yasmin and weight gain - Women's Health Message Board

LiSa42069 · 03-04-2003, 08:57 PM

to anyone out there taking Yasmin-what side effects have u had from it? i just started taking it 3 days ago, but im horrified of gaining weight. i suffer from depression too.
does yasmin make u feel hungrier/more cravings or does it actually make u gain weight (beyond your control?)

Chelle1977 · 03-05-2003, 12:17 PM

Yasmin itself will not make you gain weight. No birth control should have that affect directly. However, how you react to the hormones could cause weight gain; esp. if you tend to eat for emotional reasons.

I would suggest that you monitor the level of your depression and speak with a doctor about possibly taking an anti-depressant while on Yasmin. I know that I suffer from mood-swings/depression using Yasmin.

I have gained weight while on Yasmin, but I'm not sure I can blame that on the Pill.

myname · 03-08-2003, 05:11 AM

I'm on my second cycle of it, having switched from Ortho-tri cycline, and my weights gone down and I'm not bloated like I used to be on the other pill. Also, my pms is so much better. Now, I do get some physical aches (cramps, backache) but I don't get depressed the way I did on the other pill. My body may not be totally used to it yet, but so far so good. I do seem to have developed a discharge/infection thing, but I have a strong feeling it has nothing to do with the Yasmin.

me_of_course · 03-21-2003, 05:58 PM

I've been on Yasmin for 5 months and have gained 10 lbs. I'm like Chelle in that I tend to eat for emotional reasons and so I feel like I can't say for sure if the pill has been a factor in my weight gain. I have struggled with compulsive eating behaviors in the past, and I spent a lot of time facing that and working a 12-step like program with great progress and a sense of having overcomethe behavior. Simultaneously though, in the past 8 months, I've been through massive changes in my personal life, I became a first year special ed teacher and I'm very tired and stressed about work all the time, I started the pill, and then started having trouble with my eating behaviors again. This could be a result of all the stressors and the emotional turmoil, but I really wonder if being on the pill has increased that compulsive drive. When I have trouble fitting into clothes that used to be loose on me, I want to blame it all on the pill. Stopping the pill seems like the easiest thing to take out of the equation, but I just don't know if it's a prime contributing factor or not...I'm really thinking of quitting though. otherwise I just won't knoe for sure. Any thoughts?

me_of_course · 03-21-2003, 06:02 PM

thanks for reading

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