Yasmin Mood Swings, Depression, Googled, Started Out Fine, Majorly
Posted over a year ago
I'm so glad I googled side effects of Yasmin and found this site. All of the sudden my mood swings for the past almost YEAR make sense. I started out fine. The pill was great, and I haven't had to worry about acne at all. Of course I gained a few pounds, ... more »
I'm so glad I googled side effects of Yasmin and found this site. All of the sudden my mood swings for the past almost YEAR make sense. I started out fine. The pill was great, and I haven't had to worry about acne at all. Of course I gained a few pounds, but not too much. However, I'm a pre medical student trying to study for the MCAT this summer. I've been SO tired and drained and majorly depressed that I just can't seem to concentrate. I feel like I'm always crying over the stupidest stuff (AKA: no reason at ALL), and my grades are starting to suffer. Hopefully now that I've read this, I can stop taking this pill and see an improvement. It's just not worth the depression. I'm 22 right now, and until recently had never had a suicidal thought. I was starting to panic, because I couldn't identify the cause of my depression. I'm a good student, have lots of friends, and have the most amazing boyfriend and family. Life is good, I shouldn't feel this bad. Now that I have a clue as to what this may be, I can fix it.
Momg - My daughter (17) has the exact same symptoms - especially the crying and depression. She thought she was losing her mind. After she saw your posting, we decided to yank it - I want her to have her life back.
Lilbrittbritt - im glad i googled this too.. i have been on yasmin for the past 2 yrs now and have had barely any side effects until about a week and a half ago i was on vacation with my boyfried of 2 and a half yrs and all of a sudden i had almost no sex drive at all. I have been feeling very WEIRD since then. I feel like i'm not even myself... my body is here but my emotions and my mind are not. I want to cry all the time and i cant get a grip..i feel like i cant find myself. I am all of a sudden not the same person ..i feel different around my boyfriend..at work ..and at home.
Kelbell86 - Wow I feel the EXACT same way! I'm taking the MCAT on the 9th and have been trying to study all summer also. It's been hard to focus because of moodiness, irritability, & depression! Same thing- great life, family, boyfriend... it's just those damn pills! Who would have thought synthetic hormones could create suicidal thoughts?? Well I know that when I'm a doctor I won't be prescribing any of this stuff!!
Melany - I am also feeling the same way as you: anxious, depressed, like i'm going crazy and cant concentrate on school anymore. I also feel I have no real reason to be depressed (life is good) and the thought that it could be something bad makes me feel worse and have panic attacks. I am hoping that stopping my birthcontrol with help me get back to normal and no more thoughts that my life is aweful. It makes me feel alot better to know that others are going threw what I am and I'm not the only one. I hope it makes you feel a bit better also. If you have any advise on what to do when you start feeling so down I would love to know. I feel like when I start getting into my depressed anxious moods I will never get out of them and need help dealing with it. Good luck and I hope you start getting back to normal! and if you are feeling good again let me know it will give me some hope!
Siren77 - Yeah - I started Yasmin in January and this year has been filled with a lot of changes - but I noticed I have been crying a lot too. Yasmin gave me bursts of energy at first....but when I try to get back in the routine of working out at the gym, I am hit with TOTAL exhaustion and can't get out of bed. That is then followed by insomnia. So strange!!!
I was on Loestrin previously and gained 10 pounds of water weight that I quickly lost when I went on Yasmin. I'm scared about trying a new pill b/c of the weight gain (and I am planning a wedding) - so I'm curious to hear if anyone has any recommendations.
BTW: I went to see a nutritionist yesterday who said to try a more "tried and true" pill. If I have to be on one, be on a "safer" one. And she said she would not and could not help me while on Yasmin b/c it is so unsafe. Apparently we are not supposed to be taking vitamins or supplements while on this pill - would've been nice for the doctor to tell me!
