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 |
4 | birth control and acne | no side effects that I can think of other than my sex drive has gone down the tubes | this is a great pill that has definitely aided in clearing up my acne. I have not put on any weight while on this pill, but i exercise regularly and try my best to eat right. No physical ailments. My sex drive has not been up to par, and I am strongly considering switching to another pill (Mircette I believe) because of this. | F | 25 | 12 months | 12/20/2005 | 3 | Birth Control & Heavy Periods | Helped somewhat with heavy period. Completely eliminated my sex drive. Moody, anxious, restlessness, etc. | granted i never felt bloated, but not worth any of the other side effects that come as a result of taking this medication. | F | 21 | 1.5 years | 12/19/2005 | 3 | birth control, acne | I had high hopes for Yasmin. I was on Alesse which is very androgenous and had some problems with acne so I thought yasmin would help. It did help my skin, but I had mid cycle bleeding as well as a complete lack of sex drive. I also noticed my periods were more painful. | Also of note, I had some palpitations when I first began the pills. I incidently had my potassium checked and it was fine. I did not lose weight on his pill as I had hoped, and think it may have caused increased thirst. | F | 27 | 5 months | 12/15/2005 | 1 | Birth Control | Nausea, Headaches, Stomach cramps, Bloating, Gas Pains, Enlarged breasts, Enlarged lower abdomen, Mood Swings | I switched to Yasmin after I started experiencing breakthrough bleeding on my previous birth control pill. (My doctor thought the higher amount of estrogen in Yasmin would help alleviate that symptom). Well it did help with the breakthrough bleeding, but it resulted in a ton of other side effects. A few days into taking it, my breasts went from a full C cup to a full D and remained that way for entire time I was on Yasmin. I had headaches all the time, nausea all the time and crazy mood swings! I also had bad stomach cramps and bloating and unusual gas pain that I did not have prior to Yasmin. Funny how all the side effects went away as soon as I stopped Yasmin! | F | 25 | 2 months | 12/15/2005 | 4 | Treat acne | Bigger breasts | Clear skin, lighter periods, no problems on this pill at all sept bigger breasts... | F | 25 | 4 months | 12/11/2005 | 3 | To prevent bad cramps and pregnancy | I've become very depressed and angry. I never feel like having sex and I cant stop starting fights with my boyfriend and crying all the time which never happened before i went on yasmin. Also i get severe anxiety and find myself stressing over unimportant matters. | It's completly cleared up my skin and my periods are very consistant. It also has done its job as far of preventing pregnancy so the pros and cons have evened out | F | 16 | 3 months | 12/11/2005 | 1 | Birth Control | First, let me say I started taking yasmin as soon as the FDA approved it. I was on it a couple years and it worked terrific and kept my PMS and bloating to a minimum. I went off it for about a year and GAINED WEIGHT. I started back this month and the HELL began. I have had EXTREME FATIGUE, flu like symptoms, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, vertigo, dehydration, chest pains, chills, fever. The first week back on was the worst, thought I had food poisoning...but it refused to go away~ | I stuck with the yasmin to see if the symptoms would subside, but I am getting kinda scared. I feel like I have cancer or am pregnant. It is awful. One would think the loss of appetite is a good thing, but it is getting really scary. I have 5 more pills left and I am thinking about throwing them away. | F | 36 | 16 days | 12/9/2005 | 2 | Birth Control | Nausia in the first week, leg cramps, weight gain (12 lbs), depression, cystic zits on my jawline (didn't have acne before), cramps (worse than before), fatigue the first month. | I went on this pill thinking it would not cause me to gain weight and WOW was I wrong. I gained 12 lbs in 2 months! I feel awful all the time. I can say that it has evened out my mood swings. I am looking for something else but I am afraid of gaining more weight!! If you have had a similar experience and found something that worked for you, please email me!! I could use some advice!! | F | 22 | 3 months | 12/8/2005 | 1 | for birth control | severe hair loss,breast tenderness,uti's,discharge and leg pains | i have lost 50% or more of my normally thick hair.THIS PILL SHOULD BE BANNED!!! it has terrible side effects and i think we should sue the company. my hair won't stop falling out and i've had blood tests to rule out everything else. | F | 24 | 11 months | 12/4/2005 | 2 | Birth control | lots of spotting and unpredictable periods when I was still on hormone pills. Immediately, some weight gain and breast swelling, which then subsided. It just did not work for