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Re: Anyone had problems with Yasmin and insomnia?
From: Sharon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:32:14 -0600 (CST)
Dina - I hope you get this as it is now January. i have been on Yasmin
for about 8 weeks and have pretty bad insomnia and nightmares. That
seems to be worsening, actually. The nausea was SEVERE the first two
weeks but has subsided. My challenge now is zero sex drive and
recurrent severe headaches. How are you doing now after being on it for
a while? I also am getting no improvement in facial hair growth, which
is why the doctor prescribed, primarily. I do not suffer from PCOS but
am of Easert European Jew descent so they sucpected it at first. I
ghave many symptoms but not clinical evidence of it.
At Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Dina wrote:
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>Hi everyone,
>
>I've had PCOS for a while but was uneasy about starting treatment on it
>for a few years. I have a really busy schedule and knew from an
>experience in highschool with the pill, that I might get some nasty side
>effects. Anyway, I know that Yasmin is a new type of pill - so I
>started taking it about 1 week ago. For the first few days, no problem.
>(Keep in mind I'm also taking it with 100mg/day of Spironolactone, which
>I've been on for years). Anyway, a few days ago I started having some
>restless nights of sleep. Also an extremely dry mouth which I
>attributed to the extra dose of spironolactone which is found in Yasmin.
>It's currently 5 am and I've been up for hours...so last night: no
>sleep. Is this happening to anyone else? The only other additional side
>effect I've gotten is nausea during the day. Please do tell me if
>anyone's been feeling similar effects...what a nightmare, no pun
>intended.
>
>My doctor is also going to start me on Metformin in a month or so which,
>after reading all these side-effect posts, terrifies me. But alas, not
>much I can do.
>
>Thanks, Dina
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