Pjl - I am 35 and I have been on Yasmin for over 2 years- primarily to control acne. It worked great for that. Unfortunately, I started getting malasma (hyper pigmentation) over my upper lip and have had zero sex drive for quite some time. Because of the hyperpigmentation, I decided to go off Yaz. Within the 6 weeks off it, I have experienced quite a bit of weight gain and extensive hair thinning, Didn't expect that! And no labido to speak of yet....
Momoftwoboys - I'm hoping to hear back from someone about this. I've been on Yasmin for about 1 1/2 years now. I never had any trouble with it until this cycle of pills. The first night I started the new pack I woke up in the morning with a metallic taste in my mouth. I kept taking them but now on day 6 of this pack I still have the taste in my mouth and my tongue is starting to feel numb. Anyone else have this side effect? I'm really concerned and ready to stop my pills.
Jmc1963 - I am so glad I typed in this subject. I have been on Yasmin for 10 days now, and I too am a total nutcase. I get totally enraged over the stupidest stuff, I cry constantly, I am so sick of feeling tired and weak all the time. Tomorrow I am calling my doctor and getting something new. Thanks, I am so glad I am not the only one.
Darlenam1074 - I took Yasmin for 10 months with very little problems mainly had more headaches than usual. I have been off of it for 2 months now. Since, my headaches are more frequent, more hair loss and I have developed irregular heart beating, tightness in chest, heavy/hard to breath, numbness in my arms. After much testing I am coming out to be a pillar of health but the symptoms greatly mimicwhat a heart attack is supposed to be like. I have been told it is anxiety or possible sleep dissorder and that all tests show I am a pillar of health. However, I have never had anything like this happen before. After these episodes occur, I feel completely drained and even a little depressed. These things cannot be a good sign.
Kaz - i have just recently started taking yasmin. i have headaches every day and they seem to be getting worse. i have only been using yasmin for 10 days and it seems to be draining me of my energy. my period has also gone longer than usual. i went to the doctor and she told me that i could try another pill or, see how i go in another weeks time on yasmin. was just curious to see if anyone has experienced similar side affects.
Afisher185 - Was wondering if you had these side effects all the time or did you notice if they had any relation to where you were in your cycle. My daughter has been having these very same things, and they have diagnosed her as being bipolar. She is going to come off the Yasmin to see if this makes a difference. How long have you been off the pill?
Mumkelly7 - I was on Yasmin for a couple of years and noticed a very low libido, I was suicidal and put on anti depressants. No one said anything about the possibility of Yasmin being the cause. For other reasons I changed pills but thought my improvement was only related to being on anti depressants! However I have just started Yasmin again (acne) and after only 2-3 weeks I'm already very short tempered and have no patience - my poor children! I'm going to the Dr's to change again after reading these posts - Thanks
Wezz4boro - Hi ladies or gents, my names mark & please, please can you help me? My partner Joanne has been on yasmin for 6 months & her health has been realy bad since. Her state of mind has realy changed for the worse. She's always depressed & sad. Everything is doom & gloom to her & she's not happy about anything anymore since been on yasmin. She worries about everything & is always very moody & picking faults etc & has withdrawn emotionaly from me, its her depression. She's very tired on a night after work & in bed by 8pm which is not normal & sleeps during the day at week ends. She has realy bad headaces & takes iburefen & often gets infections of most things, herpes & been sick in the first 3months of taking yaz. Her immune system is down. No sex drive at all. She's just started to drink coffee & redbull to give her a lift & give her energy but it makes her even worse afterwards. Im worried for her & feel like letting her parents know about her health because they are concerned but dont know like i do. Any1 with any advise & help? I love her & have been so patient & understanding but its starting to get me down now the way she is. Thanks Mark.
Jkagan - I too am glad I googled this. I have been on Yasmin for 3 months and while it has been like a miracle acne cure, I have slowly been becoming depressed and on occassion feeling acutely irratable and very anxious. I didn't really put 2 and 2 together until I googled the side effects. I had put it down to other stresses in my life but I now realise that the Yasmin is definately not helping. I will go back to my old pill and see what happens... I think I would prefer acne to depression and anxiety!
