YASMIN Reviews (DROSPIRENONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL)

Average Rating: 2.2 (1415 Ratings)

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 1  regulate periods, acne I'm on my 6th month of yasmin and am experiencing extreme nausea to the point where I wake up multiple times during the night. I can hardly get through my day without having to run to the bathroom because I feel so sick. I have been to the doctor multiple times and they could not figure out what was wrong. I also had increased appetite and VERY bad mood swings, fatigue, dizziness, and headaches. For the longest time I thought I was pregnant. A strange pressure was also felt in my chest and left arm. Causes me to have awful lower back pains. Did clear up my acne and i have a shorter period now. However, I would never recommend this to anyone...the continuous nausea, back pain, heartburn, and headaches have completely changed my lifestyle-for the worst. F 19 6 days
3/13/2007
 3  pregnancy prevention weight gain, dryness, cramps, swelling Just recently went off yasmin and am looking for a new lower dosage pill. Was initally happy with yasmin, shorter lighter periods, but then I developed severe bloating and water retention. F 29 3 years
3/12/2007
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 3  Breast enlargment, contraception None so far... I have recently started taking yasmin, and so far i have not had many side affects. i just wanted to clear up that YASMIN DOES NOT MAKE YOU GAIN WEIGHT...this is a common misconception. it enlarges your apetite and makes you constantly want to eat- thats why you gain weight. if you have strong will power, eat healthy, keep yourself busy then it should not affect you. people usually eat more, gain weight, and when you gain weight you lose confidence and get angry and moody...which results in no sex drive!! of course everybody is different and the side affects vary but overall it shouldnt cause a huge deal. everything is in your mind!!! so take and enjoy people:) F 18
3/10/2007
 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
 2  PCOS and birth control blurry vision, higher blood pressure, mood swings.. I was bitchy and blind F 24 6 months
3/2/2007
 1  PCOS and birth control Leg cramps, Higher blood pressure, lower sex drive, can't concentrate in class, diarrea, then blurry vison. I took for 6 months, the entire time I had blurry vision and thought it was because I was dehydrated from the water effects this pill has. I went online and researched and found that blurry vision is a rare but serious side effect. My doctor switched me to mersette. F 24 6 months
3/2/2007
 5  bc sick stomach and throwing up the week of my period. little moody but it is getting much better my boobs grew almost a whole cup size, it was nice. i switched to yasmin after taking desogen and almost ruining my relationship and basically hating life. yasmin has calmed me down and overall i really like it except for the puking F 29 4 months
2/28/2007
 1  Birth control heart palpitations, anxiety, melasma (dark skin patches above my lip) NO sex drive. This pill is so bad that there is a website help group for it. Please look at it and post your comments. createforum.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=1&mforum=yasminsideeffects F 30 3 years
2/24/2007
 5  Birth control Very mild or no cramps, period went from 5-6 days down to 3-4 days, lighter bleeding, clearer skin, mild mood swings, migraine headache either the day before or first day of my period (this has happened every month so far), no weight gain The few negative side-effects I've experienced while on Yasmin are a small price to pay for an otherwise great B/C pill. Let's face it, the bottom line with ANY B/C pill is that you're going to have a lowered sex-drive and some form of mood swings/irritability. Compared to other pills, they were a lot milder and less noticeable with Yasmin. I tool Tri-phasil for 12 years and my Doc thought it was time for a change. Was she ever right!! Yasmin is a night and day difference compared to Tri-phasil and it's horrible side-effects. F 32 2 years
2/23/2007
 3  Birth Control The Good: Clearer skin, increased libido, weight loss (slight) The Bad: muscle weakness, slight leg cramping, moodiness, increased hair shedding, nausea Today is only my fifth day on Yasmin and already I have experienced a lot of the symptoms, both good and bad. My skin has been on the oilier side for the last 2 years and I break out often as a result particularly around the time I get my period. But within the first day or two of taking this pill I noticed that my compexion improved considerably (I did get one white head on temple area but it has almost disapeared already, I also broke out on my chest a little but those too have gone already and so my skin is zit-free right now). I noticed approximately a 2 lb weight loss as well after the first couple of days and my stomach feels flatter. Also by the second day I noticed increased shedding especially when I wash my hair and also increased flakiness but no itching. I take the pill at night so every morning I wake up feeling nauseous, but not to the point where it bothers me a great deal.I feel my legs cramp when I sit for long periods of time at work, but if I get up and walk around i F 28 5 days
2/23/2007
 1  birth control mental fogginess/difficulty concentrating, depression, anxiety, abdominal cramping, ears clogged, complete loss of appetite This drug SUCKS. I switched to Yasmin after being on Alesse and then Nordette for the past 6 years with no problems. In only three weeks, I went from being a happy, energetic and healthy 27 year old to a complete mess. I have never suffered from any form of depression. I could barely work because of the mental fogginess and I cried more in that period than I generally do in a year. I went off the pill a week ago and I'm still not myself. My advice to anybody considering this pill--weight loss is not worth a complete change in your personality! I hate that this is being marketed as a way to lose weight and clear skin, rather than as a way to turn into an emotional wreck. F 27 2.5 weeks
2/23/2007
