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50 Side Effects posted for bcp

December 11th
2008
5:18 PM

I'm not sure that yaz will eventually affect everyone negatively but if you really read the entries here women are having these affects at all different times during their cycles as well as time that they've been on it ie; 3days to over a year before their negative symptoms start. I don't personally think one single BCP is worth the risk of these symptoms. You may feel women are exaggerating but they are not talking about pms they're talking about dibilating symptoms. Please be safe is it worth the risk or better to just switch. Don't just hope yore turn doesn't come

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November 21th
2008
4:13 PM

I am so glad I came across with website. I thought I was going crazy. I started Loestrin 24 11 days ago with no side effects until 3 days ago. I then started experiencing anxiety attacks which I have never had before. Also the past 3 days I have been crying and totally stressed out for no apparent reason. I am so tired and just want to sleep all the time. I have had no tolerance with my children and I too wish I could just climb to the top of a mountain and stay there. I took my last pill yesterday and have just disposed of the rest. I am praying these symptoms resolve soon and I can go back to feeling normal. I am too scared to even try another bcp.

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November 4th
2008
9:04 PM

Hi guys. I am so glad I found this site. I am 29 and I have been on Yasmin for four years. In the last few months I have toned up and shed a few pounds and all of a sudden last week I got home and felt a tightening in my legs that I had never felt before. Then a tingling in my left arm and I had trouble swallowing and breathing. I am a very healthy person so I freaked out and went to the ER for the first time in my life. After the blood work, EKG, MRI and stress test they told me I was normal, except for low potassium levels and mentioned that I should go to a neurologist. I also thought I must be allergic to something but all the foods I had been eating were the same as before. Well it happened again tonight so I went online because there was no way I was going to spend more money in the ER to have them tell me it was nothing. After reading all the comments on this page I realized it is amazing how many other symptoms that I didn't realize also correlated to the pill. My hair has been falling out at the root like never before and I just recently developed troubles with eating tomato based foods. I haven't been sleeping good lately either and I started crying uncontrollably for no reason. Well I am throwing away my Yasmin and I can't believe that the doctors in the ER aren't mentioning the side effects of this birth control.

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November 3th
2008
4:38 PM

Ok...well WOW...I am getting out my Mirena tomorrow, but for the reason of wanting another baby. I was googling away looking for information about removal and post-removal pregnancy problems...and here I stumbled. When I first had Mirena put in at 6 weeks post-partum...I was so forgetful that my friend was desperately trying to figure out why I couldn't remember anything!!! I had the usual cramps and no period/super light period, but have not had any huge complaints. I mean, I could always feel it, but that's because I have always been hyper aware of my body. Well, in the last year I have been getting acne on my face...which I usually have clear skin...and I couldn't figure it out!! I thought my body was changing. I have also been complaining to my husband that I just feel run down...tired, irritable blah blah blah...I kept relating it to have having a baby. I know that pregnancy changes many things in a woman's body, so I thought maybe at 23, now 24...I was just starting to feel my age... which to most seems ridiculous. I have had headaches the past year and my caffeine consumption has increased dramatically. I have actually lost weight on Mirena, however I can't seem to lose the belly pooch, so I will see if I lose anymore after the removal. I have been so irritable in the last couple years. I have had previous problems with depression, pre-mirena...but have had more trouble this past couple years. Granted, we have had extreme personal problems ranging from family deaths (12 in less than 3 years) to the housing market crash (House in wyoming anyone? ;)) I am starting to wonder though...is it Mirena itself...or the Progeterin. I took Progesterone based BCP before having my baby..I was depressed a lot!! So maybe it is the hormone, not just the IUD. I usually respond very well to prescriptions, but I don't think I will try do a Progesterone based BCP again. I will see tomorrow if my problems have been associated with the IUD. I am not saying it is or isn't yet...If it is anything, I am sure it's the hormones, at least for me. I will see tomorrow! I will also keep the possibility of a copper IUD open, however will do research on it, just as I did on Mirena. Has anyone had the same type of reaction (depression, weight gain) on a BSP like Ortho Novum? Just curios to find the answer, maybe it will help others make better BCP decisions.

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October 26th
2008
1:51 PM

I have been on YAZ for about three weeks. This is my first BCP I've been on. Within a few days of taking it, I got headaches everyday, my moods were up and down, and I got cramps in my lower abdomen. It felt like I was getting my period because of the cramping. This may be a little TMI, but I was horny all the time! Now the thought of having sex bores me. I don't want to have sex, I feel like crap every day, and I'm over all having a bad time on this pill. I'm scared to keep going with it, because I don't want something bad to happen, but I know that with any type of pill, until your body gets used to it, your going to have some weird side effects. Can someone please give me some advice what to do? Should I keep taking it or just stop?

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October 13th
2008
9:48 PM

I was on Apri for exactly a week. The first few days, I notice my scalp was burning and itching badly, but didn't had a clue what was going on. Exactly on the 7th day of taking Apri, I went to the mirror to check my scalp, wondering why I feel like someone is torching my head and found a dime size bald spot. I completely stop taking the pills. It has been a month now that I haven't taken any bcp and my bald spot is the size of 2 quarters. And not to mention, I found 3 more dime/nickel size bald spots, hair thinning, and shedding tremendously. I wished that I could have researched a little more and thought twice before I took this bc pills. I had a wonderful one week period free and a month plus more of stress and hair loss.

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October 7th
2008
12:13 PM

Just food for thought, with any hormone that you take into your body you will have side effects and it will change your body. Not just Yaz, but all birth control. There are blood clot and stroke risks with all of it if you look up other brands. Best bet to not suffer is to not take any

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Medications contributing to bcp

Yaz (3)   Loestrin 24 Fe (2)   Apri (1)   Mirena (1)   Yasmin (1)  

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