YASMIN Reviews (DROSPIRENONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL)

Average Rating: 2.2 (1415 Ratings)

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 1  birth control Extreme mood lows a week before a bleed (akin to PMS). General lethargy. Having been a late bloomer, I got my first period at 14 and continued irregularly til I was 18, whereupon I opted for the pill to regulate a bleed and also control mild acne. For 8 years Dianette seemed to work and once my skin cleared, I decided to opt for a "normal pill". Have been on Yasmin for the last 5years and have begun to notice severe trend in low moods developing. Not depressive by nature, I attributed the blues to work related stress. But the calender has told me different. Every month about a week before taking the last pill, I get irritable, irrational, emotional and grumpy - sounds like PMS - but this shouldn't be happening - I'm not ovulating or in a real cycle - aren't pills supposed to cancel all this out! Not yasmin - it's gotten so bad, I hardly recognise myself. I'm done with it once I finish this pack. Thanks to everyone here who has shared their experiences - I feel refreshingly human again!! F 33 5 days
11/22/2008
 3  birth control none yet, but dreading those that come. I wish there were better reviews on this pill. I have some strange effect where every 2 years I need to switch birth control. I start having breakthrough bleeding about the time I would be ovulating if I wasn't on the pill. I started on Ortho-tricyclen, then moved to Estrostep (the pill from HELL) and then went to Yaz. Its happening again so next month the doctor is starting me on Yasmin. I'm scared to switch because for the first 3 months on Yaz I wanted nothing to do with sex. Even my boyfriend kissing me would make me cringe. On the days he could convince me to have sex with him, I'd try to focus and a grocery list would start in my head and I could never orgasm. I hope that I won't have to go through this again with Yasmin because it is more or less the same pill as Yaz (or at least thats what I've been able to find online.) Please let me know if any of you have switched from Yaz to Yasmin and had any new side effects. Thanks! F 23
11/20/2008
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 3  Birth control Dry eyes, decreased libido Dry eyes. I recently had laser eye surgery because I was annoyed with how my contacts were bothering me while at work. I have to use eye drops alot because they are so dry especially after lasix. Now I realize that its probably due to yasmin. I get to stop yasmin after one more month as my partner got a vasectomy. Can't wait. Hope the eye dryness resolves. Also hope the libido returns. F 35 2 years
11/20/2008
 1  Birth control Not myself, dizzy and a feeling of slight confusion...light headiness. Have never ever been on any medication besides birth control, have never ever had depression, anxiety. Ever. Until Yasmin. My breasts also ache during the middle of the month, but mostly it is the head fuzziness...just feel sort of out of it and dumb--never ever felt like this before. And have felt like this for about 3-4 months now, the same amount of time I have been on this drug. Do not like it and really have started urging my husband to get a vasectomy! M 37 4 months
11/20/2008
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 1  Painful, Irregular Periods Frequent, instense nausea, malaise, low-grade fevers, body aches, depression Before Yasmin, I had been on birth control for 9 years - Etrostep FE and another brand which name I forget. I was switched to Yasmin because I was having trouble with hot flashes from the other pills. For the first six months life was normal, but I began getting severe nausea and indigestion like I never had before. I had been to seven doctors and had an endoscopy, colonoscopy, two CT scans, MRI, gastric emptying scan and two ultrasounds. None could really figure out what was going on, but they threw the usual suspects at me including stress, it's in my head, acid reflux disease, IBS, and gastroparesis. Of course they were easily as quick with a variety of prescriptions for me to try (prevacid, zegrid, compazine, zofran, imipramine, reglan, erythromicin, levsid). Not one of these doctors suggested the pill was making me sick. Meanwhile, my thyroid levels would be normal one day and sky-high the next - something which my ob-gyn said was "normal when on Yasmin". I met a F 32 2 years
11/19/2008
