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Posted at 10:26 PM on Jun 11, 2008 by shanimal, #31342
I'm still trying to find out if my symptoms are associated with Yasmin, but I STRONGLY believe they are. I can't believe I didn't pu the pieces together sooner. I've been on Yasmin close to 4 years... it was pretty new when I started taking it for my PCOS. For the last two years (yes, two years!) I've been experiencing extreme nausea and upset stomach and my resistance to illness/allergies has been non-existent. I've noticed that I feel depressed and lack a lot of energy. My sex drive wanes... sometimes it's nill and other times I can't get enough. I've had endoscopies, colonoscopies, blood work, etc... but nothing ever came back conclusive on anything particular. After my last cycle, it took me about a week to get my new pack and guess what? I felt somewhat normal! My sex drive came back and my gastrointestinal issues subsided. I'm going to stop taking it completely and see if it solves my "mystery illnesses".
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Reply 2 months ago on Jun 19, 2008 by beantown, #9311

I was on Yasmin for 4 years too -- during which I had frequent (every month or so) UTIs follow by yeast infections from antibiotics... neither of which I had ever encountered before. My allergies got to be out of control. My sex drive was totally dead.
I've been off of the pill for nearly a year and the infections ceased after my last pill pack. I lost a lot of hair for the first 6 months off of it... thankfully I had a very thick head of hair! My sex drive is slowly returning... i hope.

I would definitely suggest getting off of Yasmin... check out this page:
http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=21098&name=YASMIN

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