Yasmin and urge

I started taking Yasmine in 2005 and almost imeemdiatley I started to have severe anxiety, depression, no sex drive at all and worse of all extremely bad migranes especially a few days before getting my period and during. My life had to be put on hold when I had my period because of the migranes. I stopped taking the Yasmine 3 weeks ago because I just couldn't take the migranes anymore. I have noticed I have gained some weight, my skin and hair feels alot oilier, and my hair has been falling out more than usual which is kind of freaking me out, don't have mood swings. My sex drive has gotten better which is a relief. I still don't know if my migranes will have gone away during my period. I'm just curious can anyone tell me if these side effects (hair loss, weight gain, oily skin) will go away after a few months.
When I went off another type of pill I actually lost weight, why is this one different?

I was on Yasmin for the last 6 months before this one. My doctor was out of the Yasmin and gave me Yaz to try. After being on Yaz I have finally realized something. While I was on Yasmin I could NOT stop eating. I would eat a full dinner and then ten minutes later, even though I knew that I was full.. would go into the fridge and eat something more.. and then an hour later.. and so on. I have gained about 30 lbs. I just thought it was some weird depression I was having since I am slightly depressive anyways. Well.. now that I am on the Yaz....I feel completely different.. I do not have the out of control urge to eat, eat, eat. Finally I feel normal again. I am also not bloated with my stomach sticking out like before.. so I don't feel so disgusting physically. The Yaz is having its own little side effects...but for now I am doing a "wait and see." This is because they put my on Yasmin to help me out because I have a high testosterone level and it is supposed to not increase that like the other pills do.. it uses a different kind of androgen.. I definitely do NOT want to go back to the normal testosterone pills since they cause my testosterone levels to surge over the "normal" limit. Sigh, hopefully Yaz will work.

I've been on various pills over the past 8-9 years, including OrthoNovum, OrthoTri-cyclen, Orthocyclen, Estrostep and others. I basically switched every year because I had constant break through bleeding.

By contrast, Yasmin is by far the worst birth control I have ever been on. I'd been on it around 2 years, maybe longer. I am a level-headed, career minded woman. About a year ago I started to suspect I might be bi-polar or depressed.

Here is a list of the side-effects I had while on Yasmin that have disappeared since I stopped taking it 3 months ago:

-Depression
-Suicidal thoughts
-Paranoia
-Anxiety
-Nausea
-Decreased libido
-Intense Anger/Rage
-Irritability
-Increased thirst
-General disinterest/lack of motivation
-Acne
-Break-through bleeding
-Irregular periods
-Overly sensitive/swollen nipples
-Yellow discharge

I only had the above symptoms during the time I was taking Yasmin, not before and not after. This stuff is vile.

If you don't have any side-effects from this pill you are lucky. But I still urge you to pay very close attention. It is very easy for these symptoms to slowly grow over time until one day you wake up and don't even recognize your own self.

Since I stopped taking hormonal birth control I feel normal again, which by comparison means even the worst day is 10x better than a single day on Yasmin.

I had been on Yasmine for about two years with no complications until last week. Last week my heart began beating extremely fast just while sitting at my desk typing. Later on in the day my chest began feelign tight and I had an "anxious" feeling in my upper body. At the same time my lower body felt completely weak- as if my legs could not support my body weight if I were to stand. Evenso, I thought nothing of it and just assumed my normal one cup of coffee just so happened to have a strong effect on me that day. The next day the anxious feeling and weakness had subsided but my left arm and hand were tingling. It felt as if they had fallen asleep and now had that "cotton" feeling. The next morning I lost all feeling in my left hand except for my first three fingers. This is when I began trying to figure out what on earth I may have eaten, where I had been, had i drank too much coffee, etc.

I rarely drink alcahol, don't smoke, have no family history of heart problems, etc. I don't take any other medications, I don't take vitamins, I dont eat strange foods, and exercise regularly. The only thing I could possibly change is my birth control. I immediately quit taking Yasmine and all problems disappeared in two days.