 5  Prevention, Acne, PMS Some loss of appetite, minor hair-loss, some weight gain, clear skin. I love it, doesn't contribute to any migraines. It seems to be the only one that will work for me. I have tried a dozen or so. I couldn't function on the generic though. I was having migraines every day and hungry all of the time. The real Yasmin puts a curb on that. F 29 8 months
11/17/2008
 1  skin care xtreme xtreme weight loss(size3 to size 0), no sex drive easily angered if my boyfriend came near me, my skin didn't magically clear up, never hungry i have suddenly stopped this drug and the after math had me constantly going back and forth to the doctor F 22 3 months
11/15/2008
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 1  birth control weight gain, acne, turned into a nut case, horrble PMS This pill is evil! I only took it for two months and I felt like something had invaded my body the whole time. My skin actually got worse on Yasmin. I got PMS sooo bad, I feel horrible for my poor children that had to put up with mom acting like a total grumpy, irratible psyco for two months. I got so bloated that I looked five months pregnant. Horrible pill, worst Ive tried yet. F 31 60 days
11/13/2008
 1  For contraceptive and against acne Extreme fatigue, Nausea, Complete loss of apetite, Brain fog, Irritability, Heartburn, back pain, Depression, painful period, urinary tract infection, mononucleosis. I took Yasmin for only a month. The day after I started, I had those symptoms (you can read in the column on the left). My immune system was so low, as soon as i stoped I started an urinary tract infection, followed by a mononucleosis. This pill is obviously evil, but please don't just try another contraceptive pill if this one doesn't work for you! They all contains synthetic hormones that are very bad for your health on the long term, and bad for the environment as well. Search for natural birth control method. There are! They are safer, and cheaper. Take care of your body! marie F 23 23 days
11/11/2008
 3  birth control, irregular cycle nausea, fatigue, headache (manageable); hungry all the time but eating results in gastric distress (horrible; I have IBS); constant need to urinate; First took Yasmin in 2006 for two months and a half; stopped because of gastric distress. Tried again in 2007 for a month and a half; stopped because of gastric distress (horrible diarrhea that took a long time to cure). Briefly tried Yaz for less than a month; stopped as I constantly felt as if I was about to have my periods (cramps,etc). Took Yasmin again for a month this year and had to stop because of gastric distress. Also, I sometimes have to wake up about three times to pee at night! Wanted to try Ortho-Tri-Cyclen but learned it too causes gastric distress. Last night I began using Nuvaring. I hope this works!! F 44 1 months
11/8/2008
 2  cysts, bc, acne EXTREMELY LOW SEX DRIVE, takes way longer to have the big O, bigger appetite, I was on yasmin for more than a year until this month; I stopped taking it and I noticed the overwhelming changes it actually made. WHY BOTHER TO BE ON BIRTH CONTROL (YASMIN) WHEN IT LOWERS YOUR SEX DRIVE ANYWAYS. Extremely horny when I went off it. It took way faster to achieve the big O without yasmin. On the bright side, Yasmin helps acne a lot. I brokeout everywhere after I went off it. I'm actually thinking of going back on it because I'm growing a new pimple every other day. Also, this does not help with cysts at all. My GP said that it shrinks cysts but my OBGYN didn't agree. I had ultrasounds every 3 months to check the size of my cysts and they are still the same size as a year ago. Also, I missed a couple of days every month and I nvr gotten pregnant. While on yasmin, my period came like clockwork. That was a good thing. I also missed one period by taking 2 consecutive packages so the pushing your period back thing worked. Overall, this pill is only works for looking F 20 1 years
11/7/2008
 1  Endo/PCOS/regulate period Nausea, depression, anxiety, weight gain, tired all the time, and Migraines OMG I cannot believe it's taken me this long to put this all together!! I started taking this poison 3 yrs ago (shortly after the birth of my daughter) and ever since I've been a nut case! I've been to countless doctors for every symptom, the neurologist for the migraines, an internal specialist for the nausea, a GP for the anxiety/depression ---they all wanted to throw even more meds at me and NOT ONE OF THEM ever suggested that it could be the Yasmin (which is the only med that I take)!! ARGH, I'm furious about feeling like I'm going crazy and being horribly miserable for years, not to even mention the medical bills!! I've taken my last pill and really wish that I could get my last 3 yrs back! F 40 3 years
