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I started taking the pill 2 days ago and I am nervous about it. I feel very sleepy and I'm not as happy as I usually am...I took Diane 35 for 9 years and it worked amazing for me...my skin was amazing, my weight was stableStable angina Unstable angina and I was very happy. I decided to stop taking it b/c I have read it is not good for you. However when I stopped taking it I broke out very bad and gained about 5 pounds :S...then I started freaking out and decided to go with Yaz...however now I'm freaking out about this pill as well...I'm thinking maybe I should just suck the weight gain and break out up for a while and hopefully my body will go back to normal!! any suggestions??
I was taking Yasmine for more than 3 years and last week I went off this pill. The only good thing was that I didn't get pregnant during this time, I could say exactly when and what time I'll get period, so when I was traveling I could choose dates. That was the only good thing.
Bad things - I am upset with myself I never checked websites about Yasmin before, as I would dump it straight away.
My marriage went threw nightmares because of my "dryiness", sexuall coldness, swing moods, had lots of muscle cramps (extremly painfull and every 2-3 days), yes - tearfull. I was getting into depression, couldn't stop secretly crying (was very embarassed about it as I am a strong person). Just one thought could bring huge cloud of sadness over my head. I spoke to my mother in law and she asked me to stop taking pills, or go to doctor. Went to doctor with my concerns and was told that it is the best pill in the market and shouldn't complain. (it was doctor surgery in Tottenham on Philip lane, so be carefull with them if registered there. they don't care about patients and do not listen).
One week after stopping Yasmin pills - no more sadness, pains like before period, no more moods or crying, i feel like my mind was sharper and feel like i didnt have a good sex since I started with pill (my hubby does job very well, it was that pill that was making me emotionally disabled :-)
I can say with most confidence that the Yasmin Pill is a personality destroyer. I went on it as I was getting married and both my hubbie and I could see dramatic side effects; namely sever personality distortion, almost immediately. I became irrational, overly sensitive, severely depressed to the point of being constantly suicidal and anxious.
I went from being strong, academic, vivacious and friendly to withdrawn, temperamental and so on.
To say the least, I was no longer the same person.
Yes my skin cleared up and I did not put on weight, but it began to make my life and my hubbie's life a living hell.
To give you an idea... I found sand in my bed one night after we'd been to the beach. Instead of brushing it off or changing the sheets I broke down in hysterics and wanted to die because I felt I could do nothing right, not even have a clean bed. THIS IS NOT NORMAL!
This pill causes much worse effects than even the severest case of my previous PMS episodes.
One day, at the absolute brink of over the edge craziness, I called in to my best friend and told her that my marriage was in ruins after only 2 months and that I felt I was going crazy! She asked if I was on Yasmin and mentioned she and several girls she knows also suffered these symptoms after going on this pill.
I spoke to my doctor and he said it was unlikely the pill was causing it... but how naive. The Yasmin Pill has a very high dose of oestrogen in it causing a hormoned crazed woman to be full of even more emotion provoking hormones.
After discontinuing on the Yasmin Pill I felt back to myself again within 1 WEEK! I swear, I would much rather fall pregnant, have zits and period pain that experience the overbearing desire to kill myself whilst on this pill. I will be advocating it's dismissal from the birth control market! Stay away from this pill. Unless you are married practice abstinence... safest method of birth control!!! :)
When i first started Yaz 18 months ago, I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. My skin is radient, periods come like clock work and are short, all the great things they said it would do. However, I think i'm depressed, i am not the same person i use to be, i don't want to do anything but sleep,I'm fatter than ever (and no exercise does not work), I don't want to be bothered with anyone, sex life in null. Today is my last pink pill and I am going off this **** for good.
If you have recently gone off Yaz, please share with me your experience with side effects and any remedies that helped you get through them.
I stopped taking Yasmin about 6 months ago after taking it for about 4 years. The side effects I have experienced from stopping the pill:
-bad acne on my face, back and neck
- bloated/ gas
- increased sex drive (back to normal! yay!)
- Panic attacks (went to ER several times) including heaviness in my chest and heart palpitations
- depression
-headaches
I never want to take birth control pills ever again. I recommend that no one takes Yasmin!
I took Yasmin for years as well and recently stopped taking it after my boyfriend begged me to stop. Not to get pregnant, mind you, but just to be a more natural and healthy person. I never had the personality issues that people have discussed on here that I noticed, but after stopping the pill, my skin actually looked WAY better for a few months and now I am SUPER broken out!! I haven't had this bad of acne since high school! My question to you since you stopped taking the same pill around the same time as me is has your skin cleared back up at all? If so, how long did the bad breakout last? My neck, chest, back, and face look terrible right now and I'm used to the idea of not taking the pill anymore, but I HATE having all of this acne!
I haven't really had any other side effects that are noticeable.
My neck, chest, back, and face look terrible right now and I'm used to the idea of not taking the pill anymore, but I HATE having all of this acne! -------- That's what i'm going through! :(((((( The worst thing skin clears up around period days and on ovulation days it just looks horrible! Severe break out happens almost over night! And all my upper body covered with little pustules! Went to the doctor, no allergies no bacteria. It must be post effect of quitting pills! I took Yasmin for years, never had any problems. Never had acne. But last 3 month is a nightmare!
