When you are sick, no matter what it is,
the only thing you want is someone to take you by your hand and say: “I know
how you feel, I went through the exact same thing”. Finding people that are in
the same situation who nod their heads in understanding when you tell your
story instead of looking at you like you are crazy is more important than
anyone can describe.
I am a Yasmin survivor.
Because of what I went through during my
seven years on this drug and the struggles coming off it I am now passionately
involved in spreading the word on the dangers of Yaz, Yasmin & Ocella. Most
of my time is spent speaking with women and their families through a group
called the Yasmin Survivor Forum. It is an online forum where women from all
around the world who were prescribed Yasmin, Yaz, and Ocella can come together
and share their experiences, talk about their side effects, and most
importantly hold each other’s hands while weaning themselves off these drugs. As
a further action I am now starting this blog so people can share their stories
in a different way; a way that hopefully will find more readers and other
sufferers out there. And also help people that are searching for answers in a
more controlled way as a forum is harder to control by spammers and people
trying to sell you things.
Common side effects from Yaz, Yasmin &
Ocella discussed on the forum include, but are not limited to: depression,
vision changes, anxiety, panic attacks, illogical thinking, headaches,
migraine, low libido, weight changes, spotting, allergies, heart palpitations,
hair loss, hypothyroidism, and many more.
The first time I found the Yasmin Survivor Forum I couldn’t stop crying.
It was the first time in over seven years that I had found people going through
the same things I was. It was for real; it wasn’t just in my head… There were
hundreds of other women out there who felt exactly as I did; in fact it was as
though they were writing and talking about me in their posts.
For so many years I walked around thinking
that the changes I was noticing with my body and mind were due to stress from
different life situations, older age, and just a more mature and new me. Today
I know that it was due to Yasmin.
I had three pills left in my pack when I
found the forum and I was unable to finish it after realizing what kind of
damage it was doing to me every day. In fact, I stopped taking Yasmin that day,
October 7th, 2009 and have been active on the forum ever since. .
Today I am the administrator of the forum
and this Blog and try to help support every member on their journey back to
becoming their real selves again. Many women, including myself, find this
struggle very hard. The body must first get rid of the synthetic hormones and
then the natural hormone production must start up again – a process that is
mentally and physically exhausting! Without the help from the forum and this
blog many women would probably go back on the pill, or maybe try another brand,
because they would never gain the support and maybe also knowledge needed to
handle this.
The knowledge of why your symptoms are happening and
the support of others who will not let you fail form the basis and soul of why
I am doing this!
My dream is that we can close the forum and
blog down simply because there are no more women suffering from birth control
pills, but until then it is open for everyone that needs our support. Women and
their loved ones are welcome to come and read, ask questions, and write about
whatever they are going through – whatever they need in order to feel comfort…
To contribute to this blog send an email to Yasmin and Yaz Blog - MyStory
Xoxox
My namss brittany im 20. Went on birth control 2013 I would say March- april. I went on because I got a boyfriend and I thought maybe it was the right thing to do for once but it was definitely the wrong thing to do. I started to get bad bad bad symptoms january 2014. Beginning of January had major anxiety attack 3 nights in a row. (Mind you I was a normal happy outgoing funny teen before this) I could barley speak go to work think love live my life etc. it was a nightmare literally. I didn't know what it was till I dod research I went to heart doc my reg doc. Blood work doc. EVERY DOCTORS in ny and everyone said I was ok. Bullshit I was ok I was far from ok I was terrible I wasn't myself at all and no one understood. I would cry everyday sob non stop depressed. Didn't think I loved myself nor my boyfriend I was ready to go off the deep end. I found out the connection was with my bcp. I stop april first 2014. I'm now 6 months off the pill and I can say things got better but BOY has it been a tuff tuff rough road. I still get anxiety anciousness weird thoughts and like a racing mind. All horrible feelings but they aren't as bad as before I learn to deal with them and they lessened but it SCARES ME TO DEATH. I'll be like this forever and that it ruined me. I read a few recovery forms that they are ok but it's so hard to believe because I get like this almost everyday and it's hard to function and work and socialize and be yourself. It's PROB worst feeling on the planet. But I try and tell myself well in 6 months your better then before so another 6 months ? But the thoughts on life and stuff R just weird. Please help and explain to me what happened to my body. It's a terrible feeling I feel alone and Lonley and gone off the deep end. Help please
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