Yasmin and uti

Hi Iv'e been off of Yasmin for 2 months after a 2.5 year run. When I was on Yasmin I had HORRIBLE cramps before and during my periods, I was tired 24/7, extremely heavy periods, dreadful mood swings, depression, panic attacks, paranoia (I couldn't stay at my house alone for just an evening w/o thinking someone was going to break in my door and kill me). Now that I am off of it, I'm thirsty almost all of the time and frequent urination. I went to the hospital because I was scared of having diabetes since dry mouth and frequent urination are two main symptoms. Thankfully, the hospital staff dismissed it and diagnosed me with a UTI. I still have dry mouth and frequent urination. Now about my period, Last month it came a bit late but it still came. This month I'm currently 3 days overdue for my period (I'ts been 32 days!!) I've never had sex in my life so I know it isn't pregnancy. all I can do is blame this horrible drug and go see my OB/GYN on Monday to see if everything else is ok. Anyone have any reassurance for me?

I have been on Yasmin for about 3 years. In that time I have had many different problems but never thought it could be my BC. I have been told that I have IBS, often have UTI's, chronic pelvic pain, and now kidney problems that cannot be traced through blood tests. I have been to MANY different specialist about each thing they all told me they could find nothing, and each time I was told that it could possibly be something different. In this process I have been given test after test after test including a colonoscopy, exploratory surgery and ultrasounds. It was not until today that I was talking with a co-worker about the pain that she mentioned that it could be Yasmin. My medical coverage sent me a letter stating that they would no longer pay for the bc but never told me why. I found this site and am grateful that other people are having symptoms and it is not my body falling apart. Thank you to everybody who shared.

I've been taking Yasmin for 4 months now and in that 4 months I've had 3 bladder infections; before that I had one almost 27 yrs ago when I was very young. I have also found myself crying at the drop of a hat and being really depressed for no reason. I started taking them when I began dating someone seriously so I assumed the UTI's were related to an increase in sexual activity (although UTI's had never been a problem before when I had an increase in sexual activity). I started researching the cause for frequent UTI's and BC is one of the possible causes. I have stopped taking this pill and I'm anxious to see how things change. I'm also going to see a urologist to be on the safe side.

I've been on and off of Yasmin for about a year now. It seems like every time I am on it and I have sex I develop irritation. I went to my OBGYN because I was scared out of my mind. I took every STD test you could think of and he finally told me it looked like I was having rough sex. I told him that my sex has not changed at all. I did an experiment and got off of it for a few months and didn't have any problems down there while I was off of it...but as soon as I got back on it I develop irritation after having sex. I also notice that my urine smells very different and I am thirsty all the time. I can never get enough water. I thought maybe this pill was causing me to have UTI's. Has anyone else had these problems?

I am reposting because I believe this to be strange and know it is from Yasmin. Now, i started this because i knew from many experiences from others that it was beneficial for those who have acne and everything else fails to cure their acne
i was also using it for obvious birth control method. Well. after the first 2 wks i did notice a positive change in my skin (even though it was not this "miracle cure" and i still have awful "bump" break out on side of face looking like scar). Anyway, few days before the 1st pack was done, i had extremely painful almost uti/yeast infection symptoms. like, very very dry and painful! anyway, the starting of pack 2 resulted in nightly vaginal dryness symptoms, irritation to the point where its uncomfortable. last night, intercourse with my husband was unbearable and ridiculously painful to the point where i knew i had to get off yasmin and it makes sense this is why i am thisway. i do not know if there is any other b.c that is good. it seems as if this is very very unnatural for the woman's body and almost as if we shouldnt even be on it and should try natural methods. any one else having this problem??

I ve been using Yasmin for the past month and a half, mainly for acne, but also as a means of birth control. The first two weeks, i didnt really have any side effects. It seems to have improved my acne, but then again, it could be my imagination, and quite frankly, nothing really works. Anyways, a couple days before the 1st pack ran out, i began having extremely painful irritations of my female organ, something like a uti/yeast infection. i dismissed it. but bought monostat. after beginning pack 2, i noticed nighttime feelings of dryness/irritation. painful. yesterday, intercourse with my boyfriend was unbearable. for the past month, it has been this way and i am scared of intercourse. i feel like getting off yasmin, but it kind of has improved my skin, however this is not not not right. is anyone else this way?

hi
i am 19 years old and have been on Yasmin for almost 2 years. at first it was great decreased my pms symptoms. Just recently my period flow has picked up I get cramps again and have had a yeast infection back to back with a UTI and now i think a bacterial infection. I also have noticed a dramastic change in mood swings. I will cry for no reason, feel unhappy for no reason, and just be angry for no reason. I am an emotional person, but I usually can control myself. I find myself getting mad at my boyfriend and friends for no reason, and i cant control the mood swings. has this happend to anyone? and why has it taken so long? I was just wondering if anyone has had the same problems. thanks!