This is my first month and a half off Yasmin. I took it for about 5 years...switching up to different pills once in a blue. Yasmin had my skin beautifully clear but I was depressed, anxious, suicidal and just felt like I was going crazy and couldn't control it. I stopped Yasmin once before and the nasty acne that followed made me go back on it. I'm determined this time but my strength is wavering. My face, chest and back look horrible. I want to close myself into a room and not face the world until it clears up. The first month off it, I felt great again, felt back to my old self. These past two weeks, I have been depressed and agitated again. I don't know what to do. How long do the break outs normally last?
I've been on Yaz for about 14 mns. I too thought it was the best at first. Then after about a year I started to notice that I was depressed and indifferent to everything and everyone. I had zero sex drive, sexual dryness, I have been getting headaches during the 4 days off (and I never have headaches typically) and I got an unexplained rash on my legs and abdomin (abdomen) - I just read that rashes could be a side effect...
After reading some of the entries from other ladies, I know now that I'm not crazy and "something" has been making me feel so different. I believe now it is Yaz and I am calling my Dr. tomorrow to talk about a differnt pill.
I was on Yaz for 2 years to combat the bad PMS (bloating all month and mild depression/ or agitation).. PRO's: Lite periods, no cramps, no bloating, great skin, curbs the stress. CONS: Sex drive went to '0'! , marital issues due to low sex drive- this was my main concern since i never felt that way before. Also, wanting to be alone alot, not having the urge to visit family/friends, and then in the last 3 months, not getting my period at all. This freaked me out so I just finished my last pack and have been off for a little over a week.
Withdrawl effects: starting to lightly breakout... too early to tell but just got a pimple on my back and hadn't had one the whole time while on YAZ. Also, I'm completely spazzing out.. obviously it's hormonal, but I'm really set off by the littlest things; Bloated/Gassey feeling, and started eating way more than normal!! GOOD thing- I'm starting to get my sex drive back! YEAH! I hope I don't start breaking out like the others... also, just went on a diet today so I don't gain any weight!
I took the Yaz pill about a year ago for 2-3 months, and I absolutely hated it. Right away it started messing with my emotions, I was super depressed, and it DID NOT help my period, it only made it longer, and more cramping than usual. Which was horrid to begin with. So I immediately went off from it. Honestly, it's the second or third birth control I've been on (the first was the Ortho Evra? Patch) and neither worked wonders for me. So I've just sworn off all hormonal birth controls.
I took my last Yasmin pill on Christmas Day 2008 as my husband and decided we'll start trying for a baby. I had the lightest period ever a couple of days later and then it started...I spent January nauseus, bloated, going through mood swings and starting to lose more hair than usual (enough for em to notice a difference). I was also constantly tired and I would sleep talk.
In February, my jeans started to get tighter, I was still constantly tired, still bloated, still losing my hair, getting alot more irritated than usual, light period again - at about 30 days.
Now in March (almost 3 months since I took my last pill) I am so glad I have seen this forum as I'm not going crazy like I thought!!
So far this month, my period came on a 40 day cycle, I am losing clumps of hair, I have been very emotional and irrational, suffering mood swings constantly, exhaustion, chest pains, onset of panic attacks, headaches, bloatedness and eating more than usual (sugar cravings especially..). I'm constantly feeling sad, even though everything in my life is going great. My fingers and ankles keep swelling up and I constantly have hot flushes and sweaty palms.
I now realise though that this is all attributed to my body getting back to normal and I can't wait to stop feeling this way!
Does anyone have any suggestions of what I can take to make this transition more bearable??
Hey Girls
I stopped taking Yaz 4months ago in hope that my husband and me can have a baby. I have not had a period since...and my depression and anxiety is worse. I have broken out in so many pimples...when i was 16 i never had these many! Did you girls go through a long time without a period after stopping Yaz??
Just wanted to thank everyone for their posts. I have just realised that there is a reason for me (the most patient person ever) has lost her patience, even with my children. The slightest thing sets me off, my four year old not putting his shoes on etc. i feel sad even though i have nothing to be sad about and i cry at the slightest thing. im a blubbering wreck!! Yasmin is brilliant in lots of ways but i cant continue with this sad feeling anymore and im going to stop taking it. Thanks x
I first started taking yasmin March 17, then went on vacation this tuesday through friday, and forgot the pills. So my period started yesterday (thursday), and I haven't taken any pills since monday (4 days missed). I have not had sex for several weeks (since before my last period), so I'm not pregnant. Should I continue this pill pack and double up for a couple days, or start a new pill pack in a few days?
I have been on Yaz since May, 2008. I have been nothing but an emotional wreck since I started. I have put on weight and now am not getting my period. When I was getting my period, it was about 3-5 days long but I had terrible cramps. My sex drive has diminished.
I am getting off this pill after this month. Hopefully I will not get any bad side effects from stopping use.
Congrats to those who have no problem with this pill.
It ***** for me.
I stopped Yasmin-28 birth control about 2 weeks ago after being on it for about 7 years- I am 25 now and trying to concieve. At the beginning of my marriage, which happened after I was on the pill for about 1 year everything seemed strange and I was pretty much an emotional mess- I always thought it was because I was young, newly married and just coming to terms with the depressional I battled for years. Now I think it may have been something else- namely the pill.
I have never been one to take medications that can alter you- like Prozac and Welbutrin which I tried at the beginning of my marrige only to feel like I had no feeling what-so-ever, like a robot or something (not to say that people should not take these meds, they just were not for for me.)
I have been soooo tired lately and I have been getting bad headaches and nausea everyday, I have also been noticing my sex drive being stronger like when I was 18 years old- before the pill! and my husband asked me what I dreamt about, apparently I was talking in my sleep.
