i am going on yasmin!!

**shades of grey** · 05-20-2005 01:14 AM

i suppose it just gets absorbed by the body and acts systemically but avoids the first pass effect. So maybe more actually gets into the body? I am not sure how much BC is metablolized by the liver but I imagine that it would be some.

Anyway, I feel normal. No side effects so far except I can tell it's a diuretic1

**malcat22** · 05-20-2005 09:30 AM

what? really? you just pop it up there? shocking, never heard of this! as for the side effects it took anout 3 months before i was unwell, i think if you survive 3 months on any medication and nothing goes wrong you're sorted! it wasn't an immediate thing it took ages for me to gradually realise something wasn't right.

**TickledPink** · 05-20-2005 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by me2

you can? like you stick it up there and your vagina munches it up?

LOL

I have never heard of this.......

**Miss Elmo** · 05-23-2005 04:59 AM

Well, so far so good for me! It's only been 6 days and I've already lost some weight... well, not weight coz I dont weigh myself anymore, but my clothes feel a little looser and my friend said out of the blue that for some reason (she doesn't know I'm on them) I look much healthier... specifically that my face doesn't look puffy today. I was like "Huh? My face used to look puffy? Oh, that's just marvellous!" LOL At least I didnt realise it at the time I guess

So, onwards and upwards!

**Adz595** · 05-23-2005 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by malcat22

i suffer from migraines and they got gradually worse while i was on it, also i gained about a stone in fluid retention, which was delightful! however it also made me less hairy and i don't think i ever had a spot while on it and it made my boobs enormous(sorry tmi). however its not supposed to cause these things so i tihnk it must just be because i get migraines it reacted badly.

Yip I have just stopped taking Yasmin as after a few years I started getting Migranes which gradually got worse... I have not taken a BCP for a month now and the migranes are gone although I have a mega bloated tummy and no period. I also put on weight gradually with Yasmin.

Doctor has prescribed me a mini pill but i am really hesitant about taking it as I read you have to take within the same hour every day and my memory is rubbish I'd be bleeding all over the place!

**kets** · 06-01-2005 05:16 AM

Hi,
I just bumped into this website and am glad to know that I'm not alone in this PCOS-phobic journey.
I was diagonized with PCOS on March 2005 ( but now thinking back, I had the symptoms for almost 2 years ). The doctor put me on Diane-35 for 3 months, the hormone level was still very less. So now she has put me on Yasmine for another 3 months, will start taking Yasmine from next week. Reading all the good effects of this pill from all of u has made me more hopeful. So at this moment I'm just keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best!

**paisleystar** · 06-01-2005 11:38 AM

I have been on Yasmin for 3 weeks and have had no problems at all. My hair actually seems to grow slower. YIPPEE!!!!

**shades of grey** · 06-02-2005 12:10 AM

when does person get their period on yasmin? there are 7 days of inert pills and when is the period? how long is it normally? do i even need to take the pills?

**Frantic** · 06-02-2005 11:33 PM

I have been on Yasmin for about 9 months now and I have not had any problems with it. I noticed the first month I took it significant changes in everything. My acne went away, my skin and hair is no longer oily, I lost 7 pounds the first two months. The only downfall was that it made me pee a lot. I have never had a bad case of hirsutism but I did have a mild case and that even went away. I feel as though my body may be adjusting to the hormones because I stopped seeing improvements. We will see if anything else changes over the next few months.

**Miss Elmo** · 06-03-2005 12:37 AM

I've been on Yasmin for 3 weeks too, and so far so good. I had a couple of days in the first week of unusual happenings, lol, but since then it's been steady going and only great effects. I'm losing weight and feel so much better mentally and emotionally that there's no comparison. Yay! lol
Frantic, when you say your mild hirsutism went away, do you mean new hair that had grown in new places disappeared again? I read somewhere that once a hair follicle is stimulated to start growing hair that it's virtually impossible to switch it off again - that mostly you can only slow the growth rate... so if yours went away all together, that's great!!

**tess987** · 06-03-2005 02:38 AM

hey ladies! i have been on diane for the last 8 months, but am back in the US now, where I can't purchase it.

my biggest concern is hair loss and regrowing the hair i have lost...does anyone have any experience with yasmin with this?

**shades of grey** · 06-03-2005 01:00 PM

update: yasmin has been fine. my skin seems less oily but other than that, no changes. no bad side effects! yay

**Marit** · 06-03-2005 01:59 PM

Hi, I'm starting Yasmin in a week, my endo just 'positively' confirmed PCOS yesterday. Diane 35 helps some, but I'm hoping the spiro in Yasmin helps. I also hope it can even things out and get this depression under control (bcp's have never made my depression worse, so hopefully this won't). I just want to feel better.
Marit

**emmj** · 06-03-2005 06:18 PM

Hi me2 and Miss Elmo....count me in on starting Yasmine. I am going to be starting this Sunday, June 5th. I hope I react well to it AND I don't need to gaing weight and I certainly don't need bigger boobs!! So, my fingers are crossed that I get neither!!!! Keep me posted and I will keep you posted too.

me2---the little M&M someone gave you has now given me a craving for the darn little tasty things

**Switzerland** · 06-03-2005 08:06 PM

ive been on yasmin for almost 2 months. the only side effects ive had are weight loss and some extra pms. but i like taking the yasmin

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