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ok...so i was on yasmin from the age of 17 to about 20 for irregular periods and had no problems. i stopped taking it due to forgetting to take it and my periods had become fine. i'm now 23 and just started taking yaz last month for increasing pain, nausea, and mood swings associate with PMS. i now experience extreme mood swings. i have always had some depression, anxiety, and irritability...but since i have started taking it, i have noticed an increase in these feelings. i am a 4th year pharmacy student and don't have the time or energy to feel like this. i become irritable and angry at the smallest things or no reason at all. i also just feel the urge to cry and do for the same reasons...none. i have done some research on mood disorders and the correct diagnosis of such. since my symptoms were present before and i also have ADD and mild OCD, i'm not sure if it is the yaz causing these feelings or if with all that's going on in my life, a underlying mood disorder has come to surface. for most who don't know...mood disorders are most often genetic and are seen with concominant mood disorders (depression with anxiety, ADD, OCD, etc..). my family suffers from most if not all of these (mom- major depressive disorder, ADHD; dad- anxiety, OCD; brother- ADHD, OCD, mild depression). also, most mood disorders show up during the later teens to late 20's. so my big issue is whether or not my feelings/mood swings are attributed to the "pill" or just a surfaced problem. i have looked into a disorder called cyclothymic disorder. this is when you have depression with hypomania (irritability that doesn't fit the criteria for manic-so not bipolar). i just don't know who to see or what to do. i have a psychologist and i am hoping to get in to seeing him ASAP. anyone got any input or advice?

Hi. I just wanted to let everyone know what has happened since I stopped taking Yasmin 4 days ago. (I only took it for 2 months.) I'm still having heart palpitations, feeling of a lump in my chest, and still a bit dizzy at times. My ears kind of feel like when I'm on an airplane coming in for a landing when the dizziness comes around. I'm also still having an occasional urge to cough. I still have shortness of breath and it's very noticeable when I'm talking and saying a long sentence. I thought the symptoms would really decrease but it seems to come and go. I feel the palpitations more frequently during the evening hours. I don't know why that is though. All of this makes it really hard to concentrate a work. I was reading one blog that said to take extra magnesium and zinc. Has anyone tried that and is it effective?

Hello ladies,

I thank the organisers of this forum and all the ladies who have participated in discussion in regards to the concerns and problems they are facing with Yasmin.

I am a 26 yr old male whose girlfriend is currently on Yasmin and have taken the time to research a bit about this product with a serious concern not only to her health but to our relationship !

We are suffering almost all of the above mentioned problems - and i say 'we' because i am going through a LOT here. It might be worth noting here that I only see my girlfriend on weekends.
Excessive moodiness - and when i say excessive i mean the type that was described by 'Nicole' and many others - the type that makes her want to crawl out of her skin, she gets very shaky as a result and complains that she has knots in her stomach at the end of it. These sessions have lasted up to 6 hours straight which was only yesterday evening. Being a who the type of person i am, i cant but feel responsible for her feeling this way, i keep blaming myself for something i may have said.
Anxious / panic attacks. She becomes totally unmanagable, often crying a LOT from feeling anxious for hours on end, to the point where she DOES want to crawl out of her skin as 'Nicole' put it. She gets shakey and dizzy all at the same time.

Cramping sensation in the legs

Tiredness - as put by 'Voicesi' "like pass-out tiredness". After a day long attempt to make her feel relaxed, being a kind gentlemen for an entire day, she would literally pass-out. Being a stereotypical male in this regard and I understand that us men have the ultimate weakness when it comes to the 'urge for sex' or our 'need to reproduce' but i hope to get intimate with my best friend, who ends up passing out. This leads me to another problem:
Loss of libido - Yet another problem faced by the many messages on this forum, namely by 'Christy', 'missy botto', 'missy' to name but a few. 'Tanna' has also complained about having no sex drive. No sex drive to the point where there is usually no physical contact whatsoever. I cant go near her sometimes which leads to further problems. she feels as though i'm afraid of her. I am very afraid of her! She cries, gets very anxious, would be shaking in the foetal position for hours. I would in return feel totally useless as I cant comfort her in any way. I feel helpless, she feels that she's all alone in this so i take it personally... I think its safe to say that these pills are 'from hell' as 'ML' put it.
I am tempted to throw away these pills to be the partner "who cant keep up" as 'christy' put it.
I believe she is doing physical damage to herself.
I dont deserve the way I am being treated and you ladies out there with these problems are hurting not only yourselves but quite possibly - and my case is a perfect example - others around you. Why ? all in the name of having unprotected sex, reduced periods, clear skin, controlled periods, or whatever reason it is ITS NOT WORTH IT !!

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Based on all the troubles you are experiencing, I would strongly urge you to read through as much of this website as you can as well as the site Flowerbabies set up. Her link is below. There isn't one woman who has taken this pill who hasn't experienced very serious debiliating side effects.