 1  Birth Control Chest tightness/discomfort; lightheadedness; shortness of breath; heart palpitations; anxiety; difficulty concentrating; dehydration, lost appetite, low sex drive; fatigue; more menstrual cramping than usual; overall feeling awful! This oral contraceptive did some seriously scary things to my heart and mind for the two months I was on it. Fortunately, I seem to be back to normal now that I've been off for three weeks. I thought that maybe I had developed panic anxiety disorder out of the blue, but no - I'm certain it was this pill. (I am a very healthy person!) If you develop these symptoms and you're on Yasmin, the doctors may not relate the two. (Neither the family doctor, nor the ER doc did) It took a bunch of google searches for me to make the connection and I am extremely grateful I did! F 24 2 months
2/23/2007
 1  BC baby!!! Dude this pill made my boobs big and all but i am sooo moody! I got in fights with my best friend so i advise you not to take it! I was so emotional too! dang! Im quitting it and going to ortho tri cy its not good F 20 1 months
2/22/2007
 1  YAZ Please read, YAZ can cause very serious conditions. I recently switched from Ortho-Tricyclen Low to YAZ. After a couple of weeks on YAZ, I began getting stopped up, coughing up blood and having some chest pains. I saw my family practice and they said a sinus infection. A week later still was not better and still coughing up blood, but also had a episode where my heart began to race and I could not catch my breath. I went back to Family Practice- Bronchitis. 9 days later I had a second episode of heart racing and not being able to breath. My husband took me to the ER and after 4 hours I had a cat scan which revealed I had 2 pulimary embolisms, which were pressing against the right side of my heart. The left side was working overtime to make up for the right side that was about to stop. I was in ICU for 5 days receiving various treatments and then an additional 4 in a reg. room. I am now on a blood thinner warfin (cumiden) for at least 6 months. The doctors have said the YAZ cause F 24 1 months
2/20/2007
 3  BC, Cramps Extreme weight gain, frequent to daily spotting, exhaustion, unwanted increase in breast size, night sweats I've gained over 20lbs since being on YAZ. I went from a 36C to a 38D breast size. I have been on it over a year and for a while it was great. I used to have extremely painful cramps with my period and this completely eliminated them. Also, my periods were the same length but lighter. Unfortunately, the past few months its like I have my period ALL month!! I bleed or "spot" the whole time and this I could not take any more. I was also waking up sometimes in the middle of the night sweating so something is off. I just stopped yesterday. F 30 9 months
2/19/2007
 3  birth control sensitive boobs, weird period...came early but it was so light i was like just spotting, made tampons feel uncomfortable. a little hungrier than usual. um..not very wanting to have sex. so far..I'm scared it will get worse from reading what other people have said. my boobs are sensitive...and they didn't get bigger yet =( hope they will.. oh and my cramps used to be horrrrrrible...HORRRRIBLE. i wouldn't go to school, and that isn't something i do for any other reason but now i just get shock like cramps really quick totally bearable. it scares me about the low sex drive...i haven't been very ''into'' it lately. so upset about that. F 18 1 months
2/19/2007
 2  Acne NAUSEA, EXTREME FATIGUE, GAS I've been on Yaz a week and a half, and so far, it's terrible. Still, I'm going to stick it out this month and hopefully the side effects will let up. F
2/19/2007
 1  acne palpitations anxiety attacks shaking fearful feelings for know reason. these side effects were after two weeks!also spotting,increase in urination.It started about four days ago waking up or as i was about to drop off to sleep after taking the pill earlier a feeling of absolute anxiousness as if something terrible was going to happen!then tonight the symptoms have made me decide to tell my doc where to stick these pills!after one anxiety attack while on the bus with my daughter earlier, tonight i was trying to get to sleep and drifted off for a short while only to wake up with palpitations unable to stop needing a wee and my teeth were actually chattering i was that nervous!these pills should be taken off the market they are enough to send you into a breakdown!!! F 33 14 days
2/18/2007
 1  Birth control, acne Menstruating for an entire month, constantly on the verge of crying, feelings of impending death, irritability, no libido, inability to orgasm I was told by my doctor to start the pill on the first day of my period. My period (which normally lasts about 6 days) went on for an entire month! Not just spotting, I mean full on bleeding... I told my doctor about this (I was seriously worried) but he told me to continue on as it might take a few months to adjust. By the second month (during which I had a normal cycle) I had no libido left, could not orgasm, and was completely "dry". I was extremely irritable with my loved ones and cried almost every day for no reason at all. I also become obsessed with the fear of death and dying, not something I normally spend a lot of time thinking about. I've been off the pill for 1 week now and I prey these symptoms will go away soon :( F 28 2 months
2/18/2007
 2  Birth Control YAZ- dizziness, nausea, trouble sleeping and weight gain YAZ- I just finished my first month on YAZ and did not get my period until after i finished the 4 white pills. I tried to blame the weight gain on my poor eating habits but I have gained ten pounds within the last month even though i really have not changed my poor eating habits. My weight has always been very stable which is why this weight gain is so odd and though i've began to exercise and eat healthier i cannot shed the weight and constantly feel bloated. I'm going off the pill to see if I can now lose the weight. I also continually wake up at 2 in the morning and stay up for a coupel of hours which has taken a toll on my health. F 19 1 months
2/16/2007

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