Negative Yasmin Experiences? - Birth Control Message Board

dceptiveophelia · 04-11-2004, 11:46 PM

Hi Ladies,

I have been taking Yasmin for the past two months. I am supposed to start my 3rd tomorrow. I was wondering about the range of negative experiences/side effects you guys have had with Yasmin, and when they occured during your taking this pill. Is it possible for side effects to show up 3 or 4 months into taking the pill, maybe even a year?

The past couple days I've had a tightness in my chest and a difficulty breathing. This has never happened to me before, and only since I started taking Yasmin. I was on Ortho Tri Cyclin for about 2 years before I made the switch, and nothing like this ever happened. It has me worried enough that I am thinking about stopping them, and talking to my doc. I'll be disappointed if I do have to stop taking them long term, as I think they were working better than the OTC in clearing up my acne, but if the negative effects outweigh the positive, I will not question stopping them. I read on another post that one of the girls would rather stop taking Yasmin and have acne than endure the suicidal tendencies. I agree with her, though my case is not about emotional imbalances.

Thanks for your advice, guys! The support I get from these postings is wonderful! And don't worry, I do intend to talk to my doc, and not just keep this to the boards.

sugahtate · 04-12-2004, 08:50 PM

the only bad thing i had to experience with yasmin was the constant nausea. it was so horrendous that after the 3rd month i had to stop because it just kept getting worse. it wasnt getting better like the doc told me it would. other than that i liked it...

andilyn · 04-14-2004, 06:10 PM

Hi. You had replied to a post I left about Yasmin today. Thank you so much for replying to it cause it made me feel better knowing that someone else is having these weird things happen too! I thought something was seriously wrong with me! But I get to start a new bcp in a week...let's hope it works well for me and takes these symptoms away...they drive me crazy!!! Good luck to you and I hope you can find the best one for you too!!!!

dceptiveophelia · 04-15-2004, 10:31 AM

thanks, andilyn! i'm going to a lab to have blood drawn this weekend, and then they will send it to my doc to do some testing. i guess i'll have the results sometime next week. i hope nothing is really seriously wrong with me, and that it is just the pills (even though that is bad too). but that way i can hopefully swtich to something more suitable for me. and thanks to the rest of you for your support and advice. i'll keep you guys posted!

Cyndee · 04-15-2004, 11:44 AM

I thought Yasmin was fine at first and after about 4 months, I was horribly depressed, I felt like my life was awful, I basically would sit and stare into space, I was always tired, I heard this weird cracking noise every so often in my head (sounds weird I know), and I had absolutely NO libido, gone, gone, gone. I switched to Estrostep FE and really like that, no side effects, great skin. I'm starting Seasonale Sunday.