I could not put my finger on it until now but something was not right with me and now that maybe my body is readjusting itself and my hormone levels are getting back to normal I feel very strange, but hopeful- I don't think I will go back on the pill ever again. Of all things to mess with in a women's body hormone levels seem like it can cause so much to go wrong with you mentally- I guess I was young and didn't want to get pregnant so I never really thought about the possible side effects...
I have been taking Yasmin for about 4 years now due to horrible and irregular periods since I got it and I have never experienced anything like everyone else is describing. I am the same person I was before, but I will admit my skin is better but that can also get better with age. I have never had depression, mood swings(well I have, but nothing out of the norm) or suicidal thoughts. I have no idea why everyone else is getting this. I am only concerned about being able to stop taking it when I want to have children and not have any complications. Does anyone know anything about that issue?
I was on Yasmin for 8 years and stopped taking it in January solely because I wanted to see what my body, mood, etc. was like without birth control. Overall I was very pleased with yasmin over the 8 years. Since stopping I have also felt like I am losing my mind, constantly emotional, bouts of depression, I feel swollen, I have gained weight, I am indecisive and irritable. I have NEVER experienced anything like this. Oh and my skin is also the worst it has ever been.
The funny thing is that my life in general is going better than ever and there is no reason behind all this moodiness. I am also far less stressed than I was before I stopped. Yet I am ALWAYS sad.
Also I have yet to get my period since my last one (which was at the end February) and it only lasted for about 2 days but was very heavy.
Im considering just getting back on the BC as I am quite discouraged that this will stop. Who knew hormone withdrawl coudl make you feel THIS crazy?!
Was on yasmin for 7 years with some minor breaks in between. Off fully the last 4 months and getting spots on face, neck and back. To top things off, my hair has become quite greasy. Have to wash it nearly every second day. Used to get away with every 4th day.Debating now whether to go back on it or not to get back my glowing skin and normal hair
i've only just recently been on the pill and noticed that i'm constantly agitated (even over the smallest of things), my mood swings come and go, i can't seem to get enough sleep, alot of bodily discomfort, and most of all, angry all the time..
my husband seems to be weirded out with the emotions going on and off all the time. after reading this forum, i thank everyone for putting up their comments.. at least now i know i'm not the only one feeling this way..
WELL AFTER READING COMMENTS I´M A LITTLE SCARED I´VE BEEN TAKING JASMIN PILLS FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A SPORTY PERSON. THE LAST COUPLE YEARS I HAVE FELT TOO MUCH BONE PAIN, MY KNEES, HIPS AND HEALS. TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE STOPED EXERCISING AS I USE TO.
ABOUT MY TEMPER... I THIN THAT IT HAS CHANGED A LOT MAKING ME VERY SENSIBLE AND EVEN NEUROTIC. I HEARD ABOUT SIDE EFFECTS ON THE WEB AND WELL. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO STOP WHAT I LIKE.
AS SOMEONE SAID I AM GLAD TO KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT FEELS LIKE I DO.
AND BECAUSE OF THIS I HOPE I CAN GET NORMAL AGAIN.
I went off of yasmin almost three weeks ago. I am almost twenty and had been on it for around 3 years. I decided to go off of it because i had just broken up with my boyfriend so I wasn't going to be having regular sex, I thought it may relate to my extreme emotional-ness and was hoping i would shed a few pounds.
So now its been a few weeks and I feel a lot more stable emotionally but I think i have definitly gained some weight even though I have noticed that i barely have an appetite and I have barely been eating anything compared to before when I was on them. For those who this has happened to..did you eventually lose the weight once your hormones got back in balance?
hope to hear from someone soon!
I was on yasmin for about 2 years and didnt have any problems at all for the first year and a half. The last 6 months of taking it, I started experiencing excruciating chest pain and shortness of breath. I had lots of differerent tests (the doctors thought i had blood clots in my lungs) and most came back inconclusive. I didnt even think about this pill causing these problems until i THOROUGHLY read the leaflet and researched information, went back to the docs and he advised me to get off Yasmin as soon as possible. with-in the next month or so I noticed the difference and havent had any problems since.
This pill is proven to have a higher blood clotting percentage than any other pill on the market. Never would i reccommend it to anyone.
It's been almost two weeks being off Yaz. Everything is fine. Skin, Hair and body feel great. I can only complain of minor cramps now and then. As a preventative--I'm taking super vitamins, specifically Biotin for hair, Zinc for the skin and Iron, because i've been anemic in the past. I'm also taking minocyclin for the skin because I tend to breakout. I'm hoping to keep reporting good things. Yes, many people write down their problems and it can scare everyone to think it may happen to them, while the people who experience no problems don't necessarily feel the need to blog about it. I'm going to make a point to blog the good things. Here's to feeling good:)
someone please help me here. i've been off yasmin for about 3 weeks now, my doctor took me off it because i was having hair growth on my body and mood swings. I was on yasmin for 3years. I had never had any problems with it up til about 6months ago. since i've been off it, i've been to the ER, had hair loss, and the worst part is i have felt serious anxiety and i always feel like im going to pass out. im trying to tough it out and hope everything will pass. on top of naseua and just being scared of whats happening to my body...i need support. please if you've had these symptoms to..let me know. im 20yrs old and dont think i should be feeling like this.
Hello there
I have been on this pill for a year and a half now. In the beginning it was great, my skin cleared up, my periods where like clock work and my post period moods seemed better.