Jkagan - ... oh I forgot to mention how tired I am. I don't want to sleep, I just don't want to move!
Joannalwentz - Wow, thank god I am not losing my mind!!!! I am having the exact same symptoms..... I am 23 years old and more depressed than I have ever been in my life, and for no reason in particular other than for the fact that I just switched my birth control pills from levora to yasmin.... what a mistake that was! I feel really off... like Im always in a funk and nothing makes me happy.... it really sucks. :-P DO NOT take this pill!! I try to avoid taking newer medications that havent been tested for very long but my doctor was really pushing this one so I caved.... the funny thing is that its supposed to 'improve' your overall mood during the time of the month when you're experiencing PMS symptoms. My acne went away, but Im not sure its worth the trade off......
Garnetpirate - joanna (I'm the original poster)
It took me a long time after I took Yasmin to get in and see an OBGYN because I was in Lubbock and my doc was in Houston. When I did finally go in and talk to this new lady she said that in most cases Yasmin does imrpove the mood, but they've found in a select few it makes it worse. She put me on a generic brand that's been around for a very long time (Sprintec) and it's worked well for me so far. The only complaint I have is that my period is longer than it was on other bc's I've been on, but I don't feel like a psychotic b*atch. My acne got worse again after I stopped taking Yasmin, but I can deal with that. There are other ways to deal with acne, I just have to find them.
Whitmorrgirl15 - I was on Yasmin for about 4 months and I just stopped taking it about a week ago. I have tried about 5 different types of birth control in the last year and Yasmin seemed to work the best for me. I became way too moody and depressed to keep taking it. I would literally cry over nothing and over react all the time. I felt like continuing on this birth control would only make my life worse. It was like living in someone else's body and knowing I should be so sensitive but there was nothing I could do. I'm glad I saw this and know I'm not the only one. I think things will be much better now that I have myself back.
Booyasmin - I just recently found out about the really negative side effects of Yasmin, and realized that the my most anxious points in the last few years have all coincided with when I was taking it! It really is insane to think that synthetic hormones were the cause of panic attacks and life-affecting anxiety. I recently switched pills, but after this experience am contemplating going off birth control entirely. I want to help get the word out about this so other people don't think they're going crazy when in fact its the Yasmin they're on! A friend just told me that she started having panic attacks for the first time in her life, and low and behold she is on Yasmin as well. I definitley think that anxiety is caused by life events etc, but it seems that Yasmin makes it much harder to cope/ deal with it. Best of luck to everyone who has had similar experiences, and at least once you realize it you can go off it and get on with your life!
Yassucks - I have been on Yasmin for almost 3 months now.... I HATE IT!!!! Im wishing I never switched now b/c for the past 3 months I have had the worst acne, no sex drive, severe water retention, bloating feeling, fatigue, irregular periods, trouble breathing, anxiety, and basically everything Yasmin is supposed to get rid of I HAVE. Im sick of it, and I am getting off of it as soon as possible. I am 23 years of age and suffering from acne. It's making me extremely self conscience, and unhappy with the way I look. Not to mention my huge belly that always looks like I have had way too much to eat, truth be know, I try to eat less b/c of it, and I still look bloated. But constantly hungry. DO NOT USE YASMIN.
Yassucks - I would definitely prefer anxiety over acne. At least with anxiety you can ride the wave as I like to say. I suffer from anxiety anyways so Im able to deal with myself when I have an attack, but as for ance, and self asteem, to me that is most important, if you don't have that you can't face the real world in my books. I will go back to Ortho Tri Cyclin as soon as I can. And never recommend Yasmin to my worst enemy.
