Panic attacks and depression from YASMIN birth control pills

Ok. I have had my eyes opened and I am so grateful. In the last year I have had invasive tests for SO many things to find out why I feel so dreadful. Here is a list, in case it helps anyone, for what I have experienced.
Anxiety, feeling of dread, panic attacks, massive weight and hair loss, night sweats, nightmares (VIVID), muscle cramps and twitches, paranoia, depression, nausea, stomach pains (agony), fainting, numbness in limbs (once the whole leg so I fell down suddenly), jumbled head, huuuuge fatigue (can sleep 18 hours), yet insomnia a lot of the time, shaking, racing heart sitting still, weepiness, chest pain, weird bleeding. I am on lots of anti depressants as a result, there were some life events but it started before this. It is only now, after all these inconclusive or negative tests and being fobbed off by doctors who can't figure it out that it could be this 'wonder pill' they gave me, Yasmin. It seems like it would be so harmless, but there is nothing else that all of this can be put down to. I have been on it for 2 and a half years and I have been in such a bad way that everything in mu life has suffered. I am coming off it immediately and I an 100% (knowing my own body) convinced that this thing I take religiously every day is the reason. Fingers crossed I get my life and my peace of mind back. This is a living hell.

I was on Logynon for about 3 years to help with symptoms of endometriosis. It really helped and I had no side effects, but I found that it was affecting my acne and causing sore red outbreaks. As I had been suffering with acne since I was 11 due to a hormonal problem, I had had enough and decided to try Yasmin. The first month went ok, I had a headache or two and my period was noticeably more painful than it was on Logynon, but not unbearable.
The next month, however, I could barely leave my house. I have suffered with an anxiety disorder for years and Yasmin began to heighten it enormously. It would start to affect my derealization and make it worse so that even sitting watching the tv was a panicky nightmare. I had an episode of severe anxiety in the middle of a shop in my town and am still recovering from it. It also caused severe brain fog, like I episode feel like I was about to walk out in front of a car if I was crossing the road, no sense of self awareness or mental condition at all, teeth pain at night, severe depression, black rages, constant anger, crying over nothing, would only help my acne in the middle of the pill then give me hormonal acne towards the end of the pack, pmdd, severe head pain, infection like symptoms - styes, blisters on tongue, bloodshot eyes etc. etc...
I'm back on it again and although this month seems better, it is still causing really bad anxiety and I can't take it anymore. My doctor did say there was another contraceptive pill out to help with acne but I'm not risking it. I'm going to go back on Logynon. I'm currently with a skincare clinic who has given me some excellent products that give instant results for acne so I'm happy out...
Sick of feeling this way.

I just started Yasmin last Sunday and within a day or two I was really angry at nothing and felt like people were just trying to irritate me. I had a headache at a public event recently and was so angry that I had a headache, that I began crying and felt like I was having a panic atrack (I used to have them about 10 years ago). My party and I left immediately and I felt so bad that we had to leave that I began crying again. I have been feeling very depressed, angry, and emotional after starting Yasmin. I will be talking to my doctor on Monday. I know some people who had no side effects from Yasmin and were so happy, that was obviously not in my case. My advice for people starting Yasmin: talk to your doctor about the potential side effects and what some of them feel like (such as a panic attack if you haven't had one).

Ive been on yasmin for at least 8 years. I have been so emotional during that time and it has been a big issue for me. My new relationship has started to feel the strain of my constant crying. My bf is wonderful, but I dont want to push him away w my crazy crying. I have just twigged it might be yasmin after all this time!!! Do you know what a relief that is?? Im going to try Ava 20. Less hormones, still protects against pregnancy. Wish me luck!

I have been on Yasmin for 8 years and the anxiety and depression has not gone away for me. I have no sex drive, which is affecting my marriage. I was put on Yasmin for PCOS and it has helped with that tremendously. I would love to go off of Yasmin, but then I get terrible unwanted hair and heavy periods that last for 2 or more weeks. I have tried a few others and they do not take care of the bleeding. I feel like I’m stuck

Your post sums up exactly how I feel at this moment. Have you left Yasmin I would love to know the outcome?

So glad I found this forum....!!! As I read these stories it honestly feels like I am reading something I wrote. I feel the same as all of you guys. I got put on Yaz when I was 15 for acne. Cleared my skin completely but I gained a solid 20 pounds. Also started struggling with extreme moodiness that I chalked up to being a teenager. My doctor switched me to Alesse when I was 18 or so, he was worried about blood clots.

I dropped 20 pounds, lost some hair, and my skin exploded in acne. Still struggled with depression but a lot of that came from insecurity about my awful skin. Eventually I couldnt take the acne anymore, went back on Yaz when I was 21, gained the weight back but my skin was perfect so I was happy for a while... until I noticed my mood seemed to be progressively getting worse. I was crying almost daily, I felt jealous and obssessive about my fiance (for no reason!), clingy, needy, moody, sensitive.

Eventually Yaz messed up my periods. After having my period for three straight weeks my doctor put me on Yasmin. Been on Yasmin for a more than a year now and I am the most depressed I have ever been. I have thought about self harm and suicide even though I have a wonderful life and I am planning my wedding to the love of my life. I feel so stressed out, have no motivation, and I feel incredibly, indescribably lonely, even when I am with loved ones. I am at the end of a pack right now and I am not going to continue the next pack, at least for three months. Acne has got to be better than wanting to kill myself. I hope this works

Thank you so much for your post. I was diagnosed with PCOS at age 17 and have been on Yasmin for 7 years to help my symptoms. When I first started taking the pill it took away initial anxiety I had (by lowering my high testosterone). I was fine for about 3 years, and then I experienced my first anxiety attack and bad anxiety. I always knew this was related to my periods, but never thought it was the pills themselves. Fast forward to today, I have gained over 30 pounds in a year and a half, and have been experiencing much more anxiety and depression. I am usually a happy person, but lately I have felt no hope. I am planning on getting off Yasmin to see if this is what is causing this crazy anxiety. I really appreciate your post and hope this helps someone else like me.

Thankgod I read this

OMG LADIES IM CRYING MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN HAVING MOSTLY ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS AND WE COULDNT FIGURE OUT WTH WAS GOING ON ...NOW READY THIS IM GUNNA ASK HER TO PLEASE STOP YASMIN BC...TY ALL SOO MUCH..