About two months after starting it I started having a massive amount of hair loss (at that time I was under alot of stress and thought that was the cause) on top of that I became very depressed. Now I am the type of girl that have people thinking I am on something of drunk because im always so Happy. It was instant in heavy depression I thot of suicide, something completely foreign to me. Non the less I thought it was the stress once again.
About a month later I went on pills for depression. The doctor said I cannot take it for less than 6 months so thats what I did. I couldn't even focus at work so I stopped working during this time.
I stopped with the pills after 6 months thinking all is well again, the skys have cleared up.
After about 6 months slowly sadness crept back into my life, combined with constant sore nipples, headaches every day (must be the stress again) and thoughts of death again.
I am so glad for thinking FINALLY that this cannot be normal.
I think woman are so use to comprimising in life that we miss problems when it's staring us in the face.
Thank you so much for everyone thats speaking up about their problems. Without you girls I would have never known.
Im of the pill for 11 days now.
Some pimples have come back and stomach pains for some reason.
I went throught heavy depression for 3 days where i had no control over myself and actually had to ask someone to stay with me just so i don't do anything stupid.
Now I feel like i use to a very long time ago. I have forgotten how happy i use to be and how good life is. THANK YOU EVERYONE
Oh! Something off interest. I read Yasmin makes your breast grow. I went from a B to a double D in this little year and a half CRAZY
I wonder whats going to happen to the girls now??
hi there.
over 2 year i take 1 pill enjecton so after enjection my heavy period start..never stop...so i hade pain in my tummy u know in women egg,s.on my back side...i m soo worried ...i request to all women..plz never take pill enjection....
I went to the doctors the other day to have a transvaginal ultrasound because of being in soo much pain all the time,expecially around my periods.,I was told it was only due to my endometriosis.but,after having the ultrasound it showed that I also have alot of cysts on my ovaries.so my doctor suggest I get on Yazmine. But after doing some reserch on it makes me not want to take it. She said that it would remove the cyst
me and my husband having been wainting a baby also please help.
When I went off Yaz, I too broke out all over my face, chest, and back so I went back on it for another 18 months. I've been off 2 months now and I took preventive measures this time. I went to a dermatologist and I got a prescription for doryx(antobiotic to prevent acne), nicomide and differin topical gel. I also bought special face wash and exfoliant at the dermatologist as well. I also use neutrogena acne toner with 2% salicylic acid on my back and chest 1-2x a day and so far I am zit free.
You may want to look into trying a Tri-phaisc pill, like OrthoTriCycline instead of Yasmin. Yasmin is a Mono-phaisc pill which means it has one steady dose of hormones throughout the cycle. A Triphasic pill has 3 increasing levels of hormones throughout the cycle.
I had similar depression, anxiety feelings on the Triphasic pills, but have found Monophasics to work better for me. Everyone's body is different and I would urge you to try to find one that works for you.
Another alternative is the NUVA RING which is mono-phasic, but has the lowest dosage of hormones and works like a charm ;)
I was on birth control for about 9 years and the last 3-4 were on Yasmin, last year i stopped taking Yasmin and got an IUD Mirena. Mirena had hardly any hormones, so it was basically like stopping the pill and not having birth control almost since the hormone dose is basically non-existant. I broke out like crazy after I stopped, just like everyone here has said. On my face, neck, back...etc and this was worse than anything i went through in puberty! That and my skin was greasy and my hair smelled even showering a couple times a day. I felt disgusting. I thought I would wait it out though and figured that my body was just in shock since I had been on pills for 9 years and Yasmin for 3-4. I gave it a year and not once in that year did my acne get any better. I even bought pro-active and it didn't help at all! So after a year I gave up since there was no sign it was getting even slightly better and I went back on Yasmin. My acne cleared up within a month and I went back to normal. I never experienced the depression and some of the other symptoms here, but my sex drive was down as well. But Mirena also had some bad side effects like abdominal cramping. I didn't know what else to try for birth control besides just using condoms. Anyone else have any suggestions? Right now it seems the pill has the least number of bad effects, at least for me.
If we don't want to eat artificial hormones in our meats, why are we putting them in our bodies!
I am a nurse, and the incidences of cancer in young adults/adults aged 45-60 is astounding me on nearly a daily basis. A combination of wanting to be TOTALLY healthy and natural in skin care and food products has led to my decision to stop birth control. I feel way better and I value emotions more... who wouldda thunk...? Do your own research, birth control changes your thought processes and your ability to rationally behave!
My story:
I started taking Marvelon when I was 18. I had mood swings from that so I switched to Yasmin shortly after. I am 23 now and decided to go off of the Yasmin as birth control does not seem natural and artificial hormones after a long period of time would most likely cause side effects and alter normal body systems. Hormones are responsible for chemical reactions in our bodies!
It's been about a month now, since going off of the pill, and I have gasseous bloating and sore nipples. My skin is still clear and my weight is close to what it was before.
I feel mentally clearer now and more cognizant of my family and friends. I feel more mentally stable. While I was on Yasmin I had one partner. I was rarely able to climax during sex, and felt the need to wander and have my needs met by other partners. I found it difficult to climax with others, and my thinking around the emotional repercussion of having multiple sexual partners was emotionally blocked. I was like a man, and did not have any feelings or feel bad about hurting other men who may have been emotionally invested in me at that time.
I am a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON NOW! I feel as though I am back to the person who I was before I started taking birth control. I value my relationships with my previous long lasting lover, and my friends and family. I am more able to be emotionally involved and not block out feelings which are so important! (ie: decision making, and taking into consideration the emotional well being of those around me.)