Lroselyn27 - I have been on different types of birth control since I was young due to an irregular cycle. Earlier this year my doc switched me to Yasmin, and I was on it for about 6 months, I would just cry all the time, then I had gotten so depressed and had recurring mood swings, I went to the doctor and was put on an antidepressant. After about another month I stopped taking Yasmin, not only did my mood swings go away, but I stopped taking my antidepressant. I only needed it because I was taking Yasmin. They should put a warning on that pill just like they do cigarettes and alcohol...WILL MAKE WOMAN CRAZY.
Lauren28 - i have been experiencing awful side effects with yasmin. I had chest pains that feel really heavy, constipation and numbness in my limbs. I was wondering what other people who had these symptoms did about it. Did they just go away when you stopped taking it? or did you have to see the doctor? and it they went away how long did it take?
Robertson - I have been taking Yasmin for two months now and I have been extremely depressed, suicidal, unmotivated to do any studying and generally very bitchy. I am 36yrs, have very good friends, a very supportive and loving husband and family but there are days when I am so depressed that I would want to leave my happy and comfortable home and never return. I have something like a rash on my forehead that looks very red and angry during the day, I have not experienced any weight gain or bloating but my periods are still painful, however, they are regular now. I have one pill left for this cycle and after this I am off Yasmin for good.
Jh_elyse - ive been taking yasmin for about 2 years and have had no problems what so ever... until now. about a month ago i all of the sudden started to become very moody. im always wanting to cry, and im bossy and bitchy. im not any fun. ive never been like this at all! im an outgoing happy energetic person! this is so unusual. my poor boyfriend of a year has to put up with me and i dont even know im doing it most of the time. ITS AWFUL! all i want to do is stay home. im always exhausted and have no modivation. i go to bed extremely early and wake up really late. its horrible and until now, there was no explanation. ive decided to go off of the pill all together and see if that improves my moods at all. hopefully this will be the answer and hopefully this info will help somebody else. dont go to the doctor looking for answers... try simple stuff first and see if it helps. i learned this the hard way.
Abd123456 - To me, this is very strange. i've been on yasmin for about 2 years or so. I've been on birth control since i was 16 and i am now 22. At first yasmin was great. But lately , probably in the last year i've been emotionall down, something is always wrong. I find it very difficult to deal with simple every day issues. So i went to the doctor about a week ago to talk to him about depression. I mean i was really having bad days everyday, always crying and feeling like there was no way out. So my doctor put me on Citalopram to help with the depression. But i'm really glad to see that I'm not the only one feeling like this. It all starts to make since now.
Niki - I have been on Yasmin for 5 years. It has been great for the most part: no weight gain, light periods, etc. I have just recently connected the dots however between my extremely low sex drive and yasmin. In the beginning, my sex drive was great, but over time I can now say that it definitely steadily decreased! I also noticed a lack of lubrication, and dryness everywhere (dry eyes, etc.).
Now that I am single and do not need the protection, I'm thinking about stopping Yasmin so that hopefully my sex drive will return when I start dating again (I just recently broke up w/ my bf of 3 years)...but I am worried about the symptoms after I stop Yasmin, and if my sex drive will return when I go off of it.
Any suggestions or similar experiences?
Lt1 - I have been on Yasmin for almost four months now. I started it for acne and within a month I had the clearest skin. Yet after that I began having serious mood swings. The littlest things started to bother me and make me cry. Like many of you that have already posted on this I have an amazing family and set of friends. My life could not be any better yet I feel depressed all the time. It wasn't until today that I actually began to look up the side effects of the birth control i've been taking (yasmin) and am shocked to find that this is what is causing all of the unnecessary pain and sadness in my life. I am a student, living away from home in first year university. This is really the last thing that needed to happen to me on top of all the adjustments i've been through this year and I have decided to stop taking it immediately! DO NOT TAKE THIS BIRTH CONTROL
Emmashazuin - I have severe headache and abnominal pain right after i take the pill at night. Ive only been on it for 3 days and i stopped because i was scared of what i was becoming. I was tired all the time. I am a mom of 2 and just turned 28. I never had that overwhelming fatigue in my life. Also my period have not seem to stop even after 3 days of when it should be over. Im completely off it now but can still feel the massive back pain, occasional nausea and blurryness in my mind. I feel stupid and words come so slowly into my mind. Its depressing. Im glad Im discontinuing it.