Long short of it, many of us are struggling to heal multiple symptoms that have occurred while being on it to include extreme fatigue, exhaustion, low levels of magnesium and inabalances of electrolytes and potassium due to the diuretic in this pill.

More and more women are being pushed this pill. Doctors make money off it prescribing it.

You sound like you are already going through so much. I can tell you, after two and half years of being on it, it completely messed up my body and I have heart palpitations and pain I never had.

Since comming off Dianete for a lower dose pill which the doctor recomonded to me Yasmin. I wish she hasn't, i wrongly was attracted to the possitve side effect as it apparently can induce weight loss, which i needed after being on such a high dose pill for over a year and gaining a stone in weight,

My sex drive has pretty much curled up and died since I changed pill, i changed pill as soon as i got back from holiday and have barely had the urge to make love to my partner since June...and this is unusual for me, i have never had a problem with my sex drive and it's frustrating for both me and my partner.

Just over the last few days I have had a constant headache, and a panging head rush whenever i stand.... at first I thought it was just a migraine but after reading through this site i have quickly booked a doctors appointment tomorrow.
My head is killing me, my brain is foggy as is my eye site.

This pill has also made me incredibly tired, constantly, no matter how much sleep i get i am still always exhausted.

I just hope that these headaches clear when i stop taking the pill quickly, as it's making me very very unhappy and i leave for university in a week.

I have been taking Yasmin for about three months now and have never pee'd so much in my life! Not only do I pee more often but I get this immediate frequent urge and have to get to the bathroom with in one minute or I might piss my pants. Other than that I have not had any other side effects, but I would say this is a biggie!

Hello All,

Just an update....I have now been off Yasmin for 5 months (as I suffered terribly whilst on it from Depression, anxiety/panic attacks and elevated heart rate with no history of these symptoms prior to taking it). It has been one very long and hard road...I continue to take one day at a time as I am STILL suffering from anxiety. It has definately gotten better (i have been keeping a diary of my anxiety levels to correlate them to my cycle...there is always a link) but let me tell you, it has been exhausting. Thanks to this poison I have spent hundreds of dollars on seeing a psychologist (although he was worth every cent!) for the first ever time in my life. I also have benefitted from cutting out all white bread, white sugar and caffeine from my diet.

I urge all those women going through withdrawals after getting off Yasmin to post their experiences on this site. There have been days when this site has kept me going.

Yasmin has taken a year from my life. It is pure poison. Prior to this pill, I have NEVER suffered from any form of emotional/mental health issues. I am now about 95% better. I eagerly await the day I am 100% the old me.

Take care all of those out there getting off Yasmin and those going through the 'aftermath'.

PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH and TELL YOUR STORIES...we all need to hear them. After all, it is easy to beleive you are going crazy when something continues to affect you 5 MONTHS after stopping it.

Pharmaceutical companies are going to have a law suit on their hands when the truth of the destruction of Yasmin is made known to the wider community.
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Hey everyone! It's great to finally know that other women like me are suffering like I am... and that it's not in my head. I stopped taking Yasmin against my doctors advice (she felt that there was NO possible way that Yasmin could cause so many problems), and I have to say that I'm already feeling a little better. I took my last pill 5 days ago- and while I'm no where NEAR 100%, I have noticed some positive changes.

I honestly panicked when I read all of these posts... because I'm worried about possible permanent side effects that this horrible drug has done to me.

I just want to feel normal again- and not be a complete bitch at all times. It's also gotten to the point where my anxiety is out of hand... and I'm so paranoid about everything at all times. Fortunately, I have a boyfriend that loves me more than anything else in this world and has stuck by me even though I've been relatively psychotic. I understand that it does take a few months for the hormone to completely exit the system, so I just hope that eating well, drinking lots fo water, and getting as much exercise as I can will help speed up the process.

Feel free to email me if you want. I made my original post on 4/22/05... and listed my side effects, etc. I have an appt for my Ob/Gyn tomorrow for an evaluation and I'm going to urge her to not recommend this form of Oral Contraception to any of her patients.

If any doctor can answer this for me: WHY do you all discount the birth control pill when we women complain about health issues that have only started occurring in conjunction with the taking of the hormones???!! I'm certainly not a medical professional, but I'm intelligent enough to realize that hormones play a HUGE part on the wellness and activity of ones body. To tell a woman that her pain and symptoms are all in her head, to me, is neglectful, insensitive, and downright ignorant considering yours is a field based on a machine as mysterious as the human body is.