Birth control made me into a zombie. My sex drive was there, but it was definitely lessened. I was drier than without birth control. I was having sex like a man with no emotional repercussions.
Having been off of it for about a month now, I feel like a completely different person. Even my best friend has said I'm back to me again. It was like a hormonal/emotional switch had gone off. My nipples are super sore and constantly erected (which isn't so bad as perky nipples are super sexy :)), and I am more gassy than normal (not so sexy when you want to have sex). Other than that, I feel I am back to me and have back the ability to be rational!
I recently stopped taking Yaz due to loss of health insurence. I read alot of the blogs here and am having one problem i have not yet seen here and was wondering if anyone out there had this problem? I have not gotten my period since i stopped taking the pill 2.5 months ago (so i missed 2) I have taken pregnancy tests and all are negative but i still have no feeling of getting my period.............is this normal or are the tests wrong???? Before the pill periods were light but on time and normal (other than when i was pregnant). Please any comments will help.
I've been off Yasmin since february 2008, almost a year and a half ago and since then i've experienced severe acne for the first time in my life. Ive never had acne til now, and i've tried everything to clear my skin, from a healthy diet and exercise to proactive and a variety of diff acne treatments. I am tempted to go back on the pill to my clear skin back and my breast size back but after reading all of these comments, i am going to wait it out, and hope that my skin will get back to normal. It's not worth getting all the other side affects from being on the pill. If anyone has suggestions on acne solutions that worked for them after getting on yasmin, please post. thank you
I had a GREAT experience on this pill and YAZ. Only positive side effects......got rid of all bad stuff: NO MORE of the following... nasty moods, bloating, sleep problems, cramps, heavy painful bleeding, night sweats, tiredness, etc. I do still have low labido but my husband works on that one for me....
Good luck. Sometimes the good outweighs the bad.
I would like to submit myself as a "test subject," as it were. I have been experiencing serious telogen effluvium (temporary hair loss) from my first round of Yasmin last year. I noticed my hair falling out in huge amounts about 1 month into taking the pill, so I got off after 3 months. My hair continued to fall out for about 6 months, then gradually stopped. There is some regrowth, but it's coming in very slowly.
Here's the important part: I RE-STARTED Yasmin because I needed to be back on the pill for contraceptive protection and thought maybe the hair-loss from the last time was all in my head (no pun intended). MY HAIR LOSS PROCEEDED TO RESTART AFTER A MONTH ON THE PILL and began to fall out in heavy amounts once again. This is not placebo at all. Here is the reason I can tell the difference:
When I am on the pill, I wake up to find small white follicles that have simply plucked themselves out of my head and are waiting to fall out. Even just touching my hair forces out two or three hairs by the very root. This did not occur after my body rid itself of the last bout of Yasmin.
I would just like to CONFIRM all the doubt that I, too, had about whether Yasmin causes hairloss while on the pill. INDEED - IT DOES.
I'M ON YASMIN FOR ABOUT A WEEK And a half now and starting to feel really depressed[i went on yas for pms which i've suffered with since my period when i was 9 im now 17 and jas has given me far worse depression than pms ever did]
my advice is use condoms and let men suffer a tiny inconvienced than upsetting your whole lifestyle
Having just read the comments about the Yasmin pill, I feel a great deal of relief. I have recently stopped taking it too, and like many others who've posted here, I believe it made me depressed, angry, withdrawn and generally just a different person to how I normally am. It is the third or fourth type of pill I've tried in nearly ten years, and now I'm just staying off it for good and I'm letting my body work itself out. I am lucky that my boyfriend doesn't mind condoms and is very understanding, he has noticed the change in my moods and my sex drive has gone through the roof since stopping (back to normal lol) so he is also happier. I think maybe something should be done to remove yasmin if this many of us have had all these problems - I don't know about anyone else, but I changed a lot, and not in a good way at all. I never realised until I stopped taking it, but it was ruining my personality, I didn't even like myself. I would rather be spotty and pregnant than feel like that ever again. Reading your comments has made me feel less alone in the matter, so thank you. Good luck to you all :)
Hey girls! Im am sooo relieved to hear that i am not the only one going through all of this! I am 21 years old and when i was in highschool i was having 2 periods a month and had to get on birth control for that and acne. I started on Orthro Tricyclin, which made me gain weight like crazy and i have always been a small person. I switched my birth control to Yasmin, thinking it might help. I have been taking it for 2 years now, and i did drop the weight, but its not worth how i have been feeling. I am not my self at all. I am very emotional and easily aggitated. I feel like most of you ladies do, like i am going crazy. I am sad all the time and i get angry over nothing. This is not how i use to be or how i want to be. It is starting to ruin the relationship with the boyfriend that i love, who has put up with all of my emotional mood swings. I need to get off of Yasmin so i can be my self again, but im afraid if i dont take birth control i will start having 2 period again and breaking out. Any advice from anyone?? And good luck to all of you girls!!!
