Your experience with YAZ birth control pills

JennP · Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

I have been taking YAZ for 7 months and just stopped this month (July). When I started in December of last year I was 120 pounds now I am up to 132 pounds. I usually lose weight in the summer but not on this pill. I have had some of the worst mood swings that my boyfriend and I refer to them as "episodes" as if I am crazy. Talk about crying, I can't stop once I get going. Just an overall depressed feeling. Also my sex drive does not exist. I have been off for a about three weeks now and my weight has leveled off (no weight loss). I have not had an episode or cried. I hope to improve more with time. Overall, I did not have a good experience on YAZ. But, also know that every drug effects everyone differently. Good luck and be aware of what your body is telling you.

BookishBetty · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2008 Posts: 1 Location: NYC

I was on yaz for a year, and slowly but surely my hair began to thin out! Now i'm back on Yasmine (which i was on for two years with no hair loss), but i may go off altogether and see if my hair grows back in! Stay away from Yaz!!!!!

mich7988 · Newbie Joined: 13 Aug 2008 Posts: 1

i just started yaz about two weeks ago, and it's my first time using birth contol. i'm twenty, and i started on the pill because it was going to help me with the intense cramps that i was getting while i was ovulating. instead, for the past two weeks i have had intense cramps every morning. thank god that i'm on a break from school and i quit my day job, because all i can do during the mornings is lay with the heating pad. i haven't noticed any weight gain, but my skin has gotten worse, which stinks because i have bad skin already and i was hoping that my skin would get better. it's hard for me to go to bed, and even more than that, fall asleep, but part of that has to do with the cramps waking me up in the middle of the night. i am feeling more irratible, but i'm not sure if i'm just in a pissy mood or if it's the pills. the cramping, however, has got me at my wits end. before i started birth control i thought it couldn't be that much worse, but now that i'm on it i realize-yes it can. should i call the gyn? or should i wait it out until i see her in a couple months?

Sharay · Newbie Joined: 06 Sep 2008 Posts: 1

I've been on Yaz for about 1.5 years and only recently became aware of how moody, and not myself I've become. I wasn't on BC before that and was only moody sometimes. I went on it to help with my periods which could be bad. It differed from month to month. I don't know how I didn't see the changes. I'm going to stop taking Yaz and see what happens..I don't like thinking I'm losing my mind. I never used to feel like this until I started taking BC..I'm not even sure I'll go back on any kind of BC except for using condoms.

I've done some digging and I'm glad that I've found that I'm not the only one who has had some of the same problems I've had. Although I enjoyed not having cramps, and practically not having a period...this pill is part of why my relationship is currently in shambles.

I'm not going to not recommend Yaz to someone...try it..it might be right for you...but it wasn't right for me.

yazuser · Newbie Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 4

drenie · Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 1

Thank you ladies for your honest posts-- negative and positive. I got engaged in June. I'm a virgin and I have never been on birth control before. I started taking Yaz in August 08. I didn't have any side effects the first month, so I though I was ok. I haven't had much of a problem with tenderness in the breast or spotting, either.

Then recently, I've been having bouts of anxiety, mood swings, second guessing myself and constantly changing the date of our wedding--even calling it off a few times. Last night was the worse, as I could stop crying and having feelings of despair. I even started seeing a therapist because I felt something was not right. My fiance has been through so many changes with me and has been patient, but it is taking a strain on our relationship.

I didn't think to attribute these feelings to the pill because I went on their site and read about it before deciding to try it. I decided to pinpoint when I started feeling this way and realize that these feelings came about right around the time I started Yaz. I called my doctor's office and am switching to something else. Hopefully, I'll fee better soon and my relationship with my sweetheart is too terribly scathed.

Thanks, again, ladies for your posts because I truly thought that I was crazy.

Your experience with YAZ birth control pills

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