I am currently on the generic version of yasmin. I keep seeing these commercials about people who have been harmed by the generic, yasmin, and yaz with blood cloths through out the body. I've been on yasmin for the past three years, and have not had any problems, but these commercials are freaking me out. I think I'm going to go to planned ( Read more... )

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I've been on Yaz for about 6 months and i missed a pill on sunday, i took it on monday. it was my third week and i have had spotting, is this normal?  this may complicte things, but i decided to skip my period last month by just not taking the inactive pills. is there a higher risk of me getting pregnant? if i have sex in the next day or two will i ( Read more... )

Hi everyone,

I posted this question in parts at naturalliving, but thought it would be good to ask here as well. I recently stopped birth control after having been on it for over 7 years. My doctor and I agree that it would be best for my health. I suffer from hair thinning and loss (I'm 29), and am wondering if this may have been a side effect from the pill ( Read more... )

Hey people :D Hoping someone can help?

I'm 17 and i've changed from the pill i was on (microgynon 30) to the Yasmin pill as my skin gets quite bad at times. It's been 2 weeks now and my skin has got even worse, it's making me feel gross. Has anyone else had the same problem? and will it get better? I don't know how long it's supposed to be like this ( Read more... )

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I am on Yasmin and have been on it for about three years. I take my pill around midnight every night. My last period began on Aug 17th. My boyfriend and I had sex and he finished in me around 10pm on Sep 6th. I was not able to take the pill tonight and ended up doubling up on Sep 7th at midnight. Is there a chance that I could be pregnant or am I ( Read more... )

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Hello, new here. *waves* My name is Flick, I'm 21 and I have been on birth control since I was 17. I have tried yas, yasmin, nuvaring, seasonique and probably a few others I don't even remember but the reason for my post is I thought I would share my experience with my very first depo shot and what kind of side effects I'm facing. I had the shot ( Read more... )

I'm new (hi!) and basically I have two questions...

1. Does Depo decrease your likelihood of getting functional ovarian cysts?
2. Which brands of combined pill are likely to be most effective at preventing them?

( Some background for those who are interested. )