Yasmin anyone? - Birth Control Message Board

coopere3 · 10-12-2007, 10:31 PM

Hi All,
My name is Liz and I am 23. I have been prescribed Yasmin by my doctor but I have read some terrible side effects online about this birth control. I am looking to hear from people on Yasmin. I would love to hear your opinions on it. Specifically I would love to hear from people who have had good luck with it. I feel like I am constantly reading about people who have become depressed on it or have had terrible emotional swings while using it...which just totally makes me not even want to try going on it. Has anyone had a good experience with it? I've talked to my doctor and he said it is one of the most common prescribed brand of birth control and that the symptoms that I'm reading about could happen with any brand of birth control, not just Yasmin. He said that he doesn't have girls coming back to him asking to be switched. It's always hard on the internet because usually people writing in or looking for information are those that are having problems with their medication and not because they are satisfied. Please anyone who has had experience with Yasmin let me know what you think!! Thanks so much,
Liz

claire1808 · 10-13-2007, 07:27 AM

Hi Liz,
My 17 year old daughter is on Yasmin and has nothing bad to say about it at all. She was on Microgynon when she first started taking the pill and she was always crying and moody and put lots of weight on with that pill, she went back to the doctors and he swapped her over to Yasmin but he didn't think that the Microgynon was causing her weepiness but we both noticed the improvement only a few weeks after starting on the new pill and she even shedthe extra weight she had put on and hasn't cried or been upset for no reason since taking it
Claire

coopere3 · 10-13-2007, 08:01 AM

Claire,
Thanks so much for your post.
How long has your daughter been on the Yasmin for? I've also heard that the common side effect with most birth control of weight gain normally doesn't happen with Yasmin because it has a diuretic quality to it which is nice!

Thanks again,
Liz

aphrodite62782 · 10-13-2007, 08:13 AM

I was on Yasmin for over a year and loved it. Not only was it the only bc pill that didn't make me an emotional wreck & put on weight, but it also cleared my complexion up (to which I still am not having a problem with 2 years later). I recommend Yasmin to all my friends and anyone else who asks because it did wonders for me.

claire1808 · 10-13-2007, 03:17 PM

My daughter has been on it for about 4 months now and I seem to think her complexion is really nice as well since being on it, although at the start I remember her saying her period was quite heavy to usual although they must have settled down as she hasn't mentioned it anymore
Claire