The conversation I had with my girlfriend today:
Me: I’m going crazy. I’m having this intense anxiety and nausea. I actually threw up yesterday I was so nervous. That’s never happened to me before.
Friend: Let’s talk about it. What’s going on in your life that might be making you feel that way? Have you changed any of your medications?
Me: Now that I think about it, I switched my birth control to Yasmin a couple weeks ago.
Friend: You should call your doctor and ask about that.
Well, I talked to my doctor today and confirmed that, yes, extreme anxiety is a potential side effect of Yasmin. I’ve never had really bad side effects like this from a birth control pill. I thought I was one of those people who could handle BC pretty well. I guess not with Yasmin! The timing totally makes sense, and I’ve also been having trouble sleeping through the night, which is another potential side effect, I found out. And I’ve had a complete loss of appetite, which is YET ANOTHER potential side effect. (Honestly if you can handle the constant panic attacks, this stuff would make a great diet pill. The thought of eating makes me ill.)
I can’t believe I didn’t put it together sooner. I guess my knee-jerk reaction is just to assume I’m going crazy, not to look at external factors. Thank goodness I told my friend about it and she mentioned medications, otherwise this probably would have gone on for months and involved a trip to the psych ward. This is why I bother having friends, I suppose. ;)
Anyway. I’m going off that shit, STAT.