I got married in May and started taking Yasmin just before and it has been HELL ever since! It has cost my husband and I money and quite a bit of unnecessary turmoil!

Currently, I'm still on Yasmin and after reading all this am I definitely getting off of it! Everything that I have read is TOO faniliar! My agony includes:

-Insomnia (I was up until 3am last night)
-lathargic all day (very unmotivated and sleepy)
-a VERY low sex drive (my husband just LOVES this one)
-high irritability & mood swings
-frequent dizziness & light headedness
-had my 1st migraine ever (thank GOD I've only had 1)
-mild depression-want to cry all the time (& do) for no reason
-breasts are hard with knots (he loves that too)
-i pee all the time
-back pain in the morning (After sleeping in our guest room for a month, we have actually started shopping around for a new mattress-didn't even cross my mind that it may be the pill)

I'm on my 7th pack and can't wait to get to my doc to switch to something better. Anyway, my question is...for all of you who have already switched...what did you switgh to? Are your side effects less? (Off the pill, my periods are normal, short, and for the most part cramp free (Don't hate me!) My husband and I just want to enjoy being married a little longer before having any little ones!) Any suggestions?

I was wondering if anyone experienced problems with UTI - I have gotten one every month since starting yasmin and I am not sure if this could be a side effect of this pill or something else - same partner - do everything you are supposed to do as far as preventing them...

I have been on yasmin for a month..I am actually on my 4th day of the 2nd month. I am taking it to regulate my periods so I can get pregnant. But I am having shortness of breath where, it feels like I am inhaling, but my lungs arent filling. Even when I yawn to get all the air, it is like my lungs dont really fill. I have charlie horses in my calves and pain like a UTI. As soon as I started taking Yasmin, I was diagnosed with one, and was given antibiotics. After a week, I was told I was fine, but the pain continued. I am sick to my stomach ALL the time, but there are some moments, when all I want to do is eat. I pee constantly. I am SO tired, all he time I want to sleep. I could sleep all day and all night, and still be tired. I had my period and I cramped so bad and had headaches, and nothing seemed to get rid of it. I wouldnt advise Yasmin for anyone. I would like to know how to get the FDA to take it off the shelf. Any replies or input would be awesome! I want to get pregnant, but not at the risk that I cant breathe!!

STOP TAKING THIS PILL NOW AND PRINT OUT THIS WEBSITE AND SHOW TO YOUR OBGYN!!!!!! That is what I plan on doing on Fri. I am 27 yrs. old and have been on Yasmin for 2 yrs. Until I found this website, I thought that there was something seriously wrong with me and there is- This UNSAFE BIRTH CONTROL PILL. Over the past year I have experienced terrible panic attacks, anxiety, not to mention what I thought was colitis...daily stomach cramps,gas and diahrea, terrible nausea in the days directly following my last pill in my pack, heart palipitations, 5 UTI's in the past year, and about 7 yeasties, you name it. I began to suspect it was the yasmin recently when I realized that I have never experienced any of these problems before in my life, I was always healthy and happyand I was not taking any other medications. This is the only drug that I have been pumping into my body daily. It may as well have been poison at this point. I feel as if a lot of my life in the past year has been taken form me and it really pisses me off that they get away with marketing and selling this pill. It is important to give this evidence to your doctor when you go to see them. Do not let them tell you that it "may not be the right pill for you" It is not the right pill for anyone!!!! My very good friend began taking yasmin 5 months ago and in the last 4 mos. has had terrible migranes to the point where she has gone to see a neurologist. These pharm. companies just want to make money...they send reps out to doctor's offices and sing its praises and so doctors are none the wiser until we start to show them evidence that this pill is dangerous...doctors have other doctor friends that they will share this information with and so on and so on. If the FDA will not take it off the market, the doctors will at least stop perscribing it. Don't let others suffer as we have...