You're all complaining about sex drive, right? Didn't you know about artificial lubricants? If you feel with no sex drive, at least make your bf, fiancee or hubby happy by letting him take the lead and use artificial lubricant. I also use pills (I took Yaz for a month, but since my skin got worse, I went back to LoOvral, that made made me gain like six pounds in less than three months; I think I'd go back to Yaz, or try Yasmin for a chance. I really don't care about mood swings, I'm already insane, so as my hubby), and the best way to fight back lack of sex drive is to depend on artificial lubricant, to let your partner take the lead (look for positions that allow him to take charge), and to be meek when it comes to sex. If your sex drive is none, just make him happy by having sex (whenever you want it or not); if you're married, why the hell are you married?! Cheaper taxes?! I don't think so. If you guy wants sex, and you don't because of the pill, just let him do you; use some lubricant, get in position (one where he takes the lead, like doggie style), and that's it. Just let him do you. What?! You don't like my idea?! Would you like him with somebody else? I don't think so. Then, why the hell are you on birth control? Other than period problems, is for not having kids, right? If your concern is your trouble having an orgasm: wrong forum! Problem solved: artificial lubricant, get used to have "forced" sex, and make your partner happy. Don't worry, after five minutes inside you, it'll be over; you'll be with no sex drive at all, that you won't mind premature ejaculation. Is a win-win situation. Mood swings? Shut up whenever your guy feels troublesome; you have no idea how many problems you'll avoid by being quiet knowing about mood swings.
I honestly can say I don't like birth control, but started taking them because me and my boyfriend were living reckless, while trying to form careers. So I started taking yasmin well a month ago. For the first week, I felt like I was Bipolar. after I started the second week of pills, I felt normal. My sex drive didn't change, I had the extra mucas that the talked about on the information packet. I didn't have any cramps nor did I feel in any way like killing myself. When came time for my period I was able to actually go to work. This pill has made my period more bearable. Because of the increased potasium levels, my cramps aren't crippling and I have also lost a few inches. All in all I researched everything about this pill and to my understanding it is suposed to miror the first few months of pregnancy in your body. Stopping this pill seems to cause, from what it seems like, a sort of post-partum depression. I guess basically what I'm saying is that you can't expect your body to go right back to normal. Getting off these pills are like after you have a baby. you have to allow your body time to adjust. Mind you any other birth control I have tried, has treated my body extra harshly. I would sugest these women slow down and stop throwing everything in there body and do some sound research if they are not trying to have kids.
Im on Yasmin and have been for nearly 4 years, I came off last aug to try a new pill that allowed me not to have periods and conitnuoulsy take them .However my skin became horrendous, my hair greasy, depressive tendancies and fatigue. So I went back to the nurse and asked to go straight back to yasmin. Its the best pill for me. I have a great sex life, more so than my Hubby (if thats Possible haha), my hair is growing and my skin is back to its unspotty self. Im sure its trial and error with some people and how our bodies differ to each other. I recommend yas all the way. Although I am concerned about when the time comes for baby making....Ive been taking a pill for 12 years now and never had a break, my nurse says its ok but does anyone have any comments or advice on this. Thanks
when I was 18 my DR put me on yasmine birth control to make my cycle more regular and shorter. I got married at 23 and missed about a week of pills ( one day here, one day there) well I found out 3 months later I was pregnant.
I got off the pills because I was expeciting and never started again because I thought it would be easier to concieve a 2 with out having the added hormones. My husband and I have been trying to concieve # 2 for 4 years and I have tried Mitformin and clomid. I have an apointment to go back on this pill next week and hopefully I will concieve soon.
As far as the other comments, if you have pcos then you are already loosing massive ammounts of hair and you are prob. an emotional roller coaster. I really don't remember acting like that when I was on the pill.
I am told it is because the pill provides our bodies with the added hormones that our bodies are lacking. i hope this helps
Bad things - I am upset with myself I never checked websites about Yasmin before, as I would dump it straight away.
My marriage went threw nightmares because of my "dryiness", sexuall coldness, swing moods, had lots of muscle cramps (extremly painfull and every 2-3 days), yes - tearfull. I was getting into depression, couldn't stop secretly crying (was very embarassed about it as I am a strong person). Just one thought could bring huge cloud of sadness over my head. I spoke to my mother in law and she asked me to stop taking pills, or go to doctor. Went to doctor with my concerns and was told that it is the best pill in the market and shouldn't complain. (it was doctor surgery in Tottenham on Philip lane, so be carefull with them if registered there. they don't care about patients and do not listen).
One week after stopping Yasmin pills - no more sadness, pains like before period, no more moods or crying, i feel like my mind was sharper and feel like i didnt have a good sex since I started with pill (my hubby does job very well, it was that pill that was making me emotionally disabled :-)
I went from being strong, academic, vivacious and friendly to withdrawn, temperamental and so on.
To say the least, I was no longer the same person.
Yes my skin cleared up and I did not put on weight, but it began to make my life and my hubbie's life a living hell.
To give you an idea... I found sand in my bed one night after we'd been to the beach. Instead of brushing it off or changing the sheets I broke down in hysterics and wanted to die because I felt I could do nothing right, not even have a clean bed. THIS IS NOT NORMAL!
This pill causes much worse effects than even the severest case of my previous PMS episodes.
One day, at the absolute brink of over the edge craziness, I called in to my best friend and told her that my marriage was in ruins after only 2 months and that I felt I was going crazy! She asked if I was on Yasmin and mentioned she and several girls she knows also suffered these symptoms after going on this pill.
I spoke to my doctor and he said it was unlikely the pill was causing it... but how naive. The Yasmin Pill has a very high dose of oestrogen in it causing a hormoned crazed woman to be full of even more emotion provoking hormones.
After discontinuing on the Yasmin Pill I felt back to myself again within 1 WEEK! I swear, I would much rather fall pregnant, have zits and period pain that experience the overbearing desire to kill myself whilst on this pill. I will be advocating it's dismissal from the birth control market! Stay away from this pill. Unless you are married practice abstinence... safest method of birth control!!! :)
If you have recently gone off Yaz, please share with me your experience with side effects and any remedies that helped you get through them.
