WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2007: Re: CONTRACEPTION: Mood swings with Yasmin

Re: CONTRACEPTION: Mood swings with Yasmin

From: Jane9000 (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:32:54 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 15 Aug 2007, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Hi,
>I was useing Yasmin for only a week and a half and noticed I was
>suffering from major mood swings. It was totally unbearable. My family
>was concerned about me thinking I was going through something
>psychological and it was affecting my work. I was experiencing extreme
>feelings of anger. I would totally flip out over the smallest things. I
>was mad at work, mad on the train mad every where even under the
>happiest cirumstances. And it wasn't just anger it was like full blown
>rage... lol I know it sound like I was like a maniac. The last straw
>was one day I was home and mad over the smallest things my child did.
>All this within 1.5 weeks and I did not make the connection until I
>decided to look up Yasmin. I saw some reviews complaining about the
>same thing. I went to my gyn two days ago and he refused to switch my
>pills. His nurse said it was too soon and if I didn;t like it to stop
>it but that he wasn't going to prescribe a different brand. I was told
>to give it 2 cycles that it was probably the sudden surge of hormones
>affecting me. I was very disappointed with his reaction to say the
>least. I am a single mother and I don't need to be an angry one. I
>decided to stop taking the pill that very night and haven't taken it for
>the past 3 days. AMAZINGLY I am no longer angry. No mood swings
>NOTHING. Now here some info on me and then my questions.
>I am 5'4 and 280ilbs no high blood pressure diabetes or any other
>medical problems aside my weight. I used to use lo ovral about 9 years
>ago and never had a problem with it, it was wonderful.
>1. Now is it possible for it to have affected me so quickly?
>2. Why would the Dr. refuse to switch me? Did it have anything to do
>with my weight?
>3. Are mood swings a normal/common side affect of BCP?
>
>Well, thanks for any help anybody can offer.

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