11/7/2008
 2  Birth control Head ache, worst PMS, moodiness, high anxiety (worst panic attacks not responding to meds), no weight gain, I just do not feel like myself and I am going to stop BC pill as this week. Condoms are a pain, but feeling this way is much worst. F 34 2 months
11/6/2008
 5  birth control, severe PMS Nothing stands out in my mind from 4 years ago. Huge improvement in acne--cystic acne gone. May have lost a few pounds. Felt much more emotionally stable. I had previously reacted poorly to orthotricylen (weight gain , hot flahses, bloating). For all the readers who reported fatigue, hair loss, weight gain, low libido, etc on Yasmin, I recommend getting your thyroid checked by a holistic doctor! BC can exaserbate a boderline low thyroid problem. F 32 4 days
11/5/2008
 5  acne, bc, pms no side effects :D I've been taking the generic version, and I've had no major side effects. It didn't make my cramps and pms disappear but they're manageable now. No more curling up in a fetal position and bitching out anyone that comes near me ;p Also my acne, which i've had since 5th grade has almost completely disappeared! F 20 6 months
11/4/2008
 1  irregular cycle hair loss, headaches, weight gain (6 lbs in 2 weeks with generic, nothing with brand name) severe cramps, my period never stopped or started at the same time, gross vaginal discharge brown in color, very dry skin, thirsty all the time, frequent urination, irregular heart beat, feeling sad a lot, sensitivity to light, swelling in hands and feet, ongoing kidney infection, low if any sex drive, breast enlargement..went up a cup size which was great but then they continued to grow. Please be careful if you take this pill. I had no problems for the first year, or so I thought. My symptoms worsened until finally I looked the drug up online and realized what all it had been causing. I will never take this again. Be advised some women have no problems, others have the violent reaction that I did. But it took a year for me to notice what it was doing to me. I also experienced much worse symptoms on the generic and I gained weight on it. I have also had an ongoing kidney infection for 6 months and had kidney stones twice...they are attributing that to yasmin as well. F 25 2 years
10/27/2008
 5  PMDD and Prevent Pregnancy The first noticeable side effects were stomach cramping and bloating. There have been many benefits from Yasmin to out way any gastrointestinal upset. I switched to Yasmin after 6 years of being on Triquilar ED. In the beginning of my BCP experience, Triquilar didn't really bother me... I would get the occasional bout of nausea but nothing too bad to make me stop. However, over time I found that I had increased fluid retention, mood swings, weight gain that wouldn't come off no matter how much I tried, greasy hair, fatigue, horrible pms and a very, very heavy period. I was getting so angry all the time that I knew something needed to change. I heard about Yasmin from the ads and it sounded very promising. After I first started it, I noticed a great change in my wood and well being. I was happy and didn't get mad at every little thing, I even wanted to go do things I never felt like doing before. It was a breath of fresh air after "growing up" on Levonorgestrel/Ethinylestradiol. All of the negative effects I encountered with my previous pills have just gone away. I know not every birth control pill is for everyone, but this F 24 1 years
10/26/2008
 5  Birth Control Upset stomach for the first couple months if I didn't take the pills with food. I absolutley LOVE yasmin. I dislike the increasing cost but it works very well for me. F 20 2 years
10/24/2008
 3  Birth Control Hair loss, weight gain I now realize I had symptoms others are describing and I never attributed to Yaz. I lost a bit of hair, gained weight (despite being more active), and my acne was not as well controlled as it had been under OrthTricyclen. I just had a baby and will need a birth control method in a few months and I don't think I'll be going back to this pill. Someone asked about getting pregnant after Yaz. Well, it took me about 5 months after stopping the pill to get pregnant this time. When I had my first child, it took me exactly one month to conceive after OrthoTri. So, it could be that I'm older now and my body changed, but bottom line is that I got pregnant when I was ready. F 30 6 months
10/24/2008
 1  contraception Acid Reflux, IBS, UTIs, Yeast infections WORST PILL EVER F 25 4 months
10/24/2008

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