YASMIN Reviews (DROSPIRENONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL)Average Rating: 2.2 (1415 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare YASMIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR YASMIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome | The first month was terrible: nauseau, lots of crying and a roller coaster of emotions. Now things are much better! Aside from 1 instance of leg swelling and leg cramps every once in a while everything is back to normal and actually better than before! My doctor put on Yasmin to help control my PCOS and I think it's doing a great job. It's now a little easier to lose weight, my skin is improving lots, the hair on my head has stopped falling out at a rapid rate, the hair everywhere on my body is a lot finer and not so thick... the improvements go on and on! I'm so happy I'm on Yasmin now, I wish I would have been started on it sooner. | Okay... the sex drive thing is TRUE! But sometimes it's mind over matter and you can over come the lack of a sex drive. Just try to relax, do some meditation, have fun and bust out the lubricant if you have to. Hahaha! I promise you'll have fun. | M | 33 | 8 months | 5/9/2006 | 5 | M | 12 | 20 days | 10/5/2007 | 5 | BC, prevent ovarian cysts | Some nausea when taken in the morning (switched to bedtime) | I gained 60 pounds on the Depo shot and became very depressed. I then switched to Ortho Evra patch and lost a little weight but became very moody and had no sex drive. With Yasmin, I have had lighter periods with less cramping, which has always been a problem. I've lost alot of weight and my sex drive has increased. My headaches are worse right around the time I start my period, but the benefits outweigh the monthly headache. | M | 20 | 6 months | 4/14/2007 | 5 | birth control, acne, cramps | Benefits: clear skin, 1/2 cup breast size increase, no weight gain or bloating, zero cramps, lighter period, regulated my cycle. Still had food cravings prior to period start as I have always had. | This was the only birth control pill, along with Loestrin FE that did not give me any noticable negative side effects (others like orthro tricyclen always made me nauseated, bloated, and achy). I would try it out and give it a chance, but definitely stop if it changes you for the worse. I find that once you start taking a new pill, if you feel like crap the first month, it may not get better. But I guess I was one of the lucky ones and this was an okay pill. I am switching to YAZ (not Yasmin which is this one) soon to see if it helps uplift my end of cycle mood. | M | 29 | 2 years | 1/23/2008 | 4 | pregnency prevention | lower libido, decreased hair growth, cured acne. | in general, this pill is great, the only bad thing i experienced is a lower libido, but on the other side, it totally cleared my moderate acne, my periods are regulated and lighter, hair growth is slower, its a good pill, i recommend it! | M | 24 | 3 months | 2/15/2009 | 4 | BC | First few weeks were horrible. Extreme nausea during the day, lack of concentration, aweful abnormal discharge... made me miserable, also breasts are very tender, but almost a cup size larger. | I went off of it for two months, then decided to give another try. Much better this time because i take it right before bed time which stopped nausea, only major complaint is extreme unpredictable mood swings and recurring yeast infections and two UTI's so far. Definately not feeling like my usual self all the time. | M | 24 | 3 months | 1/15/2007 | 4 | chemical castration | Impotence after 3 weeks. Breast development, dry skin, nice calm. Nausea for 1st week and tenderness and pain in nipples developing breasts. | Watch out ladies! This will wipe out your sex drive fast. | M | 18 | 120 days | 3/12/2006 | 4 | to induce lactation transsexual | impotence by day 17! Nausea first week. Calmness on day 14 Combined dosage with 20mg X 4 Motillium. Swelling of areola and breasts by day 14 with darkening of areola and montgomery's glands present as well as veins present. Day 21 expressed fluid from both breasts! Quit pill on day 30 continued Motilium and began pumping. 2 days later copious amounts of milk produced with huge swelling of breasts! With milk in breasts went from 38AA to 38B in 5 weeks! | Wow! very powerful drug. Did exactly what asklenore.com said it would. | M | 22 | 30 days | 1/17/2006 | 3 | acne | sleeplesness, mood swings, loss of sex drive. | didn't gain weight like other bcp. | M | 36 | 3 years | 3/29/2007 | 3 | Ovarian Cysts | I've been taking yasmin for about 2 years.. I've been depressed fo 3-4 years, but yasmin made it worse NO sex drive at all Peeing frequently Crying instantly REALLY moody I did NOT know it was due to yasmin, I thought I had just changed..after reading all these comments I was shocked. I've been calling my doctor all morning so I can GET OFF IT | M | 21 | 2 years | 1/28/2009 | 2 | relieve pmdd symptoms | heavy bleeding, blood clots, bad cramping, loss of libido, fatigue | I'm only 3 weeks into my first month of yaz, but I'm going to stop taking it now. The first 9 or 10 days, i had brownish spotting, and then started heavy bleeding and huge clots that still haven't subsided. My mood is more regulated and even, but I've been really fatigued and can't get enough sleep. As far as libido goes, I haven't had any urges whatsoever, which isn't like me at all. Even if I wanted to, I'm bleeding so bad that it wouldn't be worth it. I had my tubes tied a few years ago, so don't need the bc. I think I'm going to go back to using supplements to help control my pmdd