This site has been such a God-send for me. I, too, have felt like a crazy person for the past two months. I had most of the symptons people mention...UTI-like problems, fatigue, weight-lose due to nausea, and serious depression/emotional problems. I have been off the pill for two weeks (after just a month of being on it) and although my UTI-like symptons have gone away, I am still struggling. I am still really depressed (made worse by the fact that I am not feeling better), still no appetite, and now dealing with headaches. Has anyone else experienced this? How long did it take to feel normal again? Any infomation would be so helpful...this pill has really affected my life in a negative way. Thanks for the feedback...******

I started this pill almost 3 weeks ago, and could not even take it the first full month. I wanted to give it a try for PCOS, to help get rid of excess facial hair, regulate hormones etc.

When i say my body has been ravaged by this pill, that is an understatement! Immediately, the frequent urination began, but i can deal with that. Not a biggie. I started taking them like the 2nd day of my period, a Sunday, to get that nice effect of no period on the weekend sort of thing. I have been bleeding ever since. Heavy, clotty bleeding for 3 weeks! I have never bled like this. Cramps like I haven't experienced since I was about 16. Then the UTI came, then the abdominal pain. I am so bloated, my belly is so hard, it's ridiculous. I guess i have a lot of gas, but can only burp if i force myself to, or drink a big coke or something. I feel like if i was poked with a pin, I would POP! I have been constipated, and I never experienced this, even when I was pregnant and taking all that extra iron. The abdominal pain is the most excruciating part, though. It started out in my lower abdomen as soreness, but i had just gotten over a stomach virus, so thought i was just sore from vomiting. Then the pain started rising, to the point that now its in my ribcage. I cant even yawn without wanting to scream. No deep breaths or anything. I can barely get in and out of my car. The only way i make it through the night is with Darvocet, because i get low grade fever and the pain is worse at night. My Gyno thought it may be gall bladder trouble, so I had full bloodwork 2 days ago, which i wont get the results for a few days, and today I had an ultrasound, so they could pinpoint and schedule for surgery. Surprise, no gall bladder trouble on the ultra sound. I have also had severe joint pain, to the point of crying. I havent taken a pill for 2 days, just couldnt take it anymore, so hopefully when this stuff leaves my system, I can get back to normal. Sorry for the long vent but i'm sick of being in pain. Never had any health troubles prior to this. Beware for anyone in the future.

WOW. Thank goodness I found this site.

I was put on Yasmin one month ago after I was experiencing breakthrough bleeding with Ortho Novum. Almost immediately I felt UTI-like symptoms. Constantly having to go to the bathroom. Because I used to have them regularly, I went back into my gyno to get tested, and hopefully some antibiotics. My test was negative. She sent me home. I came back a week later as the symptoms had stayed...I just could not stop going! But I had no burning or pain, just major frequency. She tested my discharge and said it had some yeats in it. I have only once ever had a yeast infection (from antibiotics). She said the yeast may have travelled up and infected my bladder. She also said my urine was very alkaline, and asked if I was on atkins, which I am not.
She gave me FOUR doses of diflucan, detrol LA for overactive bladder, a peeing schedule to follow, and a sleeping pill to help me through the night.
I told her I was wondering if it was the yasmin, and she did not say anything to confirm this.
For the first 2 weeks of her medications, I did not feel better at all. Now I am off the active yasmin pills and am starting to feel better!

I TRULY think that all of that was because of Yasmin. I was healthy before I started taking it.

Also had:
brown discharge the 3rd week
when it was time for my period, NOTHING, except when having sex
NO sex drive
Hard time getting aroused for sex
Major dizziness
Pain in wrists

If anyone has had an experience similar to mine, regarding the urinary frequency, please email or post!!

I think I am going off BCP's for good...so tired of trying and failing with these...

I've been on Yasmine for over two years. I had no problems in the first year. I had switched to Yasmine from Leveln because Levelen was making me very bloated. Anyhow, within the past year I've begun to experience, pain in my shoulders, increased UTI and Yeast Infections, migraine heachaces, and Cold Sores in my mouth. I also have to use the bathroom a lot. I will probably change pills the next time i see my OBGYN.