Yasmin and ulcer

Hi ive been on yasmin since i was 13 now 18. Was orginally put on in beacuse i have v.bad period pains. Snyway about 7 months ago i started getting really heavy discharge, i was giving meds for thrush etc tested for stds all normal. the gp then told me it must be hormonal or in my mind! I was not statisfied and asked to be refered to a gyneo. She told me it was more than likely an ulcer in my cervix cuased by the hormones in yasmin, I was horrified. I have since been in hospital for an operation to get the ulcer burned off which was quite a painful experience. That was 3 weeks ago and since then i bleed everyday i am sore, and have the worst period I have had in years. To make it worse I have to stay on yasmin and could stay or end up in this situation again. Just think carfully before you go on the pill. Its not as simple and straight forward as you may think.

I can't even describe how this website is making me feel. How could I be so stupid as not to consider my birth control as having large effects on my body. I was on Ortho Cyclen before and it was fine but I wanted to switch to something else because I gained weight on it. I switched to Yasmin and didn't notice much of a difference besides the annoying thing that I still get severe cramps and back pain during my period. In probably the last almost 2 years I have been suffering from depression and OCD symptoms that are very bad. I was not sure what was wrong with me! I have also developed IBS symptoms to the point that I can't even go out and eat dinner with my boyfriend or family without being anxious about having stomach pain, nausea, and having to run to the bathroom. I was tested for an ulcer (it's genetic in my family) but it has been confirmed otherwise. I am on Omeprazole (to decrease stomach acid) and feel at lest functional on it but still get severe stomach pain, nausea, and diarrhea. No one seems to understand!!! I also get dizzy spells and feel faint and weak frequently. I was diagnosed with a thyroid disease but have been on medication for that and never really felt many side-effects from that anyway. I am going to request a different medication the next time I see my gyno and hopefully I'll be back to the fun-loving spontaneous person I once was.

Yasmin gave me IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrom for those of you who don't know.) I was on the pill for eight months. My pre-symptoms were I had 5 yeast infections in a row, in the second and third months of taking it...this didn't ring any bells, even though I had never had a yeast infection before in my life, and my doctor just said I had a yeast imbalance. So a month after those stopped the IBS started. I was in the bathroom about 8 times a day, I thought maybe it was a flu, so i didn't go to the doc right away. I eventually gave up on that thought and went to see my doc, who even he, thought that it was IBS, so he sent me to a specialist right away. I had a colonoscopy and nothing, so the specialist told me that I needed to stop searching and just accept that I had IBS (I told him that I had been trying to figure it all out, because you literally don't wake up one day, go to the bathroom and your life changes forever, I KNEW something else was going on.) Anyways, I had a dumb specialist, he said that I had to accept this, I asked if it could possibly be my birth control and he said no and prescribed my a whole bunch of other drugs. Well I still just couldn't believe my life just all of a sudden changed, so I went to my family doc, lied, told him i was getting moody off Yasmin, and he switched me onto another. IT WORKED no more IBS, the results were immediate, it took a while for my poor damaged bowls to fix themselves, a few months actually, but now things are getting back to normal. Oh, and I've stopped birth control pills, back to condoms for me...my doc put me on Alesse, which didn't work either - moody! and then he put me on Marvelon, which inflamed my gallbladder (had to go for an ultrasound to see if i had gallstones) I figured at this rate, in two years i'd be dead from taking b/c so I was done, I would recommend the same to anyone!!

I know everything al of you say is true its just so difficult going thru this Dejay told me her doctor said that the chemicals in the brain get altered by the pill and that scares me so much. I dont want to go on a anti depressant I just want to get back on my own but Iam a mess.

Reading this forum everyday is the only thing keeping me going.

I went back to the ER last night because that thing on the roof of my mouth is so weird its like a flap of skin but its thick I was so afraid it was cancer it seems whenever I get something it is magnified 100x I just have all these things happening and I dont know what they are. I was perfectly healthy happy take charge on the go woman.

Now I cant do anythign its so scary.

The ER said they think its a benigh growth perhaps a ulcer or a canker but its attached to the roof of my mouth and its not a piece of skin its pretty thick like a nickel so scary.

Iam at 6 weeks now and you guys all say 2-3 months I hope thats true.

Sad Kim

I am having a sore throat with ulcer like spots on my throat and in the back of my mouth- it is not a virus and is not a bacteria, and i am wondering if it is from the yasmin, since the timing co-relates to when i started taking the drug. I have been on it for 4 months and the sores have been there almost constantly since- they seem to ease right during my period when i am off the pill. my doctors seem confused and refuse to listen to me- has anyone else had this reaction? it is very painful...

Thanks everyone, this site has been so helpful to me.
I didn't make the connection with my side effects and Yasmin. I attributed all of them to something else. I have had anxiety, severe stomach pain, bloating (like I was pregnant), bad indigestion and horrible gas (yuck), my breasts are bigger and sore all the time, no matter what I do I can't seem to drop this extra 5 pounds (I eat very healthy and work out 5-6 times a week), my chin breaks out constantly (although other areas have cleared up), and oddly the area above my lip has darkened (even though I get my lip waxed regularly and have light hair). I had my first yeast infection in my life on Yasmin, which I've been taking for 4 months.

I found a reason for all of these things until my stomach started cramping and bloating so bad (in addition to the gas...constantly), that I was in tears. I called my mom (a nurse practioner) and she suggested it might be the Yasmin. Then I found this website and am not going to take another pill. Thank goodness, I found this out. My gyno said to make an appointment with the gastrointerologist and that it might be an ulcer or IBS. I can't wait to be normal again.

I was on Yasmin for six months. During that time, I completely lost my sex drive. I had recurring yeast infections that would not go away. I got pains in my right side that sent me to the hospital and had constant stomach pains that my doctor at first diagnosed as an ulcer. I was frequently nauseous and vomited several times during the course of six months, which is highly abnormal for me. I was spotting CONSTANTLY and from out of nowhere. Many pairs of underwear were ruined. My period was abnormally heavy and different from anything I'd ever experienced before. On top of all these joys, I became extremely moody and depressed. After six months, I switched to Triphasil and now I'm back to normal. Every person reacts to medication differently. Some people will do really well on Yasmin, but there are some really negative potential side effects with this pill that people just going on it should consider.