Yasmin - panic attacks, anxiety and depression

I have been taking Yasmin for only 11 days. Since then, i have been EXTREMELY depressed. I can't sleep at night, constantly feel as though i am going to vomit and have diarrhea. I feel as though i am about to burst out in tears! It's so horrible, Why do the doctors do this to us!?

I need some advice after reading all your stories it has made me think. I have been taking Yasmin for about 6 years now. And i have had no problem. But after reading some of your guys symptoms I believe that it has effect me in some way. Every time I have my period that whole week I am not myself I am down and I just cry the whole week! Could be over nothing and over the smallest things! Also the whole week I just think of the negative things in life. I have no clue why. And I have anxiety!! And I have bad mood swings every now and then. My partner thinks nothing is wrong that I am fine but just these little pointers I'm picking out. So I'm thinking of changing to a different pill. But saying that on the other hand I love this pill because I haven't changed weight in the last 6 years, no acne. And being with my partner for 4 years I love him to bits but I do think my sex drive has gone down. And knowing the side effects about Yasmin (3 times high chance of blood clots) I just wanna go on to something less wrisky (even thought I've been on it a fair while, it's still scary knowing what it can do). Need some advise on what to do please!!!!!????

Im also worried about stopping this pill about the effects after stopping????? Do you think i will be right to stop it any time?? Will it do anything to me stopping it???

I quit mines half way after1 and a half years. The acne comes bck and omg the period flow becomes terribly heavy. Its like somebody opened a tap!! Been off it 2 years now and no more mood swings or fights. So I'm happy about that. Jst get hormonal acne now.

I have been on yasmin nearly a year now and have been suffering from anxiety and panic attacks for several months now. I went to see my Dr and he said there is no link, now I feel stuck with what to do :(

Hi, everyone. I will share my experience with Yasmin in hopes of helping someone who is thinking of taking it or considering coming off of it. DO NOT TAKE THIS PILL. After 3 years of being on it, I became a completely different person. I had just started it when I first got married in 2007. Gradually, these artificial hormones turned me into an angry person with feelings of rage. It caused a lot of relationship problems, and I decided it was best to stop taking it. I was not prepared for what was to come after--withdrawal effect. Two days after I stopped the pill, I had my first severe panic attack (feelings of dread, fear, and an overwhelming sense something was very wrong.) It was as if my mind had been altered chemically and I started questioning my relationship and suffered severe anxiety about this. I went into a deep depression for almost 2 1/2 years after I stopped the pill. (Just to put all of this in perspective, I have had a baby recently and the postpartum depression was a piece of cake compared to coming off of that horrible pill.) The darkest time in my life was during and immediately after taking this birth control. Currently, I am not on any artificial hormones and I feel much better now. Please, do not trust what the doctors tell you about it---they will deny that there is any connection between Yasmin and your emotional health. My OBGYN also told me that Yasmin was a very safe drug and that what I was experiencing had absolutely nothing to do with the pill. I hope this message helps someone who is reading this forum

how long did it take for our symptoms to go away?

I've been on and off the pill since I was 15 - mostly on! It also happens that I was diagnosed with depression & anxiety when I was 16. I battled through it for years. At some stages it was awful. I saw a psychologist and I was taking Zoloft. Eventually I got to a stage in my life where everything was calm and 'normal' and I wanted to try coming off my Zoloft. I did and it was fairly successful however I was still anxious and crying quite a bit. I ended up coming off my pill to see what my skin was like (this was the main reason I was taking it) and Lo-and behold I started to feel a little more normal again!! I stupidly went back on Yasmin because my skin was a nightmare but have just recently stopped it again because the crying & low moods came back. I'm still feeling not myself but I only stopped it 2 weeks ago.

