Yasmin & Yaz Survivors

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:21 pm

Hi Ladies!!

I have decided to increase our visibility and have just today started a Yasmin and Yaz BLOG.

It's purpose is for YOU to share YOUR stories so we can reach out to more women! (as this forum is sometimes hard to find). Check it out at:

http://www.yasminandyaz.blogspot.com

To contribute: send an email to: dance_choreographer.mystory@blogger.com

Your story will be reviewed (and if needed slightly edited) before published. Please tell your story from the heart and include a signature/avatar and location. You can also attach pictures if there is anything that is applicable to what you are saying.

Let me know what you all think about the idea!

Many hugs and have a good weekend.
~Helena

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:07 pm

I thought it was just me...
She told me I was making a very adult decision by sticking with birth control pills after she had pointed out that it was 99% safe. She wasn’t concerned about any side effects – as the worst thing that could happen to me was that 1% chance of getting pregnant. I trusted her, I trusted my OBYGYN.

I had been taking different types of birth control pills for four years up until that point. But since nothing had really worked for me as I was having heavy bleedings in-between periods on every pill I had tried I was told that Yasmin was the new and great pill. I was told it was so good and safe that I had to go with it...

To Read More of this Blog Post Click LINK:
http://yasminandyaz.blogspot.com/2012/05/i-thought-it-was-just-me.html

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:10 pm

Just How Safe is Yaz? Women Need to Know!
The oral contraceptive Yasmin was released in 2001 by the pharmaceutical company Bayer, followed by Yaz in 2006. They differ from other birth control pills in the synthetic progesterone they utilize, drospirenone, which is marketed as less likely to cause weight gain and bloating than other birth control pills. Yaz soon became the most popular birth control pill in the U.S., due in part to a widespread advertising campaign promoting the drug as what the New York Times dubbed “a quality of life treatment,” claiming it could also clear up acne, prevent bloating and ease the depression and anxiety associated with both PMS and the controversial condition of PMDD. It prevents pregnancy at the same rate of effectiveness as all other oral contraceptives...

To Read More of this Blog Post Click:
http://yasminandyaz.blogspot.com/2012/05/just-how-safe-is-yaz-women-need-to-know.html

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:11 pm

It took me 5 years to recover from Yasmin
I started Yasmin in 2005, after I stopped breast-feeding my second child, and stopped taking yasmin in March of 2007. I had only taken the pill for about 2 years or so and it took me about 5 years to completely recovered...

To Read More of this Blog Post Click:
http://yasminandyaz.blogspot.com/2012/06/it-took-me-5-years-to-recover-from.html

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:47 pm

Getting back on track efter quitting your birthcontrol pill

- Did you just put two and two together?
- Did you just realize that every little thing related to your diminishing health could be directly related to the contraceptive you are taking?
- Are you doubting that it could even be true when no one told you it could happen prior to even starting to take it?

You are not alone! Seriously - there are thousands of women out there who have been there and many more to come.

We are told by the medical society that we are simply emotional or are suffering from anxiety... or that we just need to relax. The blame is on us... all us...

Continue Reading the whole Blog post by clicking the link:
http://yasminandyaz.blogspot.com/2012/09/getting-back-on-track-efter-quitting.html

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:34 pm

New post from a reader who just quit Yasmin

Yasmin ON Libido GONE

Hello!
My name is Iulia and I want to start out by pointing out that I am a resident doctor in psychiatry, so you can understand that not even a doctor can figure out what he/she going through, and even less with what his/her patients are going through...

http://yasminandyaz.blogspot.com/2012/12/yasmin-on-libido-gone.html

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:23 pm

Running with Yaz

... In January 2011 I had to go see my GP for a pap smear and mentioned my painful periods (I had to take ibuprofen every four hours for the first two days of my period or I would be vomiting with the pain). She suggested I try Yaz and I thought all my worries were over. I had no idea what was ahead of me...

Read full story here: http://yasminandyaz.blogspot.com/2012/12/running-with-yaz.html