I was 1 of 3 people that she had prescribed Yasmin to that did the opposite of what it was suppose to do. She said to try and ride it out while the horomone gets out of my system. I am so tired and weak from the loss of blood. The iron pills do not seem to be helping much. Today is the 5th day and it seems to be letting up a little bit. Am still very tired though. Bad pills!!!!

Weight gain and my already huge appetite has increased, along with my boobs - not complaining there though!
Constantly tired and some days need to sleep during the day. Mood swings and cramps throughout the month. Spots on chest and back. Constantly thirsty and weeing all the time. Always feel like i need to wee even after having been. During sexual intercourse, i wet myself at orgasm, which have never done before and is not nice. The constant need to use the toilet is getting a joke. Have been taking yasmin for just under a year and didn't really think Yasmin could be the cause of the above until recently, I am going to stop taking yasmin and see if things change.