For those of you who have had horrible side effects, I urge you to contact Berlex who is the manufacturer of Yasmin in the U.S. The phone number is located in the Yasmin Forums link above. You will speak to a live person who will take your information down and note it. It's very important that if this crap isn't safe for human consumption, that it be taken off the market.

I was on another BC pill and was fine. I decided that Yasmin might be a good switch since it touts water/weight loss. I only took ONE PILL and that night I felt like my heart was pumping out of my chest. For the next two weeks, I had signs of angina--chest tightness, left arm pain, left neck pain, and numbness and tingling in my arms and legs. My OB-GYN doctor dismissed my symptoms and told me to see my family dr. My family dr. did have tests done and my brain MRI came up with possible signs of MS! I had to wait 2 months to see a specialist who read the x-rays and found them negative--what a relief. I also told him of Yasmin and he dismissed this possibility. I immediately went off of Yasmin and finally am feeling better after 2 months of taking one pill. I urge everyone to hold their ground and take care of your body and don't let anyone "dismiss" your symptoms. Thanks to everyone for posting your reactions--it certainly validates what I went through.

I went off Yasmin less than a month ago and I feel so much better. All my side effects have gone away and the worst one of all, HEADACHES, are gone. I am so happy. I am now on Ortho-tricyclin lo, and it is working fine for me. I think I have a bit of increased appetite, but that's it. I definately don't have bad PMS and I don't even realize I am on birth control. I would really urge anyone who is taking Yasmin to talk to a doctor and do some research on it. It is not a safe drug. My sex drive is back now, which I haven't had in months. I would recommned Ortho-tricyclin lo to anyone who wants a low dose BC and cannot handle Yasmin.

YASMIN IS EVIL!!!!!!!

Hi Girls,

I posted my Yasmin experience a few weeks ago and i urge you all to listen to your bodies! I lost some of my hearing, had a severe migrain for three weeks, dizziness, blurred vision, chest pains that would go into the left hand side of my body, cramps in my legs and toes and i thought i was going crazy! Not one doctor suggested that Yasmin might be causing all my pain.

I had to fork out $1000 for a bloodtest, catscan, five prescribed medications including pain killers and to see an Ear Nose and Throat specialist who charges $250 for 15 minutes!

I had a gut feeling that Yasmin was causing all my problems and when all my tests came back fine, i was truly convinced. I stoppped taking it immediatley, but when i fronted my doctor with all my symptoms she looked at me as if i was crazy and was adamant that Yasmin or any other B/C would not cause such severe side effects.

She then went and got her big medical book and looked up YASMIN and sure enough all of my symptoms were there in black and white. I knew more about this pill than she did, and she then said that i did the right thing coming off YASMIN as she was concerned that blood clots might be forming!!!!

I am furiuous that not one doctor questioned YASMIN, they truly believe that it is harmless and that severe side-effects are uncommon. But judging from this site we all know that YASMIN is doing more harm than good. I have been off YASMIN for two weeks now and all of my symptoms have gone. The first few days were so painful, it was as though YASMIN was slowly making its way out of m body.

I am so glad that i listened to my body, i knew that YASMIN was to blame and trust me I'm not crazy when i say that YASMIN IS EVIL!!! This pill has only been around for three years, not enough research has gone into it and the doctors are clueless! Please trust your instincts, not the doctors!

Feel free to e-mail me ****** if you need any advice or want to have a good bitch about YASMIN.

Thanks for your stories

The way that all of you are feeling is not in your head I promise. I was on Yasmin for several months. I had heart palpitations, numbness of the toes and cramps in legs. These are only a few of my symptoms. I have had two children and never even had post partum depression, but while on Yasmin I was short with my children and husband and even didnt want to be around my kids. I was depressed while on Yasmin, at least I thought I was, I even went as far as to call the Dr. and get medicine for depression, I stepped back and took a look at my symptoms and how they only occured since my Yasmin use. I decided not to take one pill for depression to make up for another pill (birth control) I stopped the Yasmin and within a couple of weeks felt better. I wasnt clinicaly depressed, I was Yasmin depressed, big difference. Me personally, I am thinking about stopping birth control pills all together and using other barrier methods, I dont like the thought of putting extra hormones on my body. To all the women who are feeling the awful side effects of Yasmin, I urge you to please step back and compare the before and after you while on Yasmin, it is the pill I promise, they need to discontinue this drug before someone has a stroke or worse.