Tuttysan - Yes, Yasmin can get you depressed... big time. I broke up with a very good boyfriend just because I was depressed from being on Yasmin and little things seemed huge. Don't be surprised if it takes you a few months to be back to your normal self... and take an Omega 3 supplement. That might help you with the mood swings.
Denangelica2828 - I am so happy to find out the responsable for my panic attacks, depresion, and low sex drive. Having a panick attack is like you are dying I dont recomend this to anyone. I was using Yazmin fot 2 years and thigs got worse than ever. The Oby Gyn did not believe it was the pill! he told me to stop them and if the symptoms returned to get medication for anxiety like zoloft!!!!!!!!!! I dont want to so thanks to all the post in the web I decided that I am not crazy and stopped the yazmin devil pill!!!!!! I feel so much better, my life is back Again!!!! Stop this bad pill
Denangelica2828 - dont ruin your life!!! stop this! the sad part is that the doctors say is not the pill!!!!!!!! please read all the posts from the people who are sufering as I did!!!
stop it know
Sam2002 - THANK YOU to all who have posted your experiences. I have been on yasmin for about 1.5 years and I totally agree with the side effects that have been posted. I am unable to wear my contacts anymore due to extremely dry eyes, numbness in legs and arms, extreme mood swings, seriously depressed and not knowing the cause, no energy to do anything, sleeping my life away, and lacking the ability to feel my feelings (numb to "normal" emotions).....and not caring about things that do truly matter to me.......so strange but now makes complete sense!!!!!!!!! my doc just increased my dose of zoloft..........guess i will be cutting the pills in half now!!!!! taking the pill for excessive hair growth on my face when the pill doesn't seem to even be working and making things worse is not the answer........does anyone have any suggestions of a better pill or regimen that effectively reduces the facial hair growth???????? I am open to anything other than this darn yasmin pill! Please help!
Meowmeowmow - After reading through all this, I am kicking Yasmin in the keyster! Currently 22, I was on Ortho TriCyclen since I was 16 (with no complaints), and the switched to Yasmin after hearing all the raves about it. For almost a year and a half it worked just fine. Lighter, shorter periods were great, but I came down with severe anxiety and mood swings that have plagued me throughout this time. I can literally cry over anything. I also have headaches, leg cramps, and lately I have been experiencing spotting, as well as abdominal pain to the right of my belly button. My sex drive in the past year has been zero. 6 months ago, my boyfriend and I split, he said I was a completely different person. My doctor Rx'd antidepressants thinking I had generalized anxiety, which put me in a fog, so I stopped those. I really do think that the Yasmin is the culprit. I have never been in this bad of shape before in my life! It's like i have had PMS 24/7 for over a year!!! I stress over the smallest things, and I cry over any hallmark commercial. I'm switching back to Ortho TriCyclen this next cycle!
Yoannai - Cant believe, this seems like a conspiracy; and the most weird thing is every GP is prescribing it with or without reasons....I am wondering how much money some people are getting paid to keep their mouths shut. If you dont know what I am talking about- there is 1 case of death in Croatia in 2006, connected to Yasmin; and from 29 May this year- a 16 year old girl in Switzerland got embolia and is currently in coma.
When I first started with Cilest, I was diagnosed with severe depression; and when the GP asked me if I have suicidal thoughts, and I answered yes, every single hour, she didnt quite believe me. Thought things would be better with Yasmin, but I literally havent stopped crying for 5 months now; constant anxiery, stress over tiny things; abut the sexual drive- dont really remember what it was...must get drunk to be able to have sex...; also had been bleeding, on and off for all these months, and have had that unpleasant tenderness in the breast
Seriously guys, I am starting to believe nature knows its work and every artificial thing we are putting in our bodies cant do us right....
