Posted by Kaysey on November 9, 2001, at 23:19:04
In reply to Re: PMDD/Yasmin » Chris A., posted by Chloe on November 8, 2001, at 18:37:45
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> > Is Yasmin new? I couldn't find it in the PDR or latest supplement to it. Do you know what potential it has to shut down the ovaries in comparison to OrthoPrefest or some of the other bcs that a have come out in the last couple of years? The anti-anxiety prospect sounds good, but more fatigue is something I don't need.
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> Yes, Yasmin is new. It came out in July of 2001. There seems to be very little info on Yasmin, itself. Alot of the data is just the usually bcp literature with a tiny paragragh about Yasmin tacked on. I can't remember the exaxt website, but I do have the link to monogragh. My thoughts are a mess tonight, and I can't seem to sting to gether a decent sentence...
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> But I have been on Yasmin for two weeks, and the fatigue is going away. I feel almost back to normal, which is a disappointment to me. I really liked feeling like I could nap! It beats feeling so anxious that I have to be doing something all the time. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
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> For your situation, all I would say is, give it a try. It's not like the shot or IUD where it is somewhat "permanent" after you chose to try it. With Yasmin, if you take a pill and don't like how you feel, you can always quit it, and keep on with your search. Just know Yasmin is being marketed to treat pms, and they are shooting for the label to say Yasmin treats pmdd. So it's definitely worth a shot. Have you gone to google.com and down a search on "Yasmin and depression"? You must do the two together, or you will get alot of hits about a women in the middle east named Yasmin.
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> Anyway! Go to http://www.yasmin-us.com/PI/YasminPI.htm first, and see what you think.
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Hi Chloe:
I posted last month about an interest in Yasmin, when AnneL first mentioned it. I looked it up on the Berlex website and liked what I read--plus WebMD had some positive articles about Yasmin and PMDD. I have been on Ortho-Cyclen (the last of many!), and this past month, I just went off the pill completely (for the very first time in 11 years).
It wasn't really time for me to refill my bcp prescription, but I contacted my gyn, and told him that I wanted a script phoned in for Yasmin, and he has done so. I plan to start it as soon as (if?) I have another menstrual period--off the pill my periods are to say the least, irregular--but I was sick of the Ortho-cyclen--I still had PMS--not as bad as some experiences with PMDD--but still enough raging feelings/negative thoughts.
I was glad to hear that you have had positive experiences with it, other than fatigue. Before ortho-cyclen and ortho-tricyclen I also used Loestrin 1/20--you may remember that I also posted that it made me VERY depressed. I never really made the association (I just had associated it with a particularly bad time in my life)until I started hearing others talk about the severe depression. Thank God for some very close friends, who were very understanding about my behavior and who made a pact to 'watch over me, for fear that I would 'succeed' with a suicide attempt. Yes, that stuff (Lo-estrin) did me in like nothing I have ever experienced.Other than fatigue, have you experienced any of the other potential negatives of ocps? --acne, hirsutism, alopecia (isn't that wild--I would lose hair on my head, yet grow blonde 'fuzz' on my face)--all the androgen effects.
OCPs have always caused a great deal of fluid retention for me too--I was very interested in not having to deal with that.Let me know of any other note-worthy experiences that you have had. I am anxious to see how this works.
Thanks.
Kaysey
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