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 |
| 3 | Birth Control | Severe Depression, Suicidal thoughts, slight weight gain, decrease sex drive, slight weight gain, always tired | At first I loved this pill. I always knew when I would get my period, and I never got pregnant. After a while, my whole personality changed. Usually a peppy fun girl, I becamse severely depressed. I have been put on anti-depressants, sent to counseling, and have been diagnosed as being somewhat narcoleptic, they gave me a medicine they put cancer patients on to keep them awake. I can't seem to find any birth control that doesn't make me feel this way. If you can stand being depressed all the time, it's a good way to stay pregnant free, but it really does make you feel like you want to kill yourself. | F | 17 | 2 years | 5/3/2007 | 2 | regulate my periods cause of PCOS | bad bad cramping in my lower back and stomach to where it wakes me up in the night crying!! my face is all broken out! loss of sex drive!! wake up with bad panic attacks and bad anxiety!!! loss of intrest in alot of things.. not really hungry anymore which is a good thing lol.. one good thing is i have quit smoking AND NEVER EVEN tried all the sudden the smell just made me sick and it make my heart race fast.. but other then that im not liking it =( i was on yasmin first and had less side effects but i ahd really long bad heavy periods on it.. | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 5/3/2007 | 1 | prevent pregnancy, acne | breast tenderness, heavy and spotty break through bleeding, major bloating, BAD cramps, major fatigue....I fall asleep sitting up and never feel rested, back aches, leg cramping, irritability, dry mucosa..sex painful...had to have lube; palpitations, pass clot/ heavy bleeding while still taking pill (not just during week of sugar pills), inability to sleep form discomfort-flu like symptoms: malaise, diarrhea, headache, nausea. I couldn't hold still to sleep. It hurt so bad everywhere. ONLY + was my acne was almost obsolete. | Might stop taking it instead of waiting for my body to adapt due to severe SE. | F | 27 | 1 days | 5/3/2007 | 2 | Possible PCOS | Anxiety, No sex-drive | At first, I did not notice any side-effects. Now I'm switching back to Trinessa. I want to kill my boyfriend ha | F | 23 | 3 months | 5/2/2007 | 4 | PMDD (severe PMS) | YAZ (not yasmin) - Constant: increased appetite & weight gain (ferocious, uncontrollable - will go into a panic if I couldn't eat and nothing makes it go away, so I would keep eating trying to find the thing that would satisfy the craving); diminished sex drive (only desire sex once every three months); Occasionally: electrolyte imbalance (dizziness, intermittent palpitations) only once or twice a month | Yaz has worked so well for me, that the side effects are worth the price. I have begun using exercise to curb my appetite and I am using an Exchange Diet Menu to lose the extra pounds. I am also taking Welbutrin in addition to the yaz for anxiety that has not completely subsided with the use of Yaz, and it should have the added benefit of appetite control as well - we'll see!!! | F | 33 | 6 months | 4/30/2007 | 3 | Contraceptive | The first week was hell. I cried over everything, I was impatient with everyone, and I just didn't want to be around anyone. 3 weeks in, I'm still feeling a little moody, but not nearly as bad. I have noticed a decrease in appetitite which is wonderful because I gained some weight that first week due to emotional eating. | F | 17 | 3 weeks | 4/30/2007 | 1 | Irregular Periods | I took ONE pill and had the worst migraine headache. I could not function for one full day, the pain was so intolerable. | Take Mircette instead. It has low doses of the progestin and estrogen. Lower is better. | F | 45 | 1 days | 4/30/2007 | 2 | bad cramps and irregular period | I have been taking Yaz for five months. before that was on Estrostep for 5 months. Yaz has caused me to go up 2 cup sizes, I went from being a 34C to a 34DD and I can't fit into bikini tops. My boobs are sore a lot. I had never had migraines in my life until I started taking this pill and now I get them at least twice a month and they are horrible and last for hours, sometimes a whole day. It helped with the cramps for a few months but now I get bad cramps again. I didn't experience weight gain, but I am hungrier than I used to be. I also have dryness in my eyes which is annoying because I wear contacts. sex drive has been up and down, did not experience complete loss of it like some people. I think I am going to stop taking birth control pills when this pack is done, especially because I hate having huge boobs and headaches. | F | 20 | 5 months | 4/29/2007 | 2 | hormone imbalance/acne/heavy period | headaches, extreme fatigue, breast tenderness, joint pain, emotional | I've been taking this med for 1 week, but within the first three days I felt emotional. I started crying for silly things. I thought, this is not right and the only thing that has changed in my life is the pill. I had more migraines than usual. My joints are hurting me. I don't want to get out of bed and have no desire to go anywhere. This is not like me. I just got OVER my period and I have breast tenderness as though I'm getting it any minute. I am calling my doctor in the morning to ask if I should switch or give it time. | F | 37 | 8 days | 4/29/2007 | 1 | Birth control | Last summer I took Yasmin for one week and 3 days. To say that this is a dreadful drug is an understatement. Within the first few days of taking Yasmin I was knocked into a complete state of lethargy and inertia. I would get up in the morning and