symptoms. I've had great results with Evening Primrose and Black Cohosh. The only drawbacks to them is cramping during my period, which is way better than the side effects of yaz for me. | M | 26 | 3 weeks | 4/20/2007 | 2 | Adenomyosis | Depressed, angry, lack of sex drive, heart racing, anxiety, tightening of chest, sleeplessness. | I went on this per my Doctor's recommendation because of the kind of progesterone it has which she thought would reduce the pain and length of my period due to adenomyosis. It reduced my pain and I was definitely less bloated than with other pills (loestrin, triphasil)and lost a few pounds but it made me blue, bitchy, and I felt edgy and wound up constantly. I have always had a stressful job and have never experienced the kind of anxiety I felt. I also never had sleep issues before this. It took awhile to fall asleep and I'd awake before my alarm. I had tightening in my chest and absolutely no sex drive. My period still lasted over 8 days. I am now back on loestrin. | M | 36 | 1 months | 6/20/2006 | 2 | regulate cycle | I have been taking yaz for only 15 days now, but I've had my period the ENTIRE time! I read someone else's comment that they had their period for 2 weeks as well, so I'm not too concerned, just annoyed. Also, my appetite has been through the roof - nothing seems to fill me up which is very hard considering I'm trying to lose weight. Not satisfied so far, but I guess I'll try the whole months worth of pills. | M | 27 | 15 days | 3/10/2007 | 1 | cramps, heavy periods | I experienced the heaviest period of my life after starting yasmin. I have been spotting/staining all month and have had cramps as well. I feel bloated and also have leg cramps. Unable to climax. Taking last pill today figured I'd finish the pack so I wouldn't screw my body up any more. I had been on desogen in the past and will probably try that again. | M | 32 | 20 days | 5/6/2006 | 1 | Birth control | moodiness, lack of confidence, indecisiveness, no concentration, tearful, ill-willed sarcasm. | (Written by husband). My wife (29 yr-old), who is usually a confident, spiritual, smart, kind, and frisky person has turned into a doubting,irritable, forgetful, nonspiritual, angry, and doesn't want anything to do with me in the sack, person. Her sense of smell is like a hound dog, when I put suntan lotion on, it about makes her puke. And ladies, notice the ill-willed sarcasm in many of the reviews. My wife leads the league in this department, but was never a sarcastic person before taking this pill. Ladies, please do all of your boyfriends, husbands, and potential significant others a favor and do not take this pill. It may ruin mankind if you do. Ladies, thank you for your comments, you saved our marriage! | M | 35 | 1 months | 5/26/2006 | 1 | Birth Control | Panic attacks, hostility, anger, depression, weight gain, hair loss, breast soreness, breast augmentation, ZERO sex drive. | (written by boyfriend)My girlfriend took this horrible drug for appx 3 weeks. She nearly gained a cup size in that time. I feel that is not healthy, no more than anabolic steroids in men. She was hateful, bizzare, and her hair began to fall out. Her acne increased, and she gained weight. After switching back to Ortho, boom, she was back to normal. Then she had a panic attack that lasted all night. This drug hasnt given its hellish ways up yet. DONT TAKE THIS DRUG - EVER | M | 28 | 18 days | 6/2/2006 | 1 | Threat of Ovarian Cancer | My wife has been taking Yasmin for the past 2 months. She experienced regular nausea when travelling in a car, had terrible acne outbreaks, experienced loss of sex drive, but more than anything, has been affected emotionally. | PLEASE HELP!! My wife has turned into an emotional roller coaster. She has extreme reaction to the smallest event and displays absolutely no caring or concern for what she says or does. I really want to save my marriage, which I believe is being severely threatened by this drug. Please, please e-mail me if you have had similar experiences, as my wife refuses to acknowledge that Yasmin has had this effect on her. | M | 44 | 2 months | 1/21/2007 | 1 | birth control | senstivity to light, contacts were uncomfortable to wear, vaginal infections, vaginal itching, numbness in my face, leg pains, nausea, upset stomach but constipated, constant headaches, NO sex drive, thicker discharge, emotional issues, always crying, depression, dehydration--WAS HOSPITALIZED!!! | only took for 3 months, problems starting occuring within one week of taking, DO NOT TAKE! VERY DANGEROUS SIDE AFFECTS! | M | 22 | 3 months | 6/8/2006 | 1 | Contraception | Acute and rapid onset depression; severe irritability; grim thoughts/suicidal thoughts | BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS ABOUT TAKING YASMIN IF YOU SUFFER FROM PMT, HAVE EVER HAD AN EPISODE OF DEPRESSION (EVEN MILD) OR HAVE EVER SUFFERED FROM ANY FORMS OF ANXIETY. I THINK THIS PILL IS POTENTIALLY LETHAL | M | 36 | 7 days | 7/28/2006 | 1 | IUI | I haven't used birth control for many years, but as part of my injectable IUI protocal my doctor prescibed Yasmin. I have to take them for 35 days. The side effects were immediate. My depression was the worst it has ever been and for the first time I had thoughts of suicide. My anger is uncontrollable and I lash out for the most stupid things. I hate what these pills have done to me. I have to take them for another 18 days as part of my protocal but when I am finished I will never take these pills again. | I do not reccomend these pills to anyone with a history of depression. | M | 35 | 3 weeks | 5/6/2007 |