Yasmin Health Issue, Rapid Heart Beat, Stress Tests, Perfect Heart, Heart Function
I am 29 years old and have been on some form of birth control since I was 19. I started taking Yasmin in January or February of 2007. I had always been healthy and active, eating the right foods working out, etc. November, 2007 I went to the emergency room due to rapid heart beat and lightheadedness. They did ecgs and monitored me for a while, determining I was having an arrhythmia or palpitations and told me to go home and take it easy for a few days - thinking I may have over done it at the gym. I followed up with me ob doctor a couple days later and she did the typical blood work and said everything looks fine and that was that. As time went on I noticed small things like feeling nausea, lightheaded, cold and tired a lot but just figured it was "one of those things" and over looked it. My OB doc switched me from Yasmin to Ocella in August 2008 to save me money. In May of 2009 I had another episode that brought me to the ER. My heart was racing and I kept feeling like I was going to pass out, that feeling you get with you are going to throw-up and your head gets all tingly. They again did ecgs and all that, more blood work, etc. and said I now had atrial flutter and to follow up with a cardiologist. I followed up with a cardiologist and did stress tests, ultrasounds of the heart, more ecgs all to determine I had perfect heart function and health, it just went too fast at times (tachycardia), so he too told me to just take it easy on caffeine, etc and I should be fine. Time went on and I was feeling fine for the most part, a little bit of nausea, lightheaded feelings now and then but nothing everyday. On December 10, 2009 I stopped taking Ocella to start thinking of having a family. On December 18th I had an episode where I felt like I was going to faint/passout, palms got all sweaty, heart racing. I laid down and relaxed for a while and I felt fine. These same episodes kept happening close to a week apart for the next few weeks, symptoms getting more severe each time. January 2, 2010 I went to the ER again with the same symptoms, only they were not going away by lying down. They said I had Supervanticular Tachycardia and Virtigo from the lightheadedness. I went back to the ER January 4th and they admitted me due to the same symptoms only getting worse. After chest x-rays, MRI for my brain and over night monitoring of my heart functions, they still had no idea what was causing my symptoms. It is now January 27th and I have been out of work the whole month of January. If I stand up for too long, my heart goes rapid, sometimes it even happens when I am laying down, I am lightheaded constantly and all the doctors are calling me the mystery child! ... more »
I am 29 years old and have been on some form of birth control since I was 19. I started taking Yasmin in January or February of 2007. I had always been healthy and active, eating the right foods working out, etc. November, 2007 I went to the emergency room due to rapid heart beat and lightheadedness. They did ecgs and monitored me for a while, determining I was having an arrhythmia or palpitations and told me to go home and take it easy for a few days - thinking I may have over done it at the gym. I followed up with me ob doctor a couple days later and she did the typical blood work and said everything looks fine and that was that. As time went on I noticed small things like feeling nausea, lightheaded, cold and tired a lot but just figured it was "one of those things" and over looked it. My OB doc switched me from Yasmin to Ocella in August 2008 to save me money. In May of 2009 I had another episode that brought me to the ER. My heart was racing and I kept feeling like I was going to pass out, that feeling you get with you are going to throw-up and your head gets all tingly. They again did ecgs and all that, more blood work, etc. and said I now had atrial flutter and to follow up with a cardiologist. I followed up with a cardiologist and did stress tests, ultrasounds of the heart, more ecgs all to determine I had perfect heart function and health, it just went too fast at times (tachycardia), so he too told me to just take it easy on caffeine, etc and I should be fine. Time went on and I was feeling fine for the most part, a little bit of nausea, lightheaded feelings now and then but nothing everyday. On December 10, 2009 I stopped taking Ocella to start thinking of having a family. On December 18th I had an episode where I felt like I was going to faint/passout, palms got all sweaty, heart racing. I laid down and relaxed for a while and I felt fine. These same episodes kept happening close to a week apart for the next few weeks, symptoms getting more severe each time. January 2, 2010 I went to the ER again with the same symptoms, only they were not going away by lying down. They said I had Supervanticular Tachycardia and Virtigo from the lightheadedness. I went back to the ER January 4th and they admitted me due to the same symptoms only getting worse. After chest x-rays, MRI for my brain and over night monitoring of my heart functions, they still had no idea what was causing my symptoms. It is now January 27th and I have been out of work the whole month of January. If I stand up for too long, my heart goes rapid, sometimes it even happens when I am laying down, I am lightheaded constantly and all the doctors are calling me the mystery child!
After researching more about Drospirenone and the effects it can have on our bodies, it makes me wonder if all of this is due to the BC I have been on for the last 3 years. I have an appointment with a second OB doc on February 2nd, I am hopeful she will have some insight!
My symptoms seem a little different than most on here, I really wanted to get my story out and see if anyone else is feeling the same as me.
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