within a few hours I would feel so utterly tired and knocked out (as though I was stricken with mononucleosis even though I was perfectly healthy) that I would pass out from drowsiness and sleep for a number of hours even though I had gotten 9 or 10 hours of sleep. I had aboslutely no energy, no vitality and this drug sucked the life out of me. I also became extremely emotional as many of the other posts discuss. This all occurred within a time frame of under two weeks. I was absolutely certain that it was Yasmin birth control because prior to taking it I was an energetic fit woman 5ft 5 inches in height and 125lbs with absolutely no health problems whatsoever. Therefore, I immediately stopped taking this awful drug and have been great ever si | F | 34 | 10 days | 4/29/2007 | 1 | birth control | constantly tired, weight gain around my abdomin, bloating, complete destruction of my sex drive | This pill stinks! I fall asleep every night by 9:00 pm, my pants are all tight around the waist, I get indigestion often and/ or diarrhea, and I have completely lost all interest in sex. I took Ortho Novum for years and had no big issues other than a 5-8 pound weight gain and some acne. My OB/GYN put me on Yasmin after I had my third child because it was suppose to clear up my complexion and not make you gain weight. Nothing major was noticeable at first, but then it became obvious that I was always tired. Went to my MD, who said everything checks out and that I just have a busy life with work/kids etc. I start growing a beer gut and gained 15 pounds over 12 months. I watch what I eat, I run, I go to the gym 3X week. One day it struck me that I haven't had a love making session with my wonderful and good looking husband for almost 2 months, and I hadn't missed it. Before this pill, we would have sex at least twice a week, and I LOVED it! Yasmin made me totally indifferent. I | F | 39 | 2 years | 4/28/2007 | 5 | irregular periods | Helped regulate my periods, weightloss, increase in sex drive, loss of excess water retention. | Won't give them up. | F | 36 | 4 months | 4/27/2007 | 5 | birth control | Within 1 week of taking Yasmine, my sex drive was out of control. My fiance' seems to think I should stay on them forever. I just can't get enough. | F | 36 | 2 months | 4/27/2007 | 1 | Chin Acne | Acne, heavy period, mood swings | I went on Yaz because I was breaking out in my chin area. After being on it for a few months I started breaking out all over my face! My periods were also abnormally heavier. My doctor told me Yaz would help my skin, my mood swings/depression, and my period would be really light. HA! | F | 31 | 6 months | 4/27/2007 | 1 | pregnancy prevention ` | heart palpitations, chest tightness, severe anxiety! Althouh, my hair and skin did become alot less oily on this med. | I started taking Yaz six weeks post partum. I immediately started having chest tightness. I just attributed it to post partum anxiety. I was placed on Zoloft and it did not help with the anxiety. Then I was tried on Celexa with no help and then Lexapro but still had the anxiety. Took Yaz for four months before I finally did a google on yaz and chest tightness and figured out that it was causing all these symptoms. | F | 28 | 4 months | 4/27/2007 | 3 | BC | Cleared up acne and weight gain that came from getting off the pill after 6 years... Terrible Yeast infection though in the first 2 days... Overall so far I am o.k with it but still in the first month... | F | 26 | 10 days | 4/25/2007 | 1 | Birth Control | acne/nausea/cramps/weight gain/depression | The WORST nausea I have EVER had! (for the first month-yes a whole month!) NOW, I have the WORST cramps I have ever had in my life( in the MIDDLE of my cycle! ) My acne got WORSE! Im also sevearly depressed and I DO NOT RECOMMENT THIS PILL!! I have stopped taking it! | F | 23 | 4 months | 4/25/2007 | 3 | YAZ | lack of concentration, emotional, depression, irritability, migraines, nauseousness, skin getting worse | I'm glad I found this board...I thought it was just me who was experiencing these side effects...I've been on Yaz for only about a month and a half...I'm glad to know that these side effects will pass...I'm willing to give it a try because I need to take something for my lousy PMDD...I also would like to mention that I found that taking folic acid, B-6 and B-12 supplements daily with the pill help to decrease the moodiness, depression, etc. and magnesium could also help with the headaches. I'm hoping by the third month these side effects will subside for the most part....I guess in a lot of cases with these pills it has to get worse before it gets better.... | F | 26 | 1.5 months | 4/24/2007 | 3 | birth control | dry eyes, yeast infection (i have never had one until now), fatigue. | i am in so much pain as far as the yeast infection i could barely work today i have been itching so bad and it is swollen. | F | 18 | 2 days | 4/24/2007 | 2 | Birth Control Pill | Hives, itchiness / rash, breakthrough bleeding | I have had so many problems on other bc pills and initially taking yasmin I loved it!!! No weight gain, never had an acne problem but my skin seemed to literally glow, everything seemed to be too good to be true. I actually felt my moods were constantly uplifted and happy! 2 weeks into taking Yasmin I started to get an itchy feeling in my face, and within 24 hrs i had welts / hives all up my legs. These subsided but daily i would come out in small, raised, white lumps / bumps. I took Telfast/anti histamine daily to avoid feeling itchy / the rash which worked fine. However the bleeing week on week off after 6 mths just got too much. | F | 31 | 6 days | 4/23/2007 |