me. | I was disappointed because all my friends raved about it! | F | 29 | 5 months | 12/3/2005 | 3 | To Regulate my Periods | Breast tenderness, anxiety but only right before my period, and currenty heavy bleeding and cramping | I'm only on my first month, I took it because I was having a period that lasted over two months. I took it and it did stop the bleeding and it was great until I got to week three and I kept feeling this cramping. My period started two days before I got to the inactive pills. Now that I'm on the inactive pills the bleeding is really heavy and I'm cramping a lot. I'm hoping it will get better when my body gets used to it. | F | 29 | 26 days | 12/1/2005 | 2 | Birth Control | I thought this pill was great, I had no side effects with it what so ever until I had been taking it for the 4th month and I missed my period and found out that I am pregnant. I later found out that this medication is not as effective as others with usage of my asthma inhaler. You also need to take vitamins because this birth control is a diuretic. | F | 22 | 4 months | 11/30/2005 | 1 | Birth Control & Regulate Periods | SEVERE ANXIETY, panic attacks, total loss of sex drive, edema | Before you take Yasmin, ask yourself a few questions. Do you like having severe anxiety and panic attacks? Regardless of whether or not you have a history of anxiety problems, Yasmin can either cause or worsen them. It took me two years to figure out what was causing my rather gradual onset of increasingly severe anxiety because my doctor refused to acknowledge the fact that it was not caused by something "mental", but when I stopped taking it (thanks to reading about other women's experiences with Yasmin), my anxiety subsided dramatically. Although I do not know the exact cause of this, I suspect it has something to do with the fact that it affects your adrenal gland function. More adrenaline, more anxiety. Do you enjoy sex? Yasmin stole my libido, and quite frankly, that's what it is designed to do. If you read a bit about Yasmin, you'll find out that it is THE MOST antiandrogenic birth control pill (which means the progestin basically inhibits the production of tes | F | 31 | 2 years | 11/30/2005 | 3 | Regulate Period | bad headaches, dizziness, slight weigth gain, breast tenderness, mood swings, tired | It did help regualte my period. My breasts swelled but the weight gain isnt worth it. It was only a slight 6 pounds but since i am regular now i am going to get off it. | F | 17 | 4 months | 11/29/2005 | 1 | birth control | irritability, dizziness, nauseau, decrease in sex drive, ANXIETY ATTACK, general malaise | I have been on YASMIN one week and I feel horrible. I have headaches, feel depressed and fall asleep in the middle of the day for no reason. It has also decreased my sex drive (is that how this bc works?) And I feel nauseaus, dizzy, and anxious. After reading the side effects listed by other women on this site, I think I'll cut my losses and stop taking it now, before it gets even worse. | F | 28 | 1 weeks | 11/27/2005 | 5 | induce lactation | breast pain, enlargement tenderness. | F | 39 | 30 days | 11/26/2005 | 1 | Birth control | Horible experience!Last night a had the worst night in my life!I thought I will never reach the morning. I've had leg cramps in my right leg like never before in my life. I thought of thrombosis and the worst scenario.All night full of panic.Now, I feel strong chest pain.I'm very anxious.Almost two months full of depression, without any sex drive. I will stop today although I have 4 more to take.I cannot wait anymore. | F | 24 | 1.5 months | 11/25/2005 | 1 | Acne, Birth Control, PMS | I took Ortho for 4 years, but wanted to switch to Yasmin since they say it helps reduce bloating and weight gain. As soon as I started, I got really bad headaches, MAJOR heart papultations, REALLY dry skin, got 3 cysts that have been there since I started this evil pill, really bad cramping for first week, emotional outbursts, decreased dex drive, vaginal dryness, fatigue. I wish I would have just stayed on Ortho Tricyclen. | I am switching back to Ortho Tricyclen on my next pack! I am literally counting the days! | F | 21 | 9 days | 11/23/2005 | 4 | birth control | none except very little sex drive | yasmin has been fantastic for me. i have had no side effects so far except for the lack of libido. i dont want to change it but i might if my sex drive doesnt improve. | F | 20 | 2 years | 11/21/2005 | 2 | birth control | Yeast Infections - ALOT of them! NO sex drive - I mean zero. | My skin looks great, and that's about the only good thing I can say about this pill. I switched to Yasmin from Ortho Tri Cyclen because it's supposed to help with hair loss in women. Well, I haven't noticed any improvement in my hair, and I can't take another yeast infection! They're switching me to Estrostep, so we'll see how that goes. | F | 29 | 15 months | 11/21/2005 |