Drs do not talk enough about the risk of depression and the pill. It's a fairly high risk. Far higher than getting a blood clot!! I just wonder how many young women are out on anti-depressants and no one has thought to question the pill!!! I'm looking forward to my natural cycle coming back and feeling less like an emotional tornado!!
I suggest anyone experiencing depression who is on the pill talks to their Dr about the possibility that it's the pill causing it! Only sure fire way to test that theory is to come off it.

I'm unsure you will read this post but i wondered whether you could tell me what you went onto after coming off yasmin. did you have any side effects?

Thank you very much for your post, I had been suffering of panic attacks and depression since 2004 when I took Yazmin for the first time. I'm in México so I will search a doctor here like the one that you recommend because will be amazing to have a normal life again.
Thanks again and God bless you

I have been on Yasmin for 2.5 years and had two severe bouts of depression, constant anxiety and fatigue. It has clearly been linked to the pill as I lost a lot of weight straight from the start and realised that it was connected to my anxiety. I wish I never took it - it will take weeks/months to get it out of the system, but we have to be pro-active. I lost my relationship and many other things on the way. I hope at least I can get hold of my life and be myself again.

So reassuring to read these posts. God let me vent!! Itll be long I think lol No one else understands me. ok I took Yasmin from age 29 to 32, I only just worked out a few months ago that this pill was the cause of my "clinical depression and anxiety." As diagnosed by my trusty (stupid) doctor.. When i did the math recently i was furious (and relieved!) to realise my 'little hell' started a couple of months post Yasmin. Felt like a damn fool to not work it out sooner. These mental health issues I was experiencing was the most debilitating thing id ever been through, espec when it hit me. I was stuck in darkness, miserable, lethargic and anxious. My head was a tape player of negativity. Depression is UGLY. Being a single mum, naturally stressful, occasional struggle, I believed something had suddenly snapped inside, and that stress etc had turned into depression and nasty anxiety.. I thought for 3ish years, that messed up person under the numbness of my anti-depressant, was who id become. I thought my future was crazy cat lady, seriously. I took Avanza, anti depressant, at night which had a mild sedative so didn't wake at 3am every single morning, having a panic attack. But for weeks before they started actually working, the doc also gave me Stilnox or Ambien to knock myself out, as I couldn't turn my head off to sleep (this drug was instead of temazapam, as it made me tired next day, yes another drug dr happily prescribed) Now Ambien is hectic.. And doc just hands it out..
But admittedly I started to love it which isn't exactly ok.
Anyway. Felt i failed at life in that time. lost Job, my marketstall, friends, bad ones i guess. My parenting and relationship with my boy suffered a bit too definitely. Yasmin f****d me !
Ive been off it for 5 months and im no longer depressed. NO PILLS AT ALL.
I found out when i googled " what causes upper lip pigmentation, an article on the pill and Yasmin came up. It also briefly mentioned depression. A very bright light bulb moment. So grateful. And yes my mo is kinda fading now. haha

HI Good to hear from it and find this forum. Please give me some hope as well. I believe I am going mad as well with all of these problems. How long does it to actually get rid of yasmin toxins out of my body. Please reply as I need your help big time.

I just found out this forum. I started taking Yasmin 3 years ago, and started having anxiety episodes a year afterwards. I'm just calming down from one episode when it just randomly clicked in my head that Yasmin might be causing my anxiety. I have felt extremely lonely during my blues days and wanted to reach out to someone out there who shares the same problem as I do. I am definitely considering quitting the pill and have a good chat about it in my next counselling appointment which is coming up in a few days time.

Hello, I have been reading over everyone's stories on this website and I'm having the same exact problems. I started taking yasmine about three and half months ago after being diagonosed with poly cystic ovarian syndrome. Recently I started getting major anxiety attacks but this last one has left me in a week long anxious stage with times of higher and lower anxiety not even allowing me to go to go. They changed my birth control now and also put me on the anti anxiety medication of Lexapro. But I guess I'm wondering how long until I start feeling like myself? How long did it take you to return to normal after being on for about 3 months.