Yasmin

[Lisamarie7]

Is anyone taking yasmin to control their endo ? I've just been given it by my consultant only I'm scared to take it due to all side affects I've read

[cakegirl25]

Hi LisaMarie7,

I've taken yasmin before. To be honest I didn't get on with it well but I've always had problems with the pill. I was given a number of different ones to try throughout a year and just couldn't function, couldn't stop bleeding, and was just generally weird on them. This could be completely different for you though as I know others that have taken it and found it very effective. I ended up having a Marina coil fitted as it has less oestrogen in it and apparently I already have high levels. I would personally suggest trying it, as from my experience I thought well the more I try and the more it doesn't work, the more they HAVE listen to me! But I'm stubborn like that! hope this helps

[Amylou82]

I was on this for 3 years. I didn't have any side effects but the pain seemed to be worse for me. When I came off of it the pain seemed to be more manageable but the bleeding was heavy.

[Sweetyassi]

I took Yasmin for 2 weeks, it was a big mistake and was glad to come off the tablet. The side affects were nasty I had no idea what I was doing or feeling until my hubby noticed something was wrong and nearly did the unimaginable thing that would have been so devastating to my family.

[city]

Yasmin has been great for me. I've posted about it before so have a look through my old post for more info. Good luck!

[city]

I've just seen that I have replied to your earlier post about the same thing.

[HevsLM]

I was given Yasmin as the first treatment for my horrendous periods when i was 14, within 12 months I had gone from less than 6 stone to over 9. As a teenager who had always been very very petite this was so hard to deal with and made the emotional issues with endometriosis even harder. I had regular periods that were a little lighter but still suffered all of the other endometriosis symptoms. When I requested to change to something else i was told that "I should eat a banana instead of anything bad and do more exercise, it was my own fault I was fat and nothing to do with the pill because it was the most expensive choice of pill for the NHS and therefore the best" ... ridiculous! Safe to say I went to get another opinion and was told to come off it straight away ...

I know we're all different but my experience was not good!

[sireland]

Hello,

I have been on Yasmin for about 12 years and I love it! Sadly, my endo has gotten worse so am going to try Zoladex and have had too many laps now to warrant another.

There are side effects for everything - reading about it doesn't help matters.

All you can do it try it and hope for the best!