Yasmin feedback?

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first-renee-congrats on the props to your site!! it's what motivated me, for

sure. horray!!

quick question for everyone on birth control.

i've been on the patch for about a year and a half and it's no longer working

for me. at least that's the current theory. (i'm getting weird side effects,

weight gain, major mood crap, cravings, fatigue, etc.) i've been being bounced

from one doctor to another with no real answers for what's going on, and the

latest doctor is telling me to switch my perscription to Yasmin. of course the

website is written about hearts and butterflies and for teenager who've never

taken any sort of birth control before...which is fine...and this nurse

practitioner said that she's had a really good success rate with people on this

particular pill, but i wanted to know if anyone " real " (yes, i consider all you

girls in this group part of my " real life " ) has had any experience with it, good

or bad.

Yasmin-yay or nay.

my hormones have basically ALWAYS been messed up, so the typical " i got

depressed on the pill " had the total opposite effect (when i started the patch

my major depressive swings improved) but i'm always weary of putting weird

things in my body.

any feedback would be totally awesome.

p.s. about the Biggest Loser...how amazing would dropping 20 lbs. of water

feel?? i'm holding onto about 8 right now...i can't even imagine. (is that even

ok for the body to do??)