So, back to the condoms. And for those of you who are taking it to fight acne-I've made a research on the causes of acne, it is actully the increased level of testosterone; which is inevitably linked to overweight; so, my advice is the usual-healthy eating and exercising. Lets ditch the damn thing! I will for sure.
Crazy2 - OMG .. Im so happy i googled this, you have no idea!!
Im 14 years old and have been taking Yasmin for 10 months because of a cyst in my ovary and to make my period regular.
Anyways i Cry ALL the time for the littlest reason and im SO stressed for the stupidest reasons. And i get sometimes want to die, which isnt like me at ALL!! By reading all this makes me so happy to know that im not the only one, my mum thought i had bipolar which isnt GOOD at all.
But i have a question ever since ive gone on Yasmin i have these brown spots, but when i go on my period they turn red and REALLY itchy ... Am i the only one that got this from Yasmin?!?!?!
Kodak09 - I tried Yazmin once before and had nothing but bad symptoms so I went off of it. About a year later I decided it was time to be on a regular cycle again (I hadn't had a period for 6 months, then went a year spotting) so I started taking it, just thinking that I didn't wait it out long enough. (My doctor told me it took 1-3 months to get used to it, before I was only on it a month.) I decided to try again and the symptoms before were back, but even worse!! (Gained 10 pounds, always crying, tired but can't sleep, anxiety attacks, always mad, suicidal thoughts, couldn't concentrate, no interest in ANYTHING, etc.) Finally I hit the 3rd month of taking it, and I was driving everyone that mattered most in my life crazy with all my crying and yelling. I ruined a perfectly great trip to Greece, was driving everyone away from me, and felt like I wasn't even a person anymore. I've been off of it for about 3 days now, and I'm already feeling a lot better!
Lizzysa - Wow, reading all these posts really makes me feel better. Was on yasmin for two months and could NOT stop crying about the smallest things. I've never cried so much in my life! also had depression and heavy mood swings which are -thank goodness- over now that i've stopped taking yasmin. doctors need to talk to their patients before prescribing something with so many and bad side effects such as yasmin.
Paiger - Im am sooo glad I found this web page!!! I have been on yasmin for 3.5 years. I found it very hard to lose weight and always hungry at first. Then now 3 years later I had my colon removed due to UC, a major surgery and I thought that my horrible mood swings were from stress of the surgery and my situation now, but the mood swings and depression have gotten worse!! I cry al the time about the smallest or stupidest stuff and I constantly fight with my fiancee over the stupidest stuff, and I didnt know why I would snap at him for the littlest things.I have headaches soo much and I didnt before. But once again im glad i found this website, im calling my dr. tomorrow and stopping the yasmin!! I hate feeling the way ive been., Its time to feel normal again.
Nell1987 - I have been using the pill for over too years now and have not experienced any extreme side effects. I do have episodes of stress and extreme tiredness but this i feel is mostly accounted to my demanding student lifestyle and my negligence for exercise. But definitely this pill has been great compared to the others that i have tried. No extreme weigh change, better skin, no water retention or strange heart palpitations with heaviness in breathing.
Katie27 - I have been taking Yasmin for about 18 months and for the past 3 months experienced headaches, fatigue and weakness in arms and legs and extremely dry eyes and the most unnbearable pain behind my eyes (i can no longer wear contact lenses, which i previously wore every day for at least 8 hours). My doctor tested me for lots of things but everything came back normal and he is now suspecting Chronic Fatigue Syndrome could be the cause - i however believe it could be Yasmin. I stopped taking the pill this week and so far my headaches are worse, as well as eyes - the muscle weakness has gone. Im nervous that my acne will return but i would sooner have that than everything else! Good luck to you all
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