Yasmin for birth control: share your experiences please!

In My Humble Opinion
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So after 3 years on Dianette, my body is feeling a lack of progesterone, so I’m switching to Yasmin in a couple of weeks.

If anyone has tried it, especially people who can compare it to other brands, please give me some feedback. Yasmin is basically my only choice other than Dianette, as I’ve had pretty horrible side effects from several other brands. Dianette has actually kept me feeling great, no weight gain, great skin, bigger boobs (I don’t mind) and easy periods. However, my doctor and I have decided that it’s not going to work out in the long term (too much oestrogen, not enough progesterone) so I’m changing over.

Microgynon: I gained weight and my periods actually got heavier.
Minulet: I was an emotional wreck and only lasted for one packet.
Mercilon: I threw up ALL THE TIME, again, I only lasted one packet.

I get different side effects with every brand of pill I’ve tried, so it’s a little hard for me to know what to expect.

I know every woman is different, but if there is something about Yasmin in particular that made it work/not work for you, please share.

So, how was it for you?

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I don’t take it but my sister does, for a couple of years now. She likes it pretty well. She claims not to have any side effects from it except that it made her sick to her stomach when she took it in the morning. She switched to taking it at night and now she is perfectly happy with it.

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I’m on it. My only complaint with it is that I have little knowledge of when my period will start - typically it starts the third day after I stop taking it, but it’s started anywhere from less than 12 hours after my last pill to 6 days later.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about oral contraceptives, it’s the amazingly wide array of reactions between women to different kinds. I’ve had no noticeable side effects from the varieties I’ve tried, other than some types’ inability to stop my menstrual cramps.

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I’ve never heard of it.

Just wishing you good luck and it sucks being a female.

Hang in there, sister!

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Why yes, I use Yasmine as birth control. One look at that picture and I have no desire to have sex.

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I’ve used it. Had about the same effect on me all BCPs do: absolutely no libido. But, like I said, so far every single BCP I’ve tried has done that to me.

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The only problem with Yasmin I had was that my skin was extra sensitive to the sun. I developed a large brown patch on my forehead and a bunch of freckles, despite using SPF 50 all over my face. I had to use fade creams and glycolic acid to get rid of it.

That is a possible side-effect from all BC’s, so YMMV.

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Is this common with many women? My ex-girlfriend pretty much lost all interest in sex about a month or so after starting on The Pill (some version of Ortho-Novum, as I recall.) The same might be true for the ex-wife, though there were so many other issues in that relationship that it’s hard to discern any root cause for those problems.

Intelligent design, my ass. Never mind the veriform appendix or the backwards mounted retinal sensors; you’d think any decent endocrinal systems engineer would allow voluntary control over the reproductive system. :dubious:

Stranger

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From the Cosmetic Cop, Paula Bergoun. Highly recommended browsing. Cosmetic Cop

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It’s not uncommon (definitely makes it effective birth control :slight_smile: ) although many women can eventually find a brand that doesn’t have those side-effects.

It’s kinda annoying to me because I love all the other side-effects like clear skin, increased breast size, lighter flow, etc. But having absolutely no libido is very weird, like I’m missing a part of me. Not only do I not even think about sex, the idea of actually sharing body fluids becomes this intensely icky thing…

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First, no religion or politics. This is for the materialistic thingies in life. Things that you are absolutely anal (dental hygiene/exercising/investing/lawn maitenence/oil changes/Whatever is your thing, post it here.)

That way we all can share what is our Burning Desire Du Jour of Spreading The Gospel According To Whatever.

I am really fanatical about sunscreen and the evils of tanning. I find it in light of all the skin cancer warnings and Tanning Causings, y’know, wrinkles,.Hard to believe that tanning booths still exist. Did these people miss the memo?

I haven’t always been this way. I use to roast my youth slim body in the sun wasting hours upon exhausting hours of trying to brown myself up to a nice melanoma coloring.

Then I met one of my aunts swim buddies ( they live in Florida and swim in an outside pool.) who had a huge chunk of her back taken out because of skin cancer. It also helped that I use to have a client who when I met her, thought she was about 65 and was going on a trip with her 40 year old son. She was a 40 year old woman who was a sun worshipper that was more wrinkled than Jack Palance. Turned me off to the sun right then and there. When ever I see the Beef Jerky selection at the store I think of Claire.

I’ve been putting it on faithfully for a good five years to the face (citing problems with finding a decent sunscreen that did not make me break out or shine) , but at least 10 years overall. I wear floppy hats.

From Paula Begoun, the The Cosmetic Cop

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Yasmin has worked out great for me! I was on the Depo shot for about a year and was horribly sick from it: migrains, 40 lb weight gain, hair falling out in chunks, sick all the time, no sex drive. Then I switched to Yasmin and I have been healthy!

As someone mentioned, your period does start at odd times. It’s usually the 4th or 5th day of the 4th week (if that makes sense).

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I’m a big fan of the Nuvaring. Once a month, no pills to take (i hate taking pills), low low doses of hormones.

I don’t have periods on Nuvaring, my sex drive has dropped (but that was a desired side-effect), my skin is clear. No cramps, no other side effects.

I don’t know what countries it’s available in, however.

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I have been on Yasmin for three weeks now. Before that, I didn’t use homonal BC; ten years ago, I used Marvelon and Mercilon.

So far, the only difference seems that with Yasmin there’s less bloating (tense, swollen belly, hard with water). That’s nice, though.

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I’ve been on Yasmin since it was first introduced. Love it. Love it. Love it. No bloating. No spotting. No nausea, but I take mine at bedtime. I haven’t noticed decreased libido. None of the side effects I typically got from B/C pill that were too strong.

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I’ve never had any trouble with Yasmin.

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I haven’t had that at all. I start my week on Sunday and get my period usually Tuesday night. On the rare occasion, first thing Wednesday morning.

I haven’t had a problem with the libido. I haven’t had a problem at all with Yasmin, actually. The only problem I encountered was the first month I was on it, when PMS hit I was a raging moody bitch. I chalked it up to first time being on a higher dosage (previously on Levlite). Since then (September) it’s been fine.