I want my old life back....
-bad acne on my face, back and neck
- bloated/ gas
- increased sex drive (back to normal! yay!)
- Panic attacks (went to ER several times) including heaviness in my chest and heart palpitations
- depression
-headaches
I never want to take birth control pills ever again. I recommend that no one takes Yasmin!
I took Yasmin for years as well and recently stopped taking it after my boyfriend begged me to stop. Not to get pregnant, mind you, but just to be a more natural and healthy person. I never had the personality issues that people have discussed on here that I noticed, but after stopping the pill, my skin actually looked WAY better for a few months and now I am SUPER broken out!! I haven't had this bad of acne since high school! My question to you since you stopped taking the same pill around the same time as me is has your skin cleared back up at all? If so, how long did the bad breakout last? My neck, chest, back, and face look terrible right now and I'm used to the idea of not taking the pill anymore, but I HATE having all of this acne!
I haven't really had any other side effects that are noticeable.
I was just curious. Thanks!
Victoria.
After reading some of the entries from other ladies, I know now that I'm not crazy and "something" has been making me feel so different. I believe now it is Yaz and I am calling my Dr. tomorrow to talk about a differnt pill.
Withdrawl effects: starting to lightly breakout... too early to tell but just got a pimple on my back and hadn't had one the whole time while on YAZ. Also, I'm completely spazzing out.. obviously it's hormonal, but I'm really set off by the littlest things; Bloated/Gassey feeling, and started eating way more than normal!! GOOD thing- I'm starting to get my sex drive back! YEAH! I hope I don't start breaking out like the others... also, just went on a diet today so I don't gain any weight!
In February, my jeans started to get tighter, I was still constantly tired, still bloated, still losing my hair, getting alot more irritated than usual, light period again - at about 30 days.
Now in March (almost 3 months since I took my last pill) I am so glad I have seen this forum as I'm not going crazy like I thought!!
So far this month, my period came on a 40 day cycle, I am losing clumps of hair, I have been very emotional and irrational, suffering mood swings constantly, exhaustion, chest pains, onset of panic attacks, headaches, bloatedness and eating more than usual (sugar cravings especially..). I'm constantly feeling sad, even though everything in my life is going great. My fingers and ankles keep swelling up and I constantly have hot flushes and sweaty palms.
I now realise though that this is all attributed to my body getting back to normal and I can't wait to stop feeling this way!
Does anyone have any suggestions of what I can take to make this transition more bearable??
I stopped taking Yaz 4months ago in hope that my husband and me can have a baby. I have not had a period since...and my depression and anxiety is worse. I have broken out in so many pimples...when i was 16 i never had these many! Did you girls go through a long time without a period after stopping Yaz??
I am getting off this pill after this month. Hopefully I will not get any bad side effects from stopping use.
Congrats to those who have no problem with this pill.
It ***** for me.
I have never been one to take medications that can alter you- like Prozac and Welbutrin which I tried at the beginning of my marrige only to feel like I had no feeling what-so-ever, like a robot or something (not to say that people should not take these meds, they just were not for for me.)
I have been soooo tired lately and I have been getting bad headaches and nausea everyday, I have also been noticing my sex drive being stronger like when I was 18 years old- before the pill! and my husband asked me what I dreamt about, apparently I was talking in my sleep.
I could not put my finger on it until now but something was not right with me and now that maybe my body is readjusting itself and my hormone levels are getting back to normal I feel very strange, but hopeful- I don't think I will go back on the pill ever again. Of all things to mess with in a women's body hormone levels seem like it can cause so much to go wrong with you mentally- I guess I was young and didn't want to get pregnant so I never really thought about the possible side effects...
The funny thing is that my life in general is going better than ever and there is no reason behind all this moodiness. I am also far less stressed than I was before I stopped. Yet I am ALWAYS sad.
Also I have yet to get my period since my last one (which was at the end February) and it only lasted for about 2 days but was very heavy.
Im considering just getting back on the BC as I am quite discouraged that this will stop. Who knew hormone withdrawl coudl make you feel THIS crazy?!
Glad to know I'm not the only one!
my husband seems to be weirded out with the emotions going on and off all the time. after reading this forum, i thank everyone for putting up their comments.. at least now i know i'm not the only one feeling this way..
ABOUT MY TEMPER... I THIN THAT IT HAS CHANGED A LOT MAKING ME VERY SENSIBLE AND EVEN NEUROTIC. I HEARD ABOUT SIDE EFFECTS ON THE WEB AND WELL. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO STOP WHAT I LIKE.
AS SOMEONE SAID I AM GLAD TO KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT FEELS LIKE I DO.
AND BECAUSE OF THIS I HOPE I CAN GET NORMAL AGAIN.
So now its been a few weeks and I feel a lot more stable emotionally but I think i have definitly gained some weight even though I have noticed that i barely have an appetite and I have barely been eating anything compared to before when I was on them. For those who this has happened to..did you eventually lose the weight once your hormones got back in balance?
hope to hear from someone soon!
This pill is proven to have a higher blood clotting percentage than any other pill on the market. Never would i reccommend it to anyone.
I have been on this pill for a year and a half now. In the beginning it was great, my skin cleared up, my periods where like clock work and my post period moods seemed better.