REMINDER - Phone # to report bad Yasmin side effects

I urge anyone who has written on this website or anyone who has side effects from Yasmin to call Berlex Laboratories to report them. Berlex is the distributor in the United States for Yasmin, and their phone number to report a side effect is:
1-888-BERLEX4 (or 1-888-237-5394)

Follow the prompt to report your side effect and a live person will speak to you and take your information. It's extremely important that you share your information with the company if for some reason this stuff isn't safe for consumption.

Phone # to report bad Yasmin side effects: READ
It's been awhile since I've checked this board and I'm not surprised to see so many new additions to it. I urge anyone who has written on this website or anyone who has side effects from Yasmin to call Berlex Laboratories to report them. Berlex is the distributor in the United States for Yasmin, and their phone number to report a side effect is:
1-888-BERLEX4 (or 1-888-237-5394)

Follow the prompt to report your side effect and a live person will speak to you and take your information. It's extremely important that you share your information with the company if for some reason this stuff isn't safe for consumption.

This isn't a new side effect or anything, but I just got off of Yasmin because I had diarrehia everyday for the past 6 months since I first started taking it. At first, I thought maybe I had inherited my dad's stomach problems, but then quickly realized that it wasn't just my dad's problems wearing off on me, it was Yasmin. Yasmin is probably the worst of 4 kinds of birth control that I have ever been on. I am scared to death for those of you that think that Yasmin is good. I have been off for less than a week and I am going crazy because of it. A couple months ago I had my first panic attack. I didn't know then what it was until yesterday when I researching the symptoms I had again...another panic attack just 3 days ago. Now my whole body feels numb. I don't know what to do. I finally decided to tell my mother who is taking me to the doctor tomorrow morning. It is almost as if my body is non-existent. I feel like I itch, but when I go to scratch, I really can't feel it but I know I am scratching. It's almost like "if I can't see it, it's not there". I am hoping that the doctor can help me out. I see where some people took 6 months to get over the panic attacks...and that scares me to death. I hope that I am a quick recoverer because this is something that I do not wish anybody to ever have to go into. I am a college student and I can almost tell that this is going to affect the way that I look at things and my studying habits. I would urge EVERYONE to NEVER take YASMIN because it really does have some very negative side effects that they failed to mention.

Again, I urge anyone who has written on this website or anyone who has side effects from Yasmin to call Berlex Laboratories to report them. Berlex is the distributor in the United States for Yasmin, and their phone number to report a side effect is:
1-888-BERLEX4 (or 1-888-237-5394)

Follow the prompt to report your side effect and a live person will speak to you and take your information. It's extremely important that you share your information with the company if for some reason this stuff isn't safe for consumption. I don't want more women to be told that it's not the Yasmin causing strange symptoms, but that it's all in their minds.

I urge anyone who has written on this website or anyone who has side effects from Yasmin to call Berlex Laboratories to report them. Berlex is the distributor in the United States for Yasmin, and their phone number to report a side effect is:
1-888-BERLEX4 (or 1-888-237-5394) Follow the prompt to report your side effect and a live person will speak to you and take your information. It's extremely important that you share your information with the company if for some reason this stuff isn't safe for consumption. I called them and reported breast tenderness, nausea every third week, and arm pain and numbness in the left arm, fingers, leg and foot. The woman told me that no one had ever reported arm or leg pain and numbness before - but I've seen on this board that I'm not the only one who has had this side effect.

LADIES,
THIS PILL IS NOT GOOD--THERE HAS BEEN A DEATH ASSOCIATED WITH YASMIN JUST LAST MONTH ON THIS OTHER DISCUSSION FORUM--WE HAD BEEN TALKING TO THIS WOMEN ONLY DAYS AGO AND THEN HER HUSBAND WROTE TO US THAT SHE HAD DIED FROM A MASSIVE STROKE--PLEASE, PLEASE I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE RISKS WITH THIS PILL--IT SEEMS ONLY ONE POST HERE IS POSITIVE--THE REST ARE FILLED WITH SIDE EFFECTS, DEPRESSION, WEIGHT GAIN, TRY ULTRA LOW DOSE PILLS, NEW ORTHO TR CYC LO, OR MIRCETTE, YASMIN IS A NIGHTMARE!!