Hypothyroid AFTER yasmin

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This discussion is related to Thyroid, blood sugar and confounding factors.

I have just had tests return that show subclinical hypothyroidism. I have been off of Yasmin for a little bit over a year now and once I stopped taking the Yasmin my symptoms started. I am weak, tired, etc. all of the things that come along with hypothyroidism. Is it possible that the Yasmin caused my thyroid to stop producing enough hormones? If so, is it possible to take medication or use other treatments to get my hormones back to normal without having to take a pill that will mess with my body every day for the rest of my life?

Hypothyroidism85 · Answer

I had been on the contraceptive pill for 10 years. A month after coming off it i developed sub clinical hypothyroidism...5 months later my levels have increased i now have hypothyroidism and am on medication. Hell of a coincidence.

foreverlostmom · Answer

I also took yaz and depo and a few others.

ShelleyN720 · Answer

I agree with stella5349 regarding the use of birth control pills. Birth control pills are powerful drugs. Do a web search using he terms "Yaz and lawsuits" - scary! Same for Fosamax and other so-called bone-building drugs Boniva, Actonel etc...once used for  agricultural purposes and now in human bodies. 
Doctors will often say that side the effects you experience after starting a drug are not related to the drug. MIne did. Told me to keep taking the Levoxyl and I'll see you in 6 months. She told me the pounding in my head & pressure in my ears as well as the parethesia (nerves stinging all over my body) were NOT related to the Levoxyl. She said to find a neurologist. I decided to ask my PCP to switch me to Armour. She did. Within 5 days all the previous side effects had CEASED. I will go for my bloodwork in about 2 weeks to check how my levels are doing. I feel better right now than I have in months. I am losing faith in the medical profession. Its like some doctors went to med school and then decided there was nothing else new to learn. Sorry for rambling, but everything we put into our body matters!

sheshe1900 · Answer

I took Yasmin for several years as well. Literally, within  a month of stopping the pill I started having symptoms relating to being Hypo. After 2 years battling this, went back on the pill and now major issues with my thyroid. Sad thing is both my regular Dr and Gyn said there is NO relationship to my problem. I spoke with 3 other Dr.'s and did my research and there is a class action law suit with regards to Yasmin causing life long health issues with females!

stella5349 · Answer

I just posted to Luvlaughlin onher post. I gave her 3 valuable links to read over.  Any birth control (estrogen) is not appropriate for long periods - even without a thyroid disorder.

Please read the links below and learn about how this may be a problem for you later in life.

http://adam.about.com/reports/Hypothyroidism.htm
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/RT3U.htm
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Serum-TBG-level.htm

As you age , naturally your hormones change too. so a dosage of the same estrogen going in a year ago is going to be different another year. when you have a thyroid disorder  even more imbalances will happen hormonally and the birth control will still be admitting the same estrogen as it did.  It is totally logic sense - but you will have a hard time getting that though to a doctor.

Get off them - that is only my 2 cents -

Nese222 · Answer

- The best bc is Yaz.  It has been researched for PMDD.
- When you stop bc, some women experience side effects for a few months.  This usually stops after your hormones return to normal.

cats87 · Answer

ive been on bc pills continually since 1989. i asked my endo if they are affecting me and he said that i should ask my obgyn. in my post i mentioned that i have severe pms and i thought that bc pills were supposed to diminish most pms syptoms. i think that the hormones in the bc pills are messing with my t3 making it appear in the high normal range when it really isnt. did your doc run t3 and t4 tests? if so, what were the results?

RyCoLow · Answer

I had 2 shots of Depo Provera and NOW I have just about every symptom of hypothyroid. I go back in a few days to get my test results. I'm so nervous they will tell me nothing is wrong with me, but I'm not imagining these symptoms. I've been dealing with them for awhile now b/c I blamed all the symptoms on the Depo shot. But I've been off the shot for 3 months and my symptoms are getting worse rather than better, so I don't think it's the shot. I do, however, 100% believe that I have thyroid issues that were brought on by the depo shot. I can't find anything online linking the two, but I know my body and I know that's what has caused all of my problems. Once I got off the shot, I swore I would not put anything else into my body unless I had to (antibiotics and such), and thyroid meds may be something you just need. Good Luck.

AR-10 · Answer

If you are sub-clinical, there may be things you can do to avoid developing hypothyroidism.

You may be deficient in some vitamin or nutrient that is impeding the function of your thyroid.

Iodine, perhaps.

It would be worth having tests run on as many vitamins and such as your doctor can think of, and you might want to discuss the possibility of iodine deficiency with him/her, as well.

There are a dozen forms of hypothyroidism, and some of them are transitory. Since you are sub-clinical, searching for potential causes may nip it in the bud.

Karly122 · Answer

Hi. Estrogen (estridiol) containing pills, or birth control pills, can wreak havoc on the thyroid.  When you take estrogen it interferes with the amount of thyroxine being made. Now, you have hypothyroidism. The same thing happened to me after I had just 1 shot of Depo Provera. It could be that you had some very small symptoms of becoming hypothyroid before you started taking the Yasmin. The Yasmin, could have set it off. People who have hypothyroidism usually need to take it for life. It is rare that this disorder will correct itself. This is not something to play around with. You need to take the medicine or your problems will only get worse and can become debilitating.
-Karly