About two months after starting it I started having a massive amount of hair loss (at that time I was under alot of stress and thought that was the cause) on top of that I became very depressed. Now I am the type of girl that have people thinking I am on something of drunk because im always so Happy. It was instant in heavy depression I thot of suicide, something completely foreign to me. Non the less I thought it was the stress once again.
About a month later I went on pills for depression. The doctor said I cannot take it for less than 6 months so thats what I did. I couldn't even focus at work so I stopped working during this time.
I stopped with the pills after 6 months thinking all is well again, the skys have cleared up.
After about 6 months slowly sadness crept back into my life, combined with constant sore nipples, headaches every day (must be the stress again) and thoughts of death again.
I am so glad for thinking FINALLY that this cannot be normal.
I think woman are so use to comprimising in life that we miss problems when it's staring us in the face.
Thank you so much for everyone thats speaking up about their problems. Without you girls I would have never known.
Im of the pill for 11 days now.
Some pimples have come back and stomach pains for some reason.
I went throught heavy depression for 3 days where i had no control over myself and actually had to ask someone to stay with me just so i don't do anything stupid.
Now I feel like i use to a very long time ago. I have forgotten how happy i use to be and how good life is. THANK YOU EVERYONE
Oh! Something off interest. I read Yasmin makes your breast grow. I went from a B to a double D in this little year and a half CRAZY
I wonder whats going to happen to the girls now??
over 2 year i take 1 pill enjecton so after enjection my heavy period start..never stop...so i hade pain in my tummy u know in women egg,s.on my back side...i m soo worried ...i request to all women..plz never take pill enjection....
me and my husband having been wainting a baby also please help.
You may want to look into trying a Tri-phaisc pill, like OrthoTriCycline instead of Yasmin. Yasmin is a Mono-phaisc pill which means it has one steady dose of hormones throughout the cycle. A Triphasic pill has 3 increasing levels of hormones throughout the cycle.
I had similar depression, anxiety feelings on the Triphasic pills, but have found Monophasics to work better for me. Everyone's body is different and I would urge you to try to find one that works for you.
Another alternative is the NUVA RING which is mono-phasic, but has the lowest dosage of hormones and works like a charm ;)
I am a nurse, and the incidences of cancer in young adults/adults aged 45-60 is astounding me on nearly a daily basis. A combination of wanting to be TOTALLY healthy and natural in skin care and food products has led to my decision to stop birth control. I feel way better and I value emotions more... who wouldda thunk...? Do your own research, birth control changes your thought processes and your ability to rationally behave!
My story:
I started taking Marvelon when I was 18. I had mood swings from that so I switched to Yasmin shortly after. I am 23 now and decided to go off of the Yasmin as birth control does not seem natural and artificial hormones after a long period of time would most likely cause side effects and alter normal body systems. Hormones are responsible for chemical reactions in our bodies!
It's been about a month now, since going off of the pill, and I have gasseous bloating and sore nipples. My skin is still clear and my weight is close to what it was before.
I feel mentally clearer now and more cognizant of my family and friends. I feel more mentally stable. While I was on Yasmin I had one partner. I was rarely able to climax during sex, and felt the need to wander and have my needs met by other partners. I found it difficult to climax with others, and my thinking around the emotional repercussion of having multiple sexual partners was emotionally blocked. I was like a man, and did not have any feelings or feel bad about hurting other men who may have been emotionally invested in me at that time.
I am a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON NOW! I feel as though I am back to the person who I was before I started taking birth control. I value my relationships with my previous long lasting lover, and my friends and family. I am more able to be emotionally involved and not block out feelings which are so important! (ie: decision making, and taking into consideration the emotional well being of those around me.)
Birth control made me into a zombie. My sex drive was there, but it was definitely lessened. I was drier than without birth control. I was having sex like a man with no emotional repercussions.
Having been off of it for about a month now, I feel like a completely different person. Even my best friend has said I'm back to me again. It was like a hormonal/emotional switch had gone off. My nipples are super sore and constantly erected (which isn't so bad as perky nipples are super sexy :)), and I am more gassy than normal (not so sexy when you want to have sex). Other than that, I feel I am back to me and have back the ability to be rational!
Good luck. Sometimes the good outweighs the bad.
Here's the important part: I RE-STARTED Yasmin because I needed to be back on the pill for contraceptive protection and thought maybe the hair-loss from the last time was all in my head (no pun intended). MY HAIR LOSS PROCEEDED TO RESTART AFTER A MONTH ON THE PILL and began to fall out in heavy amounts once again. This is not placebo at all. Here is the reason I can tell the difference:
When I am on the pill, I wake up to find small white follicles that have simply plucked themselves out of my head and are waiting to fall out. Even just touching my hair forces out two or three hairs by the very root. This did not occur after my body rid itself of the last bout of Yasmin.
I would just like to CONFIRM all the doubt that I, too, had about whether Yasmin causes hairloss while on the pill. INDEED - IT DOES.
my advice is use condoms and let men suffer a tiny inconvienced than upsetting your whole lifestyle
I got off the pills because I was expeciting and never started again because I thought it would be easier to concieve a 2 with out having the added hormones. My husband and I have been trying to concieve # 2 for 4 years and I have tried Mitformin and clomid. I have an apointment to go back on this pill next week and hopefully I will concieve soon.
As far as the other comments, if you have pcos then you are already loosing massive ammounts of hair and you are prob. an emotional roller coaster. I really don't remember acting like that when I was on the pill.
I am told it is because the pill provides our bodies with the added hormones that our bodies are lacking. i hope this helps